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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
YELLOW FEVER is
SPREADING IN FLORIDA
One New Case Is Also Reported in
Mississippi and a Strict Quar-
antine Is in Force.

antIne Is IN Force.
KEY WEST, Sept. 10.-Twenty-three
new cases of yellow fever and two deaths
have been reported in the past twenty
four hours. The situation is very gloomy,
and large numbers of people are being
sent to the detention camp at Dry Tor
tugas.
yellow fever in Jackson was officially re-
ported to the State Board of Health this
afternoon. The patient is D. P. Porter,
City Clerk. DR.. Murray of the Marine
Hospital Service, says that the case is
of very malignant type. The patient is
not expected to live during the night. 1t
is expected many more Mississippi towns
will quarantine against Jackson during
the night.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O-The Marine
Hospital Service here has an official dis
patch from Key West giving the total of
yellow fever cases reported up to date as
155, with ten deaths. The detention camp
at Dry Tortugas is now in operation and
refugees are being received and cared for
there.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
THREE MASKED MEN HOLD
UP AN EXPRESS TRAIN
Robbers Blow Open the Safe at an
Arizona Station and Take to
the Hills With Their Booty.

told the engineer that he had better
stay where he was for at least twenty
minutes, and the engineer says he saw
one of the robbers carry a sack of
money to his horse, and it is thought
that a large sum was secured.
The robbers had horses waiting for
them. and they rode off toward the
Chirichaua Mountains, where Black
Jack made his hiding place for many
years The posse got the trail of the
robbers, and Deputy Marshal Welles
is familiar with the trails and the
mountain country in Southern Arizona.
The local agent of the Wells-Fargo
Company does not know what sum the
robbers secured, but 1t is believed to
be at least $4,000. The passengers
were not disturbed at all. They hardly
knew what was going on. The train
was delayed but little over an hour.
After the robbers disappeared the en-
gineer ran back to the station, and the
train at once pulled out west. The rob-
bers went about their work with per-
feet calm, and the engineer says that
he sat upon the track and chatted
with one of the robbers as the other
man was blowing up the safe in the
express car. The robbers left several
sacks of silver, taking only the gold
and greenbacks.
Cochise is located on the plains be-
tween mountain ranges, and is the
station where supplies for the Pierce
mine are left by the railroad. Several
hold-ups have occurred there before,
but the one last night was one Of the
most successful ever known in the
Southwest.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
SUGAR BEET MAY BE
GROWN IN MARIN COUNTY
Successful Experiments Made by
Farmers in the Vicinity of
Tom les

TOMALES. Sept 1O-The success the
farmers of this section of Marin County
have met with In the experimental cul-
ture of sugar beets has been so pro-
nounced that many have concluded to
cultivate the beets on a large scale, and
il is prophesied that within short
period Marin County will number sugar
beets among its most valuable products.
There are at least 10000 acres of land
along the line of the North Pacific Coast
Railroad especially adapted to sugar beet
culture. which to-day would bring hardly
SO an acre as an investment. but if plant
ed in sugar beets would bring forth that
sum in rental.
Iast week X. y Raaf outside superin-
tendent of the California and Hawaiian
Sugar Refining Company paid this place a
beet fields He visited the ranches of
AIessrs. SartOri. Burbank, Bailey, Bas-
sett Hubbell. WoOdwOrth and Nolan, ana
pronounced the beetS growing thereon IN
fCror to none he had seen IN the course
Of his long experience in beet culture IN
his opinion the tonnage of the fields he
inspected would he about 2212 TO the acre.
He stated that the land at Point Reyes,
Aiillerfon and Marshalls would grow beets
high in purity and rich in sugar. rms
9pniSn lf9m fgban a4 end en3er " 4S Keys the
most ardent advocate of the industry,
who induced the farmers to make the eX-
pertinent and himself set the example Is
being congratulated on all sides.
In order to show the growers the best
way OF cultvating the beets the company
REPRESENTED by Mr. Raaf has decided TO
rent three hundred acres Of land near
this town and plant them in beets Next
wear IT is expected that fully thousand
acres will be under cultivation.
The narrow gauge railway officials
have done everything in their power TO
foster the growing industry and will give
q rate of Is cents per ton to San Quentin,
with a probability of reduction as the
traffic Increases. From San quentin the
beets will be shipped to the factory at
C-orket+ on barges 1t is expected that
about ten carloads will be shipped during
the present month.
The president Of the beet company has
informed Attorney Keys that If the farm
ers will guarantee to plant 5000 acres in
hcets factory will be erected here. This
amount of land can be easily procured
throughout the Valley Ford, Bloomfield
and Two Rock valleys.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept TO- - The
Southern Pacific west-bound express
was held UP at IL o'clock last night
as the train stopped at Cochise, a small
station eleven miles west of Wilcox.
There were three masked robbers in
the gang. Deputy United States Mar
shall ]. P. Welles was a passenger on
the train, and he at once telegraphed
to Wilcox and organized a posse,
which is now in pursuit of the rob-
bers.
Mr.. George Brown arrived in Phoe-
nix this morning and told the story
of the hold-up He said that it was
the cleanest robbery ever known by
the railroad men. AS the train stopped
at Cochise, Messenger Adair, who was
the same messenger held up on the
Southern Pacific few months ago
when he shot one of the robbers,
opened the door of the express car,
when one of the robbers showed a six
shooter into his face and demanded
him to come out of the car. Another
robber held up the engineer and fire
man, and a third man took care Of the
conductor of the train. 1t was all
done so quietly that the passengers
did not know what occasioned the de-
lay at the station. The express car
was cut from the balance of the train
and the engineer was ordered to pull
the car down the track a mile and a
half. There the robbers placed two
sticks of dynamite upon the safe and
touched them Off The explosion burst
the safe to pieces and tore a hole in
the expresses car. After the bandits
had gathered UP the money sacks they
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11

CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELL
lNGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON.
Sept. 10.-Considerable progress has
been made by Major General Otis upon
the plan Of campaign he will inaugu-
rate Immediately upon the beginning of
the dry season.
To prevent similar preparations be-
ing made by the insurgents. and per-
haps as a forerunner to comprehensive
operations to occur when climatic con-
ditions permit, an offensive movement
by the commands of Major Generals
Macarthur and Lawton will begin at
once 1t had been expected that this
movement would have begun last week,
but evidently either preparations have
not been completed or the elements
have prevented for up to this time SO
far as the department has been ad-
vised. nothing has been done. Officials
are IN hourly expectation, however, of
advices showing that the columns un-
der command of the officers named
have begun a new campaign against
Aguinaldo's troops.
General Otis proposes to divide the
army Of 81 $40 combatants, and noun
tain batteries and dynamite guns,
which he will have in December. into
two divisions commanded by Generals
Macarthur and LaWtOn respectively.
one of these will operate to the north
OF Manila and the other to the west and
south. Each division will operate in
two military provinces to be defined by
General Otis, but there will be effec-
tive md prompt cooperation when 1t is
desirabl 1t is expected that each
commander viii have six brigades un-
der his command. the remainder of the
troops being employed to garrison
Manila and other seaport towns
through which the insurgents are re-
ceiving supplies General Lawton will
be required to make quick movements.
and it is proposed to place the cavalry
brigade under his command.
The navy and marine corps will also
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
SOME SCENES AT SANTA CRUZ.


save the grounds For once the rooters
were on the visitors end of it. Oak
land turned out fully thousand Of
them, and their vociferous roofing, to-
gether with a score of 19 to 3, did not
put the locals in happy frame of
mind. The townspeople took their
drubbing good naturedly, though, and
tonight the local team is out showing
the Dudes that the knowledge of base
ball they may lack is more than made
up in their proficiency in the art of for
getting a defeat.
The Daughters entertained all day.
From early in the morning until the
last train left the different parlors kept
dropping in to either say good-by or
announcing their intention of staying
over for the fetes tomorrow.
Ralph Miller, who is acting as clam
bake editor was busy all day playing
the hose on the $4,000 his Japanese
divers gathered for him at Monterey
two days ago. Tomorrow after the
fire has gone out these bivalves will be
as fresh and palatable as anything an
able bodied native ever went up
against.
Precita Parlor of San Francisco got
at them to-day The entire dele
cation was fed, and the results will
have to be looked for at the other end
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11

of the line, as the parlor's representa-
tiveS took the train home as soon as
they had finished the feed.
The big dam, which is just now work
ing overtime in making big and beau
tiful lake of the San Lorenzo River,
broke down night or so ago, and the
committee that has charge of the car
nival arrangements has been COM
placently dumping several hundred dol
lars more into it in order that there
may be enough water to float the gor-
geous barges that are being made
ready for tomorrow nights carnival.
There is now no possible chance of an
other disaster of that sort. The dam
has been mended SO that it will stand
until the strain of the winter freshet
comes, and there is nearly enough
water in the lagunita to float the
Iowa.
That particular stretch of the San
Lorenzo resembles Market street on the
night of the illumination. Incandes-
cent lights of every hue are strung
across it and hung in graceful festoons
along the banks. The barge which has
been prepared for Miss May Baldwin,
the Queen, and her maids of honor, is
an electrical marvel. Nearly a hun
dred boats have been decorated and
made ready for tie big water pageant,
and hundreds of dollars worth of fire
works are ready to be touched off.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
OTIS NEW CAMPAIGN
AGAINST FILIPINOS
Active Operations in the Field Will
Be Under the Supervision Of
LaWtOn and Macarthur.

be doing effective work 1t is under
stood TO be the intention of the admin
tratiOn to enforce a strict blockade OF
Filipino ports This action has been
considered upon the recommendation
Of Rear Admiral Watson, VINO mas
called attention to the amount Oh sup
plies which the insurgents have been
receiving. No instructions have as yet
been sent to him to enforce dock
ade. but his vessels are stationed at
various ports for the purpose OF pre-
venting any military supples from
reaching Aguinaldo. The plockade
which will be enforced will be munich
nai in character, so as to prevent any
foreign nation seizing upon the DOCK
ade, if 1t were formally declared, as
protest for the recognition OF the FILL
pinos as belligerentS.
General Haywood, commandant Of
the Marine Corps, said to-day that he
expects there will be more than 10Y
men under Colonel Pope'S command
within the next few months. There
have been consultations between Rear
Admiral Watson and General Otis re-
specting operations to be conducted by
the marines. and it is understood that
they will be given the province of
Cavite in which to operate. Cavite is
the hotbed of the insurrecuon, and the
work of the marines Will have to be
supplemented by the army, but the use
of Colonel Pope's command will enable
the concentration of practically the en-
tire military force in subjugating
Aguinaldo.
1t is apparent from the plan Of cam
paign prepared by General Otis that
his duty will be more of a supervisory
and supplying character than anything
else. He will remain in Manila, send
ing supplies and troops to the front and
keepine the two divisions in the best
possible condition, but the military op-
erations themselves will be directed by
the division commanders. OF course
General Otis will be charged with the
responsibility, but it is evident that the
administration is quite satisfied to trust
the conduct of field operations to Gen
erals Macarthur and Lawton.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11

X ANITA CRUZ, Sept. 10.-The Ma
tives have spent to-day in leav-
ing town and looking forward to
~ tomorrow. Forty carloads of
them have pulled out since mid
night last night, and more will leave
before morning. San Jose, Oakland
and Alameda were the deserters. San
Francisco is still numerously here and
will stay until after the clambake and
water carnival tomorrow.
The guests were left largely to their
own devices to-day, as the citizens
have been resting from yesterday and
making ready for tomorrow. The sole
amusement offered by the city was a
ball game and a concert on the beach.
Fully 5000 people divided themselves
between the two attractions. The
beach was crowded from early morn
ing. and the city band, stationed on
the veranda of the Neptune bath
house, ground out music and held the
audience throughout the day. On the
other side of the track Santa Cruz
went up against Cal Ewing's Oakland
dudes in a baseball game, and Santa
Cruz is sorry it spoke.
The Athens crowd took everything
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
FUNERAL OF THE LATE
JAMES BIDDLE EUSTIS
Services Will Be Held in Newport and
the Body Will Be Shipped to
Louisville.

NEWPORT, R. l., Sept. 10-The funeral
of James B. Eustis, former United States
ambassador to France, will take place
Monday evening from the home of the
deceased in Eustis avenue A short
Episcopal service will be conducted by
Rev. Henry Morgan Stone, rector of the
Trinity Church, and then the body will
be taken by boat to New York and thence
to Louisville. KY, where it will be buried
beside the remains of Mrs, Eustis. The
body will be accompanied by James B.
Eustis Jr., a son, and William Eustis,
a nephew. Brief committal services will
be held at Louisville.
There were many callers at the Eustis
cottage to-day offering coincidence and
leaving floral tributes.
Mr. Eustis' review of the Dreyfus case,
with which he had been occupied during
the summer. had been SO far completed
that it needed only the concluding chap
ter. and that chapter would have been
Saturday Mr.. Eustis did not live to
write it.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
ENTIRE TRAIN GOES
THROUGH A BRIDGE

COLUMBIA, 8. c., Sept lO-Two
hundred feet Of trestle on the Columbia,
Newbery and Laurens Railroad over
Broad River. near this city, gave way
under a trainload of granite. Several cars
and an engine fell fifty feet into the
water. The following were killed:
ENGINEER DICI4 WEATHERB9.
FIREMAN SILAS RENNICk.
STEWART MARTIN, a negro.
Unidentified man with head severed from
body.
William Bates, an extra fireman. went
down with the wreck but was dug out
from under tons of granite without
scratch.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
Suicide at Sacramento.

SACRAMENTO. Sept. 10.-Eugene C.
Brown committed suicide this afternoon
during the absence of his wife and daugh-
ter by shooting himself in the temple.
Four days ago Brown, who had been en-
ployed in the shop at the railroad works,
had been drinking heavily and the sup
position is that he was either unnerved
by drinking or was seized with q sudden
fit of remOrSe.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
GREAT ASSEMBLAGE OF
VESSELS OF ALL KINDS

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Sept. TO-
The embargo on Lake Superior naviga-
ton by the sinking of the steamer Doug
las Houghton in the 500 Passage last
Tuesday was lifted this afternoon. The
largest fleet ever accumulated on the
lakes, If not in America, began to move
soon after and one vast naval procession
headed down the lakes, while another
started on it's way to Lake Superior. In
the two there were over 200 of the largest
craft under the American flag, save the
few ocean liners
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
DEATH OF A PIONEER
AT WATS0NVILLE

WATSONvILLE, Sept 1O.-Lucius San
born, pioneer of Watsonville, died here
this morning at 10 o'clock He was one
of the best known citizens in this part
of the State. coming to Watsonville in
1852 and engaging in blacksmithing. He
afuerward formed a partnership with
Charles Ford in the mercantile business.
At the time of his death he was one of
the firm of Vanderhurst, Sanborn G. Co.
of Salinas.
Mr.. Sanborn was born in Maine seventy
five years ago and came to California in
1S49. He leaves a widow, one son and
daughter, who is the wife of General
Rark1IS
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
M'DONALD'S FINANCES
ARE IN GOOD SHAPE

VICTORIA. Sept 1O.-According to Dick
Lowe Of Dawson, who, accompanied by
Mr. Chisholm, Alec McDonald's brother
fn-law arrived here last night. big Alec
McDonald's assignment was mere bank
ing forrnality. Mcdonald gave an assign
rnent to the Bank of British North
America to protect an overdraft until the
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
Reduced the Fine.

HONOLULU, Sept 2.-J H. West, the
man accused of tearing down German
citing others to do SO, on the Fourth of
July, was before Judge Stanley yester-
day for mitigation of sentence. He was
lev thought $40 was about as much as the
'lark" was worth. Defendant paid the
amount and brought the matter to an
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11

cleanup. when he will have large bal
ance to his credit
Lowe says Mcdonald himself will come
out shortly to consummate a big min
ing deal for which he is now arranging
the preliminarieS. Mr.. Chisholm came
out to escort his sister, Mrs. Alec Nc
Donald back to Dawson from Vancouver.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-11
Actors Sudden Death.

KESWICK, Sept. 1O.-Charles Thomp-
son. an actor % years old, dropped dead
this morning in the Monte Carlo Theater
building Death was caused by heart dis
ease. Thompson's home was in San Fran
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-01
ELLIS COUNTY

Ennis.-The acreage Of cotton in this
county this season is about per cent
less than last year; about 30 per cent of
the cotton has been planted to date The
full acreage would have been planted ere
this had II not been for the recent gem
eral rains throughout this section; con-
siderable cotton is above ground and the
stand is exceedingly good. The planting
OF cotton was delayed about three weeks
compared 10 last season on account of the
severe weather and the prediction OF a
late spring. Farmers are about two weeks
behind with the work, comparatively
speaking. A few weeks of pretty weather
will adjust matters and splendid yield
Is expected
Ferris About the same acreage as last
year; half the crop is now up aud grow
ing, has healthy appearance. planting
has been somewhat delayed by rain and is
about ten days late.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-01
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-01
DALLAS COUNTY.

Dallas.-The cotton acreage about Dali
las and in Dallas county this season, 1t is
estimated, will not exceed rs per cent OF
that OF 1898. Not over % per cent of the
proposed crop has been planted; so far as
heard from no cotton is above ground in
Dallas county; cotton planting In this
county is at least thirty days behind that
Of one year ago. The weather has been
seasonable and favorable for week and
planting is rapidly progressing. The ex-
treme dry weather of few weeks ago
greatly retarded all kinds OF farm work,
especially preparations for cotton planting
The heavy rains OF last week and the sub
seauent clear weather have given the
farmers an opportunity OF catching up
with their work The dry weather re-
duced the cotton acreage about Dallas.
The new cotton will soon be showing
above ground.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-01
BosQuE COUNTY.

Meridian. Cotton acreage for this sea-
son In Bosque county is at least % per
cent less. as compared with last season /:
hardly any cotton yet planted and noLe
above the ground; crop is fully Is to 20
days later than last season now; Just now
planting.
Meridian. acreage will be about
20 per cent less than last year half the
proposed acreage has been planted: what
Is up is not good stand: planting |,
about three weeks late; acreage In wheat
is largely increased.
kopperl.-The acreage will be 20 per
cent short of last year; the crop liz one
half planted; not enough up to determine
as TO the stand; the planting is some ten
days late compared with last year. There
is more land In wheat this year and less
cotton so far, but the wheat is very
sorry and some are speaking of blowing
II up and planting the wheat land in cot
ton; none have done so yet. as they are
not done planting their ground set apart
for cotton. There is very little new land
put In cultivation here this year. IL the
wheat land is nut in cotton there will be
as much cotton as last year
Morgan, Acreage Is said TO be 20 per
cent less than last year: about % per cent
has been planted very little of IT. up;
planting is very late; good many farm
ers seem to have become disguised With
COTTON on account of low prices and would
stop raising II II they could. everything
is extremely backward in this section this
year.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-01
DENTON COUNTY.

Denton-In my travelling over the county
and as a result OF my Inquiries from all
parts OF the county believe the cotton
acreage VIII be somewhat decreased from
last year; there Ia more wheat sown aud
corn planted; in fact, ! think the farmers
believe diversiication OF crops a good idea;
there has been but very little cotton plant
ed yet; / suppose about one-fifth OF the
crop Is planted; there Is none TO speak OF
above the ground yet This has been
very backward spring and for this reason
the cotton crop will be planted some later
than II was last year It has been very
dry here for some time. but we are hav-
ing good rain now. which will be worth
thousands Of dollars 10 Denton county,
Denton--The cotton acreage will be
about 10 per cent less and sbou, % per
cent ~ the proposed acreage is ALREADY
planted Very little Of the cotton Ia up.
but II IS iust beginning TO grow since the
rains. cotton planting this year was from