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The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
SEWERS CHOKED
/, BY STORM-WATER
s-
rs
Engine 29 Rendered Useless
g. in Case of Fire in the
Vicinity.
City.Front Cellars Flooded and
Considerable Property
Damaged.
Ths Street Superintendent'S Office
Furnishes N Data of the Con.
dition of the City.

The result of the present heavy and
constant rain has m sde engine 20, sta
toned at Bryant and Eleventh streets,
useless i'll case it should be required to
roll out to an alarm. This disability is
owing to the bad condition OF the streets
in the immediate vicinity OF the engine
. house. The point where those two streets
cross each other is met by the converging
line of the railroad track OF the Southern
Pacific Company, which is blocked by
freightcars, sidetracked. leaving a pas
sageway across the track an imposs ibiiity.
To get out of the engine-house with
fhree- ton load means TO set stuck in the
4 mudholes within few yards of the door
way and there remain until jackscrewed
out, as horsepower would be unavailing.
Tnis is only one sample. however, of the
condition of some Of the streets in that
portion OF the City since the present down.
pour conf menced.
Along the lower portion of the City on
Davis, Front, Drumm and the intersect-
ing streets, cellars have been flooded and
consid cradle damage done to goods stored
therein.
On the northwest corner of Clay and
Drumm streets the sewer culvert became
choked, causing the rush Ct water 10 back
up and flood the street and sidewalks.
To save the cellars from becoming flooded
pumps had to De rigged to draw the water
off.
The sewer on Douglas and Diamond at
Twenty-four b street got stopped and the
rush of water from the adjacent heights
running in a torrent into the sewer caused
a water spout 10 ascend fully twelve feet
in height, which attracted considere bic
attention from the persons residing in
the vicinity.
The low. section at North Beach has
also suffered from ckoked sewers and
broken cuiverts and manholes.
To obtain anything like an exact &C.
count OF the damaged condition of the
streets, sewers and Culverts would entail a
force OF men and thorough examination
OF the entire streets OF the City. Hereto
fore book was kept in the office of the
uperintendeLt of Streets, in which all
complaints OF damaged streets, sewers and
culverts were entered for the information
OF the public who are required to foot the
bills. But under the present administra-
ton no such information is obtainable
Inquiry at that Office by a CALL rep
sentative yesterday was met with a blank k
look. After delay of several minutes a
man saluted as Tim" made his appear
ance from an inner office and frankly gave
the Information that no such book hac
been kept. When com plants came in
they We're handed to the outside deputies,
and that was all there was bout it.
Under those circumstances the public
and the taxpayers may patiently wait
until tEey pay their taxes for street i'm
provements without knowing for what
y they are taxed.
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as to reap the benefits of water as soon as pos

as to reap the benefits of water as soon as pos
sible
II others who have been with Mr.. Baker in
conteSting irrigation take the same view of
the situation, water will be on the plains OF
be an accomplished fact. Mr.. Baker freely ex-
presses his opinion that the best course TO pur-
sue, now that there can be o question as TO
the legality of the law, is that AL should pull
together and prevent any further delay.
Mr.. Baker is one of the wealthiest land
owners in Modesto dis trct, ana his views will
have much we ight with his farmer friends.
Mr.. Baker favors the proposition that bonds
be sold for cash and that the canal work be
done by the farmers in the district, so that the
money for the work Will be kept in the county.
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chants EXCHANGE she had to put into
Auckland, New Zealand. on February 5,
with main and fore masts sprung. her rud-
der damaged and the vessel leaking.
Evan Jones of the British snip Rhud-
dian Castle met with a violent death yes
terday. The vessel is chartered to load
lumb Der at Puget Sound for Australia and
was to have been towed TO sea from Sau-
salito to-day. Jones was aloft helping to
bend the sails when he missed his footing
and fell from the maintopsail yard to the
deck. He was still alive when picked up but
medical aid could not save him, aud be
died couple of hours later. The deceased
was young man and native of North
WaIas
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STANISLd IRRIG TON.
hdncher Batter NOw Farors Early Conn
h.

Rdncher Batter Now Farors Early Conn
r,i~tio7a of The System.
MODESTO, CAL, Feb. 5.-Considerable
comment, especially among promoters OF
irrigation projects, was aroused this even
ing by the following report in the Evening
1ews of this place.:
A At the late irrigation election in this district
- Baker WIS elected director from the
VCArth District. Here totore Mr.. Baker has
uYeh one OF the most pronounced anti-irriga-
tlnAlsts- he has always been ready with his
AuV;ce ana means to assist in defeating the
workings of the Wright law. Since the de-
clslon OF the Supreme Court of the United
Ia tes' declaring the Wright irrigation act con-
IS useless. and he now declares that all his
ne rgies VIII be directed toward the compile
ZION OF the Modesto district canal system, so
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For the Carnival.

Representatives of Berkeley and Stanford
universities will meet at carnival headquar-
ters this afternoon a 2 o'clock, to arrange the
details for college night" which has been
set apart for them during carnival week. 1t
is the intention of the carnival management
TO request the two leading universities to take
the management of the affair into their ha nds,
inviting the cooperation OF The students of
the other colleges in the affair, so as to
MIA. The programme has not yet been elabo-
rated, but it will conclude with a grand STU
dents ball at the Mechanics Pavilion. 1t will
be left to the students 10 determine whether
this will be q mask affair or an ordinary
dancing party.
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TO CONCENTRATE TRIALS.
Prosecutions for Impure Food Dealing,
to Be Brought in One Court.

Prosecutions for Impure Food Dealings
to Be Brought in One Court.
Isidor Jacobs, chairman of the pure
food committee of the Council of Associ-
ated Industries, has been securing an
understanding with the prosecuting attor.
neys in the police courts and has also
conferred with the Judges ofthese courts
concerning prosecutions under the pure
food law.
"Our aim," said Mr.. Jacobs yesterday,
"Is to have all the prosecutions brought
in one court. instead of scattering cases.
We have spent considerable time and
energy. We have particularly conferred
with Attorney Reynolds of Judge Lows
court. There will be many cases to be
tried, for many arrests will be made
within the coming three months. Attor-
ney Reynolds has agreed to make study
of the matter and TO assist us. We have
sent letter out to boards of health all
over the State asking them to cooperate
in securing pure food. The movement,
which has just fairly begun, will be large
and important"
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STANF0RD'S STUDENT BODY.
Its Financial Condition Found to Be
Sdtisfoctory-TredsUrer Morrison's
Statement

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL. Feb.
5.-The committee appointed TO audit the
accounts OF F. w. Morrison, treasurer of
the student body, commend the busi-
nesslike manner in which he conducts
the affairs of the student organization.
The committee found the receipts, ex-
penditures and balances in the various
accounts up 10 January l, 1897, to be as
follows:
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AT Los ANGELE FAIR.
LubortnJ Mem of the City Have a Day (
7henlSetres.

IhcutSctreS.
LOSANGELES. CAL, Feb 5.-The rain
last night and this forenoon initiated
against large attendance on this Qabor)
day at the fair. An attractive programme
was carried out this afternoon and even
ing, including an opening address by
Chairman Holman; a ripsaw prize con-
test between Carpenters Shaffer, Ham
norman, Parsons and Ross. won by the
latter; tug-of-war contest for $40 between
The Brlckmakers' Union team and the
carpenters Union men, won by the
former team.
The committee of arrangements was
composed of the following from the two
councils: Counci of Labor com 10 ittee-
E. j. Mack, G. E. Fisk, c. Fisher, J. Nj.
Gentry and II. e. Dewey. president or the
council; Council of the Building Trades
=. E. Shaffer, A. H. Hetherington, T. E.
Price. w. Nj. Wilson, E. c. Thompson and
f. Render. f. r. Holman of the Retail
Clerks Union was the chairman.
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Mnrin,s Terephone s.rrice.

SAUSALlTO, CAL, Feb. 5.-The work
OF connecting San Rafael with San Fran
cisco by telephone by way of Lime Point
has at last been accomplished. The cable
between Fort Point on the San Francisco
shore and Lime Point on the Marin SID q
was successfully laid a short time ago, and
since that was completed the telephone
people have directed their energies toward
establishing the line to San Rafael.
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HANTED AT MODESTO.
Ranch EmpLoye L~ores Htth a Fello.c
Ldborers' Udge%.

hdnch EnipLoye L"ores Hfth a FeLIotr-
LdborerS' Hdget.
. MODESTO, CAL, Feb. 5.-Officers of this
place are now looking for man named
Warn for absconding from here with
money belonging to others. o. McHenry.
a local banker, conducts large fruit and
grain ranch north of Modesto. When pay
Pay comes he pays the men employed by
Alm With. checks. Yesterday a mum Der OF
m, men gave Frank Warn. a fellow
IaboFer, their checks to cash for them
when he came TO town. The checks were
made payable to bearer. He cashed them.
receiving about 500. and then skipped.
This morning the men discovered their
loss and sought the aid OF the officers.
thus lar Warn and money have not been
located.
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Sacred Concert To-Morrow.

sacred concert will be given at the Young
Mems Christian Association auditorium Ma
son and Ellis streets, tomorrow afternoon at
3 O'Clock by the Knickerbocker Quartet as
sisted by Mrs. Eva Wren, Miss Zena Roberts
and Professor Burness. organist of Ca,vary
Presby yterian Church. The service will be free
to toe public, both ladies and gentlemen. An
excellent programme OF sacred music has been
provided, and those atte nding may be sure of
an enjoyable service.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
GRAND HOTEL.

l.
M Stamper&w,stock Young. sacto
= " sIaI PATTERSON, Stockton T 7 SWEET, Martinez
MATHEWS sfS RsaIdsourg los 1gs Breen, Salinas
clark, MINNEAPOLIS Armstrong, Sacto
II n =, Fungason Wrignts NJ Hopkins, salem
NJ kirkpatrick. Homo o F COOPER CaI
N e arisen, Portland F Beard, Yreka
a a N N L Lom bard, ChatteId A Troxel, Durham
q " nstr~1s St wsrt, % trows Ldg Gaines. 0aSiand
Bonnev, Seattle o II VanNorden stsnfd
BurDett Stanford JC Znck C1ro,-' ''anio
: W NJ hil.s, S., ashland File cher, " atsonvle
. ~ w SCo1ton Okiah + NJ Mckolls UkiRn
u 1Aylor, Los Angeles Z Lyman, Benicia
PALACE HOTEL.
MRS E Pierce, San Jose VIM Peck Ny
A ID Foote, Grass Valley w Is Jeffrey London
Iernay, W IS, London VIM Mic olas PaIo AL
Stanley, PaIo Alto l. Heedey ireland
powning Beived ere Powni9s Bs1vfsa1e %i Eene
o Jenkins, Stanford H Kinkead & W, Nev
Mrs N, ;, H B wright, Jose H ID Ste lie, Denver
J III Bushnell&w. Chicago 4 W Brown&w. Chicago
JEliinger&w, ,Manchest'r 4 pfc Ibaum XIV
q Ii Bancroft, Boston a Hammond MOI,
LARK Kansas City e Randolph
Humoird&wSt Paul Humbrd & W. ST Paul
= Simms. New Bruins G J Well New York
Stewart, Los Ang ] i Metcalf, Chicago
Henne, stanford
LICK HOUSE
: lack, Jack. San Mateo Rennie Natoma
L d Smith, Oakland w r Spaloing Irrctsa
Geit, Saeto & Rooarts. MADEIRA
! s. Nowlan, Cal j Z King. ~acto
70, y 'ooo Hiss Y WtlSeItt . Jose
n Gieeson Cal w Cullen. New York
G III Smith, Sacto s T Black Sacto
J Macintosh New York Donohoe & W. Oakland
J J Donnelan, San Jose w ,ard y, San Jose
T Seaman. CoulterviIe w Davis Oakland
Healy. San Jacinto ] Cameron & W, S jose
NEW WESTERN HOTEL
Eorekert Mare Island Fish, Alameda
Butier' New orleans II Rossbach, N Orleans
W sawyer. y ew Or cans II Sawyer, New Orleans
o Oppie, New Dreams Wilters New Orleans
Cartsan, Cal Handy, Bodie
II Downey, Syracuse Smith and WI, Cal
Lloyd, Los Angeles T V stevenson N
NJ Rosenblum, Caaveras r Chappell N Y
John, SWANSEA ] Rattan Nj es City
Dlcklnson and WI, y ] w pohin. Chicago
M Markham, Chicago II Handy, Cal
BALDWIN HOTEL.
] E Terry, Sacramento J ] Sullivan & W. Fowler
Riley, shelton I Browne. Seattle
+ G Stetler. Dayton, o G LIghtha Denver
n 100 man, Detroit III q Heffron, Salt Lake
II wilkins Phlla L 5 Milton & w, Sausalito
u p Hayne, Berkeley f A Marsh Battle Greek
I 5 Milton Jr, Sausalfto d McKav Sacramento
r. ID Ihompso & w, Sac IL K oliver, tockton
Kinder San ose A LeadbeIter S Cruz
b smith d Nv. Santa cruz Jones, Chicago
ID Scott, Chicago Miss Smith, Vallejo
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Handhall Games.

Theifollowing games Will be played at the San
Francisco nandball court tomorrow: P. Nc
Kinnon and w. Manion VS.. L. Corraine and G..
Mcdonald, }. McEvely and P. Kelly VS.. C. Sui
livan and ]. Slattery, D. Rodgers and P Ryan
VS.. NJ. Mcneil ana +. Steiner, NJ. Mcclure and
NJ. Edwards VS.. w. Hamilton and w. Stans-
bury, K. Murphy and J.White VS.. ], Collins and
Z. Curley, T. 7. Bonnet and ]. G. Ne alon VS.. P.
Donnelly and NJ. J. Killgallon.
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Binkiey,s Cay.er IN ,rorv,r;,,.

MARYSVILLE, CAL, Feb. 5.-P. w.
Winkley. who committed suicide in San
Francisco on Thursday, was City Marshal
OF Marysville in 1864 and 1865, and repre-
sented the Second Ward in the City Coun-
Gil in 1868 and 1869. Early in the seventies
he, with two others, made an attempt TO
ROB the Decker-Jewett Bank here One OF
the men was killed by Cashier Bingham.
who handled shotgun. and Winkley and
the other man served term in the Stale
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WILL BE TAKEN TO SALINAS.
Young StCindier Series One Sentence md
Has AnOtheT. in PietC.

Has AnOthe1- in PietC.
MODESTO CAL, Feb 5-Harry Hardy,
a young Engiishman who pretended to be
the secretary OF the English Consul at San
Francisco and upon his pretensions gulled
the people of this place, Santa Rosa, Santa
Cruz, Martinez and several other places in
different sums, and who was finally ar
rested ny local officers was to-day released
from ninety days in Jail. Upon his re-
lease Officer Allen of Salinas arrested him
upon charge of obtaining moaey and
goods under false pretenses and will take
him to Salinas tomorrow.
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joseph b. Bidwe, R~coverinr.

Prison Sergeant Bidwell of this City received
a dispatch from Chicago yesterday stating
that his brother Joseph B Bidwell of Chicago,
mem Der of the Chicago Board OF Aldermen and
one of the political Big Four, was iiot dyins, as
was reported, but was in fair wsy TO recover
from his serious illness.
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Ran Fataiity at Puvattun.

TACOMA, WASH, Feb. 5. = Emmett
Coon, native of Farmers Valley, Pa,
was run down by freight train at Pny-
allup, ten miles from here, early this
morning. and died tonight from the
effects of an amputation of both legs.
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A Pretty Ball To- Night.

The electrical workers will give an especially
attractive ball at Odd Fellows Rall tonight.
There will be beautiful electrical display
composed of 1900 liahts.
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Third borgian Church.

The third New Church society of this CITY
at an adjourned annual meeting Tuesday
evening adopted the name. "The Sgedenborg
Mission Society of San Francisco"
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Invited to Exhibit Hortiou1ture

Andreas Meyer has invited the public,
through the Board of Supervisors, to take part
in general horticultural exhibition 10 be held
in Hamburg, Germany, this year from May to
September
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$l4uO. 49, usse1u' arcnitecti
Bertna BAN mbercer with /. w. Coburn to erect n
IWo-story building onsN line of Fell street 10s.2
OF Ashoury; Shea Shea, architects: S4QSn
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builders, Contracts.

Alfred Ross with B. J. Paver, TO erect Q one
story building on line of Twenty seventh street.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
SavagB His Little Eibt
School o Ayenu, ,NarE Street

visit Reno, which is within easy reach of
Lakes Donner, Independence, Webber
and Tahoe.
Besides the lovers of good sport will
journey from all parts OF the coast, as
railroad travel will be low and the attrac-
ton will BE- of such nature as to induce
sporting men to visit The Monte Car 10 OF
the far West.
Now 1 understand that neg otiatlons
will be Immediately entered into between
the managers of the most prominent
pugilists of America and the Reno Club
with view of having the best possible
attractions-that is, of course, pugiiisti-
oally speaking-at Reno in July. Ii DOS
Jefries and Sharkey, Layigne and Cans
and Green and Ryan will be matched to
box to finish.
Then there will be a grand tug of-war
tournament between teams representing
some OF the large cities of the West. A
oays OF wrestling matches, including
catch-as-catch can, Greco Roman, Cor
hisn and collar-and-eltow styles. mount
eo oroadsword contests, and possibly q
lve-bird pigeon shoot
w ell, In fact, all varieties of sport tn at
VIII attract public attention will be intro
ouceo during the first week in July.
Will leave for Reno in few days 10
iooS aiter the construction of the hotel
ana the arena, which will be built within
the ground that is now surrounded by The
old walls of the unfinished State Lrison.
you can rest assured that the Reno
people are determined to be in the swim,
ana L nave every reason 10 believe that
the club VIII spare no expense in procur.
ing the best attractions that can be got
for the July carnival"
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REL NO SPORTS
WILL HAVE
A CARNIVAL
A Club Is Organized and
Will Soon Be Incor-
porated.
P. J. DONOHOE TO ERECT
THE ARENA.
A Hotel Will Be- Constructed
in the Vicinity of the
Grounds.
FESTIVITIES TO COMMENCE IN
JULY.
Boxing, Wrestling, Mounted Sword
Cen 'ests, Pigeon.Shooting and
Tuy-of. War.
FESTIVITIES 70 COMMENCE IN
JULY.
Boxing, Wrestling, Mounted Sword
Cen ests, Pigeon.Shooting and
Tug-of. War.

The fstic festival held at Carson in
March will not touch in point of variety of
sport tournament which will be given
by the sporting fraternity OF Reno in
July.
P. ]. Donohoe, the architect who con-
tructed the arena in Carson, saws that
the Reno people are determined to out
rival their neighbors, and with that OBJ
lect in view they have negotiated with
him to construct q grand hotel connecting
with the arena in which games of all
kinds will be held.
II have no hesitation in saying that
Reno will be the Monte Carlo of the Pa
citic Coast" said Mr. Donohoe IN man
ner that signitied that he meant every
word he uttered on the subject
1T is the intention of the club, which
was recently organized and which will be
INCORPORATED in few davs, to give q
weeks entertainment, commencing on
July l, which will attract lovers of differ
ent varieties Of sport from all parts of the
country.
"In July there are thousands of pleas
ure-seekers rusticating at the lakes and
mountain resorts, and OF course grand
carnival of sport which the Reno people
contenpiat giving cannot fail to induce
those seekers of health and pleasure TO
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CARS TO AsHBURY HEIGHTS.
frederick and Carl Street Systems to
Be Consolidated

Be Consolidated
Ashbury Heights, Sunset Valley and
Balboa boulevard will ere long be broug bit
into closer touch with this City by the
con solidation OF the Frederick and Carl
street railroad lines. Heretofore it re.
CURED native born of the Ashbury
Heights or Sunset Valley tn know for a
fact at what hour and by which route
person could reach either place by car
accomm odation from either the Oak-.treet
electric or the Haight-street cable cars.
Mayor Phelan has signed the order
granting the Market-street Railway a
franchise on Carl street, from CLAYTON to
Cole, and on Masonic avenue. from Page
street to Oak. For this privileges Vice.
President II. E. Huntin ton has prom.
isrd to make the necessary changes which
will consolidate the Carl and Frederick
street lines, and when finished a three.
minute service will be given, which will
give ample accom- m odation to the people
of Asbbury Heights and the Sunset
Valley.
Work will be commenced on this line
inside OF few weeks, ana a correspond.
ing gauge with that of the Market-street
lines will be adopted instead of the one
formerly in use by the old Metropolitan
line. which held the franchise over this
road.
By this i'm mproved service the distance TO
Balboa boulevard will be shortened con-
siderably.
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choicest cells in the Jail, and when re-
leased be will be allowed to give burial to
the worthless carcass of the pet brute.
The fellows non-observance of a City
ordinance prohibiting owners from allow
ing dogs to roam at large resulted yester-
day in serious and most painful injuries
being inflicted upon little Miss Valentine
Goody, the eight-year-old dau ,hter of J..
E. Goody of the cloak department in ]. J.
O'Brlen's dry-goods house.
But for the prompt action OF Officer
Coleman the child would have been torn
to pieces, perhaps killed. in the very pres.
ence of fifty of her little classmates.
She was within q few feet of the Hum
boldt Primary School, on Golden Gate
avenue, near Hyde street, shortly before
8 o'clock in the morning. The children
were laughing and playing on their way
to school, and the first they knew OF the
affair was when the dog fastened his teeth
in little Valentine Goody's LETT thigh and
she shrieked in agony as the beast shook
her as he might have shaken rat. All
the other children drew back IN error and
ran.
Officer Coleman realized the child's dan.
ger, and in q momenI he reached the bull
dog throwing his weight upon the beast
choking him meanwhile with a strong
two handed grip around the neck.
AuS uos eiV"isu, Aou5h anu Toiieu over,
but let 90 the hold it had on the child's
leg. He proved a powerful beast, how
ever, aud fought savagely for freedom,
throwing the officer to the sidewalk and
escaping long enough to jump at another
child, whose apron he tore In to shreds.
Officer Coleman again seized the brute
by the throat and this time choked him
until his eyes bulged out and his frothy
tongue hung between his ugly teeth.
"Kiil him, Kill him ~ cried the crowd
that mad gathered. "The dogs madp'
Coleman asked some Of the men present
10 carry the wounded child into the school
and TO bring him a stout piece of rope.
The latter he wound tightly around the
dogs neck as collar and packed the ami
NAL that way to the City Prison.
Sergeant Houghtaiing sent for the pound
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wagon and yesterday afternoon the brute

wagon and yesterday afternoon the brute
was lowered into the we'll whence ca
CANNES never retarn ive
Little Valentines injuries received i'm
mediate dressing at The hands of the
schoolteachsrs, and her father, who wa.
sent for, removed her to her home at 1902
Golden Gate avenue, where the family
physician look charge
This is the second time the child has
been attacked by dog. Last wear In Los
Angeles she was severely lacerated about
the face and ear bv savage pup, and yes
terday's experience has almost frightened
her out of her life.
Policeman Coleman. who saved little
Valentine, was bruised and scratched by
the dog, but not to any serious extent.
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NEW TO-DAY.

Book on the heart and nerves sent free by
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Eikhart, Ind.
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| his office and papers. and his successor
was compelled to go through the form OF
forcibly ousting him.
since tnat tlme the ex-secretary has had
an attorney delving into the intricacies of
the law to ascertain whether he had a
standing in court and the conclusion has
finally been reached that he has not.
Hence the abandonment OF the struggle to
hold the Office.