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ALFRED OVEREND.
The Supreme Court Orders His Re-
lease From Jail.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 30.-The Su-
preme Court to-day ordered the release
of Alfred Overend, who has been con-
fined in the County Jail on an order
adjudging him guilty of contempt of
court.
Overend is the man who was fleeced
of several thousand dollars by a motor
ious woman named Minnie Campbell
and a confederate. When they were
arrested in Los Angeles upon Overend' S
complaint, he refused to prosecute. The
court adjudged him guilty of contempt,
imposed a fine of $500, and sentenced
him to the County Jail until he would
answer questions. He applied for a
writ of habeas corpus, and to-day the
Supreme Court ordered his release.
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Was Accompanied by Terrific Rain, Doing
Great Damage In the Interior.
Rivers Become Raging Torrents,
Overlooking Their Banks and
Flooding Many Sections-Two
Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost,
Hundreds of Houses Wrecked
and Thousands More Inun-
dated.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30. - The
steamer Gaelic, from China and Japan,
brings news of a terrific storm which
swept over Japan on September 9TH,
which before it blew itself out almost
reached typhoona proportions. The blow
did a. great deal of damage to shipping,
several vessels dragging their anchors
and beingl blown into collision, and one
or two small vessels were blown
ashore. A terrific downpour of rain ac-
companied the wind, and i'm the interior
the damage was stupendous. Rivers
rose rapidly, and soon became raging
torrents overflowing their banks and
flooding many sections.
A summary of the loss of life and
property follows: Deaths, 250; houses
swept away, 164; houses overthrown,
1, 1875; partially wrecked. 400; houses
inundated, il, 591; river banks broken,
rs.
Owing to the interruption of COM
munication, this summary will doubt
less be greatly augmented by later ad-
vices.
The heaviest loss of life occurred In
the Prefecture of Kofu. This section
also showed other losses greater in
comparison with many others, but the
Aichi Prefecture suffered larger in the
loss of property.
Ex-Japanese Minister Totus Hoshi
does not believe there will be- an Anglo
American alliance, and further says
neither America nor England will dare
take the Philippines without reference
to Japan, and that if it were done that
would be the moment for Japan to
move. The Minister was given a grand
reception on his return from the Unit
ed States.
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ceived at the railroad offices in this city
are to the effect that the forest fires in
the northern part Of the State were
quenched by a heavy fall of rain late
last night The heaviest loss was SUI
fered at Cumberland, where twenty -fiv 2
families were rendered homeless by the
flames and a large saWmill plant,
valued at $225,O00 was wiped out.
Wires are down in all directions, and
particulars of the ruin wrought have
not yet been received.
Only one death as far as known has
resulted, that of Mrs. Jacob Correson
at Drywood. Two children of Mrs. Cor
reson We're seriously burned while at
tempting to rescue their mother.
The pecuniary loss is not expected to
reach over $1,00000O.
A dispatch from Rice Lake says the
forest fires in that vicinity were
checked by light rains last night. Fifty
farmers near Rice Lake lost all their
possessions Johnson Brothers Lum-
ber Company six miles west, lost their
mill and stock of hardwood lumber,
with no insurance.
Thel town of Alemena, near Rice
Lake, is reported destroyed. The 500
Railroad bridge near Alemena was
burned, stopping all trains on that line.
No loss of life has been reported The
greatest damage has been done in the
townships of Cumberland, Turtle Lake,
Clinton, Stanford, Barron, Oak Grove
and Cedar.
A special from Eau Claire says the
Northwestern Lumber Company lost
100000 feet of saw logs above Stan
lev
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writ of mandate addressed to the Sec
retary of State at the instance of the
managers of the Populist (Fusion) State
organization, who argued that the mid
dle-of-the-road men had taken part in
the original convention, and then gone
off and nominated a ticket contrary
to law. They also set forth that the
fusion convention was held in COM
pliance with the regular call issued by
the proper authorities.
Secretary Brown will now have tc
recognize the fusionists rs the Peo-
pies party, and the middle-o Of the-road
men will have to get on the ticket by
petition, if at all.
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DECLARED A DRAW.
The Bantam-Weight Fight Be-
tween Leon and Flanagan.

NEW YORK, Sept. 30-The bantam
championship of America still belongs
to Casper Leon, the Italian boxer of
this city, but he had a close call in
the twenty y-five round bout with Steve
Flanagan of Philadelphia before the
Lennox Athletic Club tonight.
These two lads met at 100 pounds,
and put up a bout which was one Of
the liveliest and cleverest contests
which have taken place in this arena.
Toward the close of the fight the stiff
pace told on Leon, while the Philadel-
phia man showed very little signs of
distress. In fact Flanagan seemed to
grow stronger toward the conclusion
of the bout The referee satisfied the
majority of those who witnessed the
contest when he declared the bout a
draw, as neither had gained a material
adVanta ore.
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Secretary of the Treasury Gage

CHICAGO, Sept. 30-Secretary of
the Treasury Gage, accompanied by his
wife, arrived in Chicago to-day on his
way to Colorado, where he will remain
for ten days for rest and to look after
mining interests. Mr. Gage will re-
turn East in time to meet President
Mckinley at Omaha on October 18th,
and take part in the peace festivities
at the exposition
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BROWN OVERRULED.
The Supreme Court Recognizes the
Fusion Populists.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3O.-The
Supreme Court this Afternoon handed
down decision reversing the decis-
ion of Secretary Of State Brown re-
jecting the ticket nominated by the
fusion wing Of the Populist party, and
giving a place on the official ballot un-
der the party designation of the .sPeo-
pies party" to the ticket nominated by
the middle-of-the-road Populists who
bolted from the official convention
The contentious of the two sides to
this controversy were heard when the
matter came up the other day on a
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Fatal Shooting in Shasta County

REDDING, Sept 30.-Albert Thomas,
a farmer, residing fifteen miles from
here, was returning home yesterday,
and seeing a strange man leave his
house, deliberately shot him. The
wounded man, who will probably die,
gives the name of w. Boughen. He
was left lying in the sun most of the
day. He says he entered the house
through an unlocked door to get some
thing to eat. Thomas says his home
has been robbed frequently of late, and
he was on the lookout for burglars
Both men are under arrest
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Former Samoan King Mataafe.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-The State
Department gives confirmation to the
report that it has given it's assent,
through the American Consul at Apia,
Samoa, to the return to Samoa, after
an exile of ten years, of the former
King Mataafe. 1t is assumed that this
chief is to be made King to succeed
the late King Malietoa, who died about
a month ago
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Sutro Will Contest.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30.-A de-
murrer interposed by the executors of
the will of the late Adolph Sutro to the
contest of Edgar E. Sutro has been
sustained by Judge Coffey. The con-
testant was given ten days to amend,
and the case will again be heard.
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A Pioneer Physician Dead.

SANTA ROSA, Sept. 30.-Dr. ]. +.
Boyce, a pioneer physician of this
place, we'll known in this part of the
State, died here this evening. He had
been engaged in the active practice of
his profession since 1851.
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Homicide in Arizona.

PHOENIX CA. To-, Sept. 30.-Ramon
Valencia, seducer of the young daugh-
ter of Jose PARA, was killed by her
father tonight. PARA had gone to
Valencia to ask him to marry his
daughter. Valencia refused, and PARA
shot him through the heart. He then
came to town and gave himself up.
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Captain Dreyfus.

PARIS, Sept. 30-It is rumored that
Dreyfus has already been transferred
from the Isle de Diable to Cayenne
where he awaits a steamer to bring
him to French or Algerian port.
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Vicar General schram Dead.

VANCOUVER CWash.), Sept. 80
The Very Rev. Louis DEG. Schram,
Vicar General of Nisqually, died at
Providence Hospital in this city to-day,
after lingering illness. from cirrhosis
Of the liver.
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Trial of PlyIer.

SANTA CRUZ, Sept 30.-In the Ply
Ter mayhem case the entire day was oc-
cupied by the argument of ]. H Skirm,
attorney for the defendant, who Will
resume his address tomorrow.
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Entire Business Portion Burned

IPSWICH IS. D., Sept. 3O-The en-
tire business portion of this city was
destroyed by fire early this morning
with the exception of one block
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3o-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
S311, 600, I54 gold reserve, $243, All, 722
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THE OPERATIONS
ABOUT MANILA.
General Merritt, Commander Of the
American Forces,
Describes the Situation Before and After
the Battles Were Over.

Gives Great Praise to the Officers
and Men, Regulars and Volun-
teers Alike, for Their Exem-
plary Spirit and Cheerful En-
durance During the Trying
Campaign Which Was Brought
to Such Brilliant and Success
full Conclusion.
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Continued on Eighth Page.)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
THE STATE LIBRARY.

F. RANK L. COOMBS, State Librarian, in his
| report just filed with the Governor for the forty
eighth and forty ninth fiscal years, ending June
go 1898, makes excellent showing for the nstitu-
ton generally and has the satisfaction of submitting
financial statement which discloses that the library
has hand the considerable balance of $685.
In one respect, however, the report is not of
nature to be gratifying either the librarian or to
commensurate with its value the cost of its main
tenance. AS Mr.. Coombs points out the real value
OF library lies in its utility II the State library
designed and is supported by taxation merely to
be storehouse of and literature fulls its pur
pose but if it intended to serve the requirements
of the people for books falls far short of its object
Several suggestions put forth as to the best
of making the library widely and increasingly
useful to the people. The important of these is
the which The Call has repeatedly presented that
of establishing travelling library system with the
State library central storehouse, from which
volumes could be sent out to all parts of the State
for general reading.
This system is not one of experiment. 1t has been
thoroughly tested in many Eastern States and has
been found to be of great advantage the thousands
of intelligent and women who live in commu-
mites where great public libraries are maintained
So successful has it been in practice that in every
State where has been tried it is being rapidly ex-
tended and other States arranging to adopt it.
California should not lag behind the progressive
commonwealth of the Union in matter of this kind
We have of the finest State libraries in the ma
ton, and it folly not to administer it as to give
the people the full benefit of it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
BARNES ON THE sENAToRsHIP.

= ENERAL BARNES has rarely been more for
chile or more eloquent than in the address
with which he opened the Republican CAM
paign in this city Saturday evening. He presented
in striking the importance OF the issues to
be determined by the popular vote in November, and
showed not only the weakness of the opposition party
and the personal inconsistencies of the opposition
candidate, Mcguire, but the genuine strength OF the
Republican position-a strength which, the orator
pointed out is so invincible that the fused factions
OF opposition dare directly assa it in this in
any other State in the Union.
Able and interesting the speech throughout,
the most notable portion was that relating to the
United States Senatorship. General Barnes clearly
announced his own candidacy, and in dealing with
that of M. H. de Young said: II do not care who
the man is, don't care what newspaper he owns, if
he does not come up to the standard that has been
required OF the United States Senators from this State
hitherto, he cannot be elected Senator and all the
bosses that God ever spawned upon earth cannot
make him one
No man who has any acquaintance with the sent-
ment of the people of California, or with that of
Republicans only, will question the accuracy of that
statement California has not been always strongly
represented in the Senate, her Senators have al
ways taken high rank among the great statesmen Of
the nation, but General Barnes said "It has been
very good list. Go back to Casserley (Democrat),
Hager Democrat, Farley Oenocrat), Sargent
Republican,, Stanford (Republican), FELTON, Gre
publican), White (Democrat), and Perkins (Repub
can)-they all gentlemen"
The people OF the State intend uphold that stan
dard. Any aspirant for the Senate who does not
measure up to the requirements dares not to openly
announce his candidacy. He can hope for success
only by secrecy during the campaign and the work
of the bosses afterward.
1t altogether right and fitting that the orator
chosen to open the Republican campaign in San
Francisco should make this subject an impressive
feature of his address. 1t is important to the party
The people know it. and it is time for the bosses
themselves to take heed
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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS.

TWO great educational institutions in New Eng
land, Amherst College and Brown University,
are at present engaged in search for presi-
dent In the New England States there are many
professors of ability and learning, but neither Am
herst nor Brown has been in hurry to select a
presiding officer and chief executive from among
them The trustees Of each institution are we'll
that something than fair ability and good
scholarship needed in the head of university in
these days, and they looking for strong natural
leader of men rather than an eminent scientist or
philosopher.
The University Of California can offer much more
in the OF salary and opportunity for farreaching
work than either OF the two New England insttu-
tons. 1t ought, therefore, to easily win away from
them the strongest man available for university
employment but in order to do so the regents must
widen the field OF their choice to include merit and
executive ability wherever they are found Amherst
and Brown will not conne their search for the right
man to their States or even the New England group
Neither should we confne ours to California
There is no position in the world more promising
to ambitious aspirant for fame and honor in the
upbuding of great university and the advancement
of learning than that which the presidency of the
University of California will offer By reason of
which inherent in the very nature of things
California is destined to become of the dominant
commonwealth of the Union, and San Francisco will
be of the intellectual and artistic eeners of the
world
The university in which that intellectual life has its
source and glory will of necessity be an institution
Of great potency and worldwide fame. 1t may well
excite the emulation of progressive scholars to be
among the leaders and directors of its career and it
certain that the regents will find no difficulty
in obtaining the service OF any man whom they may
esteem worthy of the honor
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O'Neil, for then San Francisco knows
the power and depth of the play. ]
have never seen Modjeska's Magda,
nor Duse's, nor Bernhardt's, and ]
don't want to see any Of them. Irnita-
ton is too easy and seductive. I avoid
other peoples characters as you would
avoid illustrations in a book. They in
terfere with your own individual con-
ception and Interpretation. My Magda
is my own, and,.I think, the best thing
1 do; and now that I am back home
and a star with certain amount of
reputation and all that sort of thing,
would like to show 1t to my old friends.
Well, maybe this suit about the rights
will be over next week; If so, you shall
see me in the part, sure
I said that 1 would give almost any
thing for the chance-and I would. If
the life of an actress ever has anything
to do with equipping her for the emo
lions of a role, then surely Nance
O'Neil must bring a deal of personal
feeling and conviction into her persona
ton of Magda. Her life has been as
Magda's. She went forth into the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
A MAGDA IN THE LIFE.
Nance O'NGil'S Are the Ambitions, ViCiSSl-
tudeS and Victories Of SuderIIlann'S
Heroine.
BY ASHTON STEVENS.

world of art and grease paint against
the desires of her father. 1t is said
that on the night of her first appear
ance on the stage he lifted up his voice
in open prayer-meeting and begged the
Heavenly Father to make the debut q
failure. It is matter of record that
that prayer was not efficacious. Miss
Lampson-that was her name then
went East a raw, lank, stage-struck
girl. But she had the right qualities
in her, and she worked and worked and
was taken up by Mckee Rankin and
drilled and softened and developed In
the secrets of the craft. One night in
New York year or two ago while
playing with Rankin's stock company
she was discovered" by that irrepres-
sible critic, Alan Dale, who made her
the subject of column of hilarious
praise in the next days Journal. Then
the other critics rushed over to
the Murray Hill Theater, and, according
to their styles and temperaments,
wrote more adulatory adjectives about
the young stranger from California.
And before the week was out Nance
O'Neil, actress, was made. She had to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS.

Judge W. B. Wallace of visalia. is at
the Lick.
M. J. Burke, a merchant of Salinas, is
at the Lick
A. Ginocchio, q merchant Of Jackson, is
at the Russ.
E. r. Clifford, merchant Of Auburn, is
at the Baldwin.
Jesse D. Carr, capitalist, Of Salinas, is
at the Occidental.
D. H. Arnold, merchant Of Colusa, is
at the Occidental.
Charles Syme, mining man Of French
Gulch, is at the Russ.
F. 8. Wensinger a cattle man Of Free
stone, is at the Occidental.
J. M. Wylmans, a we'll known mining
man of Newmans, is at the Lick.
George Seymour. tobacco manufacture
er of New York, is at the Palace.
]. Marion Brooks, a lawyer and politi-
clan of Los Angeles is at the Grand.
Leon Carteri rancher and land owner
Of Santa Barbara, is at the Baldwin.
e. Sweet and wife arrived from New
York yesterday and are at the Palace.
Joseph Pascholy, the banker, and wife
have arrived from Nogales and are at the
Grand.
E. Newman, W. T. Hunter and W. r.
Townsend of Los Angeles are registered
OF the Occidental.
D. H. Jarvis and e. B. Bertholf, first
and second officers of the Bear, are reg
istered at the Grand.
DR.. w. T. McGillicudy has returned
after an absence of several weeks, which
he passed travelling about the State
I. H. Mulholland, the candidate for At
torney General, arrived from Independ-
ence. Inyo County, yesterday. and is a
guest at the Russ.
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get big new book to paste her press
notices in. She must have a trunkful
of such books by this time, for her
success was real and has since swelled
with the seasons.
In the meantime the stern papa has
not relented, although he abstains
from public prayers in the matter.
And now in all the splendor of her
triumph, brave, confident, willing to
play against Modieska or any other
living genius, Miss Nance O'Neil has
come back to her old home. It is the
play in the life.
Miss O'Neil is full of that IT am t.
philosophy of Magda's. MY life is my
own" she says. at is what I make 1t.
Perhaps, as in the play, my
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mendous resemblance to those Of Su-
dermann's heroine.
Miss O'Neil has played the part Of
Magda many times. She says that 1t
appeals to her more strongly than any
other character in modern literature.
She had intended to open her engage
ment with it tonight, and told me so
with her own lovely voice. But there
Is suit on about the American rights
to the piece, and so she had to change
the bill to THE Jewess."
Anyway, there is Modjeska across
the street at the Baldwin," I said by
way of comfort; "she is something CT a
Sudermann specialist herself. We had
her Magda only last week"
$50 much the better" said Miss
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LEND Us YOUR EAR.

we want to tell you of the fine laundry
WORK we are doing, and all who appre-
ciate beautiful color and fine medium
nnisn on their linen can get the bene-
MT OF our experience and expert work
manship. There is no laundry In town
where you can get such perfect satis-
faction as at the United States.
The United States Laundry, Office
1904 Market street Telephone
South 400
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NEWS OF FOREIGN NAvIEs,

The fiftieth anniversary of the German
navy will be celebrated on November 9.
The cruiser ordered at Elbing by the
Russian admiralty is to have II 900 horse
power and guaranteed speed of 25 knots.
According to official reports from the
British Admiralty the Powerful made the
run from Yokohama to Hongkong last
month, averaging 201e knots during twen-
ty-four hours and consumed $40 tons of
coal.
1t is only few years ago that the Ger
man iron-clad Kaiser of 1881 tons, built In
1874, was almost entirely rebuilt and al
tered. She Is, however, again in the hands
of mechanics at the Kiel dockyard under
going another reconstruction.
Two of the four torpedo-boat destroyers
built by Schichau at Elbing for China
have gone through their trials, giving
highly satisfactory results. One of the
boats. called the Hal Lung, carried load
lof sixty-seven tons and averaged 1876 knots