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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-06
HUNDREDS OF NEGROES
THREATENED BY FLOODS
Continued from First Page.

been lost and the number may be much
larger. The property loss will reach so
far into the millions as to make the
Calvert food appear insignificant by
comparison.
Tonight Deputy Sheriff Swearingen
made this statement to the Republic
correspondent over the long distance
telephone from Sealey:
L am so dumfounded by the extent
Of the disaster that l hardly know how
to talk about it. Fully twenty lives
were lost within a radius Of twenty
five miles of Sealey last night, and to-
day nearly 100 have been drowned IN
the vicinity of what is locally known
as The Mound.
This is a small piece of high land
three miles from Sealey, near Old San
Felipe. At first, when the flood rushed
down upon the negroes cabins in the
bottoms of the BraZos three days ago,
the alarmed population ran for this
piece of high land for safety, driving
their livestock with them.
The rush Of the waters was so sud
den that they could not get to Sealey or
San Felipe. Gradually the water rose
and enCrOached upon their place of
refuge until tonight not more than half
an acre of the ground is out of water,
and that not more than one foot above
the raging torrent surrounding it for
miles. On this half acre mound are
huddled together tonight a raving,
surging, gestiCulating, screaming and
praying assemblage of 300 negroes,
death staring them in the face in vari-
Gus forms.
Drowning seems certain, but star
walton, exposure and exhaustion also
are doing fatal work Crowded in
among these poor humans are cattle,
horses, hogs mules and other domestic
animals. as frantic and uncomfortable
as the poor negroes. There is not a
abin or other bit of shelter-nOt so
much as tree-on The Mound There
is not a mouthful of food to eat clean
water to drink or a spot where the
tired and weak and sick can rest.
The nearest point Of land is more
being can live in the raging torrents
who would try to reach it. Many have
been drowned making the attempt.
The wild, rushing waters are filed
with all kinds of floating bodies of
stock. outbuildings, fences. logs. trees,
lumber, farm implements. furniture,
merchandise and other material. Cling
ing TO many of these objects are ne
groes doomed to almost certain death.
Il have given you the situation as 1t
exists in and about Sealey; it is equally
bad at and around Brookshire. but l
can give no details, as we are cut off.
1 know there are at least 400 negroes on
a small island three or four miles from
Brookshire in a condition similar to
that on The Mound
From present indications the loss of
life is likely to reach 800, unless relief
comes promptly"
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CONVICTS FEIGN INSANITY.
Seek Release From Solitary Confne-
ment at San Quentin

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, July .
For several days sensational reports
have been in circulation regarding the
behavior of the seven cOnvicts recently
placed in the incorrigible cells. This
evening the rumors crystallized into
definite statements from an authorita-
tive source that Convict Jacob Open
heimer is trying the insanity dodge to
secure his release. This morning he
attempted to butt his brains out against
the sides Of his cell.
Sir" Harry WestwoOd Cooper has
given way to fits of dependency and
weeping and to-day sent a letter to
Warden Aguirre with the request that
he be given a Bible
AS soon as the guards on duty OBJ
served Oppenheimers attempt, or pre-
tended attempt, at suicide, the warden
was notified, and hastily repairing to
the murderous prisoners cell told him
that if he did not desist he would be
placed in a straight jacket and kept
there for month. This threat had the
desired effect and Oppenheimer has
since remained quiet.
Cooper was not given a Bible, as the
rule under which convicts are confined
in the incorrigible cells permits them
neither to converse with those in the
adjoining apartments nor to have any
reading matter.
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CARDINALS.
Pope Leo Has Seen 1874 Die in His
Pontifcate

The Romans have a popular tradition
which, curiously enough, is often con-
firmed by facts, that when. a member Of
the Sacred College dies two of his COL
leagues quickly follow him. At a few
DAYS distance two cardinals, Bausa
Archbishop of Florence and Krementz,
Archbishop of Cologne, have departed this
life, and now good Romans are quite in
fiutter of expectation, specializing with
cheerful resignation as to which Tor
porato will be the third.
Apropos of the death of cardinals. it is
a curious fact that the most likely can
didates to the tiara such as the late
Monaco la Valletta, Galimberu, Di Rende,
Sanfelice, appear TO have been specially
singled out by death during the pontif-
cate of Leo XIII; no fewer than 124 cardi-
nails having died during the twenty-one
years of his reign. Indeed only four OF
the cardinals created by Plus TX survive
and should they precede the aged Pontiff
into the tomb Leo XIII will be able to
say to his cardinals. as Urban VIII did:
mon vos elegistis me. sed ego elegi vos."
ct is not you who chose me, but I who
chose you.) There are now sixteen vacan-
cies in the Sacred College.-London
Leader.
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CENTRAL PACIFIC
TRAIN DERA|LED
Disaster on the Nevada
Division.
COACHES ARE OVERTURNED
CARS SHOOT OFF INTO THE
SAGEBRUSH.
Though Crowded With Fourth OF
July Parties, No One Is Killed
and but Two Persons
Injured.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ELKO, New, July 5.--If there could
be such a thing as fortunate dis
aster the wrecking of Central Paclt1c
passenger train No. /, near here to-day,
was one. How such a disaster could
have occurred without loss of life is be-
yond the ken of railroad men. Train
No. l, east bound, in charge of Conduc-
tor Middleton, and drawn by engine No.
1888, was bowling along at s o'clock this
morning at the rate of forty miles an
hour, when the postal car jumped the
track and was followed by the baggage
car, the tirst-class day coach, the COM
binatiOn smoker, the SeCOnd-claSS car
and three tourist cars. They bumped
along over the ties, smashing them into
Splinters for quite a distance. Then the
postal car, the baggage car and four
tourist cars tipped over on one side,
while the first and secOnd-class coaches
remained upright in the sagebruSh,
about forty feet from the track. and the
Pullman at the end of the train stood
with it's front trucks off the rails. The
train was made up of the engine, fruit
car, the postal car, a t1rst-class coach.
a second class coach, four tourist cars
and a Pullman.
That no one was killed is considered
nothing short of miracle. There
were quite a number of passengers
Fourth of July celebrations at different
points on the road. Mrs. c. Clawson
of Grass Valley and Mrs. NJ. S. An
drews of COloma, both old ladies, were
the most seriously injured. but not fa
tally, sustaining severe scalp wounds.
Doctors left here Immediately for the
scene Of the accident and wrecking
trains were telegraphed for. The
trains crew and passengers assisted
imprisoned passengers out of the over
turned cars and everything possible
was done to make all comfortable, es-
pecially the women and the elderly
men, who were greatly undone by the
shock Four hobOes were on the rear
trucks of the postal car and escaped
without a scratch. Two Indians were
riding in the head vestibule of the bag
gage car and escaped unhurt.
The passengers spent the day here,
the injured receiving medical attention,
and most of them left tonight on No.
8 eastbOund for their respective desti-
nations. All the injured are doing nice
ly. Mrs. ClawsOn, who received the se-
verest injuries, will be taken to the
railroad hospital at Ogden for treat
ment, and Mrs. M s. Andrews will re-
turn to her home at Coloma. The track
was cleared late this afternoon and all
trains are now moving.
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TWO STOCKTONlANS
CLAIM VAST ESTATES
Both Seeking to Recover Land in the
Heart of the Quaker
CiHrr

STOCKTON, July 5.-Some time ago it
was announced that Stockton had In
Charles Ball a claimant to the great Ball
estate in Philadelphia, Virginia and South
Carolina the whole aggregating many
millions of dollars. and which was re-
ported to have about been won by the
heirs The estate was said to be a grant
from the Crown to Joseph Ball, claimed
to have been distantly related to George
Washington. The property was leased
near the close of the last century for
ninety-nine years. and the lease having
lapsed a large number of heirs pooled in
terests and set about to recover. Ball
still has hopes, but no dollars or business
blocks. He, however, gained considerable
netoriety by claiming knship TO Wash
ington, and to the great fortune:
Now Stockton has another alleged heir
to millions 1t is c. M. Baker, photGg-
rapher living at 1901 East Channel street,
brothers were born in Strasburg, Ger
many; 17s years ago; They emigrated to
of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Three
of the brothers died without children, leav-
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CoEDUcATIoN IN GERMANY.
Protest by University Students. and
ounter-Declaration by Faculty.


According to the British Medical Jour
nal clinical students of Halle University
have publicly protested against the adm1s-
sion of women to the medical curriculum.
In a paper fixed on the university black
board they hotly oppose, not the study or
medicine by women. but the attendance OF
women at clinical courses in common with
male students. They appeal to the clinical
students of Germany, who, they say,
either know by experience or can fully
imagine the awkward situations, outrag-
ing all sense of decency, which neceSs9rll
ensue from such study in common with
the female students. they say, "cynlclsm
has entered our university they i'm
perativeIy demand the exclusion of female
students from the mems clinical courses,
appealing TO the medical students OF al
German universities to join in the protest
The Berlin medical students nave not 1oI-
lowed the lead of their Halle brethren
They have refused to let the, protest be
fastened on their university blackboard.
In Halle itself an authoritative counter
declaration has appeared, signed by the
dean of the medical faculty, Professor
Weber The complaints of the students
have been carefully considered by the
medical professors, and have been found
TO rest partly on misunderstanding part
ly however, on direct misrepresentation.
Through their dean the medical professors
soemnly declare that neither moranty
nor the scientific gravity of clinical in
struction has suffered in any way since
the admission of female students, nor
have the tone and general department in
the clinics and lecture theaters changed
for the worse in any way. They declare
the students accusations to be totally un-
founded. and deplore the animosity shown
by them against the female students.
which these latter have done absolutely
nothing to deserve and they would not
hesitate to proceed against the authors OF
the protest if they were not convinced
that they had not realized the full mean
ing of the step they had taken. Finally,
the professors hope that peace will soon
be restored and the good feeling between
professors and students henceforth remain
disturbed.-Philadelphia Medical Jour
,oI
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CHINESE PIRATES LOOT
A BRITISH STEAMER
Escape With Booty Valued at S7ooo
but Later Get Into an Eng
liSh Prison

Pirates on the West River boarded the
British steamer Wa On and secured BOOTY
valued al $1,000.
The pirates sailed on the Wa On from
Canton as passengers. Many Of the other
travellers by the boat were women, who
had considerable money with them When
the Wa On reached the Kumchuck rapids
"A signal was given and the pirates
swarmed all over the boat. They Were
all armed and resistance would have been
useless. One party took possession Of the
main deck and the other of the upper
deck, and the captain was ordered to steer
in the direction Of Honeymoon. On arriv-
ing there the pirates found some of their
confederates awaiting them with a couple
of lighters and sampans.- The sampans
set out for the launch and the pirates got
into them and made off, having previously
told the captain he could go. The captain
made his way back TO Canton and report
ed the matter to the British authorities
The gunboat Sandpiper was sent out,
and on arriving at the village where the
pirates landed the taotai was communi-
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-06
DAM BLOWN OUT
WITH DYNAMITE
Result of a Quarrel of
Farm r..
MINORITY WINS A VICTORY
REMOVES AN OBSTRUCTION IN
WHITE RIVER.
Take Advantage of the Absence of an
Armed Guard, Who Had Gone
to Fourth of July
Celebration.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

TACOMA July 5.-Fifty cases of dy-
Mantle were exploded at noon yester-
day in the bed of White River, on
Muckle Shoot reserva ton, where Stuck
River is formed. The concussiOn Gre
ated a scene of havoc seen only where
a powder mill blows up or some awful
cyclone wrecks the country. The noise
could be heard twenty miles, and the
shock rocked farmers houses far up
the valley, while trees were blown
down and tons of rocks thrown high into
the air, scattering down over large
section inhabited only by wild animals.
AS a result of the explosion the dam
was washed out of White River and
the water of that turbulent stream is
seeking it's natural outlet instead OF
spreading over once valuable hop heIds
and meadow lands of Stuck Valley and
causing desolation and ruin to the once
famous Stuck Valley farms.
That the battle goes not always to
the strong White River farmers now
realize. Two years ago they put
charge of dynamite in the bluff at this
point and let 10000 tons of gravel and
hardpan down into the stream, almost
blocking it, and turning the main
stream into the Stuck, which was
transformed from a quiet creek to
thousands of acres of fertile farms.
The matter was taken up by farmers
and by the County Commissioners, and
finally an inspector from Washington
was sent out. He reported in favor of
the removal of the dam and the res
toratiOn of the stream to its natural
channel, but the White River farmers
of King County, who outnumbered the
Stuck Valley farmers of Pierce County
three to one and had 10000 acres of
land at stake against 5000 in Stuck Val
ley, took the case up and finally had 1t
dropped so far as the Government was
concerned.
This meant that the Stuck Valley
men must fold their hands and see
their farms laid waste or take the af-
fair into their own hands. Several at
tempts were made to recOnnoiter the
dam, but an armed guard was kept
posted on the bluff and no opportunity
was left for retaliation.
Their opportunity came yesterday,
when the guard was off duty attend
ing the Fourth of July celebration. Two
tons Of dynamite previously procured
were hastily taken to the dam and
placed into position. At noon it was
fired with the result stated.
The Stuck Valley farmers to-day be-
began reclaiming their farms, which
have been overflowed for two years.
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GUARDED AGAINST CONTESTS
Rancher's Will Makes Bequests for
Putative Widows or Children.

FRESNO, July 5.-Mrs. NJ L. Apple
garth of Santa Clara County filed to-day
for probate the will of John c. Dewey,
wealthy rancher of Riverdale this coun-
property in Merced, Fresno. Mariposa
Santa Clara and Tulare counties. and
farming land In Greeley County, Kansas
in all valued at $4,000. After making be-
guests among numerous relatives. the
will reads:
And to any lady. who may prove 10 the
sal sfaction of the court before which this
Will Is probated that she was at the time of
my death my wife SO.
And to any person who may prove that he or
she is my child. SO.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-06
Professors Going to China.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 5.-Charles
F. Leavenworth will leave tomorrow for
San Francisco, from which place he will
sail on July IA for Shanghai. lie mas Just
been APPOINTED professor of history in the
Nanyang College at Shanghai He will
travel with Professor Sites, formerly of
charge Of the department of economies in
the Shanghai University.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-06
SUICIDE OF A MISSIONARY.
Miss Ida Williamson Swallows Poi
son at Chefno

The suicide OF Miss Ida Williamson. a
young missionary, has created considera-
BILE excitement in Chefoo
She was one of the teachers of the
China Inland Mission School," says the
China Gazette, "and was found uncon-
scious in her room some hours after her
days work was done. In spite of all that
medical aid could do she died. "A number
of poisonous tablets were found in her
pocket. and an analysis Of her stomach
showed that she must have swallowed a
haIf-dozen Of the deadly tablets
Miss Williamson was the daughter of
well-known member of the missionary
body and was about 26 years of age.
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sAMoA's NEW GOVERNMENT.
It's Character Will Not Be Known
Until the Commission Arrives.

WASHINGTON, July 5.-While 1t is be-
lieved the commission mas agreed upon
the character of the permanent govern
ment to be established in Samoa, advices
which have been received here do not in
dicate what it is, and the authorities have
come to the conclusion that they will not
be Informed until the Badger arrives at
San Francisco with the commission on
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ing vast Inheritance to the fourth. Peter
Baker. nf whom the Baker of this city is
a direct descendant and legal claimant
to the immense estate The Bakers were
pioneer settlers of Montgomery County,
Ohio. and large landholders, so Baker as
serts. The proceedings to recover the
property have been commenced and the
photographer claims to be satisfied that
in the end the heirs will win back their
pIopertN from the CITY Of Philadelphta.
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LOCKED IN WITH
AN INSANE MAN
ReddiDg Physician Spends Five
Hours Of the FOURTH in q
Padded Cell.

REDDING, 81 employe aboring
the
to o. on he Dr. F.
tilted o intended
sights the celebration
town.
the doco i 430 o'clock
Sheriff Behrens
He
beside StabPs
was
physician wasH
who dine together the doctor the
lie his
tnued absence ed
pyrotechnics when the cell
after five confinement
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MIL LWAUKEE FIRM
SECURES CONTRACT
Raymond Granite to Be Used in the
Construction Of the New
Postoffice Building.

CALL HEADoUARTETis WELLINGTON HOTEL WASHING
o The
furnishing Postoffee building
TO be S
that
to stan the e of
etitor
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Mamma (sternly)-Dont you know that
the great King Solomon said Spare the
rod and spoil the child?
Bobby-Yes; but he didn't say that un-
til he was growed up.
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California's Immense Exhibit.

NEW YORK, July 5.-Commissioner E.
w Runyon, president of the California
State Commission. was here to-day and
described in the New York papers the i'm
mense exhibit that California will have
at the Paris fair.
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LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENcE.
sAILEr

Wednesday, July 5.
Stmr Weeott. Burts, Eureka
Stmr Noyo. Johnson. Fort Bragg
DOMESTIC PORT
ROCKPORT-Arrived July 5-Stmr Laguna
,ence July 4. :
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Gated with and given two hours to turn
over the robbers or the village would be
shelled. Before the expiration of the two
hours six men were put aboard the Sand
piper and We're taken to Canton.
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Berlin paper asserts that of twenty
seven royal families in Europe two-thirds
are of German extraction.
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FAUST WITH
q HANDICAP
Ashton Stevens Dis
cusses the Unpleasant
and Pleasant Qualities
Of q Performance by
tbe LoDbordis, L Who,
by tbe Way, Are Going
to Move AgoiD.

sew people seem to know it,
- but the Lambardis are still
singing at the Alhambra. No
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part Of a music-loving publ
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-08
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MISTRESS AND MAID.
The servant Trouble Is in Large
Measure Due to the Ineficiency
of Housewives.

II have always believed thoroughly
that at the bottom Of much of the serV-
ant trouble lies the inetficiency of the
average housewife" writes Helen Wat
terson Moody, in the Ladies' Home
Journal. How is it possible that an
ignorant servant, though wiling,
should become capable, except through
such training as a skilled mistress can
give her, or how can most elhcleht
maid live up to her own ideals under
mistress who, having no training, ana
therefore no standards of her own,
must be lacking in understanding and
appreciation of the work of others :
And yet if you ask almost any house
keeper to define good servant she VIII
tell YOU it is one who relieves her from
care and responsibility. What would
be thought of the head of banking
house who estimated his employees sole
" accordingly to their ability to relieve
him of the duties that properly belong
to himself? The banker values clerk
who is able to obey orders intelligently,
and upon whose fidelity he can rely,
but he does not expect him to DO ms
thinking for him. You see, the trouble
with us, as mistresses, is largely that
we want to be relieved of the response
bility that comes with home making,
instead of accepting it as our chief con
Germ in life, studying it as we would
any other profession, meeting all its
requirements with skill and knowl-
edge, and seeing, back of all the trying
and petty details, the dignity and value
of the work we are doing. do not
wish to seem to undervalue the diff
culties of the profession. 1t is not an
easy one; it is the hardest one | know,
and it is often filled with details that
are neither pleasant nor dignified. But
so are the professions of medicine, of
Journalism, of law, and even the min
istry."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-08
THE ART OF COOKING.
1t Lies In Knowing How to Prepare
One Dish in Hundred APP
pctiziug ways.

No more should be cooked than is in
tended to be eaten at one meal, says
Mrs. Lemcke, the cooking expert. The
true art of cooking lies not in cooking
large pieces of meat, or in cake, bread
and pastry baking, but in how to pre-
pare one kind of meat and fish in
hundred different ways, how to utilize
everything so that nothing is wasted
and to convert all that may be left from
one meal to savory and palatable dishes
for the next; to combine herbs, spices,
onion, chives and garlic in such way
that all the ingredients are harmonious
ly blended, that nothing predOminates;
that vegetables retain their natural
flavors and are not spoiled by the in
gradients added; that meat is cooked
in such way that nothing of its nu
tritious value is lost. A great deal of
the unhappiness of this world is due to
poor food. Drunkenness, which is a
craving for stimulating and intoXicat-
ing drinks. is a certain consequence of
an injudicious diet. If all our women
were better acquainted with the ele-
ments of the human system they would
then know that no one can keep in good
health unless these elements receive
the proper nourishments to supply the
waste of tissue.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-08

1t does not pay to make crooked corn
rows, despite the well-known old say
ing that the most corn always grows
in crooked rows" That is remins
cence of days when stumps and stnnes
obstructcd the surface and made .s i'm
possible to DO neat work in marking
out. a strong horse, easy on the bit,
is necessary in doing good work in
marking rows. Still more is a clear
sight to the end of the field on the part
of the man drivisg the horse. Unless
the surface is very uneven four marks
can be made at once, of which the in
side one will follow the mark made in
going around last time. This makes
three rows for planting gained in going
across the field, and six in going and
returning. 1t does not take long to
mark out large field in this way But
if the surface is uneven, as most .astevn
farms are, it is better to mark rows
with markers having only three teeth,
American CuItivator.