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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Warrants for Bankers, arrests.

PERRY. O. T., Sept. 2o.-Warrants were
issued to-day against several men con-
nected with the First State Bank. Fred S.
Gum, one of the bookkeepers whom Cashier
Farrar left in charge of the bank, was ar
rested. The total amount of money and
cash found in the bank safe was $24OO and
the amount due the deposltors is not less
than $40. 00O
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Mutinu of I,,dian Troons.

BOMBAY, INDIA, Sept. 2o.-Advices
from Boa. on the west coast of India, are
that body of Portuguese Indian troops,
which had been stationed there, but
which had been ordered to East Africa,
mutinied and marched out of the city,
firing their rifles and threatening venge-
ance on their officers. 1t is learned that
serious outrages will result from the out
break.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
.Drire,n Ont bn Fire.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 2O.-A fire broke
out in the coffee importing house of C. f.
Blanke, 8 to IA South Second street, at 2:15
o'clock this morning. The building, a
three-story structure occupying fourth OF
block, was destroyed with its contents.
Estimated loss $10O, 600; fully insured. The
fire originated in the roasting department
in the basement. Fifty tenants of adioin-
ing buildings narrowly escaped death.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Taker. A,pnu bx q Mob.

TEXARKANA, ARK, Sept. 20.-A mob
of 800 men held up the Cotton Belt passen-
ger train last night at Danceville and took
negro prisoner from the Sheriff of Boshier
parish, Louisiana, and made off through
the woods with him. The negro was
charged with criminally assaulting white
woman at Benton, La. There is little doubt
that the negro is lynched.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Aoainst a Bond Svndtcate.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 2O.-The
city has flied counter claim and suit on
behalf of the city against the Boston bond
syndicate, citing damages in the sum of
$4,000. The city claims that because the
syndicate failed to perform its part of the
bond contract and to take the bonds of the
city issued to purchase the water works
from the National Water Works Company
when they were ready for delivery, the
municipality lost the income of the plant
for fifty days, which. at $500 per day,
aggregates $4,000, the sum it will claim as
an offset for the damages claimed by the
syndicate
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
GUARDED By ARMED MEN.
GrapeIand District People Protect ar
Irrigation Stream.

I'Fty0t'0'' D'To""''
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, Sept. 90
An armed force is guarding the mouth of
the tunnel in Lyttle Creek Canyon, which
taps its underhow and furnishes water for
the Grapeland Irrigation District.
The DAY after Judge Ross famous de-
cision. John w. Downs, a bondholder of
the Grapeland. flied on the water. He was
advised by one of the most eminent law
yers in the State that bondholders would
have right to the water of the district.
His sixty days notice expires next Sun
day and the residents of the district
simply do not propose to allow their water
to be taken from them, even if it is neces-
sary to shoot few people. Downs had
given out that he intended to divert the
water
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Goes Into Insolvency.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. 2o.-George W.
Mitchell, a farmer near Milpitas, to-day
petitioned the Superior Court to be de-
clared an insolvent debtor. A depression
in the price of farm products and poor
crops are set forth as cause for his failure.
His liabilities amount to $841 46. and assets
OF about $500 worth of personal property
exempt from execution and 10S acres of
land in Kansas valued at $780, but subject
to a mortgage of $500.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
DESERT QUEEN CLAIMANTS.
another Prospector Demands a Share o
the Purchase MOneN.

the Purchase Money.
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, Sept. 90
Another claimant for the Desert Queen
mine appeared to-day. He is George
Simon, known as Diamond George" He
will contest the sale in the courts. Simon
states there were five prospectors banded
together, agreeing to share equally what
each one found. They were James and
William McHaney, George Simon, George
n. Myers and another man whose name
his lawyers suppress for the present.
Diamond George" filed claim for one
fifth of $4,000 taken out and one-ffth of
the value of the mine in the sale recently
made. When the fifth man speaks there
will be a sensation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Destrouea bu a Cuclone.

GREEN BAY, WIS, Sept. 20.-Thirty
buildings were destroyed by cyclone
which swept over Door County Peninsula
last night. Farmers were the principal
losers. The large Shiloh Church at Clay
Banks was torn from its foundations and
borne through the air several rods and
dumped bottom up, mass of debris. The
through forest and farms leyeling all in its
way. Only two persons are reported to
have been hurt.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
T4ro Business Blocks Burned.

IPSWICH, s. OAK, Sept. 20.-Last night
the two main business blocks of this town
were burned. At 6 o'clock, the time when
the fire was first seen, very strong south
wind was blowing and the thermometer
was at 100.
The fire was first discovered in the J. D.
Jones store building and was supposed to
have been started by small boy. In less
than half an hour the whole of two blocks
was ablaze and in two hours was in ashes.
The merchants had just received their fail
stock of goods. The loss aggrega ties
$4,000; insurance, $40, 900.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
British Cruisers There.

LONDON, ENG, Sept. 20.-The Globe
prints a dispatch from Shanghai saying
that the British cruisers Eolus, Rainbow,
Spartan and Caroline and the sloop
Daphne assembled Unexpectedly at the
outer anchorage there to-day and subse-
quently proceeded up the Yang-tse-Kiang
River.
The movement was made in consequence
of threats having been made against for
eigners in the interior of the empire. The
Chinese officers, the dispatch adds, are
greatly excited over the action taken by
Great Britain for the protection of her SUBJ
jects.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Found Dead In Bed.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. E2o.-Wil-
liam Kenney, an ex-baIlplayer, was found
dead in bed this morning in a room in the
Purcell House on West Third street.
From all the evidence obtainable it IS
apparent that death was due to heart
failure. The deceased was about 35 years
of age, and short time ago was working
in stone quarry near Santa Paula.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Fai1,.re of a Dr,.o Companv.

LINCOLN, NEBR., Sept. 20.-The Fl. T.
Clarke Wholesale Drug Company made
an assignment last night for the benefit of
creditors. Liabilities are placed at nearly
$4,000 with assets considerably in excess
of that am cunt. The firm was one of the
oldest and supposed to be one of the most
substantial in Lincoln and the failure
caused much surprise when it became
known this morning. Lincoln and Omaha
banks are the principally creditors. Poor
collections caused the failure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
TROUBLES OF OIL MEN.
Residents Protest Against the TaporS
From the ReJinertes.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. 2o.-The
troubles of the oil men are not yet over.
The oil refinery at Beaudry avenue and
Second street was the cause of a large
attendance of women and citizens at the
meeting of the Board of Public Works this
morning. The fumes and gases from the
refinery they say, are unbearable at night
and the residents want protection.
The matter was referred to the Board of
Health and the health officer, who will
abate the nuisance if found as represented
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Deaths Fron, ChoIera.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 20.-Ad-
miral Beardslee, in command of the Pacific
station, to-day wired the department a
despatch from Captain Pigman, in COM
mand of the Bennington, dated Honolulu,
September 6, IN which he reports no cases
of cholera on board his ship, which that
day had gone to Lahaina, one of the near
by islands. There were thirty deaths
on shore on the day the dispatch was sent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Pet,t;on fo, a Motor Road,, Remora.,

SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. 20.-A petition
is being circulated for presentation to the
Board of Supervisors asking that body to
compel r. II. Quincy to remove his motor
road on Alum Rock avenue to the side of
the avenue, and that he be restrained from
cutting q row of shade trees on one side to
make driveway, as he contemplates doing,
and thus save the moving of the road.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

cog railway. This evening the closing
session of the association was held at Co.
burn Library. The principal address was
made by q. R. Brockway, superintendent
OF the great reformatory at Elmira, N. Y,
The second address was by Warden Scott
OF the Massachusetts, reformatory, who
talked on the subject of prison labor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
A Safe oracker Disturbed at Ceres.

MODESTO, CAL, Sept. 2o-An attempt
was made to crack the safe in the office of
c. n. Whitmore at Ceres, four miles from
here, this morning. Charles Matterson
heard noise and entered the Office and
was shot at twice by the burglar, who then
fed. Matterson fired at the fleeing man
twice, and one of the shots. it is believed,
+ooLy affeot
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 20.-The
treasury stated the gold reserve to-day at
the close of business stands at $95.662. 1893.
The treasury was informed that $3.50, 900
was withdrawn at New York for export,
and $4,000 deposited in exchange for
currency
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
That kirkland Said.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. 20.-The
Herald's Washington correspondent tele-
graphs: The Navy Department has for
warded to Rear-Admiral Kirkland, COM
manding the European station, clipping
from the Herald in which he is reported as
saying that he considered the American
missionaries in Turkey altogether bad
lot, who defed the local laws of the coun-
try in which they were temporarily resi-
dents, and then made appeals for protec-
ton which were of no necessity whatever.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Fen Do,cn the Shaft.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 2O.-Joseph R.
Grabb of 4339 West Pine street, manager of
the demonstrating Shoe Company's
factory, fell through an elevator shaft in
the factory this afternoon, distance of
fifty feet, and, alighting on his head, was
instantly killed. He leaves widow and
three small children.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

purpose of nominating delegates to the
city convention, which takes place next
Monday. In. several of the wards there
has been split in the parties, and two
tickets will be slated for the primaries to-
morrow. The struggle promises to be
bitter and intense. It is claimed that the
A. P. A., which claims a strength of 1900
votes in the city, intends to take an active
part in the primaries.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Senator Tabor,s secretary.

DENVER, CoLo., Sept. 2o.-Millard K.
Page was found dead in his room this
morning. Physicians pronounce it a case
of heart failure. He was native of Maine,
protege of Hannibal Hamlin, and while
in Washington met ex-senator H. A. w.
Tabor of Colorado, who engaged him as
private secretary, position he held until
his death.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Editors at the Erp ositio,,.

ATLANTA, GA, Sept. 2O.-This was
Georgia editors day at the Cotton States
and International Exposition. They came
into the city this morning at 7:45 on a
special train over the Central Railway in
charge of g. A. Mcdonald, general passen-
ger agent of the Georgia Southern and
Florida, and were met at the station and
shown to the exposition grounds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Hnlf q To,p,. Burned.

ALDEN, MINI, Sept. 2o.-Fire destroyed
half the business portion OF the town to-
day, including the State Bank, newspa-
per office, Methodist church and fifteen
business houses. Ten families are home
less, many escaping with little or no cloth
ing. Loss $4,000, with but little insur-
qnpp
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
All Dug Out Alire.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 20. One
wall of the old Colonnade building fell in
this morning, burying six workmen under
the debris. 1t was thought at the time
that all had been crushed to death, but
after an hours hard work all were dug ont
alive, although some were badly injured.
The men who were buried are: John
Weatherly, Ed Blair, Ed Hopkins, George
Vaughan, Austin Miller and A. Jennings.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Did Not See the .Eaana.

CARDIFF, WALES. Sept. 20. - The
steamer Turkestan, which came into COLI
sion with and sank the Netherlands
American line steamer Edam, off Start
Point yesterday morning, arrived here
with her bows badly stove. The officers
and crew declare that they did not see the
Edam or any other vessel, the fog being SO
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
He wants a Slice of Gotham.

Richard NJ Woodward of Marshaiton,
Pa, has retained counsel and is making
preparations to press his claims to eighty
four acres of land in the heart of New York
City upon which Trinity Church and other
prominent buildings stand. He claims
that the property in question was origin,
ally leased by Robert Edwards for period
of ninety nine wears; that the lease ran
out i'll $780, but that the properties DID not
materialize at that time.-New York Re
cOrder,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Killed in q Collision.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Sept. 20.-A rail-
way train with 1000 soldiers aboard came
into collision with freight train standing
at station at Oederan, Saxony, last even
ing, demolishing number of cars. Twelve
soldiers were instantly killed and sixty in
jured. Many others are missing and the
debris is being searched for their bodies.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Porttand,s Murder Trial.

PORTLAND, ORE, Sept. 20.-The twelve
DAYS trial of w. E. Ellsworth, the alleged
poisoner, came to close tonight with the
Judges instructions to the jury. The law
yers for the defendant said the jury must
return one of two verdicts-guilty of muir
der in the first degree or acquittal The
jury was then locked up for the night.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Fell Into the Riger.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Sept. 90. = An
electrician on the Rumford line jumped
the track near the bridge over the Ten
Mile River this afternoon, crashed through
the side of the bridge and struck the
bottom of the stream after fall of about
twenty-five feet. The only OCCUPANTS of
tina car were three women and two-year-
old boy. Two women were seriously in
jured. The conductor and motorman
escaped uninju
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. 2O.--A special
dispatch to the Herald from Bellino says:
Caprille, an ancient and much-frequented
village, picturesquely situated in a beauti-
full valley among the Dolomites, has been
burned to the ground. The entire popula-
ton has been rendered homeless by the
disaster
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
No Longer Opposed eu China.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 2O.-The
Chinese Government has withdrawn it's
opposition to the proposed investigation
on the part of this Government of the mis-
sionary riots that occurred at Cheng Tu, III
Western China. A dispatch was received
this morning from Minister DENLY an
nouncing this fact, and stated that the
commission would start at once.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
The Mi1ter phiIanthronist Deaa.

CRETE, NEBR., Sept. 1o.-C. C. White,
known as the miller philanthropist of Ne
braska, died to-day. He was one of the
best-known men in Eastern Nebraska,
being prominent in philanthropic and
church work. He was a mainstay of the
Wesleyan University at Lincoln and ex-
president of the Crete Chautauqua Assem-
bly,. He leaves large property interests.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Goods Assaitant Arraioned.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. 2O.-Porfirio
Patron, who stabbed Albert Good at Nor
gan Hill Saturday night, was arraigned
before Justice Pinard at Morgan Hill yes
terday afternoon ON charge of assault to
murder and released on 5000 bail. Good s
condition is much improved, and his
chances of recovery are good.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
An Eahibitiom Buitdino Burnea.

BORDEAUX, FRANCE, Sept. 2O.-Part
of the exhibition buildings took fire shortly
before midnight. The fire originated in
the electric machine gallery. There was
great scarcity of water and the flames
spread RAPIDLY, doing extensive damage
At one time it looked as if the entire ex-
hibition would be destroyed. By o'clock,
however the fire brigade was holding the
flames-in check. 1t was believed no lives
were lost
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Enrmings of the Santa Fe.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Sept. 20.-The approx
mated gross earnings of all lines of the
Santa Fe system for the second week of
September are $724,3l4; for the correspond
ing week of 1894, $757, 745; decrease,
$50, 431; for the month to date, decrease,
Sal 419
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Santa Barbara,s Police Quarrel.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Sept. 90
Clarence Kelton, deputy constable, was on
trial in the Police Court to-day on charge
of disturbing the peace, growing out of the
fracas between him and City Marshal Hop
kins while contesting the right to make
arrests during a recent Chinatown ARRAY.
The case went to jury, which promptly
acquitted elton
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Mvsterious Death at Seattle.

SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 2o.-Albert
Knowles, wealthy farmer residing in
Sunny Dale County, was found dead in
bed yesterday under circumstances that
point to foul play. The Coroner is in
vestigating.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Fired ov sparks From an Enotne.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, Sept. 20.-A $50, 900
fire was caused by the sparks from a switch
engine on the B. and o. Southwestern
Railway at Gilead, about forty-hve miles
west of Cincinnati, at 10 o'clock tonight
The sheds of the Cincinnati Desiccating
Company were completely destroyed and
thirteen freightcars loaded with fertilizing
product were also consumed. The loss is
fully covered by insurance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

dian school to-day. The State Board of
Health to-day published an order requiring
all children attending the public schools
or the university to either show certiti-
cate of vaccination having been performed
within period of five years or be vac
cinated Immediately or cease attending at
snhnnl
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

TOPEKA, KAN, Sept. 20. = The an.
nouncement is made here to-day that Sem
ator PETER has bought controlling inter
est in the Topeka Advocate, Populist
weekly, in accordance with his intention
of engaging in the newspaper business
when his term expires.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Vent Up Pixies Peak.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Sept. co.
The last session of the National Prison
Association was held in this city yester-
day. The members of the association
came here from Denver on special train
at noon and went up Pixies Peak on the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
A Negro AssaiIa,st launched.

SHREVEPORT, La, Sept. 2O.-T urner
Barclay, the negro who attempted to GRIM
inally assault the daughter of G. w. Dur:
din, living north of this city, was iynched
Wednesday night.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

vnllMn MEM if you are troubled with
lUUVu lflCN night emissions, exhausting
drains. pimples, bashfulness aversion to soci-
ETY., stupidness, dependency, loss of energy,
ambition and self-consciousness, which de-
hts you for study, business or marriage--if you
are thus afflicted you know the cause Get well
and ha q man
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
A Tictin, of Biaekn,ai1ers.

DEADWOOD, s. OAK, Sept. 20.-Banker
Stebbins, who was arrested in Cheyenne
for forgery in connection with the failure
of bank, was tried here to-day and found
not guilty and released. 1t was developed
that he was the victim OF attempts to
blackmail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Fire In Ontario,

ST. GATHERINGS, ONTARIO, Sept. TO-
During fire here tonight the opera
house, Bain's restaurant and a livery
stable were destroyed. The loss is $50, 600.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
An AnoeIs Camp Miner KILLED.

ANGELS CAMP. CAL, Sept. 2o-Wil-
liam Dryer, a native of Albany, N. Y,
aged 80, was instantly killed this morning
in the Sickles mine by cave.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
Postmaster at Ernahurst.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 2o.-Wil-
liam Allison was to-day appointed Post
master at Elmhurst, Alameda County,
Cal, vice Louis Simonsen, resigned.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

There are almost 1900 divorced women
in the United States.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
DOCTOR SWEANY

IIlHlS OLD RELIABLE SPECIALIST,
friend and benefactor of suffering hu.
mainly, needs no introduction or recon-
mendation to the sick and afflicted of San
Francisco and the Pacific Coast For
many years his Offices have been located at
1877 Market street, opposite the Examiner
office. He is a graduate of the best medi-
cal colleges in the world, and has made a
lifelong study and practice, in famous
hospitals and elsewhere, of Nervous,
Chronic and Private Diseases of men and
women. His well-known name is a suf-
ficient guarantee of a perfect cure of every
case he undertakes. He treats, FREE OF
CHARGE, the poor who call in person at
his offices on Friday afternoons. If ailing
consult him this day. 1t may save you
much mental and physical suffering, and
add golden years to your life.
DIR. SWEANY does not allow the names
of his patients or their diseases to be pub
lished or exposed, but he cures them. He
observes absolute confidence and the strict
est secrecy in all his professional dealings.
The Doctor has thousands of genuine tes-
tlmonials on file in his private office and
consultation rooms. They are not fictitious
or solicited. They are genuine and were
voluntarily given as true, deep, sincere and
heartfelt expressions of gratitude and
thanks from our best merchants, manufac-
turers, mechanics, miners, ministers, farm
ers, lawyers, laborers and literary people,
who have been cured by him and made
happy. Examine them and learn for
yourself what he has accomplished in cases
Just like yours. To do so would make your
heart leap with iOy and renewed hone