rushed on with the cry “Remember the Alamo,” and quickly overcame the Mexicans. Santa Anna fled, but was afterwards captured. The Texans lost only about 30 in killed and wounded; the Mexicans, 1360 in killed, wounded, and captured.
SAN JOAQUIN, Hō′ȧ-kēn′. A town of Panay, Philippines, in the Province of Iloilo, situated on the coast, about 30 miles southwest of Iloilo (Map: Philippine Islands, G 9). Population estimated, in 1899, at 13,918.
SAN JOAQUIN. A river of California, draining the southern half of the great central valley between the Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada (Map: California, C 3). It rises in the latter range and flows first southwest to its junction with the intermittent outlet of Tulare Lake, then northwest till it unites with the Sacramento River and enters the Bay of San Francisco, whence its waters flow through the Golden Gate to the Pacific Ocean. The length of the river is about 350 miles. It receives numerous tributaries from the mountains on either side, one of which, the Merced, flows through the famous Yosemite Valley. The San Joaquin is navigable at all seasons to Stockton, 50 miles.
SANJO SANÉYOSHI, sän′jō′ sȧ-nā′yṓ-shḗ (1836-91). A Japanese statesman, born at Kioto of the Fujiwara princely family. He was originally anti-foreign, and in 1863 he was sent by the Mikado to Yedo to demand reform and more vigorous government. The Shogun's party in Kioto triumphing, Sanjo and six other nobles fled to Choshiu. After three years' exile, having become converted to liberal views, he returned to Kioto, was made vice-administrator and junior Prime Minister, and in 1870 Premier, an office which he held until 1886, when he was made Chancellor.
SAN JOSÉ, Hṓ-sā′. The capital of Costa Rica, situated 44 miles east of Puntarenas, on the Pacific coast, and 68 miles west of Limón, on the Atlantic coast (Map: Central America, E 6). It is regularly built, with broad macadamized streets crossing at right angles, and all lighted by electric incandescent lamps. There are several fine squares containing park-like gardens. The most prominent buildings and institutions are the cathedral, the National Museum, the school of law, a seminary, the National Library, and the Institute of Physical Geography. The elevation of the town above the sea is 3868 feet. It has a temperate climate and a good water supply. It is the centre of a rich agricultural region, and the principal station on the transcontinental railroad from Limón to Puntarenas. Population, in 1897, 25,000. San José was founded in 1738 and became the capital of Costa Rica on the establishment of independence in 1823.
SAN JOSÉ. The principal seaport on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala, situated 54 miles southwest of the city of Guatemala, with which it is connected by rail (Map: Central America, B 4). The harbor is provided with an iron pier, and is a station for several lines of steamers. The town exports coffee, sugar, cotton, dyestuffs, and lumber.
SAN JOSÉ. A town of Luzon, in the Province of Batangas, Philippine Islands. It lies 7 miles north of Batangas on the projected Manila-Batangas Railroad. Population, 10,000.
SAN JOSÉ, sän Hṓ-sā′, or, colloquially, săn ṓ-zā′. The county-seat of Santa Clara County, Cal., 50 miles south by east of San Francisco, on the Southern Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads (Map: California, C 3). It is situated in the beautiful Santa Clara Valley, and is a popular health resort. San José is the seat of the University of the Pacific (Methodist Episcopal), with handsome buildings and a campus covering 17 acres; the College of Notre Dame, a Roman Catholic institution, opened in 1851; and a State Normal School. Noteworthy also are the city hall, court house and hall of records, the post office building, and the high school building. The city has a public library and the San José Library. There are two parks—Saint James and the City Hall Park. Alum Rock Park, 7 miles distant, with its mineral springs and picturesque scenery, and the Lick Observatory (q.v.), on the summit of Mount Hamilton, 18 miles to the east, attract many vistors. San José is the centre of the Santa Clara Valley, which produces large quantities of prunes, apricots, peaches, cherries, grapes, olives, wheat, and barley. It is an important fruit packing and shipping point, and also ranks high industrially. In the census year 1900 the various industries had an invested capital of $3,534,136, and a production valued at $4,584,072. There are foundries, fruit canning and drying establishments, marble works, and manufactories of wine and malt liquors, leather, windmills, etc. The government, under the revised charter of 1897, is vested in a mayor, elected every two years, and a unicameral council. Population, in 1890, 18,060; in 1900, 21,500. The Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe was founded here in 1777, and the Mission of San José was established near by in 1797. In 1840 a small force took possession for the United States, and from 1849 to 1851 San José was the capital of California. Consult: Hall, History of San José and surroundings (San Francisco, 1871); Mars, Reminiscences of Santa Clara Valley and San José (ib., 1901).
SAN JOSÉ DE BUENA VISTA, sän Hṓ-sā′ dắ bwā′nȧ-vēs′tȧ. The capital of the Province of Antique, in Panay, Philippines (Map: Philippine Islands, F 9). It is on the coast in the southern part of the province, is a port of entry, and has an active coasting trade with Iloilo. Population, estimated, in 1899, 5621.
SAN JOSÉ DE CÚCUTA, kōō′kōō-tȧ, or simply Cúcuta. A town in the Department of Santander, Colombia, situated on the Tachira, near the Venezuelan frontier (Map: Colombia, C 2). Since the earthquake which destroyed the town in 1875 it has been reconstructed with broad clean streets and a large square. It is a centre of trade between Santander and Venezuela, and is the terminus of a railroad to Puerto Villamizar. Population, 13,000.
SAN JOSÉ SCALE. An hemipterous insect (Aspidiotus perniciosus) of the family Coccidæ. (See Scale-Insect.) It derives its popular name from San José, California, where Comstock discovered and named it in 1880. It has been considered the most pernicious scale-insect in the United States, whence the specific name. It was probably introduced at San José about 1870 on trees imported from China by James Lick. By 1890 it had spread over the greater part of California, but was not recognized east of the Rocky Moun-
