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The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
OFFICIAL FORECASTER FAMMOND'S EXPLANATION OF
 
THE CYCLONE

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home. Sam stood the trip pretty well, though I had to be in attendance upon him night and day and snatched my own rest as I could which, together with the oppressive heat, made it little hard for me.
 It was wonderful the power that the Red Cross on my sleeve had over all whom we met. Every one from the train boys up to the occupants of pri- yate cars tried to help us along and make the way pleasant for us. Moth ing that could be done by any one was lacking to our comfort and Sam was the pet of the entire train the journey through.
 We arrived in Jonesboro in the middle of the afternoon. and Sam. who had not thought of such things pre- vfously, suddenly made up his mind that he must not return to his home empty handed, but must buy his mother dress pattern in one of the stores. No sooner were we started out on our shopping expedition than the news of our arrival was spread through the town and the store which we en- t red was soon full of people pushing and croWding with each other to see the Red Cross woman and the soldier. Many came from other motives than curiosity, for they had relatives or friends in the Tennessee regiment and took ii for granted that l was personal ly acquainted with every one under Colonel Smiths command and could give news of them at first hand It was hard to disappoint them and see them go away in tears, but I tried to make as good story out of the little that I knew of the regiment as I could and convince them that it was not care lessness nor indifference on my part but sheer inability to attend to my hos pital duties and learn all about the Tennessee boys as individuals which made me come without special mes sage for every one of them.
 That following four hours and a half ride out to Hawes' Crossroads Sam's home-I shall never forget We went in a surrey with two horses and a small darky driver, and started so late that darkness overlook us before we accomplished half the distance The road, because of the heavy summer rains, was the worst I ever rode over There were creeks to cross where the water came up within an inch or so of the floor of the carriage, and the road was full of deep gullies and rocks washed down from the hills. There was no moon, and I expected to be overturned or drowned almost any minute, but at last we got into Sam's 'neighborhood, that is. within six
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09

"a I UT content with being famous for it's wonderful natural gas
 and it's peerless electric sys-
 tenn. Stockton now comes for
 ward with the claim to '>aing
 the cyclone center of Califor- mia. She proudly boasts of being the only city on the Pacific Coast ever vis- ited by a twister from over the Rockies.
 It was not a very big cyclone that struck Stockton about noon last Sun day, but what there was of it was of a most vigorous kind. Everything it struck it either demolished or injured. It displayed a most cratic mode of progress, and altogether must take rank as the strangest meteorological disturbance of which there is any rec ord in the annals of the Pacific Coast.
 While the Stockton cyclone only caused damage to the extent of few thousand dollars, it is almost ineX- plicable why it came to this part of the world at all. Cyclones. the ter rible visitants of the Mississippi Val ley, have no place in the weather zone of sunny California. They do not be- long here.
 The fact that little damage to prop erty resulted from the cyclones visit must be accredited to good luck. Had it traVeled mile or so west from where 1t did it would have cut a wide swath of destruction and death through the residence portion Of Stockton. As it was it merely swept its course over a vast area of farming land and removed buildings, trees and such other objects as happened to lie in its path. A few dogs, cats and chickens were killed, and a horse was injured, but there were no casualties to human beings. This in itself seems miracu- lous when ali the other facts are con sidered.
 The path of the cyclone was about 200 feet in width and itspent it's course over about four miles. It came from the northwest and took a general di- rection toward the southeast although its path was most cratic and in one instance at least it doubled on it's own track. This one instance would set beyond dispute any doubt as to the possibility of the tWister being a true cyclone.
 While the people in the center of Stockton did not feel the least disturb ance, except a heavy rain, the people near enough to know what was hap pening went through reign of ter TOT. Women screamed and men were frightened. All felt their utter help !essness against such an oVerwhelm ing foe
 Just who first saw the cyclone ap- preaching seems to be a matter of some doubt The chances are, though that several people saw it at the same tlIne. John BorsOi, a ranchhand, liV- ing little over a mile north of town. was probably the first man in the af- hlcted districts to notice the funnel shaped cloud. At any rate, he was close to the spot where the cyclone first began to tear things, and was so ter rlfleq that he could not move or speak
 All during the forenoon large white clouds piled up all around the horizon. The air was hot and still. Gradually the air grew darker and the clouds be- gan to tumble together.
 Then came the rumble of distant thunder. We're going to have a shower" the farmers said, as they scanned the horizon.
 Then it was that those who happened to look in northerly direction saw the funuel-shaped cloud. Several eye wit
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tA IE
 INe pital, has just returned from
 accompanying sick soldier
 back to the wilds of Tennessee, and a very exciting time she had Of it, according to her own story.
 When the soldiers from near and far began to gather here in San Francisco St Luke's, together with the German and French hospitals and nearly all kindred establishments in the city, opened it's doors to as many of the boys in blue as 1t could accommodate out side of its regular patients These "camp cases" came from nearly all narts of the country and were of all orades of refinement, education and personal charm.
 Among these beneficiar1es of St. Iuke's was one young fellow-a boy of only twenty years-who after severe and well-nigh fatal attack of pleuro- nneumonia exhibited no positive signs of return to health The disease had run it's course, leaving him but shadow of his former self, but he seemed to have reached stationary stage in his convalescence which was as ukely to lead back to illness as for ward to complete recovery. To add to the difficulty of his case the young sol dier was constant sufferer from acute nostalgia Chomesickness).
 After a six weeks stay in the hospital it was plainly seen by the attendant physicians that there was absolutely no hope of his recovery in this climate even if his longing for home had not been so overmastering as it was. It was absolutely necessary that he should go back to his people, but how to send him there was the puzzle, since he needed care and attention that could he by no means given him by unskilled hands. In this dilemma Miss Close came to the front with an offer of her gratuitous services during the time necessary to accompany the boy home and return to her hospital work.
 The permission of the hospital au- thorities being secured Miss Close started promptly forth on her mission of mercy and has just returned to her regular duties. Her story of the trip is interesting from many points of view.
 "TIrough the kindness of the rail- road people, she said. T was furnished transportation to Jonesboro, the near est point by rail to San's Tennessee
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I was fascinated, and saw that black cloud come tearing right at me. Its bot tom part was filled with dust and sticks and the limbs of trees. and it roared and shrieked like several diff ferent kinds of steam whistles. But l could not move.
 Nearer and nearer I saw the cloud come, and then with a swish it was past, carrying along the wood pile on which I had been sitting only a few moments before. As the end of the cloud went past = was almost blinded
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09

with dust and felt breath of air as cold as if it had just come from the north pole. Then torrents of rain and several hailstones fell around me, the wind moaned bit and 1t was all over.
 T could see the storm as it moved off, tearing down haystacks and up- setting windmills. The air was very cold for some minutes and I went into the house to get warm. But I was more than cold-I was sick-and it took me several hours to recover from my fright with a cyclones tail"
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
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The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
 TAKING T TENNESSEE SOLDIER. WHY BACK HOME

Of Red hospia his folks
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09

1t is estimated that close upon 100000 pianofortes are manufactured every year in London.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09

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The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09

| T or content with being famous N for it's wonderful natural gas
 and it's peerless electric sys-
 tenn, Stockton now comes for - ward yE-frb the claim rO '~a;rp
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
Stout's Bill Introduced in
the Kentucky Legis-
lature.
Repeals the Act Incorporating
the Southern Pacific
Company.
Servants Of Huntington Hope &c
Defeat the Measure Through
Delays.
sn.cial dispatch to The Can.

FRANKFORT, KY, March Rep
-asen1stive German Stout of Woodford
County this morning introduced in the
Housa of Representatives an act TO re-
neal an act entitled An act incorporaI-
ing fhe Southern Pacific Company" in
cornorated under the laws of this State
on March Il, 1854 The bill is substan-
rally the Gobel bill Of two years ago,
which was fought SO bitterly by the
Ken1ucIzy-bo California corporation,
resulting in q victory for the Southern
Pacific COMPANY After a close con-
+as1 the hill was referred TO the commit
tee on corporate institutions at the in
stance of Mr.. Stout. Mr.. Stout is q
member of this committee and has dis
cussed the bill at length with the com
1nfttee. and it has agreed 10 report the
bin with the expression of opinion that
il should pass.
The measure viii be reported as
soon as the committee is reached in
regular call. II is hoped by the friends
Of the measure that il can be advanced
tomorrow ready 10 be put on its final
passage by the last OF the week This
win give ample time for the bill TO go
10 the Senate and be passed in time TO
become e law.
The Southern Pacific Company was
better prepared 70 fight the other bin
than al present. and enlisted the aid of
GODFREY. Hunter, then q candidate for
Senator, in swinging the solid Republi-
can vote against the bill The over
wheIming Silver Democratic majority
in both houses has passed every santi-
CORPORATION bill presented, including
the McChord bill, giving the Railroad
Commission the right TO fix freight
rates. This has caused the Southern
Pacific Company alarm and II has al
ready begun a fight on the measure.
Senator Thomas H. Hays OF Louis
VILE is TO lead the fight against the bill.
He will be backed by the strong Louis
vile and Nashville lobby here against
the McChord bill, headed by General
3. W Duke.
Friends OF the Southern Pacific Com
pany pretend 10 treat the matter light
~ and say il is hopeless to expect TO
pass the bill at this. late day IN the ses-
sion. They say they can kill the bill by
delay. and viii follow this plan OF bat-
tie. and il viii not be necessary TO ap-
peal 10 the merits OF the case. Mr..
Stout viii have hearty assistance for
his bin in Representatives Nelson Of
Hardin and Chinn OF Mercer.
Senator McChord viii assist Senator
Gobel in the fight In the Senate The
fight is based on the refusal OF the
Southern Pacific 10 pay franchise tax
10 the State as other companies pay
under the corporation law.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
To INCREASE
THE REVENUES
House Takes Up Loud's
Bill Regulating the
Mails.
Reduces Second-Class Matter
10 Newspapers ana
Periodicals.
an Amendment PerrnitunS
the Sending OF Sample
Copies
sDecial Dispatch to The Call
Call ONCE. Riggs House.

washington, A1dICA l.
THE House to-day entered upon eHe
-,-t5a-a+ion of the Loud bill relating
class mail matter. The Dill is
:, r., the one passed by the last
rI-@-a.s hut Mr. Loud, its author
,,+ics of an amendment permit
80 the transmission al pound rates
- sannle copies up TO 10 per cent OF the
tn.-f1do circulation OF the newspaper
.--;o5icals. This amendment removes
,,,,,cb opposition 10 the bill
o. three speeches were delivered to-
Mr Loud made an exhaustive
eaob in its favor, claiming that the
ce'o,-e-nrnent practically paid subsidy
- sao 600 600 to the proprietors OF pub
bca+ions which now got access 10 Inc
nails al pound rates, as the cost OF
+-ansnorting mail and its handling av-
arapad 8 cents a pound Mr. Moon Cd
- tennessee spoke in opposition 10 the
nm and MIR. Perkins (R-) of Iowa in IA
II The debate will continue un-
- Thursday, when the vote viii be ia
ken at 4 o'clock
saeond-class mail matter. by the BILL
is restricted TO newspapers and per1odi-
Gals issued at least four times a year
fror, a known office of publication, and
qualifications issued under the auspices
IF benevolent or fra1ernal organiZa-
lions trades unions or others having
Membership of not less than 1000 All
-1,1b1ishers whose publications are ad-
1aittad as second-cIass mail matter are
required by the bill before dep0siting
ench mail matter in the postofices TO
senarate il into United States mail
sacks or bundles for States, cities,
towns and counties as the Postmaster
General may direct
Mr.. Loud. chairman of the Po5toffce
Committee, who had charge of the bill,
exnlained before the debate opened
that the committee would offer an
amendment at the proper rime TO allow
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
FINDS NO EXCUSE
FOR ANNEXATION
Raymond L. Bridgen1an's Talk
to Boston's Congrega-
tional Club.
Fails to Discover 8. Single. Reason
Why This Nation Should
Acquire. Hawaii. =.-
Special Dispatch %. The Can


BOSTON, March The .Congreea tio-aI
Club met at Lorimer Hall this evening
and listened to.a discussion of the tonic
The Hawaiian Republic and It's F1,+I,re
Relations 10 the United States Rav-
mond L. Bridgeman strongly opposed an
nexation- He said:
AS q missionary enterprise annexa-
ton has no standing To. annex on mill
tary grounds is worse than needless. II
exposes US 10 positive and uncompensated
peril. To annex on commercial grounds
is useless, because we have all the: adj
-vantages without annexation. For polftf-
cal reasons 10 annex would be TO incor-
porate into our political body an element
Of tncapacity and constant danger; for
moral reasons TO annex would involve dis
tinct degradation OF our national stand
ing and character
In time TO come, when the nations
shall learn TO war no more, when swords
shall be beaten into. plowshares and
spears into pruning hooks. when man
kind shall be living under a code of inter-
national law far more comprehensive and
far. more minute than is known to-day
there will be place for the small nations
as well as for the great. each having its
duties 10 and its claims upon mankind
each obedient to the larger law and each
administering its own local affairs Sc
cure from aggressive neighDors- And II is
for US even now 10 shape every step of
our national progress toward that sub
lime contamination
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
TONNE LECTURES
At SACRAMENTO
Given q Cordial Greeting by
the People Of the Capital
City.
DEPARTS Not From the Tirae-W orr
Path in Discussing Financial
Issues
-, nisnatch 70 The al.

cna~iaI IOispafch 10 the Gail
SACRAMENTO, March Hon. Charles
Tovne was received in Sacramento to-
dav with the usual hospitality extended
nv the people of the Capital City Partf-
sanship is laid aside in Sacramento when
Il comes TO the reception of any man mer-
ring esteem Congressman TONNES car
rage was flied with flowers and the plat
form from which he spoke tonight was
beautifully decorated with floral contribu-
TONS
THE speaker was escorted from the
Golden Eagle tonight by officers and
members of the Iroquois Club. Several
carriages were occupied by ladies and a
hand led the procession 10 the old pavil-
ion where the meeting was held.
After speech OF welcome by Mayor
Land the ex-Congressman was introduced
and Immediately launched into a discourse
already familiar 10 the people of CaIifor-
MIA II was the same old. wali-beaten
path and in no single instance did ne de-
part from IL He was listened 10 atten-
lively and while there was an absence Of
enthusiasm or unrestratned approval the
audience seemed satisfied and departed
from the hall with the same decorum
that would have marked the close of some
lecture in which only q passing interest
was manifested.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
Sheriff Martin Tells Of
the Affair at
Lettinaer.-
Claims. His*Life .VN.asfn Danger
When the First: Shot Was !.
= ~. >=.>. Fired: III :..*. =
Did NOT ORA w. HIS F5e.vosvvtsr.. :yJr|til
he Had:Beein. sstr.iek. on The:
5. ..sns6ias. 35iis'1ia:tch 10 The Cal.

. - , e
WILKES 5zsF22FsE, Pa. March ,1.-Tt
was a.TSiillJi ric-sl.ttfis morning that Sher-
if AT8.I-tfII.. Etl{Ild be pIaeea on the wit
ness stand this AFTERNOON By the. de-
fease=- 10 tell. his story OF the shopting
Of the strikers al Lattirnsr. on SepteIn-
Der TO- ri: .....:s -:
Thomas. a. Harris payrnaster for the
Calvin. :Eoardse Corn T4a-ny at :f4attiIner,
testified that he: was sworn. in as q
deTuty..aId armed with a, Winchester
rife loaded. W1rh 10 ball. cartridges. On
: September Z :4lE. together with William
Kulp .< was guarding ting railroad ap-
proach 10. the .bunEers al LattimeT.
Wlsr 5he strikers :approached kulp
fired MS gIp into. the air. and the
strikers ran>.:At Ihe>sane time str1k-
-er> fred q. revolver and: shouted;
on we igat US today. but Wen. come
back ::to-E3orrow several thousand
Sheriff Martin was scaled. and as he
entered. the witness stand there was a
rustic CT excitement o.. He was rather
nervous and: could not keep his hands
still. His commission. and prOClana-
ton were read and placed in evidence
He then went on 10 tell his story and
smoke for an hour without interruption.
He told OF the trouble with the strik-
ers. and, describing his movements on
Friday, when the shooting occurred.
SAID:
The mob swore al us when We. ap-
preached, cursed ne and would not
bulge when I told them 10 DO 50. I
read my proclamation, and walked
through them. asking them 70 90 home.
one young man swOre at ne violently,
and said they would 20 70 Lattiuer in
spite Of ne. I arrested him. one man
IL
! pointed my revolver al him.
told theru they must not 60 and
tried 10 read my proclamation to them,
bur they crowded around me, swearing
q NE and husIIing me 10 one side. One
man tried 10 grab me. and I then at
tempted 10 get hold Of him but. the
crowd jumped on and pounded me
about the body I dropped my paper
: and pulled Ky revolver. One Of the
men tried 10 snatch the revolver from
ne, but failed. Then. one struck me
an awful blow il the face and knocked
me- 70 my knees I tried 10 shoot
him but my revolver would not ex-
plOde. Then the shooting commenced.
L lasted about half z minute.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
SLAIN BECAUSE HE
ACCEPTED OFFICE
White Postmaster Shot From
Ambush in Georgia
Village.
Cold Blooded Murder or Man Given
an appointment by the Pres
idenL
Special Dispatch 70 The Cal.

Special Dispatch 10 The Gail
NEW YORK, March IA Washing
ton special TO the Herald saws: An
other Southern Republican is alleged TO
have paid the penalty for accepting a
postonce. and this time. contrary to
precedent, the victim is a white man.
Postmaster-Gen Gary at to-day's
meeting Of the Cabinet disclosed the
story.
J. r Freeman was appointed Post
master at Ada, in Dooley County.
Georgia, near the Florida line. on Feb
ruary u, upon the recommendation of
postal referees of Georgia upder this
administration. He was reported TO be
a competent man for the place in every
respect. No complaint was made
against him to the department.
News of the assassination of Free
man came TO Postmaster General Gary
through a letter from his widow. This
was brought 70 the attention of the
Cabinet to-day. She charged that
those who did not want Freeman to
have the office killed him. Upon re-
cetving the appointment, the letter
saws. Mr.. Freeman obtained the sigma
lures of several neighbOrs to his bond
Not the slightest difficulty was expert
enced in getting several citizens to be-
come his sureties. but a day or two
later these citizens asked him TO re-
lease them According to Mrs. Free
man, enemies of her husband had in
duced them TO withdraw hoping in this
way 10 prevent Mr.. Freeman from
qualifying for office.
without much difficulty. however.
the appointee obtained signatures TO
another bond. He was killed the night
after he had done so, the letter says
He had just entered the yard in front
of his house at dusk, when he was shot
by. persons in ambush His body was
riddIed bv bullets. Mrs. Freeman said
that those who had hand in the as
sassination had been able TO keep the
fact from reaching publication She
asked that the murder be avenged. IN
spectors of the department were sent
to Ada Immediately after the receipt of
the letter and the officials of the United
States court for the southern district
of Georgia were instructed TO aid in the
investigation
This case and the killing Of Postmas-
Ter Baker and his family IN Lake City.
8 O. were discussed al some length
nv the Cabinet, and the efforts of the
Pos4maste in each case to
have the nurderers caught We're heart
ily Endorsed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
Only ono Favorite Scores

NEW ORLEANS. March 1.-Again the
favorites were in hard luck. and Sim "
was the only one OF the six TO score
Six furlongs-AIassacre won. Delgado
second. Dazzle third. Time, 1.1S1z
Six furlOngs-Giobe II won. Tabouret
second, Ben Frost third. Time 1:1674-
Mile and q sixteenth seIling-Vanessa
won, inflammation second, Mamie LIS
Sister third. Time. 1:5I14
Six furlongs, handicap-Sim ". won.
Brighton second, Ella Penzance third.
Time 1:151b
Seven furlongs seIling-Hot Stuff won,
Dorothy III second. Greusa third. Time,
1:31
One miie-Kings Pawn won. Jack Of
Hearts second, Bob Clampett third. Time,
If
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
JACK" BRUNsToN's SUCCESSOR
Paul Walker May Captain the Stan
ford Track Team.

PALO ALTO. March Track Captain
Jack Bruuton viii leave for mis- home
in New Mexico tomorrow. II his father e
health permits Brunton Will be back in a
month but, having no chance 10 train, he
will be in no condition TO compete in the
probability. however, that he will not re-
turn to college, and. in that event. Stan
ford viii lose permanently its fastest and
most trusted Splinter. In Brunton's alb
sence Paul Walker '9s, who ran such
plucky half-Inile on the last field day, will
fill the captaincy. He is a strong runner
a conscientious trainer and very popular
with the track men
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-02
STRIKE OF MINERS
IN TRINITY COUNTY.
La Grange Mine Workmen Refuse TO
Accept Cut in Their
Wages.

REDDING. March News reached
Redding this morning that the entire
working force OF La Grange Hydraulic
Mining Company, in Trinity County. has
gone out on strike, 5the cause being cut
in wages. This is the largest working
hydraulic mine in California and has ex-
pended vast amount Of French capital
in the Trinity gravel fields 1t is reported
that the strikers have sent out warning
10 fellow miners TO keep away. as they
VIII not tolerate outside interference.