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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
FIRE IN A LODGKEG-HoUsE.
Female Inmates Narrowly Escape With
Their Lives.

SAN JOSE. CAL, July e.-Fire broke out
in the Harmony lodging-house, on North
First street, this morning about o'clock,
but was extinguished before much damage
was done. The house is an old landmark,
built in the early ffties and opened by
Professor Gates as school for young men
and women. 1t was then known as Gates
Academy, and enjoyed a reputation along
the coast as place of learning.
Of late the clearinghouse has had ques-
tionable reputation, and at the time of the
fire most of its guests were women. The
inmates had narrow escape, for the house
was filed with smoke and the flames were
rapidly spreading when discovered. The
damage will amount to several hundred
dollars. The place was insured for $4,000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

strangers, and disliking to be put in the
common lookup the court permitted them
to be guarded. During the night Saunders
gave the officers the slip and fed and has
not been recaptured. Wife No. claims a
common-law marriage OF eight years
standing, which Saunders did not deny.
No. was married to him about three
months ago in Kansas City. AT the local
known of his marital entanglements. His
accounts are straight and he is considered
a valuable man.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
MIDDLE-AGED AND OLD MEN.

There are thousands of you troubled with
weak, aching backs and kidneys, frequent
painful urination and sediment in urine i'm
potency or weakness of sexual organs and
other unmistakable signs of nervous debility
and premature decay Many die of this diff
Guilty ignorant of the cause, which is the sec
ond stage of seminal weakness. The most OBJ
stinate eases of this character treated with I'M
falling success.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
FAIL OF ii Los ANGELES MAN.
4 Workman beat Slightly Injured i1t a
Descent Of SirtV-ttUe Feet.

Il Workman 5sst Slightly Injured s1t a
Descent of Si1ty-Itve Feet.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, July GA .mirac-
ulous escape from a painful death oc-
Cured this afternoon about o'clock. w.
w. Ham, bricklayer, working on an ad-
dition to the Philadelphia brewery, at an
elevation of sixty-fve feet was overcome
by heat, lost his balance and fell to the
ground. His fall was witnessed by a num-
Der of people. Hams shoulder struck
brace, throwing him against the wall of the
building. He instinctiveiy threw out his
right hand, which fortunately came in con-
tact with the brace. Hi momentum was
so great that his wrist was broken, but it
checked the force of the fall, and the only
other injuries resulting were scratches on
the head and shoulders and a general
shaking-up
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
LOS ANGELES Bribery.
Sensational Evidence In the Case of Street
Superintendent HOsoGrd.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, July 6.-The case
of Street Superintendent Howard, charged
with endeavoring to bride City Councilman
Kingery to secure the selection of lots ten
dered by Dodd and o'Gsra, came up to-day
before special committee of the Council.
The evidence placed the Superintendent in
bad light, but as there were no witnesses
to the conversation at the time of the al
legged bribery, and as both men held to
their story, after an exciting session an
adjournment was taken to Monday, when
a report will be submitted to the Council.
The testimony was OF a sensational nature
and.exeited much comment. The amount
of the alleged bribe was $500.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
rs A GENUINE BARON.
Mdrston Not Disturbed by Reports Con-
cerninq Has Goft-tal-LasU.

CHICAGO, I'LL, July 6.-Colonel Henry
c. Marston of this city, the father of the
Miss Marston who, on May % last, was
married to Baron Rudolph Schultzbar-
Milchling, evinced no concern tonight
when shown cable from Germany stat
ing that his son-in-law was fraud.
1.-THE cable is q mistake" he said, "my
son-in-Iaw's ancestry was very fully traced.
Aside from this he was recognized here by
the German Consulate and the Consul was
present at several CT his dinners"
Several other people acquainted with the
Baron were shown the cable message and
all agreed that there could be no doubt of
the gentleman having genuine title.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
Ho,cgate out on. Bonds.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 6.-Cap-
tain Henry w. Howgate, formerly dis
bursting officer of the Signal Service, who is
under sentence of eight years in the peni-
Tertiary for forgery and embezzlement,
was admitted to bail in the sum of $15, GOO
this afternoon and released. Three per-
sons became sureties for his appearance
when wanted before the Court of App eaIs,
one OF whom is the prisoners daughter,
Miss Ida Howgate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
WRITE

Your troubles if living away from the city.
thousands cured at home by correspondence
and by medicine sent secure from observation
Book on SPECIAL DISEASES sent free to those
describing their troubles.
OFFICE HoURs-9 to IL A. NJ, Q to and z to
P. NJ; Sundays, 10 to IL only.
Address f. L. SWEANY, MD,
7S7 Market ST., San Francisco, Cal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION.
Seven Men Badly Burned IN a Pennsyl-
UGniG Mine.

cGniG Mine.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, July GA serious
explosion of gas occurred at noon to-day at
the No. 6 mine of the Susquehanna Coal
Company at Glen Lyon and seven men
were badly burned, four probably fatally.
The men were at work fixing q drum on
the new plane in the deep shaft of No. 6,
and Richard Love, who had charge of the
party, accidentally set off gas-feeder.
The injured are: Richard Love, aged
So probably fatally; Charles Williams,
Richard Stephens, John r. Stephens,
Thomas Rogers, Stanley Hurrish and
Leroy Allen
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
YOUNG MEN.

If you are troubled with night emissions, ex-
hausting drains, pimples, bashfulness, aversion
to society stupidness, dependency, loss Of
energy, ambition and self-confdence, which
deprive you of your manhood and absolutely
unfit you for study, business or marriage-if
you are thus afflicted you know the cause. Get
we'll and be a man.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
PLOT AGAINST 4 LODI FARMER
Scheme of Bumko Men to Keep Witness
Out of Court.


LODI, Call, July 6.-Farmer Jacob
Brack, who was bunkoed out of $1,000 few
weeks ago, and who has appeared against
the swindlers, who were arrested in Oregon
a few days after leaving Lodi, has been
visited by a strange woman who came
from San Francisco and wanted to secure
rooms in the Brack residence for a short
time. After her first visit Brack had been
advised that the woman had been in Lodi
and had eonfded in a certain man the fact
that she expected to prevent Brack from
appearing against the confidence men who
robbed him.
Brack therefore refused to allow the
woman to take rooms in his house, but she
refused to take no for an answer and came
back a second time. This time she pre-
tended to faint and was carried into the
house, but sooner than allow her to re-
main over night MI. Brack hitched up his
own rig and brought her to Lodi, where
she took the train for San Francisco.
The trial of the bunko men comes up in
Stockton next week, and sensational de-
velopments are expected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
WEDDED TO TWO WOMEN.
A Much = Married st. Louis TraueIin,
Nan Gets Into Trouble

Nan Gets Into Trouble.
( ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 6.-L. Saunders,
general travelling agent of the National
Guarantee Savings and Investment Com
pany of this city, has been on a business
trip through the West for several weeks.
The register of the Hotel Rose at Golden
City. Mo-, shows that 81. Saunders and
wife, St Louis, arrived there June 81
An abrupt termination was put to his
operations yesterday by the arrival in st.
Louis OF very angry woman, who claims
to be Saunders wife. She had traced her
recreant husband to this point from
Kansas City. Wife No. l Immediately
had Saunders and wife No. arrested
and they were held for examination to-
day.
Being unable to give bonds among
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
SCHMIDr REACHES TACOMA.
Il Deaf 4I,fte's Long Falk ca a NoreE
Hdqer.


TACOMA, WASH, July 6. - Charles
Schmidt, deaf mute, aged 90 arrived to-
day from Minneapolis, having walked from
there under extraordinary circumstances.
He agreed with the Left-Hand Fishing
Club Of Houston and the Island Fishing
Club of Galveston, Tex, To walk from
Minneapolis to Portland, Or, over the
Great Northern, and from Portland to
Houston over the Southern Pacific Rail-
way, leaving Minneapolis April ! and to
arrive at Houston on or before December
81. The conditions are that he is not to
stop to eat, drink or sleep, but to continue
in motion day and night, not less than
forty-eight hours consecutively.
The clubs agree, if Schmidt is not killed
on the road to give $4,000 to the Deaf Mute
Institute of Texas and $1,000 to the walker.
Besides accomplishing this task Schmidt
must in some manner have collected $3.50
on the trip.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
No D,ttn o., Lead Ore.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July Elm re-
Spouse to an inquiry from the Denver Mint
the Charge d Affaires of the United States
in Mexico has informed the Treasury De-
partment, at the request of the State De-
partment, that the Mexican Government
imposes no duty on the expectation of lead
ore.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
TALKYRIE III WINS.
AtlsG ard britannia Beaten in the
Hunters Qst0y Race.

hunters XNoU ItUces
HUNTERS QUAY. SCOTLAND, July g.
The great cutters Valkyrie III, Britannia
and Ailsa raced to-day over the course of
the Royal Clyde Yacht Club for her
Majestys cup, valued at 100 guineas. The
sky was cloudless and there was gentle
breeze from the south. The small raters
also struggled for money prizes and glory
over practically the same course ascovered
yesterday.
The Valkyrie won by fifteen minutes
The finish was: Valkyrie, 4:31 10; Britain
finished: Eucharist, 3:40:50; Zinita,
3:41:55; Dakotah, 3:54:05 The Niagara
gave it up.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
A Texas To,cn Inundated.

JEFFERSON, TEX, July 6.-The bayou
at this city is rising at the rate of six inches
an hour, and already the bottom-land
farms are entirely submerged and great
damage done. Many families have aban-
doned their homes for the uplands. The
lower part of the city is under water.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
LADIES',

II you are suffering from persistent headaches.
Painful Menstruation, Leucorrheea or Whites,
Intolerable Itching, Displacement of the
Womb, or any other distressing ailments pecu-
liar to your sex, you should consult Dr. swesny
without delay. He cures when others fail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
A Relic of Colonial J,.stice.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA, July g.
While mending a roadway in King George
County yesterday workmen dug up the
skeleton OF man inclosed in cage of iron
bars, all in a tolerabIy good state of pres
ervation. 1t is evidently the remains of
some malefactor hanged in chains in
colonial DAVIS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
MADE TO SUPPORT HER HUSBAND
Plant of San Jose Woman Rho Sues
for Divorce.

SAN JOSE, CAL, July 6.-Frances
E. Lovett to-day began suit against Charles
E. Lovett for divorce on the grounds of
failure to provide. The parties were mar
ried in this city in 1890. They have no
children and there is no community
property.
In the complaint Mrs. Lovett sets forth
that for more than four years her husband
has neglected to provide the necessaries
of life.for her, and that he compelled her
TO support both herself and him. She
asks SIS a month alimony and 500 ceun-
sci fees
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
CATARRH,

Which poisons the Breath, Stomach and Lungs
and paves the way for Consumption, Throat,
Liver, Heart, Kidney, Bladder and all constitu-
honal and internal troubles; also Rupture,
Piles, Fistula treated far in advance OF any
other institution in the country.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
SANTA BARBARA,s NEW Road.
Fork on the Electric RaiItcGy VIII Be
Begun at Once.

HOFk on Ue EIect7'to Halliday HtT Be
Begun at Once.
SANTA BARBARA, CAL, July 6.-The
stockholders of the new electric road held
a meeting to-day and adopted code Of by
laws for the government of the company.
The board of directors organized by elect
ing A. Hope Doeg president; S. J. Reese
of Los Angeles, e-president: A. T. Ash
ton, secretary and treasurer; and w. f.
Reed, manager. The stockholders raised
subscriptions increasing the amount actu-
Work win be at once commenced on the
road, beginning with the building of a
power-house, which will be located in the
vicinity of the Southern Pacific freight
depot, and the whole road will be vigor-
ously pushed forward.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
BLOOD AND SKIN

Diseases, Sores, Spots, Plmples scrofula, syphi.
lite Taints, Tumors, letter, Eczema and other
impurities OF the blood thoroughly eradicated,
leaving the system in q strong, pure and
healthful state
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
Decides in Psts5urg.s .Faror.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 6.-Judge Ache
son of the United States Circuit Court this
morning rendered an opinion in the suit
of the Dupont Powder Company VS.. the
city of Pittsburg to prevent the sale of
nearly $4,000, 900 of bonds for public i'm
provements. The courts decision was
faVora BILE to the city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
SANTA ROSES DEAD JURIsr.
Pathetic Scene at the DeGthbed of Judge
PRESLEY.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, July 6.-The
funeral of Judge Presley, who died at
Camp PRESLEY, near Cazadero, yesterday,
will be held at the Baptist church here to-
morrow forenoon. The members of the
Santa Rosa bar met to-day and appointed
a committee to draft proper resolutions in
respect to the memory of the dead jurist.
The attorneys will attend the funeral in a
body.
Judge Presley died in the arms of r. P.
Legro, an old Union soldier, who had his
camp near that of the Judge. Just the
evening before the old soldiers had jolly
visit together, felicitating themselves upon
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

the fact that all animosities that ever ex-
listed between the blue and gray had been
put aside. Before daylight the Judge, VINO
was an ex-Confederate, breathed his last IN
the arms of the old Union veteran.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
PRIVATE

Diseases, elect, Gonorrhoea, Inhammations,
Discharges Structures, Weakness of Organs.
Syphilis, Hydrocele, Var1cocele and kindred
troubles quickly cured without pain and de-
tention from business.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

B. w. Yeats, the young Irish poet, is
mentioned as reminding one OF Stevenson.
He wears scarlet sash and a sombrero in
the streets of Dublin, and has "a tall,
willowy frame, with the tint in his cheeks
of the wild olive
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Sir John Pender claims that 5000, 000, 600
has been sunk in ocean telegraph cables.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-31
SETTLERS IN DANGER.
The South Wellington Wharf
Burned to the Waters
Edge.
POWDER WORKS THREATENED.
Desperate Struggle to Prevent the
Flames From Reaching
Dynamite.

NANAIMO, B. c., Aug. 9o.-Bush fires
rage with undated fury all the way from
Alberni to Quennells Lake, and unless a
heavy downpour of rain comes quickly
there is no knowing to what extent the
damage to property will amount. Between
Alberni and Nanoos Bay the fires are
everywhere prevalent, but so far no great
loss has been sustained by the settlers.
All along the Departure Bay road, almost
UP to Newcastle townsite, the fires are still
raging. The old South Wellington wharf
has been burned to the waters edge. East
Wellington wharf had close call, and the
Mortified wharf has to be carefully
watched as there are fires on either side.
The struggle to save the Hamilton Pow
der Works was desperate one, but for
tunatelv successful. Around the she'd
where 1000 pounds of dynamite was stored
there was for time a very dangerous
blaze. The flames crept up to within four
yards OF the building, and it seemed we'll
nigh impossible to avert terrible ex-
plosion.
In the immediate vicinity OF the city the
fires are not now of so dangerous charac-
ter, but still justify most careful watching
To the south the fires are worst at Chase
River, where much damage has been done.
From Chase River on to Nanaimo and as
far as Quennells Lake the fires are simply
appalling. Around Southfield good deal
OF damage has been done, and the E. and
n Railway trestles have to be carefully
guarded night and day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-31
SAN FRANCISCO A LOSER,
The Assessments in Twenty
Five Outside Counties
Lowered.
Taxable Wealth Of the Metropolis
VIII Bear the Brunt OF
the Deficit.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Aug. 9o.-The
State Board of Equalization finished its
labors to-day. San Francisco's assess
ment remains as it is, and Butte,
Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn,
Kings, MADEIRA, Marin, Mariposa
MERGED, Orange Riverside, San Diego, San
Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Solano, Sonoma,
Sanisaus. Suffer. Tehama, 'Tulare, Ven
tura. Yolo, Yuba and Napa have been
lowered 10 per cent
The effect of to-day's action by the board
will be to raise the tax levy cents over
what it would have been had the assess
ment been left at the Assessors figures.
AS it then stood the levy would have
been 66 cents. AS it will now stand the
levy will be 68 cents. Had San Francisco
been raised the contemplated 10 per cent
the tax levy would have been cent less
than this.
When this afternoon session opened,
Mr.. Beamer moved to raise San Francisco's
assessment, and was supported by More
house. Arnold, Colgan and Cheesebrough
voted no. Beamer then moved to cut
twenty-five counties.
Morehouse seconded the notion and
Arnold voted with them. Colgan and
Cheesebrough voted no. The effect OF this
action of the board will be about as hard
upon San Francisco as though the assess
ment had been raised, as the taxable
wealth of that City will have to make up
the bulk of the deficiency produced by the
cut.
Beamer and Morehouse give as their rea-
sons for voting as they did, that they did
not think that the assessment of San Fran
cisco was as high in proportion as were
the assessments of the countries which
were lowered. They said that had San
Francisco been raised they would have
voted to lower the other countries.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-31
ROMANCE OF ALAMITOs.
Mystery Surrounding the Disappeardn
of Blanche Witt Cleared.

Mystery Surrounding the Disappearance
of Blanche Witt Cleared.
SANTA ANA, CAL, Aug. 90.-A sensa-
tional story comes from Alamitos, small
settlement ten miles west of here, regard
ing the mysterious disappearance OF
Blanche Witt, the 14-year-old daughter Of
MIR. and Mrs. William Witt. The girl dis
appeared last May, since which time, until
few weeks ago, her whereabouts was un-
known. The name of prominent young
resident of the neighborhood was con-
nected with the young girls strange de.
parture, and the story was growing more
and more sensational, until to-day letter
received from the girl herself, dated at
Perry, N. Y, explained the mystery.
The letter stated that the girl was with
her real father; that Mr.. Witt and her
mother ran away thirteen years ago, when
she (Blanche) was about a year old, the
mother taking Blanche with her and
leaving her two little brothers with the
deserted father. This was not known here
before, and as the Wits have occupied a
respectable position in society in the
neighborhood in which they resided, Mr..
Witt being pillar of the village church,
1t has very naturally acted as bomb in
the village.
The little girl writes that Mrs. Witt, as
she is known here, is in New York now,
but that she (Blanche) will not see her;
that she is only there to try and keep the
information of her former misdeeds from
reaching California. Residents of Ala
mitos are very indignant at the Wits be-
cause Of their attempts to fasten the cause
OF the girls disappearance on q popular
Young man.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-31
COAST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Condensed From Special kilograms to
'The Call"
George Anderson, rancher, was drowned
four miles from Traver
The first carload Of raisins of this years crop
was shipped from Fresno on Friday This ship
year.
w. j.. Conner, proprietor of the Williams
Hotel and recently of the Sea Foam Hotel,
Santa Cruz, died of heart disease at Gilroy
Thursday night
The Southern Pacific will put on between
Vallejo and San Francisco, beginning on Mon
day, a fare of IS cents, in an endeavor to run
out the Monticello.
The material has arrived at Santa Monica for
the construction of the pleasure wharf on the
South Side by the Santa Fe, and work will be
commenced at an early date and pushed for
ward as fast as possible.
Marvin Moore, the 17-year-old-son of Harry
Moore, was accidentally ru1 over by truck at
fire in South Vallejo and sustained injuries
resulting in his death. The young man fell
from the truck, the wheels passing over his
chest.
Scores of visitors thronged the County Jail
at Carson, where Editor Lennon is confined
Tor contempt Of the Federal Court. They bear
flowers and express their good will. Promi-
nent men have intsrvened for his release, but
of no avail.
Reports from the hop districts of Washington
show many fields being eaten up by hop lice.
1894 crop for cents a pound, it costing about
10 cents to raise. From this many will go into
diversified farming.
J. N. Bash, passenger from Grants Pass on
the southbound Oregon express, was thrown
from the cars at Montague. One leg was
almost cut off. the other badly crushed, both
arms We're broken and he was otherwise mutt
lated. He died sood after the train left Coro-
ner Scofeld has left Yreka TO hold an inquest.
Judge H. II. Lurton of the Fourth Circuit
Court OF the United States arrived at Tacoma
Friday in his private car. With him were Mr..
and Mrs. r. Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. Morrow of
Dallas, Tex; Miss Lurton and L. o. Lurton.
The home of the jurist is IN Nashville, Tenn
The party left for Yellowstone Park in the
evening.