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The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
DUBUQUE'S FAIR SEX
DRAWS LINE AT FAME
Mayor Fails to Find Young Woman
Willing to Christem New
GuuhOaf

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Secretary
Morton has received a letter from
Mayor Berg of Dubuque, Iowa, saying
that he has been unable to find a lady
in that city willing to undertake the
journey to New York to christen the
gunboat Dubuque, which is to be
launched at Morris Heights, N Y,
within a few weeks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The Mayor
Of Milwaukee has been invited to select
a young lady to christen the protected
cruiser TO be named after that city
and which will be launched September
10 at the Union Iron Works, San Fran
cisco.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
RAFAEL REYES ASSUMES
REINS OF GOVERNMENT
Succeeds ScnOr Maroquin as Presi-
dent of Colombia-New Cabinet
Is Named.

BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. (de-
Iayed in transmission). General Ra-
fael Reyes assumed office to-day as
President of Colombia, succeeding
Senior Maroquin. The Cabinet is as
follows: Secretary of State, Bonifacio
Velez; Secretary of War, Diego Cas-
tro; Secretary of Finance, Jorge Hol-
guin: Secretary of the Treasury, Lucas
Cabellero; Secretary of Public In
struction, Carlos Curevo; Secretary of
Foreign Affairs, Enrique Cortez
Complete quiet prevails here.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
PREDICTS THIS NATIONS
SUPREMACY ON THE SEA
British Naval Expert Says Our Navy
VIII Soon Surpass That of
the King

LONDON, Aug. s-Captain Thomas
Allnutt Brassey, editor of the Naval
Annual, speaking at Hatfield to-day,
said he was convinced that within ten
years the command of the seas would
have passed from Great Britain to the
United States.
The latter country. he declared, was
building more battleships than England
and her resources were greater than
those of Great Britain. whose only hope
Of maintaining her supremacy on the
sea was federation through which
the colonies would aid in the building
up and maintenance of the navy of the
mother country.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
STANFORD GRADUATE KILLED.
Former Editor of Sequoia Among Vic
Tins of the Wreck.

PALO ALTO, Aug. s.-Miss Irene
Wright, who was killed in the wreck on
the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
in Colorado. was we'll known here. Miss
Wright graduated from Stanford Uni
versity last year. She was editor of
the college paper "Sequoia." and her
work in this line was most creditable.
During her term at Stanford she was
prominently identified with all literary
movements. She was member of the
English Club and was one of the most
popular young women at the university.
Miss Wright lived in Pueblo. Colo. She
was on her way to Los Angeles to ac-
cept a position as teacher.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
MOTHER DOESN'T WANT
HER son To MARRY
County Clerk Is Requested Not TO
Issue License, as Youth +
Minor

SAN DIEGO. Aug. S.-County Clerk
Holconlb to-day received a letter from
Mrs. Nellie E Metcalf of 1903 Bond
street requesting that no marriage IL
cense be issued 10 Clarence Hood Net
calf her son. She stated that she is
his only living parent and that he is
not Of age.
As the letter is not a verified affidavit
the Clerk merely has ii on file 10 call
the young mans attention TO il if he
should appear. IF after reading the let
ter he is still willing TO make the affi-
daEir necessary for procuring the IL
canse IL would not be denied him
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
ANNOUNCEMENT


The local business Of .Eas-
ton, Eldridge & Co has been
transferred TO and merged with
the business of @. H. UMR-
sen & CO., 20 Montgomery
Street, and hereafter will be
conducted under that name.
Extensive Country business
and Colonization will be con-
Quoted under the name of
Easton, Eldridge & Co., with
Offices at I8 Montgomery
Street.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
MANY VISITORS FROM WEST
ATTEND THE EXPOSITION
tracted by the Wonderful Dis
play az St. louis.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. S.-The following
visitors from California have regis
tered at the California building:
San Francisco-C. .Goldstein. Mrs. J. L, Hol-
land and son. Mrs NJ. Barnhart Mrs. s. Kra-
mer. NJ. Kramer. 6. smith. A B. Bowers p.
Brosnan. A. @. kleimer and wife. j. J. Allen
and wife. J. Tillman v. T.. Fortson y JEFF
frey. Mrs. A. Mckoy. A 1IcEoy. A. Price.
". Ehrenpfort and family. r. j. Baker s. A.
Fisher. ". Ltnard =. G. Reinert. j. Anger
san JOSH. T. Rawlings. c. p Martin "
5. Johnston and wife
sacramento-P. F. schrol. E. J. Hsnner.
Mrs. Il. r.. Smith.
oakland. Wharton, Mrs. A. Wharton. A.
c. Hunt.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
LONDON PRESS CHAMPIONS
MRS. MAVERICKS CAUSE
Chronicle Strongly Supports COrre-
spOndent's Belief in NOman's
Innocence.

LONDON, Aug. 9.-In the form Of
a letter from a correspondent, signed
''Heathcote Hardinge," the Daily
Chronicle this morning makes a strong
appeal on behalf of Mrs. Maybrick.
The letter urges that Mrs. Maybrick
is innocent and that she ought to be
granted a free pardon and contends
that she never would have been con-
victed had there been a court of crimi-
nal appeals in England.
The Chronicle also prints an edi-
tcrial which strongly supports Heath
cote Hardinge's" view of the case.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
SURVIVOR TELLS OF ESCAPE.

Another occupant of the chair car
was J. VI. KILN, a well known hard
ware merchant of Pueblo. He was
badly cut about the head. hands and
arms. but no bones were broken, and
he viii be entirely recovered within a
few days, if no serious complications
ensue. His escape was due entirely
he believes, 10 his ability as a swim
mer, his great strength and his pres
ence Of mind which led him TO hold his
breath while he was submerged with
the ether passengers in the water.
When the first crash came we were
riding along as smoothly as one could
go. said KILN. 1t was just as
though the train had struck against
q stone wall. The lights went out. the
fixtures and everything fell down. all
the passengers were thrown forward
and there were the most awful cries
for help and the grinding of timbers
/ saw man next to me was down and
/ helped him up. but just then another
crash came and the train seemed to
sink about five feet. 1 lost sight of
everybody and could not think of any
thing but TO save myself.
I remember we'll the sensations |
had at the time. l knew l was in terri
bic danger and my first thought was
that l must get out Of the car. At the
second crash 1 was about up to my
waist in water. All the time the grind
ing and crushing of timbers was going
on. In another crash l was thrown
about a third of the length of the car,
right up against the front door 1
grabbed the top of the door and the
car went over in the water three times
Ny first instinct when the water went
up over my head was to hold my
breath. 1 think / was under water
for a full minute.
The car naturally righted, and
when il came up the water was Just
above my lips. l could breathe all
right and saw that the transom was
just above me. With my right hand
smashed out the glass, hoping I could
get out in that way. At that moment
another crash came and 1 was struck
on the forehead by som floating OBJ
ject and dazed, but managed to keep
my head above the water, and after a
terrible struggle reached the shore.
The only man I could see in the
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
MANY WRECK VICTIMS ENTOMBED
BY SHIFT SANDS OF A STREAM

Following are the names of the
missing:
Elsie Roland. Pueblo: DR.. w F. Mum,
Pueblo; Mrs John s Moliter and two daugh-
ters, aged and years. respectively Pueblo
Pueblo: Frank Bedeman. Pueblo: Mrs H s.
Gilbert Pueblo: V b Durham Pueblo; Minnie
Selbv Pueblo: Sophie Gilchrest Pueblo: James
o. Bsrnon. Pueblo: Miss Chancellor Pueblo;
Miss Bozeman, Pueblo; Mrs. Mary Welch,
Chicago: Miss Hadenburg. Salina, Kan. CLYDE
Price Aurora Ill: Margaret Donnelly. Des
Moines; Mrs Henry Donnelly. Des Moinss: DR.
F. C Stimmell Pueblo: Ralph SWartzcup.
Pueblo: J. q. Thomas and wife. Pueblo: Miss
Marguerite Kelley, Pueblo: Harold B. Page,
Denver; james Keating, Pueblo: F H Mes
senger bank cashier Central City. Colo Miss
Alice Wood. Jacksonville. Fla; Mrs Everard
Roscoe Durango, Colo.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
MARINERS ARE PUZZLED
BY UNCHARTED CURRENT
Waters on Cape Hatteras Behave in
Way mat Causes Sailors to
id Place.

NORFOLK, Aug. S.-Maritime men
are puzzled over a strange water cur
rent that has developed just outside
of Cape Hatteras. A record of this
new tide element cannot be found upon
any of the charts and until it has been
officially analyzed the men who live
upon the sea will do their best to avoid
the waters about the cape.
The schooner Isabella Gill, from New
York for Savannah, arrived in Hamp-
ton Roads this morning for provisions.
The captain reports being out from
New York three weeks. He declares
that nearly a hundred sailing vessels
are between Capes Henry and Hatteras
and are unable to get around Cape
Hatteras on account of the continued
southwest winds and strong current
running north.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
TRAIN WRECKED AT CISCO.
Three Persons Are Hurt in Rear
End Collision.

RENO. New. Aug. g. Passenger
train No 4, east bound, was wrecked
at Cisco tonight at 7:30 o'clock, being
run into by the push engine of freight
train No. 212 within fifty yards of the
depot.
Only three people were injured. but
that one hundred and fifty or more
passengers on board the train were not
gineers in charge of the two engines
pulling the passenger train brought
their trains TO a stop in time.
The injured are: w. +. McCurdy of
2616 Center street, San Francisco who
was on his way to the Worlds Fair
His injuries consist of a painful lacera-
tion on the left cheek and under the
eye, together with a number of bruises
about the head and body, caused by
being hit by flying splinters and iron.
Miss Atkinson of Minnea polls, who was
returning home from visit to friends
in California, was injured by flying
glass.
Alfred Goss. a retired business man
of San Francisco, on his way to Bos-
ton, was seriously hurt. He is injured
internally and on account of his ad-
vanced age the outcome cannot be de-
termined. DR.. Ainswick was on the
train at the time. He was riding in
Superintendent Agler's private car and
as soon as he could eXtricate himself
from the wreckage in his car went to
work aiding the injured.
The dining-car suffered most One
end was entirely demolished. The car
was filed with passengers at the time
and the shock was like thunderbolt
Women and men were knocked to the
floor, some screaming with fright. 9TH
ers intent on escape and still others
thinking of only one thing, to aid the
injured. but fortunately their services
were not needed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
Preparing for NIanenrers.

WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-An army OF
workmen, directed from Washington
is now engaged in preparing the ground
for the army maneuvers that are TO
take place between the 5th and 10th OF
September on the battlefields OF Bull
Run and Haymarket in Virginia.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
SuIly in Trouble AGAIN

NEW YORK, Aug. S.-Daniel ]. Sullv
& Co. to-day informed their creditors
that they would be unable to carry our
the proposition made to the creditors
last month TO pay off 40 per cent of the
claims in cash with 10 per cent adj
ditional in the form of ninety-day notes
because certain individual creditors
would not withdraw their claims. The
firm therefore will go into liquidation.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
SWIMS TO WRECKED COACH.

F n. Jones. the station agent at
Eden. who was the first to go to the
aid of the stricken victims, gives this
version Of the accident:
4 was sitting in my office, a dis
tance of a mile from the scene of the
wreck, when suddenly a loud sound,
followed by a series of smaller reports,
startled me. l had heard of No. II
passing Pinon from the operator there,
and at this time she was overdue more
than SIX minutes-an unusual thing,
for the train is a flyer.
Becoming thoroughly frightened,
seized my lantern and ran up the
track TO the place where the bridge
should have been. The faint rays of
my lamp threw just enough light for
me to distinguish three cars, but be-
tween them and myself there was a
chasm fully so feet wide through
which dashed a river almost level with
the ground upon which 1 stood. Oppo-
site me I could make out the outlines
Of three cars, but the other four that
usually make up No. IL were nowhere
in sight.
L started across the mesa in the
direction of the river, which was high
and making much noise. After walk
ing about half a mile L saw near the
bank a dark object. 1t was almost
stationary in midstTeam, with one end
swinging toward the left bank 1
slipped off my clothing and plunged
in swimming in the direction in which
l had come, as 1 knew the strong cur
rent would carry me down stream. By
proceeding in this course 1 managed to
get To the object which proved to be
a chair car. half on its side and held
in position by an arm of land extend
ing into the stream probably fifteen
feet. The roof of the car was gone
and inside there was not a soul to be
found. Guided by the light of my lamp
on the shore, struck out for the bank,
and, being a strong swimmer,
reached il in a few moments. The car,
or what was left of it, broke loose and
was completely demolished. 1t was
then after midnight.
There ware two survivors of the
wreck that I knew of. the fireman and
a passenger in a chair car The lat
ter's story he told me in a dazed man
ner, for the man was nearly border
ing on lunacy. II seems he was sit
ting in the third chair from the rear
Of the car when the train turned up
ward and the suddenness precipitated
him through the window and then,
turning him a complete somersault,
landed him on the bank"
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
AMATEUR PLAYWRIGHT
TRIES To KILL HIMSELF
X. w. MOultOn Attempts Suicide Be-
cause His Wife Refused to
Granf InferNiPNN

CHICAGO, Aug. S.-R. W. Moulton,
an amateur playwright. shot and dan
gerOusly wounded himself here to-
night because his wife. from whom he
is separated, refused to see him. Three
years ago MOultOn attempted to shoot
May Buckley. an actress, in a cafe in
New York City
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
BLAZE IN BIG BUILDING
CAUSES LOSS OF $4OO, ,OOC
Fire Threatens New York Theater and
Audience Is Ordered Into
the Street.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Aug. Sire in
the five-story building at 251-257 Main
street to-day caused a loss estimated
at s4OO, 900, and for a time threatened
the Academy of Music next door, where
a play was being produced Assistant
Fire Chief Murphy went to the Acad-
emy stage, informed the audience that
a building near by was ablaze but as
sured them there was no danger. He
then asked the people to leave the
theater. The crowd filed out quietly.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09

temporary results. It Is permanent IN
its effect.
1t has no bad effect upon the system.
and gradually eliminates catarrh by re-
moving the cause Of catarrh. There are
a multitude of homes where Peruna has
been used on and on for twenty years.
Such thing could not be possible II
Peruna contained any drugs OF a mar
cotic nature.
confidential
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
Pe-ru-ns contains No NarcOtIcs.

One reason why Peruna has found per-
manent use in so many homes is that it
contains no narcotic of any kind. Peruna
is perfectly harmless. 1t can be used
any length of time without acquiring
drug habit. Peruna does not produce
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09

PARIS Aug S-Lebaudy's steerable balloon
made quarter Of an hours flight TO-DAY.
covering considerable distance al a height
cf eighty meters and returning 10 its shed
without the slightest hitch.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
CENSURE FOR QUAKER
CITY'S POSTMASTER
VIII Be ReDrimanded for Political
Discrimination I'm Selection OF
Employees.
WASHINGTON. Aug. s.-Th, Pl

WASHINGTON. Aug. s.-Tht Pres
ident to-day approved a report Of the
Civil Service Commission. recon-
mending that Postmaster McOIichaeI
OF Philadelphia be reprimanded as the
result Of the investigation OF the
charges filed by Robert b. jerks. sec
retary of the Civil Service Reform
Association of Philadelphia. alleging
political discrimination in Postmaster
McMichaeIs selection of employees.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
FIRE IN STRAsBURG
DOES GREAT DAMAGE
Blaze Which Consumes Orphan Asy-
lum and Church Causes a Loss
of $1.50O.OOO

STRASBURG, Alsace-Lorraine, Aug.
S.-The damage by the fire which
ragged in the lower quarter of the city
this morning and which destroyed a
large orphan asylum and the Magda-
lima Church amounts to $1,5O0,OOO.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
NO Books at statc Fair Races.

SACRAMENTO, Aug. Sat a meet
ing of the State Board of Agriculture
tonight it was decided to forbid all
bookmaking at the State Fair and
permit only paris mutuels and auction
betting. The privilege was let to Fred
H. Chase of San Francisco for 20 per
cent of the per cent to be deducted
from all bets.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
FIVE PASSENGERS HURT.
Broken Rail Brings Disaster Upon
Eastbound Train in Indiana.

/ PLAINFIELD, Ind, Aug. S.-East-
bound Vandaha passenger train No.
81 struck a broken rail this afternoon
in the city limits. Five cars left the
track and were burned. Five passen-
gers were injured, but none killed
The fire from the cars and the ex-
plosion of the tanks set fire to the
Plainfeld flour mills near the track,
which was a total loss. The plant of
the Plainfield Cabinet Company was
almost totally DESTROYED.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
Continued From Page 1. Column ;

without becoming lodged against the
sides Most Of the bed of the creek is
now visible, with little streams weav-
ing about the strips of sand. forming
islands Of mud and sand.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09

R. Brunazzi, superintendent of the
dining-car service of the Denver and
Rio Grande. one of the survivors, had
a narrow escape.
4 was sitting in the front end of
the forward sleeper. the Wyiuta," he
said, near the door The train had
slowed up on account of the bad con-
dition of the tracks, and l think we
were going about fifteen miles an hour
when all at once 1 felt a sudden jolt,
then a terrific crash and our car turn
ed almost on its front end. 1 rushed
to the platform and saw nothing be-
fore me but a black. raging torrent,
with three coaches whirling down the
stream. 1t was horrible!
Strangely enough, there was hard
ly any screaming. l listened to hear
the cries, but ii was all over in a mo-
ment and the coaches whirled away
down the stream with loads of human
beings. Apparently the inmates were
swallowed up in the flood, the water
surging into the coaches and drowning
them instantly"
One of the saddest stories is that of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gilbert of Okla
homa City, who had been married
only two months and were on their
honeymoon trip. Gilbert is one of the
three men who marvelously escaped
from the chair car. His wife who was
sitting beside him, was lost and al
though he is unscathed, her death has
made him a nervous wreck. He is now
in the Pueblo Hospital. He has been
wire chief Of the Western Union Tel
egraph Company at Oklahoma City.
A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla,
inquiring for Miss Alice Wood of that
city was received by the Chieftain.
The name has not been reported
among the dead or missing. trunk
was found containing a package of
visiting cards bearing the name of
Mrs. Everard Roscoe of Durango,
Colo, and she is supposed to have
been a passenger.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
The Bane of Her Life Was StOmacI
Trouble.

Miss Gertrude Pogue, 14o7 Central
Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio, Secretary Social
Economics Club, writes:
Stomach trouble has been the bane Of
my existence for a good many years. I
tried a number of remedies for dyspep-
sia and indigestion. thinking that was
l took the right medicine for the right
trouble. I was suffering with catarrh Of
the stomach and die not know it. Peruna
took hold of the seat OF the trouble and
soon exterminated it from my system.
1 have splendid appetite now, my food
does not distress me and l am growing
feshier. l have a look Of health which
have not had for years."-Miss Gertrude
Pogue.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09

UNKNOWN MAN FOUND IN BAY-The
body Of an unknown negro found floating
in the bay off Fillmore-street wharf yesterday
afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09

Jules OF as Pine st. is in no way con-
nected with any uztown restaurant.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09
ADVERTISEMENTS.
CATARRH OF STOMACH THRFAEFNED zEF LIFE
Pe-ru-na Promptly Restored Her to Health
and Beauty.
A Heavy. BIOated Feeling of the
StOmach-Heartburn and a
Belchins Up of Gas, Entire
iy Zone Away With.
MI ISS SADIE BRUNELL, member Of
lVI the Benevolent Sewing Circle, 27S
Pearl St., Buffalo. n. Y, writes:

~ wish 10 express my appreciation of
PerUHG. was a great sufferer from ca
tarrh of the stomach and was treated by
several physicians. but with little relief
Finally PeruHa was recommended to me
BY a friend. and soon after beginning to
take the medicine experienced much re-
lief and at the end of five months was
entirely cured. Ibad suffered with heart
burn at times, ciso sour stomach, and often
after eating my stomach felt heavy and !
bsichsd up gas. MY stomach was 6foatsd
and ! could not bear tight clothes around
my waist IT is over year since ! dis
continued taking PsrVHa for my trouble.
and am able to eat anything desire
without experiencing any ineoHvsnisncs.
and ! DO not hesitate to say that ! am en-
hrely cured. Miss Sadie 6rVHeh.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09

Yc Olde English Inn.
IA Mason st Music by the great Pan
American Quartet
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-09

coach as left it was F. H. Messenger,
a banker from Central City. He sat just
behind me, and once came to the end
of the car and it seemed that he would
be saved, but before he could be saved
he went down and was lost.
"As L approached an island I heard
the faint cry of a woman for help.
answered, shouting: am coming;
but at that moment 1 heard a gurgling
sound. as if the poor unfortunate was
lost. and 1 heard the cries no more"
KILN was taken to a hospital in
PIehIn
La Junta tribune., 1904-11-05
o'ssh estsi I~esssses's.

Misth. melody aud music is the
keynote Of the performance to be
given BY the famous Black Patti
Troubadours at the La Junta
Theatre Thursday. November
roth. Those sweet singers aud
ebony colosed fun makers Of Dixie
land have been recognized for
years as = high-clsss standard At
traction and one that has scored .
phenomenal popular success with
theatre goers in all sections OF the
country. Among the forty in its
ranks are to found the most talent.
ed Afro American singers. dancers
and comedians in the world.
Their happy revival Of the sweet
melodies OF the South reminis.
cent OF ante-bellum days-the
plantation, the cotton field and
the levee has been a musical rev.
elation to millions.
While sweet harmonies are
woven all through q Troubadors
performance, yet there is an
abundance OF refined dsrkey
fun contributed by John Ruckes.
the Alabama Blossom. and score
more funsters in the new skit
"Looney Dreamland.
La Junta tribune., 1904-11-05

enthusiastic ios Ns. Peabody
The wondesful results obtsined by
manipulating these figures in ees-
tain hands goes 70 Psove that
while figures do not lie. liars do
hguse-
in eoneIpsioa. Evesyone in
tesessed in good govesnnens Chat
should be all OF ss) should 60
over the siiustion carefully ~ l
have done, and arrive u . con-
clus,on. But 10 ogdes to do this
we must lay aside pssjodiee asd
all hard feeling and look the facts
in the isce and ARRivE AT a cos.
cLUsioS.
In getting II our conclusion
don't you think il we'll to take into
consideration the TACT that the
troubles are over. order prevails,
mines are 10 operation, business is
good. aud all are prosperous in
the region where the sgitator and
dynamites seigned supreme . lev
months sgo9 Don't you want this
state OF Affairs to consinue1 l do
do. AND Don't You roRcEr IT.
II you do-and I know you do
just come TO the same conclu sion
that did when I had "6geered"
il all out; that to vote for Peace
aud Prosperity Prolonged. we
must cast our ballot for Peabody.
Yours truly.
"ExGINEGR"