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VOLUME LXXVII.-NO. 108.
THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
Rain Baffles the Hunters
of the Angels Stage-
Robber.
OBLITERATED TRACKS.
Messenger Hendricks Confi
dent That He Wounded the
Lone Road Agent.
NO TRACES OF BLOOD FOUND.
Stockton Officers Unable to Ob
tain the Slightest Clew to
the Masked Bandit.
STOCKTON, Cat.., March 27. -Officers
who have been making an effort to capture
the robber who attempted to hold up the
ttii^e from Valley Springs to Angels, five
miles from the latter place, at 7:30 last
night, have so far been unsuccessful, as the
tracks of the robber have' been obliterated
by last night's heavy Tain. •
Messenjrer Hendiicks who fired the
charge from Kith barrels of his shotgun at
the robber, pays he saw the man rise from
behind a brush fence and heard him call
out ••Halt," but the two passengers and
the driver did not see the man or hear his
voice.
Persons who went to the scene of the
shooting to-day did not find anything to
show that anybody had been hurt. The
messenger is positive that the robber had
a gun, and that his face was covered with
a mask made of sacking. He had on a
black shirt, but as the night was dark a
further description of the ro&ber cannot be
given. ,
XEW T ALLEY ROAD ROVTES.
Engineer Story Tisits Stockton to See
Thai Section, o /' Country.
STOCKTON, Cai.., March 27. — W. B.
Btory Jr., the engimer-iu-chief of the new
valley railroad, arrived here to-night to
look over this section in order to make a
report to the directors to-morrow evening.
Mr. Story came alone, and did not desire
any publicity in regard to his movements.
He had no opinions to give in regard to
routes, as a matter of course, but showed
in his talk that he has a thorough knowl
edge of all the surveys that have been made
in this section and down the valley for
railroad purposes.
Ate Toadstools for Mushrooms.
STOCKTON, Cal., March 27.— A family
namecL Maroon, living near Comanche,
and resisting of Mr. and Mrs. Muroon and
their •TMjVnd child, ate toadstools which were
nustarv?ft for mushrooms last Sunday.
They became very sick soon after having
eaten the poisonous fungi, and Sunday
night the child died from the effects of the
poisoning. Last Monday Mr. Maroon
died and he was buried yesterday at Clem
ents. Mrs. Maroon is very sick and is ex
pected to die to-day or to-morrow.
The Rainfall.
STOCKTON, Cal., March 27.— The rain
fall here up to this evening is about .39 of
an inch, making .87 of an inch for the
month. The rain has been general in this
section and .has done much good.
SANTA ROSA CHURCH FEUD.
A Presbyterian Preacher Re
signs in Order to Re
store Peace.
The En-ding of a Strife Between
Factions of the Con
gregation.
SANTA ROSA. Cat,., March 27. —The
church feud in the Presbyterian church,
the largest and most wealthy denomina
tion in Santa Rosa, reached a climax
"Wednesday night, when an important
meeting was hpld at the Presbyterian
church to take further actionjin regard to
the pastoral relations of the Rev. John
Reid Jr. As a result the minister resigned.
At a previous meeting, held on Friday
evening last, there was considerably dis
cussion over the matter and a resolution
was made and carried by a majority of ten
votes that Rev. Mr. Reid be installed as pas
tor. Two years ago he had been regularly
called, but had never been installed, owing
to circumstances with which he personally
had nothing to do. In the meantime some
opposition to- him sprung up, and matters
reached a crisis last week when the motion
to install him was made.
The opposition party, led by several influ
ential members of the church, were not
satisfied with* the vote and at the meeting
to-night intended to calL for a reconsidera
tion and recast of the vote. They were
forestalled, however, by the action of Pas
tor Reid in resigning, or more properly
speaking in returning the call given him
by the church two years ago. His friends
were unanimous in urging him to fight to
the last ditch, but he decided not to involve
the members further in a church war that
would only bring trouble to the church.
He expressed himself as willing to sacrifice
himself and not insist upon his rights
rather than proceed further in the contro
versy.
The opposition party were either un
willing or could not formulate charges
against their pastor. The dislike began
with a few members opposed to him from
the start, and they have succeeded in im
buing others with the same ideas until the
opposition is quite formidable. Had Rev.
Mr. Keid remained the opposition intended
to withdraw their support. As it is his
friends will, in all probability, leave the
Presbyterian church and affiliate hereafter
with other churches here. Rev. Mr. Reid
will cease his relations with the church on
June 90.
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IX SAXTJI CRUZ JAIL.
A Passer of Worthless Cheeks Comet to
Grief.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., March 27.— G. F.
Gerrad was arrested here last night for at
tempted fraud.
Gerrad came here three weeks ago and
The San Francisco Call.
represented that he was about to establish
an ire plant. He gave a check for fl'2 on
the First National Bank of Ban Francisco
for two weeks' board. The check was not
honored, as he had no funds in the bank.
Then he said he had about ftSOO in a bank
at Eureka, but when requested to give a
check on that bank he refused. He was then
arrested. He says his real name is G. T.
Morgan. All he had with him was 45
cents in cash and a satchel.
ASTORIA FEARS FOR THE CUPICA.
I'reraUing Opinion That the Tin-Laden
Bark Has Foundered.
ASTORIA, Or., March 27.— At last a
feeling of apprehension is beginning to
come over men in shipping circles at this
port regarding the British bark Cupica,
now 189 days out from Liverpool with a
cargo of tin for Astoria.
A representative of Balfour, Guthrie &
Co., who was in Astoria to-day from Port
land, stated that his lirni had given up the
Cupica as lost. She is a hard vessel to
handle in rough weather and with a cargo
aboard which is all dead weight and no
spring, like grain, would have made the
chances for her safety against her.
Cannerymen here have ceased to hope
for her arrival and have made preparations
to use American tinplate for the salmon
run.
The Railroad to lie Ituiit.
ASTORIA. Ob., March 27.— J. C. Staton
of Detroit arrived this morning and imme
diately made arrangements to commence
work on the Astoria-^ oble railroad Satur
day morning. Work will begin at Tongue
Point on the eastern limits of the city and
continue east. A corps of engineers will
start over the line to-morrow morning.
A SONOMA LAND CASE ENDS.
Settlers on the Pena Grant
Gain a Victory in the
Courts.
Clouds Removed From Titles
and Administrator Fitch
Ousted.
HEALDSBURG, Cal., March 27.— There
is general rejoicing among the settlers of
the Tzabaco Rancho over the decisive vic
tory won by Mrs. Wisecarver, one of their
number, against William Fitch, as ad
ministrator of the estate of Antonio Pena,
deceased, which results in the quieting of
title and the revocation of Fitch's letters of
administration.
The Tzabaco Rancho is a body of land
comprising over 1,000,000 acres, and em
bracing the central portion of the famous
Dry Creek Valley and the Geyserville dis
trict. It was an old Mexican grant, for
merly owned by Pena, and is now occupied
by 251 prosperous families.
Two years and a half ago William Fitch,
as administrator of the Pena estate,
brought suit to recover an undivided one
h'fth interest in the property. A mass
meeting of those interested was called, and
the settlers decided to act on the defensiye.
Several of the most able lawyers of Sonoma
County were employed by the landholders.
So the case rested until last January. At
that time Mrs. Wisecarver desired to sell
part of her property, and as a cloud rested
on the title this could not be done. Through
her attorney, J. W. Oates, she instituted
suit against Fitch to forever quiet title,
and a decision wa9 rendered yesterday
quieting and perfecting the title, and an
order was also made revoking Fitcn's
letters of administration.
This is a great victory for the settlers,
for the Wisecarver suit was a test case.
TH ERX SEALERS JiROHXED.
The Fleet From British Columbia and
Washington Meet Hough Weather.
VICTORIA, B. C, March 27.— Mail ad
vices from sealers in Japanese waters are
to the effect that they had terrible weather
in crossing the Paciiic.
On January 18, while the schooner Casco
was off San Francisco, the first mate,
Arthur Pennell, an Englishman, aged 50
years, was swept overboard and drowned.
On Februar3 T 24, while in Asiatic waters.
Charles Parker, a young American sea
man on the Ocean Belle, fell from aloft
and was drowned.
Besides the above, the Diana, Marvin,
Agnes McDonald, Geneva, Viva, Vera and
Sadetta of Seattle have arrived. Nearly
all are damaged in some way.
SHARPERS AT WOODLAND.
An Italian Grocer Foils Two
Bunko Men of the Same
Nationality.
The Old Tin-Box Game Did Not
at All Tempt a Shrewd
Merchant.
WOODLAND, Cal.. March 27. — Two
Italian sharpers have found their match
in A. Pinto, a groceryman of the same
nationality, who owns a store in this city.
A few days ago a young Italian called on
Pinto and said that he had heard that the
groceryman wanted to sell out. Pinto said
that he would sell if he could get the price
he wanted and sell a piece of property near
town. The stranger went away and re
turned later with a man whom he pre
sented as his uncle. The trio drove out to
the property, and, after a great deal of
haggling, agreed on $7.%0 as the price.
They had a tin box with them that they
said contained $3000, which they wanted
Pinto to keep until they could return with
the balance. Pinto wanted to deposit the
box in the bank, but the strangers pro
tested that they did not believe in banks.
When they drove to town Pinto wanted
the box opened, and when Mrs. Pinto also
insisted that its contents be disclosed, the
sharpers withdrew and have not since been
seen. It is supposed that they wanted to
accuse Pinto of stealing the $3000 when
they returned and opened the box, which
would probably have been bare ot coin.
... .^.v-jji Due to "Foul Flay.'L
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 27.-The
Coroner of the District of Columbia held
an inquest to-day over George D. Bahen
the Georgetown University football player'
who died from injuries received from play
ing football.
The jury's verdict was that Bahen came
to his death by foul play for which he was
unable to fix the responsibility. The tes
timony was that the play was most brutal.
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1895.
TRUE SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE'S ROAD THROUGH THE VALLEYS,
The Broad Plains of the San Joaquin and the Fertile Santa Clara
Orchards Ought to Immediately Respond in a
Substantial Manner.
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad is to be a people 's railroad. It
is, therefore, proper that the people of the San Joaquin Valley and
Santa Clara Valley should express their intentions in regard to the
manner in which they will support it after it is completed. The peo
ple living in the San Joaquin Valley, who feel that a change of con
ditions is necessary, who feel that a competing road would benefit
them, ought to make definite expression as to what support they
will afford to the enterprise which is calculated to bring them
relief. Looking in this direction, the "Call 11 has prepared and
will distribute among the residents of the San Joaquin Valley and
the Santa Clara Valley blank pledges, which, when properly made out
and signed, signify that the signers will for five years give to the
new road all the support and encouragement within their power.
These pledges will be simply worded, and will contain only a stip
ulation that the persons signing them will patronize the new road
where the rates are as low as, or lower than, those of the old
established company. In order to secure necessary and valuable
statistical information, there will be blank spaces, in which each
person signing this contract will be requested to specify the num
ber of tons shipped annually by him and the average general cost
of such shipments.
The "Call 11 intends to establish a roll of honor, in which the
names of those who sign such agreement will be published from
time to time. It may happen that some dealers are in positions
where publication of their intentions in this regard might bring
them trouble. It may be that they fear retaliatory action from
some quarter. In that event, upon request, the names would not be
published, but would be held sacredly private, the information be
ing furnished only to the responsible managers of the San Fran
cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company. After the road
shall be completed and no further occasion exists for keeping the
names from the public, if so desired the "Call 11 would print a
second roll of honor, according to all who have pledged their sup
port the credit that is due to them.
While it may seem strange that such a precaution should be nec
essary in California, the existence of such a necessity is the
strongest argument that can be used for the building of a new
road and for every true citizen to toward its support.
MURDER AT SELMA.
A Husband Shoots the
Traducer of His
Wife.
SEQUEL TO A SCANDAL.
Publication of a Posthumous
Apology an Hour After
the Shooting.
RETRACTION OF THE SLANDER.
A Church Congregation Had Previ
ously Exonerated the Woman
of All Blame.
SELMA, Cau, March 27.— T. B. Balthrop
was shot and instantly killed in Kil
bourne's drugstore at 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon by G. F. Jordan.
The shooting was the result of a scandal
which has been under investigation by the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church this
week, to which Mrs. Jordan and Balthrop
were parties. Balthrop was the author of
the charge that reflected on Mrs. Joraan.
The church court exonerated Mrs. Jordan.
Jordan and his wife are living apart, and
Mrs. Jordan's application for divorce is
now on lile in the Superior Court. She
had been running a restaurant here in
partnership with Balthrop, but as a result
of the scandal the partnership was dis
solved and the restaurant was closed this
morning.
This afternoon Edward Powell, the cook,
went to the country and told Jordan to
come to town to defend his wife. Jordan
armed himself and drove in furiously from
his ranch south of town. Balthrop was on
the sidewalk near Kilbourne's drugstore
when Jordan drove up and, jumping out,
accosted him. Th« men quarreled and
Balthrop struck at Jordan, who had a 44
--caliber revolver in his band. Balthrop
then stepped back into the drugstore,
when Jordan fired, and Balthrop went
down with a bullet in his heart. As he
staggered he drew his revolver, but it fell
from his hand uncocked. Jordan was
placed under arrest and sent to Fresno to
jail.
T. B. Balthrop is a brother of J. W. Bal
throp, of the firm of Balthrop <fc Estes, gro
cers. The dead man had to-day written the
following statement for publication, which
appeared in the evening paper an hour
after the murder.
I wish to acknowledge to the public that cer
tain statements alleged to have been made by
me derogatory to the character of Mrs. Josie
Jordan, and which have been generally
circulated to the injury of both Mrs. Jordan
and myself, were and are unqualifiedly false.
Such statements, If made at all by me, were so
made about fourteen months ago, and I de
clined to make any denial of such statements
to the church committee last Monday because
I entertained the mistaken idea that the best
way to hush the matter up was to refuse to
make any statement.
I had, however, previously denied that ther
was any truth in the statements reported to
have been made by me. I regret that I have
been instrumental in causing any snch scandal
and am willing to consent to any equitable and
fair arrangement which will satisfy Mrs. Jor
dan.
I do not wish to be understood as questioning
the veracity of the persons who reported that I
made to them such statements concerning Mrs.
Jordan, but I do say that I have no recollection
of hiving made such statements, and that if I
made such statements I was at the time under
the influence of liquor and did not know what
I was saying, and further that such statements
if made by me were and are uutrue.
T. B. Balthrop.
Jordan said that he had been informed
of the scandal, and that when he asked
Balthrop about it the latter refused to
answer but struck at .him, and attempted
to draw his revolver. Jordan says he got
his pistol out first and shut Balthrop.
Balthrop was a single man and came of
a good family. Jordan has two small chil
dren and is also well connected.
NEWS OF LOS ANGELES.
Indications Point to a Strike
of Plumbers Against
Lower Pay.
The Masters Insist That a Cut
in Wages Is Neces
sary.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 27.—
Trouble is looked for soon between master
plumbers and journeymen in this city
owing to a proposed reduction in wages
paid the latter. The journeymen have
been notified that after April 1 but $3 a
day will be paid for work instead of $4, as
heretofore. In consequence it is expected
that a strike will occur unless a compro
mise rate is reached, as the men are not
satisfied with the new schedule.
Master plumbers say that their patrons
are objecting to exorbitant charges, and
that they are therefore compelled to make
the cut.
Southern Teachers' Convention.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 27.-The
Southern California Teachers' Association
met in annual session here this evening.
They will meet each day during the re
mainder of the week. Professors T. J.
Bailey, C. B. Bradley, W. B. Flagg, W. C.
Jones, Frederick Slute and Irvine String
ham of the State University are here to
attend the meeting.
Electricity for Motive Power.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 27.— The
Electric Railway Company under its new
management is making arrangements to
put all cable «nd horse lines under electric
power in connection with the system. The
company now controls twenty-five miles
of road operated by cable and norses, in
addition to the electric roads.
Accused of Robbery.
LOB ANGELES, Cal., March 27.—
Thomas B. Wallace, a well-known employe
of the Southern Pacific Railroad, was ar
rested this morning, charged with having
robbed J. D. Gillelen of $350 in a saloon
while the latter was drunk.
A Napa Knife Wielder's Arrest.
NAPA, Cal., March 27.— John Vaughn,
who recently made an attack on Henri
Kock with a butcher-knife, inflicting two
superficial wounds, has been held for trial
in $500 bonds.
MYSTERY OF NEWARK.
No Clew to the Person
Who Shot Wo Song
to Death.
IT IS A STRANGE CASE.
The Chinaman's Body Found
on the Threshold of His
Lonely Cabin.
A BULLET HAD PERFORATED HIM
Theories That a Stray Ball From a
Hunter's Rifle or a Chinese
Enemy Killed Him.
IRVINGTON. Cal., March 27.— Mystery
surrounds the killing of Wo Song, a China
man, who was found dead in the doorway
of his cabin with a bullet wound in his
body, on Sunday afternoon. Whether Wo
Song was murdered by a countryman of
his or whether a stray bullet from a marks
man's rifle inflicted the death wound may
never be known.
The little shanty in which Wo Song lived
was beside the narrow - gauge railway
tracks between Newark and Alviso. There
is a drawbridge near the place. It was
Farmer Bosqui who happened along that
way on Sunday, and observing the re
cumbent form went to see what ailed the
Chinaman. The farmer found that the
cooly was dead.
The authorities were notified and the
Coroner summoned a jury. They heard
the meager evidence in the case and then
rendered a verdict that Wo Song came to
his death from the effects of a gunshot
wound at the hands of unknown parties.
Several theories have been advanced to
account for the manner in which the Chi
naman received his death wound. One is
that some hunters from San Francisco
were shooting at a target and that one of
the bullets went wild of its mark and
struck Song as he was standing In his
cabin door. This is not a very plausible
story and more are inclined to think that
an enemy of the Chinaman called him to
the door of his shanty and then shot him.
THE CARS ON MIJfT STEAL.
Bogus Bullion Alleged to Have Been Sub
stituted for Gold.
CARSON, Nkv., March 27.— Another
sensational development in the Carson
mint loot case, involving the theft of
$65,000 of gold bullion, came to light this
evening, and if the story be substantiated,
it would point to a conspiracy on the part
of mint officials or employes to rob the
Government.
The Tribune this evening makes the
statement, claiming that it comes from an
authoritative source, that bogus bar bul
lion, composed of some valueless com
position, was discovered to have been sub
stituted for the bar gold bullion to cover
up the mint shortage. This is one of the
bars, it is alleged, received by the present
melter and refiner, Harris, from tne pre
vious administration, at stamped value.
Rumors are current that arrests will
shortly be made, but nothing definite can
be learned.
Grief of Orphans at Carson.
CARSON, New, March 27.— Every in
mate of the State Orphans' Home in this
city shed tears this evening when Superin
tendent Grimmon announced to the chil
dren that they would no longer be under
his care. The scene was so affecting that
Mr. Grimmon was unable to witness it, and
left the children crying as though their
hearts would break. Mr. Beebe of Reno
was appointed to succeed Superintendent
Grimmon to-day by the Board of Capitol
Commissioners.
THE I' Sir ATE CLAIMS BILZ.
It May Be Signed, but There Is lioubl as
to Its Effect.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 17.— That
Governor Budd will affix his signature to
Assembly bill 1026, "An act to provide
for the payment of all private claims al
lowed by the Legislature of the thirty-first
session out of the revenues of the forty
seventh fiscal year," is acknowledged by
all who are supposed to be cognizant of the
different claims affected by the measure.
Speculation is rife as to the effect the sign
ing of the bill will have upon the numer
ous claims involved.
First there is a flaw and a serious one in
the title. The first section of the bill pro
vides for the payment of all private claims
allowed at the thirty-lirst session of the
Legislature out of the receipts of the forty
seventh fiscal year.
This section is mentioned in the title of
the bill and must perforce become a law,
providing the Governor signs the bill. The
framer of the measure has neglected to in
sert in the title any allusion to the second
section of the bill, which provides that the
State Board of Examiners shall be author
ized to inquire into all claims passed by
the Legislature and cut down any one of
them which they deem exorbitant.
According to section 24 of article IV of
the constitution any subject embraced in
an act must be expressed in its title to be
valid, still the act itself shall not become
void, only so much thereof as shall not be
expressed in its title.
The application of this section to the
second clause of Assembly bill 1026 has
aroused grave doubts in the gubernatorial
mind as to the advisability of signing
many personal claim bills, among which
may be numbered the Jordan claim. Gov
ernor Budd fully acknowledges that a cer
tain portion of this claim is just and should
be liquidated, but says that there are too
many accessories to the bill, and the
amount involved is altogether 100 serious
to trust to the provisos expressed in the
second clause of Assembly bill 1026, when
there is no surety but said clause may be
declared null and void.
The matter has been submitted to the
Attorney-General, who will probably ren
der his decision to-morrow, and upon that
decision hangs the fate of numerous claim
bills. Many of them are to a certain ex
tent just and valid, but too many other
claims have been added. Nor will the At
torney-General's decision, should it be
against clause 2 of bill 1026, affect the
claim bills alone. There are other im
portant bills possessing defective titles that
will be affected and lost.
SACRAMENTO PERJURY CASE
Accusation of False Swearing
Against a Well-known
Contractor.
Passing Away of One of the Pio
neers and a Merchant
of '49.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 27.-.Tames
Touhey, a well-known contractor, was ar
rested this morning on complaint of Oscar
E. Henley on a charge of perjury. Touhey
furnished bonds in the sum of $1000.
The complaint grows out of a civil
action by O. E. Henley to recover $114
from Touhey. It is alleged that "while
under oath Touhey swore that he did not
tell Dick Corsaw that he (Touhey) would
pay him (Corsaw) the amount of an order,
about $32; that he, said Touhey, had no
money at that time, but would pay him
(Corsaw) in a short time, whereas in
truth and in fact said Touhey did make
such statements to Corsaw, which said
statements, so made by Touhey while
under oath in said action, were material
and relevant matters in the case then on
issue in said Justice's court."
FIONEER FIGG DEAD.
One of the '49 Merchants of Sacramento
Passes A.way.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 27.— E. P.
Figs, a farmer and a pioneer, died in this
city this morning.
Mr. Figg was a native of Danville, Ky.,
aged 76 years. Before he had reached his
majority Mr.' Eigg engaged in the fur busi
ness at St. Louis, and in 1844 he removed
to Lexington, Mo. In the spring of 1849 Mr.
Figg left Lexington with a party in- an ox
team for California, arriving in Sacramento
in September of the same year, and put
ting up under* some big trees where the
Golden Eagle Hotel now stands. By hard
work he acquired some capital and engaged
successfully in the wholesale trade in
miners' supplies and provisions. In the
fire of 1852 he lost $61,000. „ At that time
the firm was Billiard, Figg& Co. They, re
built with a brick structure and continued,
the business a year, when Mr. Figg bought
out the interests of the others and contin
ued 5 the business alone. Afterward Mr.
Figg dealt extensively in flour, where the
Pioneer Mills are now. Latterly Mr. Figg,
while retired from active business life, has
been engaged in the shipment of fruit
grown on his own ranch down the river,
and also in the wholesale trade in salt.
Besides '-. his wife, Mr. Figg leaves a son,
Edward F. Figg.
Raid on Chinese Opium-Dealers.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 27.—Rev
enue inspectors from San Francisco raided
Chinatown .in ; this city this evening and
captured between 50 and 100 five-tael cans
of unstamped opium and , a large quantity
of ; opium c stamps which had been sweated
from empty i cans. Two W Chinamen were
placed under; arrest, and will be taken to
San Francisco to-morrow.
Condition of the Treasury-
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 27.—To
day's statement of the condition of the
Treasury shows: Available cash balance,
$186,039,925; gold reserve, $90,699,977.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GOV. BUDD'S ECONOMY,
Trims the Appropria
tions Made by the
State Legislature.
REASONS FOR VETOES.
Some Items Are Illegal, Others
Duplications and Several
Unnecessary.
NO AID FOR THE DISTRICT FAIRS.
The Executive Adheres to His Policy
as Outlined in His Inaugural
Address.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 27.— 1n his
review of the general appropriation bill
Governor Budd has issued the following
digest:
This bill, bein« Assembly bill .617, en
titled "An act making 'appropriations for the
support of the government of the State of Cali
fornia for the forty-seventh and forty-eighth
fiscal years," is approved, with the exceptions
of the following items, to which I object:
To the support of Whitiier State School,
$245,000.
This item is objected to and not approved for
the reason that the support of said Whittier
School for the forty-seventh and forty-eighth
fiscal years is provided for in a separate and in
dependent bill, which has been already ap
proved.
For the purchase of periodicals, scientific ap
paratus and use of library museum and furni
ture at the San Jose Normal School, $7000.
These items are objected to and not approved
for the reason that the sums are excessive and
may be taken from the amount appropriated
for the support of said institution by and with
the consent of the Board of Examiners when
the same is found to be necessary.
For the care and improvement of grounds at
the San Jose Normal School, $3000.
This item is objected to and not allowed for
the reason that a separate bill for the care and
improvement of said grounds has already been
passed by the Legislature and approved by me.
For the purchase of scientific apparatus and
periodicals and use of library and museum at
the Los Angeles Normal School, $4500.
These items are objected to and not approved
for the reason that the same are excessive and
may be taken from the amount appropriated
for the support of said institution by and with
the consent of the Board of Examiners, when
the same is found to be necessary, and further
more the same are provided for by Senate bill
104, approved by message.
For the purchase of scientific apparatus and
periodicals and use of library and museum at
Chico Normal School, $2500.
These items are objected to for the same
reasons as apply to the San Jose institution.
For orphans and half-orphans, $650,000.
This item is not approved for the reason that
by and under article IV, section 29, of the
constitution of the State of California this item
cannot be included in a general appropriation
bill.
The sum of $322,500 for the aid of agricul
tural districts 1 to 45.
This item is objected to and not approved for
the reason that the same is excessive and not
necessary and is an uncalled-for tax upon the
people of the Slate of California and also for
the causes set forth In my Inaugural address,
delivered upon January 11, 1895, which are
as follows:
The agricultural societies as now managed are of
but little or no benefit to the people; there is but
slight competition between classes or sections, and
but small rivalry in anything except horseracing.
Three annual fairs, one south of Tehaohapi, one
between that point and Sacramento, and one north
of Sacramento, would serve better to stimulate a
wholesome spirit of emulation and rivalry than the
present plan of a fair in nearly every county en
couraged by State aid. The place of meeting shtfuld
be changed yearly, and an annual appropriation of
$5000 for each would be amply buflicient, in addi
tion to the means provided by local directors.
Three distinct societies and one State society
would be far better than the existing system. .
And, further, because of the figures given in
such inaugural address, showing that while
California was the twenty-second in popula
tion, it was first in rank of expenditures for its
agricultural fairs. Had the appropriations for
the district agricultural fairs been reduced to
reasonable figures, I would have willingly ap
proved of aid to them until a proper system
could have been inaugurated, but under the
circumstances and in view of the hard times, it
is impossible for me to approve of any appro
priation for any fair except the State fair.
The Governor to-day approved many
bills. The Assembly bills approved are:
A. B. 249— T0 provide for the incorporation
and management of co-onerative associations.
A. B. 332— T0 authorize the beard of trustees
of the Southern California State Asylum for
Insane and Inebriates to convey certain water
rights.
A. B. 479— Relative to registration of voteri.
A. B. 004— To amend section 1 of an act to
promote the purity of elections by regulating
the conduct thereof, and to support the privi
lege of free suffrage by prohibiting certain
acts and privileges in relation thereto and pro
viding for the punishment thereof.
A. B. 701— R*>!aing to the powers and dutieg
of the trustees of the Southern California In
sane Asylum and Inebriates.
A. B. 751— Providing for a general
primary election in the State of Califor
nia and to promote the purity thereof by
regulating the conduct thereof, and to support
the privilege of free suffrage thereof by pro
hibiting certain acts and practices in relation
thereto, and providing for the punishment
thereof.
A. B. 757— Relating to the redemption of
property sold under execution.
A. B. 756— Sullivan and Sullivan Brothers,
for legal services, $8645.
A. B. 413— Segregating of State contracts.
A. B. 568— Fish and game law.
A. B. 897— T0 provide for the levy and col
lection of taxes by ami for the use of muni
cipal corporations and cities incor
porated under the laws of the State
of California, except municipal corpora
tions of the first class, and to provide for
the consolidation and abolition of certain mu
nicipal offices and to provide that their duties
may be performed by certain officers of the
county, and fixing the compensation to be al
lowed for such officers for the services so ren
dered to such municipal corporation*.
A. B. 624— Support of Southern California In
sane Asylum, $25,000.
The following Senate bills were ap
proved :
S. B. 275— Relating to the purchase of toll
roads by counties.
S. B. 281— To add a new section to the Politi
cal Code to be known and designated as "sec
tion 3022^," relating to the erection, furnish
ing, maintenance and government of hospitals
and homes for inebriates in Counties, and
cities and counties of this State, where land
has heretofore been reserved and set apart
for said purpose; to provide for the commit
ment of dipsomaniacs and inebriates thereto,
and also to repeal an act entitled "An act re
lating to the Home of Inebriates at San Fran
cisco and to prescribe the powers and duties of
the board of managers and the office thereof."
S. B. 349— T0 amend section lof an act to