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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
CHAUTAUoUAN ASSEMBLY.
Annual Session Opens at Pacific
Grove Tomorrow

PACIFIC GROVE. July 6.-The Pacific
coast Chautauqua Assembly. which opens
at this place on Saturday of this week
promises to be one of the most noted
gatherings Of its kind ever held in this
State The many well-known men and
women who are to be among the enter
tainers and instructors of the assembly
fortnight will combine to make a pro
gramme long to he remembered by Chan
tauquans and others in attendance. Some
of the best known of the celebrities who
are to appear in one way or another are
the humorist: John Dewitt Miller: DIR
Camden CObern. who is one of the grea+
est American Egyptolosists: the F,5pIfeb
artist. John IVey; Major General WiiIiam
K Shafter, James Hamilton Howe of the
boston conservatory of Music, the Knick-
erbocker Quartet of San Francisco and
other noted musicians
The arrangements for the assembly are
under the charge of DR.. Thomas Fflben.
as are also all the classes for study and
Dr. FlDen has spared no pains to nre-
style.
The officers of the Pacific Coast Chan
tauqua Circle who are already on fhe
ground are DIR. f. McClish. chancellor of
the University Of the Pacific. president;
Mrs. =. j. Dawson of San Jose score
tary: Dr. Thomas Filben, superintendent
of instruction. ~
The assembly programme begins satur-
day night with the rendition of Handlers
Messiah by the San Jose Oratorio So
ciety of seVenty-f1ve members, assisted
BY members of oratorio societies of San
Francisco and elsewhere. There will he
$50 voices. in the chorus and the soIntsts
will be Mrs. Mary Weaver Macauley Of
San Jose, soprano; Miss Beresford Jov Of
Los Angeles contralto; Rhys Thomas Of
San Francisco. tenor. and Homer HanIe1,
Of San Francisco. basso. James Han1iiS
ton Howe. late of the Boston Conserva-
tory and dean of the De Pauw Universi+v
will conduct the performance
The assembly Will close on JULY %
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
BLOCKED BY FLOODS

ST. LOUIS, July 6.-A special to the
Republic from Dallas. Tex, says:
The railroad situation in Texas to-
night because of floods is so much
worse than it has been heretofore that
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe had to
abandon its through trains from st.
Louis and Kansas City at Dallas and
Fort Worth respectively. The Santa
Fe until tonight. by running on a
roundabout way, managed to get
through to Galveston, but the new
washouts in the lower Brazos river
country stopped even this traffic. The
abandonment Of the Santa Fe trains
sewers the last link of anything like di-
rect connection between Northern and
Southern Texas. To reach these points
now it is necessary to travel VIA
Shreveport, La.
The flood damage TO railroad property
is now conservatively estimated at
So OO0. 900
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
.ENDEAyOR TENTS
WERE CROWDED
Success of the COnVen-
ton at Detroit.
DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SONG
FATHER ENDEAvoRER CLARK
AT HIS POST.
Congressman Roberts Made the OBJ
iect of a Bitter Personal Attack
by DR.. Paden of Salt
Lake.
FATHER ENDEAVoRER CLARK
AT HIS POST.
Special Dispatch to TIE Call.

DETROIT, July 6.-Both of the great
main tents owned by the United Society
of Christian Endeavor were used to-nlsht
for the first time during the eighteenth
international convention, and contained
their full quota Of 10000 people. Hundreds
of others who failed to secure admittance
patiently occupied standing room" all
around the outer edges.
Many visiting delegations from long
distances came in to-day. swelling the
number of stranger delegates beyond the
20 600 mark The convention days are es-
sentiaIly days of song. Although tonight
the choir was divided between the. Two
tents there seemed little dimnution in the
volume of song or the numbers of singers
in each AS for the audiences, their splr-
itual enthusiasm expanded with the pass
age of the hours. Yesterday there was
little street enthusiasm. To-day the En-
deavorers honored the invitation of the
Mayor of Detroit to sing. Street car loads
of them frequently spun along the streets
singing as they went. Many groups sang
hv the wayside. aside from those who
iofned the squads of MONDAY workers IN
Insiness houses and factories. They sang
9t the afternoon rallies and sang this
eTening en- route to the night gatherings
sang with redoubled vigor after again as
sembling, and then sang on their way
home. -s.5 to- +bo
toni "XVilliston' for this evenings eXer-
cises. president Clark presided over the
meeting and +. S. Foster of Washington
n The two principal addresses in Tent VII
liston were delivered by Rev, John F.
Pounds of Indianapolis and Rev DE- r
s Henson of Chicago-the former on
Dollars and Duty pa3d and the the lafer on IN
with undivided attention by the entire
audience and bursts OF applause were fire.
quent .. -,
Rev William NJ. Paden of Salt Lake, who
made a bitter personal attack on Con;
f-ressman Roberts. DIR. Paden insisted
9bat a majority of the people of Utah
believe belle in poiygamous marriage and that
bevond doubt such marriages are Still being
Consummated He charged Mr.. Roberts
with being an especially fragrant type of
polygamist and asserted that his election
as \ lawmaker had raised an issue which
Cbristians were bound to meet. He closed
with an eXhortatiOn to all Endeavorers to
join through their Congressman, in bring
ing about the deposing of Utah's Mormon
CONGRESSMAN.
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PUTS STITCHES
IN THE HEART
DR.. FOrker'S Remarkable
Operation.
PR0LONGS A RABBITS LIFE
CLAIMS OF PHYSICIAN PROVED
BY AN AUTOPSY.
Death of the Wounded Man Results
From Septic Inflammation
Instead of Loss
of Blood.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BINGHAMTON. n. Y, July 6.-An au-
topsy was held this morning on the body
of Rabbi Louis Ginsburg, who died last
night from a knife wound, which corrob-
grated the claim of DR.. Forker, who per-
formed the remarkable operation of sew
ing a wound in the heart.
Rabbi Ginsburg lived for forty hours
after the wound in the heart was sewed
up. and death was due to septic inflamma-
ton of the pericardium rather than from
loss of blood, for DR.. Forkers operation
had entirely stopped the hemorrhage. The
autopsy showed that one wound passed
almost entirely through the abdomen, be-
tween the stomach and left lung, through
which a long slit was cut, the knife blade
passing through the pericardum and en-
tering the wall of the heart at the left
ventrIcle, and lacking but an eighth of an
inch of passing through the heart wall.
which in that place was a trifie over half
an inch thick.
When DR.. Forker reached the place
after the tragedy he found the RABBI
nearly dead from loss of blood. During
the operation he transfused into the mans
ton to take the place of the lost blood.
and kept up life. 1t was then necessary
10 cut OFF one of the ribs and push back
two others in order to get an opening to
perform the operation. Then. in spite of
the flow of blood, DIR. Forker took three
stitches in the heart and stopped the
hemorThage.
The autopsy revealed the stitches in the
heart just as DR.. Forker claimed.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
ACCUSES EARL
FRUIT COMPANY
ChadbOurne'S Version of
the Crate Story.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SUISJTN, July 6.-Fred A. Chadbourne.
one of the board of directors of the Fruit
Growers Association. to whom the Earl
when an application was made for the
same. has authorized the statement that
when the Earl Fruit Company was given
permission to occupy the Suisun Valley
Fruit Union warehouse here it was agreed
that the company would furnish box lum-
Der to all growers.
A few days previous to June 2S
Chadbourne applied to the Earl Fruit
Company for box lumber. No questions
were asked regarding the purposes for
which he required the same, whether for
Eastern shipment or shipment TO San
Francisco ON the 26th Cnadbourne at
terded a meeting of the Fruit Growers
Association at Sacramento. Two days
afterward he went to the Earl Fruit Com
pany's agent for crates and the agent alb
solutely refused to supply them to him.
Chadbourne was advised to get crates
through second party, viz, the Alden
Anderson Company but he repudated
this method of doing business in this way
and solicited the aid of another par ty.
Ch2dbourne claims that the Earl Fruit
Company does not pay dollar of rent
for the warehouse occupied by it and
owned by the Suisun Valley orchardi5ts.
He has receipts in his possession showing
that the Earl Fruit Company sold him
lumber previous to the 2Sth. and that the
action of its agent that day was d posi-
tive refusal to meet his demands. He
asked him for what purpose he required
the crates. Chadbourne makes this state
ment to refute Earl'S version Of the affair
in to-day's paper.
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THREE MEN ASSAULT
AND ROB A FARMER
One of Them Admits His Guilt, but
Says It Was a Drunken
Freak

SANTA ROSA. July 6-John Shoebart.
a well-known farmer residing few miles
north of Healdsburg, while returning
home late last night was assaulted by
three young men and robbed of about $40
in gold Shoebart had been spending the
evening in town, and it is said had been
drinking. The assault occurred right at
the edge of town and near Gobbis winery
Shoebart who was riding on horseback.
was knocked from his horse into the road
il is claimed, with a picket welded bv
one of his assailants After recovering
consciousness, Shoebart returned to town
and reported the affair to the officers
This afternoon Constable ]. c. ingalls,
arrested Jim Crockett and Forrest Gully
at Healdsburg and charged them with the
crime Later in the day Deputy Sheriff
q. a. Mason arrested Jesse E. Hiatt. who
has been employed during the last few
months at the Union Hotel in Heads
burg.
AS he was leaving on the train. Hiatt
was brought to this city and interviewed
by Sheriff Grace. After some questioning
Hiatt admitted his completely in the case
and also implicated the other two He
claims that all had been drinking, and
that the amount taken by Gully and
Crockett was but $40. He says that when
he became sober he tried to get the other
boys to see Shoebart and square matters.
but they would not do so.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
NEW YORK CENTRAL
ABS0RBS PENNSYLVAN

NEW YORK. July THE News saws.
The New York Central has entered into q
compact with the Pennsylvania Railroad
ana the two systems are now practically,
one. The compact was planned bv W <
Vanderbilt. who IS now the largest stock
holder of the Pennsylvania
Recognition Of what are the actaaIiti4s
in this railroad situation disposes Of the
speculation as to what may he
afoot for the control Of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford. J p
Morgan and the Messrs. Rockefeller hold
it now and the Vanderbilt interests arc
the only pTobabl bidders for it. where
fore # is likely to remain for some time
IS independent property The Boston and
Maine may be even absorbed and Lucius
Tuttle, president OF that company was
put al the head Of the New Haven sys-
TEN, Of which he was formerly operating
vice PRESIDENT. Under any circumstances
there viii ne neither rivalry nor clash be-
tween the New York Central and the
Pennsylvania over New Haven control.
As To the Fitchburg. the Vanderbilts al
ready have that insofar as they imme-
QIaIelE TegJiTG
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LOSS OF LIFE IN
THE SWiRLING WATERS

ST. LOUIS. July "a special to the
Dispatch from Dallas, Texas,
says: At II a m. to-day a short dis
patch was received from a lineman at
Dewey, just across the Brazos River
from SeaIey. It read: River falling
slowly since 5 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. Conditions here terrible. Every
thing in the country swept away.
Large number of lives lost in bottoms
Looks like starvation for those left.
Situation not been exaggerated. Sew
eral days before line repairs can be
made with anything like system"
This telegram was received over a
wire spliced from the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railway and the Postal
Telegraph Companys lines, and is the
first that has been working into Seaiey
and Dewey for three days. The wire
only worked five minutes and was then
lost. Efforts to connect since have
failed.
Shortly after this information was re-
ceiVed by wire Deputy Sheriff Swearin-
gen at Sealey said over the long dis
tance telephone:
There is no Improvement in this sec
ton of the flood district. If anything
the situation is going worse. No re-
lief boats have yet reached here from
Houston or Galveston. Sealey and
neighborinS towns have about ex-
hausted their resources for relief
Another negro family was seen from
here drowning out from land about two
miles this morning. Several lives have
been lost since last night among the
refugees on the mound near old San
Felipe. A number Of negroes fell into
the water from treetops from sheer ex-
haustion. after hanging three days and
nights.
"a rumor Is current here Of an awful
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
GUBERNAToRIAL CONTEST

CARSON, July 6.-The Governorsbin
contest came up before the Suprmee Court
this morning. The first testimony to he
introduced was by Mcmillan Offering the
Empire Precinct. During the recount a
number of objections were filed by hoth
sides. Mcmillan will gain one vote here
as a Sadler ballot was dug up bearing the
word No Sadler objected to six baIlofs
Pine County was next taken up. and in
the recount Sadler gained one vote in the
Osceola Precinct by actual count He also
filed objections to three ballots During
the afternoon the attorneys INDUCED in q
lengthy argument relative to q ballot for
Sadler with a perforated strip and num-
Der. The court took the matter under ad-
visement. The court has rendered no de-
cision on the ballots objected to. McMil-
Ian has not covered the gain made bv
Sadler in Storey County and his case is
practically closed. The court took a re-
cess until Saturday, when Sadler expects
to finish his case.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
EMPEROR WILLIAM ON
A FRENCH WARSHlP
It Is Declared That the Visit Is of
Great Political Sig
nifcance.

NEW YORK. July IA cable to the
Sun from Berlin says: Emperor William
arrived at Bergen on the imperial yacnt
Hohenzollern yesterday. On the same
day the French training cruiser Iphisenie
arrived and her captain boarded the
Hohenzollern and made complimentary
visit which the Emperor later returned
in person This is the first occasion since
lS7i that a German sovereign has boarded
a French warshp. Some newspapers say
that the visit is of the highest political
Importance. The incident was arranged
by attaches of the respective Govern
ments here and at Paris.
PARIS. July 6.-The advocates OF the
Franco-German rapprOchement to which
the Fashoda incident gave much impetus
declare that Emperor Williams visit to
the commander of French ship is of the
utmost significance.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
PASSENGER TRAIN GOES
THROUGH A CULVERT

KANSAS CITY, July a northbound
passengor train on the Burlington road
Went through . culvert near Waldron.
No, seventeen miles north Of Kansas
OliE' at ly:3o clock last night. Fireman
Charles WeHy OF ST. joseph. Mo was
kllled ana several passengers are reported
70 nave been seriously injured. The names
hour.
A heavy rain tonight washed out 200
1eet Of roadbcd near the point where the
ported TO be TWO feet over the track The
FOUNDATIONS Of the culvert are supposed
10 10 3,4;s nave been washed away. Shortly after
lhlahSht Wrecking trains CARRYING sur
geons were dispatched from Kansas CITY,
Lee2Senworth ana St. Joseph.
OInclais state only five or six passengers
were hurt and that the only person killed
IS Fireman Welty. The train is No. %.
running from Kansas City to Omaha
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07

ocrats than Republicans at the late
municipal election. The Democratic work
ers are urging the commission to make
clean sweep in the police and fire depart
ments and the commissioners would un-
doubtedly Ike to do so, but are restrained
by public sentiment. The push is deter
secure the removal of Chief Israel Rolf
Of the fire department. Rolf has been in
his present position ten years and has
brought his department up TO a high
standard of efficiency, conducting 1t eco
nomIcally and upon strictly non-paru-
san basis. Unless the slate is broken
James p. Carroll is TO take Rolfs place.
Carroll, while having many friends. is
known as a persistent seeker after office
and nas succeeded in keeping himself at
the pubic crib for nearly fourteen years.
Last YcuI he wanted to be Sheriff, but
was defeated and since then he has had
his eye out for something new. Ftnolng
that he could not beat John D. Gall for
Chief of Police he concentrated his fight
for Rolfs place and is said to be in the
lead. He has never been connected with
a modern fire department in any capacity
and ,here is little wonder that property
owners stand aghaSt at such move on
the part of the commission. Heretofore,
regardless of the political complexion of
the commission. public sentiment has Sc
cured the retention of Rolf. but 1t is not
believed that property-owners will be
listened to this time.
general satisfaction. Chief Gall has made
a credtable record, winning the conf
dence of the people and the respect and
good will of his officers.
NJ. H. Kingsbury. who was Chief of
Police under the A P. A. administration
and now captain by appointment from the
Democratic Republican fusion regime.
wishes to succeed himself, but his seeC-
ton will please the rank and file of no
party or faction. The opposition to him is
not upon personal grounds. but for the
reason that his political opinions and as
sociations change with the seasons. The
commission tried to settle its troubles at
a meeting last evening, but there was Il
hitch somewhere followed by an adjourn
ment. The politicians have now redoubled
their efforts to smash or strengthen the
slate according to their desires.
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TEN THOUSAND
NEGROES STARVING
Continued from First Page.

the mouth of the Brazos. which point
the food reached to-day. The town
may be cut off from communication
with the world for a day or two, but
no loss Of life is anticipated, because
the people had two days notice that
the flood had broken loose above and
was coming down. The revenue cutter
Galveston will leave here tonight for
Velasco to rescue those really in danger
a that point.
The donation Of the war rations was
most timely. as several thousand home
less negroes will have to be fed for ten
DAYS.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
Cancer Not Due to a Germ.

NEW YORK, July IA cable to the
Sun from London says: The Central News
says that DIR. Lambert Lack, London
surgeon, after a long investigation, has
established the theory that cancer is not
attributable 10 germ, but il is alway,
due TO specific injury to the basement az
the mucous membranes and allied str,lc-
lures. Dr. Lack produced cancer in ami
mails by infiicting such injury. A select
committee of the Pathological Society
which examined the results of DR. Lacks
Investigations declares that they are prac
tically conclusive
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
]. P. CARROLL MAY BE
STOCKTON'S FIRE CHIEF
Lively Squabble for the Patronage of
the Fire and Police Com
mission.

STOCKTON. July 6.-The new Board of
Police and Fire Commissioners are hav
ing hard time passing out the paltry
patronage at their disposal on account of
the numerous Democrats who are willing
10 serve the city. The board as appointed
by Mayor Harrison is composed of John
T Doyle, II. r. McNoble, Democrats, and
Jacob Simon. nominal Republican, but
who is said to have supported more Dem
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07
OREGON VOLUNTEERS
CAN'T LAND AT PORTLAND

WASHINGTON, July 6-secretarv AL
ger has notified Commissioner Hermann
OF the General Land Office that the trans
ports bearing home the Oregon volunteers
from Manila cannot be allowed TO land
at Portland, i'm view Of General OTIS rec
ommendation that the transports be re-
turned Immediately 10 Manila.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07

ANlIAA, july I-1he Spanish
II commissioners, who went to
V Tarlac for a conference with
4I4 Aguinaldo regarding the sur
render of the Spanish prisoners
in the hands of the Filipinos returned
here last night.
Chairman Del Rio Of the commission
said the release Of all the prisoners had
been practically arranged for, but it
would he necessary to consult the Span
ish Government before the agreement
could be ratified. He declined to give
the terms of the arrangement. or TO
say whether these contemplated a ran
som. He asserted, however. that Agui-
naldo had already issued a decree for
the release of the civilian officials and
the sick soldiers.
The commissioners. with the remnant
Of the Spanish garrison of Baler on the
east coast Of LUzon and number of
civilian prisoners. We're escorted by
Filipino soldiers from Tarlac to the
American oUtposts at San Fernando
and came 10 Manila by the night train.
The heroes of the long defense of Ba-
Ter, where the Spaniards resisted an in
sIrgent siege for more than wear,
formed 2 picturesque band as Lieuten-
ant Martin, the only surviving officer.
marched them through the streets.
There are only twenty-five. and most of
them mere boys, in faded blue cotton
uniforms and red shirts. They are
barefOOted.
A crowd Of Spanish men and women
embraced them. weeping and shouting
their praises. They tell a remarkable
story. 1t appears that the captain sew
eral times proposed TO surrender, but
the soldiers refused. Finally some
months ago he tried to raise a white
flag. Thereupon Lieutenant Martin
killed him with his own sword
Their food supply gave out entirely a
week ago, and they surrendered to the
FiGpinos with all the honors Of war
They were allowed to keep their arms.
and say they marched from Baler with
a Filipino escort and carrying guns
through several insurgent camns,
everywhere being cheered and feted
The Commissioners report that the
American prisoners held by the insur
gents have been sent to Vigan. in To-
cos, Sur province, on the northwest
coast OF Luzon.
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Survivors From the Garrison
of Baler March in Tri-
umph to Manila.
MADE CALLANTSIAND
For More Than a Year a Band Of
Mere Boys Bravely Held Out
Against the Filipinos.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Several thousand Spanish pris-
oners. some OF whom have been
in the hands of the Tagals ever
since the outbreak following
Dewey's victory before Cavite,
are to be set free. The Spanish
commissioners sent to negotiate
with Aguinaldo have arranged
terms upon which all the captives
will be released, and it remains
only for the Spanish Government
and General Otis to give their ap-
provaI. A striking incident of the
conclusion OF the negotiations
was the return to Manila of the
few brave Spaniards who held the
town Of BaIer so long against the
natives-the only Spaniards in
the Philippines who upheld the
traditions Of their country's arms.
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At Maison Richie all champagnes 81 per
quart; s. per pint.
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Ocean Water Tub Baths.

I01 Seventh street. corner Mission. SAT-
water direct from the ocean.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-07

to-day-plain colors in three shades
terra Gotta, green and brown-for furni-
ture or portieres-regularly 55c yard
special sale price. ..................-5oc
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n n ANILA. July THE Spanish
MI commissioners, who went to
IV Tarlac for a conference with
4I4 Aguinaldo regarding the sur