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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05

Damage More Extensive Than
During the Flood Three
Weeks Ago.
Railroad Bridges Are Carried Away
by Torrents and Traffic Is at
a Standstill.

TACOMA, WASH, Dec. 4.-The Chi
nook winds of the last few days melted
the snow on the mountains and the heavy
rains which have fallen resulted to-day in
all rivers in this vicinity rising higher
than even during the foods three weeks
ago. More damage was done this locality
to-day than during the entire other period.
Early this afternoon the Northern Pa
cine bridge over White River was washed
away by the current, hurting huge pile
of driftwood against it. Although a new
bridge was on hand and the piers laid, ii
was impossible to restore railroad traffic
from Tacoma to Seattle until the latter
part of next week.
The village of Auburn is flooded, water
standing foot deep on the main street.
The current formed many channels, and
beside filing all the cellars, rushed be-
tween buildings, carrying off shanties and
lighter articles. The Steeck River also
left its bed, and submerging the lowlands
. and meadows of all farms in the valley.
J. c. Dieringer's farm at Dieringer. four
miles north of Puyallup. is completely
covered by water, which in the pastures
q. and meadows is up nearly to the top of
the fences. The floor of Dieringer's i'm
:mense stock barn was over a foot under
water at 4 o'clock.
The current of Puyallup River is so strong
that it washed away the entire south
approach of the Meriden-street bridge at
:Puyallup, and is eating out new channel
through the mop fields. At the present
J.. rate at which it is changing its course by
morning the bridge will hang over dry.
All afternoon farmers have been rushing
to town for aid. From all over the valley
come reports of inestimable damage to
crops aad fences. No lives are reported
lost as yet.
Here at Tacoma the Indian reservation
gardens and orchards are covered by
water two feet deep.
Passengers on the overland train, which
arrived three and a half hours late this
evening, say that Green River, this side
q OF the Cascades, was never so high as
now. A man who has just arrived says
White River is two feet higher than the
highest last flood and still rising.
The streets of Kent, he says, are flooded
and the river pounding down the valley,
sweeping havoc before it. Ranches this
side of Seattle bounded by The White,
Black ana Cedar rivers are again flooded
but it is impossible to get any details from
there. Through trains are running nearly
ION time and no damage has yet occurred
to telegraph lines
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Crushed by a 1urntable.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. Professor
John Moore, teacher in the Metropolitan
Conservatory of Chicago, in the Isabella
building, was frightfully crushed by a
turnta5le of the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois Railway Company yesterday. He
died an hour later in the County Hospital.
The friends of the old man say his death
has an ugly look. How he came to be in
the pit under the turntable is a mystery
to them. and they can only believe that
he is victim of foul play. An investiga-
ton will be begun to ascertain who is
responsible for his death. Professor
Moore was 40 years old. qg,e -
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speakers for The Harvest Feast.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Dec. 4-Ex- Mayor
Paul z. Austin will preside as toast-master
at the annual harvest feast, to be given by
the Board of Trade at the Hotel Vendome
next Thursday evening. The guests will
be welcomed by President T. r. Weaver.
Among the speakers secured are d. M.
Deimas, District Attorney w. S. Barnes
and Mayor-elect James d. Phelan of San
Francisco and Judge w. S. Lorigan. APP
propriate music viii be discoursed during
the feast. Indications are that nearly the
entire membership of the board will pc in
attendance
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MO DEMAND FOR HORSES.
Thousands of Animals Running Wild on
the Bunch Grass Hills of Eastern
WasbiHoto1

TACOMA, WASH, Dec. 4.-Horses have
become drug on the market" in this
State. While electricity and bicycles have
been increasing in popular favor for sew
eral years past great bands of horses have
been roaming over the bunch-grass hills
of Eastern Washington. Rapidly increas-
ing in number their value has diminished
in like proportion, until many. owners do
not now consider 1T worth while TO feed
them through the winter.
A few days ago an Eastern Washington
stockman arrived here with two carloads
of horses, which he hoped 10 market on
Puget Sound. He found the market
glutted both here and in Seattle ana final
" sold his horses to get money to pay the
freight bill. They brought So to SIS each,
the receipts just about covering the ex-
pense of bringing them across the noun
tains.
Stockmen say there are about 100, 600
horses in Eastern Washington ranges
and they are destroying feed that would
support three times that number of
cattle and sheep. The latter animals are
being housed and fed during the stormy
weather, while the horses are left on the
ranges to starve unless they can paw
through the snow to the surface. Cattle
men desire that the larger portion of the
horses perish during the winter. that the
bunch grass ranges may be preserved for
sheep and beef cattle. They say that in
that event the horses left will be worth as
much as the unnum bered thousands now
roaming at large.
For several years past many owners
have not taken the trouble to even round
up and brand their horses, and in most
instances no taxes are paid on them.
Efforts have been made to find an Eastern
market, but without result. except that a
dozen or so carloads have been shipped to
France TO supply the limited demand
there for horse meat
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The Humboldt Leayss Eurel:o.

EUREKA, CAL, Dec 1.-The Red Stack
tug Rescue arrived here from San Fran
cisco at o'clock this morning and one
hour later left with the hull of the new
steamer Hum bodt in tow. The steamer
has cargo of redwood lumber in the
hold, which will be discharged at Fourth
and Channel streets, after which she will
be taken to the Fulton Iron Works to
have her machinery put in. The tug and
her tow will be due in San Francisco
about noon tomorrow.
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S0N0MA FARMERS MEET.
Assembiymaa Price Creates Breeze BY
Attacking the State Bureau of
HiqhWaYs.

SANTA ROSA, Gals Dec. 1.-The So
mona County Farmers Institute opened
its session in Ridgway Hall to-day. The
high order of the programme and the
deep interest taken by the farmers
throughout the county in the sugar beet
question make the attendance quite large.
Professor A. P. Hayne was the first
speaker, he having taken the place OF
Professor Hilgard, who was unavoidably
absent. Professor Hayne first took occa-
sion to explain the relation OF the Uni
veraty OF California to the farmer, and
stated that the names OF 5000 farmers were
on the mailing list. He then delivered a
timely and interesting lecture on Resist
ant Vines'
The speaker favored the rupesteris and
riparia, and explained their different
characteristics. The former vine he said
would do well on rocky, gravelly hill
side, as It did not require much moisture
but he advised planting The riparia only
.lu Deep moist soil. The lecturer was
asked a mum Der Of questions, all o. which
were answered to the satisfaction OF the
querist. and the audience learned many
new facts on viticnlIure. Professor Hayne
used charts in showing the proper meth
DDS OF pruning and grating vines, which
materially aided his hearers to a proper
uuoefStaHOlng OF the theme.
At the afternoon session the first bust
ness was to effect permanent organiza-
tor, after which Edward T. Adams of
Wrights explained the object and aims OF
the institute. William F. Gotward of
Santa Rosa read a paper by Luther Bur
bank, the well-known floral and fruit ex-
perimenter, on Nut growing in Sonoma
County. The writer declared that this
county was one of the best adapted to nut
growing he had visited, and he strongly
urged the farmers to plant nut-bearing
trees.
Marsden Manson of the State Bureau of
Highways was called upon and gave an
Interesting explanation OF the work OF the
bureau. When the time came for dis
cussion OF mmissioner Manson's talk a
little hrt exc arose when Assemblyman
W. +. Price criticized the bureau, saying
that he had voted against its creation two
years ago and would do SO again. He did
not believe in the scheme. But there
were defenders of the highway bureau
among the audience and short, forci bic
speeches were made by F. Butler, Colonel
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orGcksn.en at Rtrerstde.

RIVERSIDE, CAL. Dec. 4.-Safe-crack-
ers took their inning in Corona last night,
and as a result of their visit the Postoffice
safe was broken open and 500 in money
and large quantity OF stamps taken, to-
gether with several money orders. The
rear OF the building, where the front door
VS. hammered and pried off. Persons
living over the store heard the sound of
the hammering about o'clock, but did
not locate it as coming from the Post
office. There is not the slightest clew to
the criminals.
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Double Murder at Juneau.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Dec. A.
The steamship Topeka, five days overdue
from Alaska, arrived at midnight last
night. The delay resulted from visiting
several minor points and bad weather.
The 1opek brings news of brutal MUIR
der occurring recently at Juneau, where a
drunken Indian beat and stabbed to death
his squaw and her sister. All three were
suffering from the effects of intoxlcation,
caused by natives mixture known as
hootchinoo, more fiery than the worst
whisky of civilization.
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OBEYs THE ORDER.

The Bellingham Bay and British CO.
lumbia Railroad Files Its Report.
The proceeding against the Bellingham
Bay and British Columbia Railroad Com
pany to compel that corporation to file its
annual report to he Interstate Commerce
Commission was dismissed by United
States Circuit Judge Mckenna yesterday
P. B. Corn wall, an officer OF the company,
testified before the court and explained
that the report had been made out and
forwarded, and would shortly be in the
hands OF the commission. He declared
that the delay had been unintentional,
and that the costs of the inquiry would be
borne by the railroad company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
Tucson Election Contest Decided.

TUCSON, ARIz., Dec. 4.-Judge Bethune
to-day, in the contested election case be-
tween Bullock (D.) and Buchanan (R.) for
the office of Supervisor of Pima County,
gave judgement for Bullock on a recount
of ballots.
The court held that there were sixty
votes illegally rejected by the election
board of Tucson Precinct. This makes
the board Democratic. Buchanan was the
only Republican who received a certificate
of election in Pima County, and the de-
clsion against him to-day makes the en-
tire ticket elected Democratic, something
which has never before occurred in the
history of the county.
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Bavard Held d. Esteem.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 4.-The
proposition of certain Englishmen, acting
unofficially, to present Am bassador Bay
ard at the close OF his mission with sub
stantial recognition of esteem in which
he is held by individuals, finds no ex-
preston of disapprobation here, where 1t
is said the matter could scarcely De an
object of official cognizance under any
circumstances now foreseeu.
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Will Appoint a Commission to
Pass Upon His Mental
SoundnesS.
All Testimony Favorable to the Con.
demned Man Will B. Gwen
Consideration.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec. ITO NOR
row morning Governor Budd will sign a
reprieve which will give to Salter D. Wor-
den. the convicted Yolo train wrecker, a
new lease on life until the 4th of next
June. The Governors reasons for this
act are many During the past month he
has been assaulted by flood of petitions
from all portions of the United States,
many of them setting forth that Worden
was mentally irresponsible, and had so
been for years. Some of these petitions
are signed by influential citizens of East
ern States, men whose names bear weight
and who could not be persuaded to attach
their names to document of this nature
unle IS they were assured beyond doubt
that within the frontispiece of Salter D.
Worden the wheels were working cross
wise.
Even Grover Cleveland, President of
the United States, has pleaded for the life
of the man who stands convicted of hav :
ing removed a rail and wrecked train
during the great railroad strike, hurting
into eternity four men who were in the
employ of the United States Government
as protectors OF it's frontiers.
Governor Budd is just now very busy
and he finds it apostolic to set aside the
time to make thorough investigation
into the rights and wrongs of the Worden
case. Until he can do so Worden will
languish close prisoner within the gran
lite wall of the Folsom penitentiary.
Evidence favorable to Worden will re-
ceive at the hands of the Governor full
and searching investigation, and if the
commission which he will appoint de-
cides that Worden is mentally irrespon-
sible a Communication will be issued reduc-
ing the death sentence to life imprison-
ment. On the other hand, if it be proved
that Worden is in full possessions of his
mental faculties, he will die on the gal
lows.
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Oreoon Improvement Company.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Dec. 4.-The Water
bury plan for the REORGANIZATION or the
Oregon Improvement Company has re-
ceiyed the Endorsement OF majority OF
the holders OF all classes. and the securities
and reorganization certificates of the
Manhattan Trust capital were formally
listed by the officials of the New York
Stock Exchange this morning.
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santn ctera Liahts Ilssrt.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Dec. 1.-The town of
Santa Clara is now lighted by It's own
electric lighting plant. The system was
put into operation last night, and for the
first time in three months the streets were
lighted. The plant was erected at a cost
of about $40, 900, and is operated in con-
necuon with the towns water works,
which was pleted about year ago at
a cost OF $4,000. The streets are lighted
with forty-tWo arc lamps
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Filled a DEED of Trust.

WACO, Tex Dec. Nv. E. Dupree,
dealer in hardware and implements, flied
a deed of trust this morning. the liza
bilities amount to nearly $250,000. In ad-
dition to the main house in this city
Dupree condu Noted braHch stores at Rose
bud, Mount Calm and at McGregor, all OF
which are included.
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Womam,s Ci,.b Conyen,ton.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Dec. 1.-The second
annual convention of the Woman's Club
of this city commenced in the Unitarian
Church this morning. The meetings were
well attended to-day ana the convention
Will continue tomorrow. Mrs DR.. Simon
ton presided. the annual address was
made by DR.. Aida c. Avery. A number
OF papers were read by members Of the
ORGANIZATION.
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Robbery of a Uon,an Miser.

SUPERIOR. Wis, Dec. At was re-
ported at police headquarters last night
that at the little town OF New st. Louis,
twenty miles south OF Superior, Mrs. NJ.
Dabny, an old woman who has always
been looked upon as miser, had been
robbed of ali she possessed. Mrs. NJ.
DaDney is an old woman who has lived on
a homestead almost in seclusion, and the
former had hidden in hole in the kitchen
floor, was taken. There is no clew to the
robbers
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SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Dec. 1.-THE new
Board of Trade is pushing the i'm prove
ment OF the cliff driveway along the bay
and ocean shore. Mayor-elect Phelan
of San Francisco. whose Santa Cruz
residence, occupied by Frank j..
Sullivan, is surrounded by the hand
soonest grounds on the drive, has con-
tfiouted for tn improvement the services
OF his land cape gardener. The drive will
be widened and lined with plants and
flowers.
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try Association promises to be the most
successful exhibition ever made in the
State.
A number of valuable prizes will be Of
fered for the poultry and dog fanciers.
The premium list, together with rules for
intending exhibitors, will be ready for
distribution in a few days.
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fetal signature to Congressman Jonn a;
Barham from the First CohgressioOna a
District. Marion de Vries from the Sec
ond. Samuel G. Hilborn from the Third,
James Mcguire from the Fourth, Eugene
Loud from the Fifth, c. A. Barlow from ON
the Sixth and C. II. Castle from the
Savanth
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smaden Death at gacoma.

TACOMA, WASH, Dec. 5.-John A.
Shank, prominent attorney, was found
dead in bed at the. Tacoma Hotel this
afternoon. He died from heart disease.
Shank came to Tacoma from Cincinnati
in 1889. For six years he was mem ber
of the Ohio Legislature, and chairman oil
the Democratic Committee in 1880. He
was 60 years old.
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Mcdonald, E. D. Sweetser. E. F. Adams
and G. n. Sanborn.
A talk on the General Farmer and How
to Make His Business Proftabl by Ed
ward +. Adams followed. The institute
adjourned TO meet tonight, when mu-
steal and literary programme was rem
dered. The greatest interest centers in
to-morrow's session, when it is expected
that Claus Spreckels will be present and
talk on the culture of the sugar beet.
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SAN JOSE, CAL, Dec. 4-Francisco
Vidal. who was acquitted of charge OF
grand larceny in the Superior Court here
Wednesday, was taken to San Luis Obispo
by City Marshal Cook this morning to an
swer to charges of burglary, grand larceny
and petty larceny. Vidal is b lieved to be
the leader of an organized gang of cattle
thieves who operate between here and San
Luis Obispo
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Liberta,s President Dead.

LONDON, ENG, Dec. An annouce-
ment is received here to-day of the death
on November II of Joseph James Cheeslan.
President OF the Republic OF Liberia. and
the Inauguration on November Is of Vice
President w. D. Coleman as President.
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Entirriu snec,siatfre.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 4.-Consul-
General Murguionde of Uruguay read a
cablegram from the Minister of Foreign
Affairs ct Montevidio advising him that
the threatened revolution in that country
was unimportant. In the opinion OF the
Consul General the affair is entirely
speculative.
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EnpIoston oil q .Packaae.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Dec. A. The
explosion of an express package in the
baggage room OF the Denison Hotel early
this morning caused some excitement in
that big hosiery. All the guests were
aroused and great excitement prevailed,
but no serious damage was done.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. ALBERT
Aronson. the wel-known theatrical man
ager, was found unconscious in the street
early this morning. He was removed to
hospital, where he died soon after.
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20 Res,an,e Operatfons.

LINCOLN, NEBR.. Dec. 4.-The West
Lincoln packing houses. which were closed
down last July, will resume operations on
an extensive scale beginning the first of
next week. The revived industry means
employment for the winter for many idle
man
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SACRAMENTO. CAL, Dec. 4.--The
poultry and bench show to be held in th is
city at the new pavilion from January 6
&c ID under the auspices of the State Poul-
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NEW YORK. n. Y, Dec. 4.-George A.
Wardell, past great sachem of the I'M
proved Order of Red Men, died on
Wednesday aged SO. He was one of the
pioneers of the order IN this State.
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APPROPRIATIONS for Pensions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 4.-The ap-
preparations for pensions for the fiscal
year will not be less than $140, 600 600 and
may exceed that sum.
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Mr.. Mi1ler to Address Yonn. Man

The mass-meeting for young men at the
ChristianAssociation building Mason and Ellis
streets, tomorrow afternoon. at o'clock, will
b. addressed by Rev. o. G. Miller. There will
be special music and most interesting SER
vice. All young men are invited.
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These Elected Congressman,

SACRAMENTO, CAL. Dec. 4.-Certif-
Gates of election were issued to-day from
the Governors office and bearing his Of
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