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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

tervals. and thousands of smaller ban
ners made their first appearance. Por-
traits of Dewey with variations, the re-
suit of hasty painting, were seen over
many door. Old Trinity put on broad
stripes of blue and white, and the pill
lars of st. Paul were swathed in tri-
colored bunting. Standards bearing
dragons appeared in Chinatown, and
the flag of Italy was seen waving side
by side with the stars and stripes
Stands for the sale Of souvenirs were
established throughout the city, and va
cant stores were utilized as headquar-
ters for the army of programme ven
ders.
Down on the water front the ends of
piers were decked in flags and festoons.
Ferryboats carried flags, and each
craft which came across the river or
bay yesterday brought eager and ex-
pectant visitors to the city.
In all parts of New York the work of
building stands continues. Fiftyefght
applications for permits to erect stands
were made to-day to the Building De-
partment. A Builder Inspector was de-
tailed to every two or three blocks to
see that the stands were being con-
structed according to specifications and
with due regard for safety.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
ROOSEVELT AND
STAFF TO VISIT
TIE ADMIRAL

NEW YORK, Sept. Ex-Governor
Roosevelt with his staff, under escort Of
the Naval Militia of the State. will
make his official call upon Admiral
Dewey on board the Olympia at l
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. He will
also pay his respects TO Rear Admirals
Howison and Sampson while at the
naval anchorage at Tompkinsville.
Governor Roosevelt. who will be ac-
companied by Brigadier General Avery
D. Andrews, General Greene and all the
former captains of Admiral Dewey's
fleet. will go down the bay on the steam
yacht Wild Duck from Pier A, North
River, at noon. The party will be es-
corted by the steam yacht Aileen, COM
manded by Captain j. w. Miller of the
Naval Militia, with headquarters staff
and several of the Naval Militia
launches.
Arriving at Tompkinsville, salutes
will be exchanged with the Olympia
and other warships. After Governor
Roosevelt's official call, he will hold a
reception on the old frigate New Hamp
shire, now used as headquarters of the
Naval Militia of the State of New
York, moored at Tompkinsville.
On Saturday morning after the cere-
monies at the City Hall, Governor
Roosevelt, with Admiral Dewey and
Mayor Van Wyck, will board the
steamboat Sandy Hook at the pier Of
the Fall River line on North River
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
DAMAGE WROUGHT
BY THE FLOODS
Three Hundred Lives
Were Lost.
REPORTS FROM CALCUTTA
SEVERAL DISTRICTS STIMULATED
BY THE DoWNPoUR.
Natives Working With Horses to
Clear the Roads While the Mum
ster Regiment Searches
for Bodies.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


CALCUTTA, Sept. 27.-The great
storm of Sunday and Monday which
caused destructive landslides and floods
gathered at the head of the bay of Cal
cutta and then moved north, giving
heavy rain in Calcutta, Dinajapur,
Rangpur and Jalpaiguri. Its greatest
fury was felt at Darjeeling. Stimuli
taneously another storm gathered at
Rangpur and passed westward from
Purna to Monghyr. The usual weekly
reports have not been received by the
Government and there is reason to fear
that the district named is flooded and
communication interrupted.
1t was estimated that between Dar-
jeeling and kurseong alone 800 persons
have lost their lives.
The line between Darjeeling and So
NADIA will be blocked probably for two
months. Both the upper and lower
Puglajhoras have been carried away.
number of bodies have been re-
covered on the Happy Valley estate.
The soldiers of the Munster Regiment
are searching for bodies and clearing
the roads.
1t is reported that the Teesta suspen-
sion bridge has been broken away by
the floods and that Kalimpong is there
fore cut off from communication. Gangs
of natives with horses are working TO
clear the roads. The storm appears to
have extended oil over the northern
portion of Bengal
Considerable damage has also been
done at Siliguri, where a number Of
wooden huts and the plague camp have
been destroyed. The subsidence of the
hillside at Darjeeling continues and is
causing alarm, as it threatens to de-
stroy the whole Liazaar
Although the delayed reports from
many sections prevent accurate esti
mates, it is evident that the total fatal
tiles far exceed 300. No fewer than 200
persons were killed in the destruction
of the Phool Bazaar alone, and as many
as 100 at Darjeeling.
Twenty-one bodies have been recov
cred at Tamsongbatee, where it is be-
lieved that another twenty persons
have been killed. Advices from Rungli
show great destruction in the tea gar
dens around Poomong on Monday
night. The landslides continued over
the Rungaroon forest, the constant roar
alarming the inha
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the city of New York, will follow side by
After these the following order will be
lnaintaiued: Chicago, protected CRUISER,
TarshiD of Rear Admiral HOWison; New
York. armored cruiser. tiagsmp OF Rear
Admiral Sampson; Indiana, battleshp,
first class; Massachusetts, batuesmp, nFst
class: Texas battleship, second class;
BROOKLYN. armored cruiser; Lancaster,
gunnery ship; Marietta, gunboati Scor-
DiOn auxiliary cruiser; tofpedo-poaIS
Porter, Dupont. Ericsson, WINDOW, Cush-
ing: revenue cutters Manning, Algonquin,
Gresham. Window, Onondago; transports
SedGwick, Mcpherson, Mcclellan; hospltai
ship Missouri; steamer Monmouth, with
representatives of Naval Militia or New
York and followed by other vessels OF the
TaVaI Militia; official boats of the city
General Slocum and Glen Island. with
general committee of citizens; steamers
Mount Hope. Warwick and Mattewan
First division. escortng column, COM
posed of ninety-fVe steam yachts unuer
command Of Commodore J. Pierpont Nor
gan, with the flagship Corsair. Sir
Thomas Lipton's Erin will lead the star
board column and Howard Gou!d's NJ
agara the port column Among the other
yachts will be the Josephine and Nour-
mahal, the America and Sapphire. Co
lumbia and Marada. the Sultana. White
Ladye, Wanda, Oneida, Katrina and
The second division of the escorting
column viii be composed Of the merchant
marine.
The first section will be preceded by
the Buena Ventura, the nrSt prize cap
tured in the Spanish war.
The first eight sections OF the mefchant
marine Will be composed Of about seventy
steamboats,. The last four sections VIII
be composed Of from thirty 10 forty pro-
pellers.
column will make up of nearly 100 bargeS,
tugs propelers and unattached vessels.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Professor Benjamin Ide
Wheeler Tells Something
About His Plans.
BRILLIANT PROSPECT
The California Inst tuition Destined
to Hold a Leading Place Among
the Colleges o. the World.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, new president of the Univer-
sity of California, left Chicago this
afternoon for Berkeley, Cal, accom-
panied by Mrs. Wheeler Mr.. Wheeler
was called from the chair of Greek at
! Cornell University last spring by the
Californians to become the head of
! their State institution.
professor Wheeler is enthusiastic
over his new work and speaks in the
Warmest terms of the coast institution
or learning. He will continue the pres
ent ideas of the university, one of the
chlefest and most interesting of which
looks to the increase of power of the
state as representative of a great sec
tion of the nation.
Il am much pleased with the pros
pect before me-" he said just before
leaving for the Northwestern depot
TO catch the overland train. The
University of California even now
ranks high among the great seats of
learning in this country. 1t is, how
ever believe, destined to forge much
farther ahead. Through the generosity
OF Mrs Hearst the institution is as
sured of magnificent new quarters
General plans for new buildings have
been drawn, as you know, and work
" III 50 dHSdu rapidly. Inc nrSt DullQ-
ing to be erected will be that of the
mining and engineering department.
cannot say positively when work on
this structure will commence, but it
will be very soon.
While the work on this is going on
architects will be completing plans and
drawings for other buildings and these
Will be taken up in order. The esti-
mated coast of the buildings is between
$1,000 900 and $4,000 900. There will be
no trouble about funds; / feel sure of
that. The people Of California are in
tensely devoted to the State institution,
and there will be ample money forth
coming for all contemplated work
1T Will be one of the aims of the
university for a considerable time to
promote the interests of the State in
lines of diplomacy and commerce. Cal
ifornia may be said to represent the
great western shore of this country. AS
such its place is beside the State of
New York as a commerce promoter
Yes, it is even ahead of that State, for
New York must divide her strength in
this district with many other common
Wealths. California, however, stretch
ing for hundreds of miles along the
Pacific Ocean and standing as care
taker of commerce with the Eastern
world, has felt she must rear men pc,
culiarly qualified in commerce and di-
plomacY that she may fifty serve the
purposes of the nation
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
VAST THRONGS
CROWD STREETS
OF NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Sept 27.-Thousands of
eager sightseers crowded broadway to-
day, with their eyes fixed upon the
Dewey arch. which is now rapidly near
ing completion. 1t is announced that
tomorrow the final touches will be put
on the structure, and that tomorrow
will witness the disappearance of the
scaffoding and screens. AS the task
Of the modelers in white staff nears its
end the more interested the passers-by
become. The police also show good
natured forbearance in the handling OF
crowds stuffed in when the current be-
comes congested. Before the Fifth
Avenue Hotel and the Hoffman House
1T is impossible TO pass in less than ten
minutes Many of the sightseers We're
women on shopping tours and school
girls. They kept their eyes fastened on
the winged victory at the top of the
arch and fingered as long as they could.
Onlookers find something extremely
fascinating in watching modelers put
ting the finishing touches upon the fig
ures Of heroic size which adorn the
panels Of the arch and columns at
either end of the approach. On the
group entitled "T'Ie Call to Arms
the sculptor, Philip Martini. was still
busy. He had fashioned a group in it's
full size out in his place in the country
and to-day he was putting together the
pieces. Several OF the sections were
broken. however and work was delay
ed. Mr.. Martini expects to finish the
group tomorrow.
Nowhere could one obtain a better
idea Of the magnitude of the present
occasion than by walk in Fifth Ave
nue this afternoon. Pavements were
filled from curb TO edge Of grandstands.
Grandstands and boarded stoops were
everywhere. Nearly all the standards
and banners and gilt figures which fur
nish en- approach to the arch from
Thirty fourth street are completed
When the approach is finished to-mor-
row part of Fifth Avenue will look like
a medieval city in carnival time. White
and blue streamers. green garlands.
glistening pedestals, gilt eagles with
spread wings, all will combine in Civ
ing the avenue a gala day picturesque
ness. The crowd stopped along the line
of standards and watched the painters
and modelers at work.
If the throngs which filed the avenue
are an earnest of the crowds on the
day of the parade, there will be solid
wall of humanity along the route. Even
takers with their programmes. flags,
helmets and buttons found difficulty to-
day in plying their trade. 1t required
ingenuity to keep their wares from be-
ing brushed out of their hands and
trempled under foot.
Decorations We're being put up all
over the city to-day. Large American
flags were placed over Broadway at in
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
OHIO GUARDSMEN
ARE SAVED FROM
DISAPPOINTMENT

COLUMBUS, Ohio Sept 27-For a
time to-day the proposed trip of the
Ohio National Guard to New York to
participate in the Dewey celebration
was abandoned, but owing to the gen.
erosity of Governor Bushnell and John
r. Mclean the trip will be made as
proposed. All arrangements had been
completed when, at a late hour last
night, Attorney General Monnett gave
an opinion that the funds of the State
could not be used for defraying the ex-
penses of the trip, and on the strength
Of that the adjutant general issued an
order which knocked the whole thing in
the head. When Mr.. Mclean heard of
the failure Of the affair he called Gov
ernor Bushnell up by telephone and in
sisted that it would not do to have
Ohio unrepresented. He and the Gov
ernor then agreed to guarantee the ex
penses Of the trip in case there should
be any difficulty in getting the money
from the State treasury.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
McKENZIE'S TRIAL.
Eighteen Witnesses Examined but No
New Facts Brought Out.

SUISUN, Sept. 27-At the Mckenzie
trial to-day the first witness of impor-
tance was I. Metcalf, who stood by Nc
henzie in the stable at the time 1t was
alleged Walters shot Cook Witness
heard shots, but Immediately left the
premises. The next witness testified as
to seeing Walters leaving the stable in a
limping condition. Sheriff Dunlap was next
called and testified that he took the cloth
ing and effects of Cook to his office and
there examined them without notification
to defendants attorney Defense objected
to the. clothing and effects being offered
in evidence, and the objection was sus-
tanned
Coroner Keyser was the next witness.
De admitted under cross-examination
that the clothing worn by Cook at the
time of the homicide had been burned the
day day after the killing and could not be
offered in evidence Drs. Osborn and
Hauhn of Napa testified as to the condi-
ton of the body Of Cook at the autopsy
performed by them. Another witness ad-
mitted in cross that he had
s9Ilcited subscriptions to secure the SER
prosecution. 3s,s @ Nothing of sensational
nature has as yet developed. Eighteen
witnesses were examined during the day-
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
COLONEL SHAW'S
PLEA FOR GRAND
ARMY VETERANS

TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. 27.-Com-
mander-in in-C Chief Albert D. Shaw Of the
Grand Army of the Republic spoke to-
day at the State encampment and was
accorded a rousing reception. During
the day Colonel Shaw denied the pub
lished stories that he desired to head
the Dewey parade.
These stories are UNANIMOUSLY false"
he said. Il never thought Of such a
thing l wanted an escort of 1000 old
soldiers to be a guard of honor TO the
admiral and to follow him in the
parade"
Later Colonel Shaw issued state
ment to the public submitting facts
lin justification Of requests made to
Major General Roe that the veterans
be allowed to have the right of line
in the Dewey parade Colonel Shaw
cites as precedents the place accorded
the veterans at the Chicago Jubilee and
at the reception to the Tenth Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers at Pittsburg
and adds:
In the light of these comparatively
recent parades, the latter in honor of
our gallant soldiers who served in the
Philippines and who possibly heard
some Of Admiral Dewey's guns, l could
not but feel that the Grand Army COM
rades of New York, as representative
Of the greatest State of the Union,
which sent more men than any other
State to preserve the nation from ruin
were as richly entitled to head the line
of the Dewey parade as were the COM
rades of Pennsylvania to lead SINH
lar civic pageant in honor of our Span
ish-American war heroes. 1t gives me
great pleasure to extend to Governor
Roosevelt, as the commander-in chief
of $50 900 veterans of the Grand Army
of the Republic, a warm congratula-
tion on the just and patriotic stand he
has taken in behalf of the aging veter-
ans Of the nation, in using his influence
to have their just request granted that
they lead the parade in the city of New
York in honor of the great Admiral
Dewey, thus assuring TO our newest
veterans that when they grow old in
their turn they shall not be the tail
of any public procession"
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
.|RR|GAT|ON|STS
HAVE ADJOURNED
Close of the Eighth
Annual Session.
RECLAMATION OF LANDS
FAVORABLE MOTION PASSED
ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY.
George H. Maxwell of California
Elected National Lecturer and
Member of the Executive
Committee.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

| MISSOULA, Mont, Sept. 27.-The Ma
tional Irrigation Congress has finished
| its eighth annual session and adjourned
to meet next year in Chicago the date
to be fixed by the executive committee.
There was but one dissenting vote in
the resolution urging the reclamation
of the arid lands, indicating that the
! West is at last united upon this great
work.
At the morning session to-day a pa
per by Professor Fortier of the Mon
tana State College of Agriculture was
read. presenting in an able manner the
subject of settlement of water right
difficulties.
Judge Stillwell of Arizona said that
he believed that the time had come
when the tilling of the soil in these
arid land States should be taken out of
the hands of the lawyers, and that now
irrigation regulations are necessary.
This matter was discussed by several
other delegates, and a motion finally
prevailed to refer the paper to the COM
mittee on resolutions
Ex-Governor McCord of Arizona de-
livered a twenty minutes address upon
the needs and conditions of arid re-
gions. Governor McCords introduction
dealt briefly with the development of
the reclamation of arid lands, and his
description of what has been done was
comprehensive and complete. AT the
conclusion of Governor McCord's ad-
dress the conference adjourned till 1:30
in the afternoon.
The afternoon session was opened by
the delivery of an able paper on the
conservation of water supply, by J. B
Collins of Montana, superintendent Of
the forest reserve system in Montana
Professor ]. w. Toumy of Arizona,
representing the national forestry divi-
sion, read an important paper upon the
general object of forest reserve sys-
tenn. AT the conclusion of Professor
Toumy's paper the report of the COM
mittee on nominations was received
and adopted unanimously, the secre-
tary casting the vote of the congress
for the following officers:
President, Elwood Mead, Wyoming;
vice president. S. M. Emery Montana:
second vice president, L. w. Shurtlieff.
Utah; third vice president, c. b. HURT,
Idaho secretary, H. B. Maxson, Ne
vada.
On motion, George H. Maxwell of
California was elected national lee
turer and ex-officio a member of the
executive committee.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
SAW RANDALL SHOT.
Sensational Testimony of Mrs. Fades
at Pendleton's Hearing.

REDDING, Sept. 27-John Pendleton,
the miner held for the shooting of Jake
Randall on a disputed claim near Kes-
wick, had his preliminary examination
here to-day and was held to answer for
murder.
A sensation was sprung at the examina-
ton by Mrs. Ida Fades. Pendleton claims
that Randall made a movement as If to
draw a gun and then he shot him. Mrs
Fades testified she was standing on the
away Watching Randall climb the hill. AS
he passed the cabin, she says, she saw
him throw up his hands, stagger and fall
and she then saw smoke and heard a re-
port. 1t had been supposed that there
were no witnesses to the tragedy Mrs
Fades was searchingY examined but
clung to her statement. which tends to
show that the killing was cold-blooded
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
M'KINLEY'S WESTERN TRIP.
Bryanites Say He Will Come for Po
litical Reasons

OMAHA, Sept. N.-On behalf of the
managers of the Greater America Expo.
sition, Senator. Thurston and Edward
Rosewater called upon President McKin-
ley at the White. House yesterday and
rendered formal invitation to the Presi-
dent to visit Omaha upon his proposed
tour into Minnesota and South Dakota.
Washington dispatch says the Presi-
dent is disposed to accept. This announce
ment has angered the Bryanite news
paper in Omaha, which says:
"As a matter of fact, the effort to take
Mckinley into Nebraska is political and
cry from Republican campaign managers
in Nebraska. Bryan's brilliant campaign
in Nebraska is arousing so much Demo-
cratic enthusiasm that the administration
is besought to help In counteracting it,
The exposition managers resent this at
tack
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Cold Storage Plant.

MARYSVILLE, Sept 27-Ground has
been broken for an artificial ice and cold
storage plant that will occupy the lots
heretofore known as the Coughlan nurs
cry. Three large buildings are to be
erected with view to doubling their ca
pacity when business warrants A swim
ming tank may be made feature next
summer.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
The Best Man Wins.

Prize fighting may not be pleasant subject.
but it teaches lesson nevertheless-the inabil-
ity of man to hold the championship for any
length of time. How unlike that great cham
pion OF health Hostetters Stomach Btters,
which has never been beaten. and for fifty
years has met and conquered the worst cases
OF constipation, dyspepsia biliousness and liver
trouble See that a private revenue stamp
covers the neck of the bottle
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Died From a Beating.

SACRAMENTO, Sept. A.-Frank Nc
Donald a laborer, died at the County
Hospital tonight from the effects of a
beating received on Saturday night at the
hands of an unknown person or persons
He was found unconscious Sunday morn
ing on the street and never regained his
senses.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
ADDITIONAL SENTENCES.
Accomplices in the Plot to Kill Milan
Saverelv Punished

BELGRADE, Sept. N.-The tribunal be-
fore which the prisoners charged with
completely in the attempted assassination
of ex-Kiug Milan of Servia were recently
tried to-day imposed six additional sem
tences for lese majeste In connection with
the trial. The sentences ranged from two
to eight years Imprisonment.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Costly Torpedo Recovered.

SAUSALITO, Sept 27.-The torpedo
which was lost while the sailors aboard
the torped0-boat DESTROYER Farraeur were
engaged in practice work last week was
found yesterday. 1t was buried in three
feet of mud and was located with a steel
lasting five days. The torpedo is worth
$4,000 and would have been no trifing loss
to Uncle Sam If the divers had not
found Ii -
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
POSTED AS MISSING.
The French Bark President Theirs Is
Long Overdue

LONDON. Sept. H.-The French bark
President Theirs, Captain Obatski, from
San Francisco December % for Liverpool
has been unheard of since she sailed and
has been posted at Lloyds as missing.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
RANCHER KILLED BY A
E4ALF-BREED INDIAN
William Deyin Loses His Life as the
Result Of Quarrel on the
Vina Ranch.

Elm William
the head with club by habeed Indian named
this his injuries Devn had
tackled j
he etoobe
haIfo Of
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
PLAGUE AT AsUNCIoN.
Doctors Disagree as to the Occurrence
of New Gases.

OF NEW CaSeS.
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1885, by James Gordon
Bennett.
BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 27.-While Pa
raguayan official reports say there are no
new cases OF plague at Asuncion, Argen-
tine, the sanitary delegates announce that
various new cases have occurred there
The Government at Rio de Janeiro has
revoked the commission of the Minister
at Asuncion who had failed to communi-
cate the appearance of the plague there.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

Advances made on furniture and pianos with
or without removal J. Noonan. le17-l02S Mission
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Kext SUNDAYS CALL will be a
marvel of beautiful illustrations
its baH-tone work being es-
peciaiy fine.
ADDITIONAL ADVICES
OF THE EARTHQUAKE
Thousands of People in Asia Minor
Are Killed and Eight Hun
dred TniIITad

LONDON, Sept N.-Advices have been
received here to the effect that the
earthquake in Asia Minor on September
20 was the most severe between Aidin and
Sarakouy. Thousands of persons were
killed and 800 injured Thousands of
houses were demolished. In some cases
entire villages were razed.