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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
WATERS ARE sUBsIDrNG
Flood Conditions in Upstate of Ohio
Improved by Falling Rivers

CLEVELAND, March l5.-Flood con-
ditions IN the upstate section of Ohio
were improved today by falling rivers
and their tributaries. There is con-
siderable destitution among those
driven from their homes by the flood
At Springfield. Dayton, Hamilton and
other points in the Miami Valley the
danger stage has been passed. Streams
at Point Pleasant, Portsmouth, Mari
etta, Parl<ersburg and other points.
and viii continue to rise tonight and
tomorrow
Late today Marietta, Parkersbure
and Point Pleasant appeared to be the
worst sufferers. At the former place
the electric light plant was put out of
commission and the city was in dark
ness. At Marietta conditions were
worse than in the food OF 1884
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
MRS. MATTINGLY SUES FOR
ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE
Second Wife of Man Indicted for
Bigarny Asks Release From
Marital Bonds

Mrs. Mildred A. MAttingly, wife cf
William Seymour Mattingly, whose
marriage to her while he had another
wife living led a short time ago Ito
his indictment by the Grand Jury on
a charge of bigamy, filed a suit yes
terday for the annulment of the mar
riage. Matting1y's whereabouts at
present is unknown.
In the complaint for annulment
Mattingly is accused of perjury in tes-
tffying under oath that his name was
Seymour Mattingly instead of William
Seymour Mattingly. and in testifying
that he was an unmarried man.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
JUDGE LAND|sRULEs
AGAINST STANDARD OIL

CHICAGO, March 15.-The conten-
tions of the attorneys for the Standard
Oil Company that the Government
which is prosecuting the company on
indictments charging 1T with accepting
rebates. had not proved the existence of
the route by which 1t claimed the al
legged shipments In violation of the law
had been made, were today swept away
by Judge Lands IN the United States
District Court.
the Judge declared the Government
had proved the existence of a route by
the Chicago and Alton Railroad from
Whiting. Ind, and ChappelIe, ILL.,, to St.
Louis.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
HALF-HouR on Musrc

BERKELEY, March 15.-Afrs. John
Darwin Gish is 70 give the half-h hour
OF music in the Greek Theater next
Sunday afternoon. The programme win
be as follows. Save Me, Oh Cod
(Randegger); (a) "A Forest Song" Ob)
The Nightingale Has Tyre OF Gold'
iCBen5anlfn Whelpley5; I Mourn as a
Dove" (Benedict): (a) "A Spring Song" {"
(b) 1T Was Lover and His Lass"
fOscar Weil); Hear Ye Israel" (Elijah)
(AdendelsgOhn)
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
MINORS ARE MARRTrD

SAUSALITO. March 15.--Arnold Lunt
OF nil Valley and Miss Isabel O'Leary
OF this town slipped quietly over TO
Oakland on July 10, 1906, and, although
under age, secured a license and were
married by Justice Of the Peace Quinn.
The couple kept the marriage quiet
until q few days ago. when the bride
tcld her mother she was married
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
THIEVES RAID RESIDENCE
OF PETER BACIGALUPI

Burglars entered the home Of Peter
Bacigalupi. 55S Steiner street, Thurs
day evening while the family was out.
and ransacked the place, taking $500
worth of jewelry and $3.50 in coin. En-
trance was gained through the front
it open.
Several days ago the house adjoining
the Bacigalupi residence was entered
and robbed in a similar manner
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
JAPANESE IN Ell PAso
Displace Mexican Servants and Diaz's
Government Is Aroused

Ell PASO. March 15.--So great has
been the flow of Japanese through this
place that hundreds have stopped in Ell
Paso, readily securing employment as
house servants, displacing Mexican
help
The Mexican authorities are taking
cognizance of the matter, and propose
action looking to the abatement OF the
japanese immigration unless the new
amendment to the United States immi-
grafton laws brings relief.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
UNIONS MERGE INTERESTS

SEATTLE, March 15.-The two long
shoremen's unions of Seattle, Local No:
$50 of the l. L. NJ. and T. A. and Pacific
Coast Federation No. l of Longshore-
men met tonight and merged their in
terests in a new union, which Will be
Independent of all national affiliations.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
WEEDS SAN FRANCISCO GIRL

PETALUMA, March 15.-Wil1iam
Nicholson, superintendent of the Hey
nemann Company overall factory of
this city, surprised his friends by be-
coming a benedict yesterday He was
united in marriage to Miss Katherine
Hornby of San Francisco. The couple
will reside in Petaluma.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
SAYS LAND WAS BOUGHT
WITH STOLEN MONEY
William Schmitz Sues for Annulrnent
of Deeds to Property Now in
Edward Lynch's Possession

william Schmitz. who was robbed of
more than $1,000 three years ago by
his daughter and Edward Cordero, a
saloon Keeper whom she afterward
married and who is now serving an
eight-year sentence in San Quentin for
the crime, has filed a suit 10 annul GER
tain deeds by which property purchased
with the stolen money was transferred
from Cordero and his wife to Attorney
Edward J. Lynch.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
cHIIDREN OVERCOME BY SMOKE

The residence at 45 Crane street
accounted bv n J. Lewis. a foreman en-
pIoved at the Union Iron Works, was
destroyed by fire at a late hour last
night His two young children, VINO
were asleep on the second floor OF tne
dwelling, were overcome BY smoke put
recovered consciousness soon a1Jef pc
ing taken out into the air The loss
by fire will be quite heavy.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
UTAH TO HAVE ExHIBIT

SALT LAKE CITY, March 15.-The
Legislature passed resolution today
appropriating $4,000 for Utah exhibit
at the National Irrigation Congress, to
be held at Sacramento, Cal, in Septem-
ber next. The measure passed both
houses and was signed by the Gov
ernor
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
PROPONENTS FAIL TO ANSWER

SANTA ROSA, March 15.-No appear
ance having been made by them in the
contest by Louis J. O'FarrelI of the will
of the late Mrs. Teresa Wensinger, de-
fault has been entered against Frank
j. Wensinger. Ella O'Gorman. Mary E.
Seeley, Leiguori O'Farrell and Frances
Roache. devisees under the contested
will
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
GERMAN MINERs kILLFD

FORSBACH. Germany. March 1s-Aa
explosion OF fredamp in the coal mines
at Klein RosseIn this evening dhused
the death of s5 miners. Twelve othsF
persons Were severely injured
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
PosroFFIcE SALARIES RAISED

WASHINGTON. March 15.-Begin-
ming July 1. 1907. 221 clerks and s62
carriers In the San Francisco POST
office will receive increases in their
salaries of 500 each per annum The
Postoffice Department has just COM
pleted the readjustment of these
salaries.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16

MAN FOUND WITH THROAT CUT-wfth a
deer cuf fn his neck Albert &; oliver q r,rs,,so,
employed in a shop az lO47 Folsom street and
living al Ninth and Natoma streets, was found
at Kearny street and Broadway last night hv
Patrolman Charles Ogden. Oliver was taken
40 the Central Emergency Hospital. He told a
conticLing story about holdnp. The police be-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16

BANKRUPT CLERK-John G. Ryan. clerk.
OF Berkeley, fled "a petition IN insolvency yes
teroay. He owes S226l and has no assets.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16

WANT STREET LIGHTs-rhe Excelsior
Homestead Association petftioned the Supervi-
sors yesterday to Install twenty-five street
lights at designated points in the districts
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16
News of Four of the Counties Bordering On the Bay

pT<E students of California have taken hold
dorntory project They will first raise among
themselves $5oOoo fund that will be required
make appeal 70 the alumni Tor contributors
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-16

DIR. PrERoE's REMEDIES
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
MAKING THiMeLES.

Thimbles are such a common ar ticle that scarcely anyone stops te think of their construction.
 They are ordinarily made of iron steel, silver or gold; the meta pressed into dies of all sizes, theI punched, tempered and polished aft erward. Some are made of brass anc washed with white metal, but theil lasting quality is of but short dura- ton.
 The very best thimbles are said tt be made in Paris and 1t is said thai nowhere else is the same variety con. structed. To give the proper shape, a disk of sheet iron is punched into the desired form, then the hollows for the needle are made The thimble is entirely finished anG then by very peculiar process i converted into finely-tempered steel It is covered with gold-leaf, lined. and will last for years, and wher worn the gold can be renewed.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
NEW TREATY
Russia and Japan Preparing New Po'
 litical Arrangement.

St Petersburg, July.-The signing at the foreign office here of the trea- ties of commerce, navigation and nsh- cry between Russia and Japan will be followed shortly by the publication or a political entente wiping out the last traces of the contentious and hostll- ties arising from the late war.
 The Foreign Office has confirmed dispatches from Tokio on this matter, and admitted officially that a general political agreement between the two states was in course of preparation, that the negotiations to this end had almost reached their conclusion, ana that the signatures would be amXeu to this document within a few days
 This entente is conceived along the same general lines as the recent slini' lar agreement between France ana Ja- nan. Under it's terms Russia and Japan will mutually guarantee their rights and territory. The negotiations LOOK ing to this entente have been conduct cd with complete secrecy because o1 the Japanese dislike to publclty' put it was learned that foreign Minister ls- wolsky's desires to settle pendihs questions in the Far East and inaugu- rate a new policy of peaceful colohi- zation and development in the Rus sian provinces bordering upon the Pa cifc was met in a spirit of moderation and conciliation on the part Of Japan' which enabled satisfactory progress to be made and assured successful out come.
 The relations betwen Russia and Ja- nan are on such a satisfactory basis that the recent occurrences in Korea exercised no influence upon them' Russia who herself is bound by the treaty of Portsmouth, is content to give other nations whose hands are free a chance to champion the kore- ans.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
WARM ARCTIC REGIONS.

The interesting fact that it ma, be warmer in the arctic regions thar in Britain was Illustrated by tele. gram received recently from From so, more than 200 miles within the arctic circle. 1t was therein stated that the temperature was 70 degree. in the shade. In London about tn. same time it was 56 degrees. Anc in the earlier part of the year, thert were occasions when the tempera ture of Iceland was higher than tha' of Britain. A still more remark able state of affairs occurs wher that strange warm wind known a. the fahn blows down from the io and snow in Greenland. Then m midwintetr, during the long arctic night, extensive thaws may occur, and for several consecutive days fl may be warmer in Northern Green land than in southern Fran0
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
A Prophecy as 10 Wheat.

Unquestionably those now liv,oy may see the time when in some years the United States will import whaa, if a surplus can be found anywhere As a rule. however, we may exnec, to continue to export grain forevar The oldest and most densely ponu. lated countries of the world continue to export grain, and while the world endures there will always bs ev changes of surpluses. As to our nro- duction we are probably nearing orr maximum under present methods n, cultivation. It is, however, easily nos. sible to double our output by better methods of agriculture which we shall gradually adopt as increasing prices caused by the pressure of population warrant the increased outlay in pro. duction.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Burned the Corpse.

Crisfield. Md, July.-lnhamed wltn passion, which seemed to increase al ter the lynching of James Reed, the noqro murderer of Policeman John h. Daugherty, the mob which put the ne gro to death and buried his body III the swamp at the edge of this town returned to the spot early ln the morning, dug up the body and, anna wells and curses, burned it, after rld- ding the corpse with bullets. Hun dreds of indignant citizens are gath cred in the streets excitedly discus sing the affair, and it is feared by many that a race war VIII ensue. Ane town authorities, in anticipation oi further trouble, have placed large number of special officers on duty.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Strike Probable.

San Francisco, July.-A renewal or hostilities is threatened between the telesraphers and their employers. The local union served notice Monday on tbe Western Union that in its belier the spirit of the agreement whlch settled the strike, was not being op- served by the corporation. Resolu- tions were passed expressing the lnteh- tion of the union to take the matter nm with the higher officials or the western Union. It is claimed py the men that despite stipulations to the contrary in the agreement, the opera tors who went on strike are Delhg discriminated against.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
INDIAN TYPES OF BEAUTY
,o Mexico the Aboriene Is Seen at HIs Best-Far Superior to His
 Northern Brother.

The beauty of Indian women IS one of the charms of Mexico.
 In the capital, where the Indian has degenerated by contact with the whites, by extreme poverty and menial service, it is less to be re- marked than in the smaller towns and in the country.
 But the beautiful faces one takes in memory away from Mexico are those of Indian women. Fine eyes are universal and, what one hardly expects, fine features, according to Caucasian standards; broad brows, straight noses, we'll formed mouths and chins full but not gross or heavy. The expression is very gen. orally intelligent and often one is struck, both in Indian men and wom- en, with the nobility and refinement of the countenance.
 One frequently sees types among the peons that seem to belong to some highly civilized ancient caste, an Egyptian priest of royal blood, a Roman centurion, an Aztec empe- TOT. The women are gently lovely where they are beautiful, and the men at their best in carriage, in manners and in countenance are strikingly like the very advanced product of civilization.
 In the north the "noble red man. has chiefly been found in our poetry and romance. At their highest they possessed only the savage virtues. Here in mid-Mexico, even after four centuries of subjection, the Indian is plainly of better make, of higher ethnic development, of infinitely greater possibilities. It is far cry from the Apache to the Aztec.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Soldiers Executed.

Guayaqui,, Ecuador, July.-A court martial has sentenced 15 soldiers nm plicated in the recent political plot against the president of the republic General Alfaro, to death by shooting Eight of the men were executed III this city Monday morning, and the re- mainder will be shot in a. few days. Nine other soldiers have been sem fenced to penal servitude for life on the same charge. The government has discovered new conspiracy a' Quito and the leaders of this move ment fleeing from tho capital, have arrived here.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
At War;.

Tangier, July.-A courier who mas inst arrived reports that after the re- cent fighting at Sheruhan between Kmass tribesmen and the forces oi the sultan, in which their village was burned by the government troops wno are trying to effect the release O, Caid Sir Harry Mclean, now heio prisoner by the bandit, Raisuh' the tribesmen cut off the heads of two of the sultan's soldiers and sent them to Telun. The sultan's forces are press ing on toward the Kmass stronghoio' While Caid Mehalla from Fl Casaer is moving southward into the moun' tains, where Raisuli and his prison' CTS are located.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Had His Fears.

One day while riding on one of the suburban cars, two boys of about ten wears of age were overheard discuss ing what they were going to do when they became men. One of them was not decided, but the other one re- marked emphatically. "I always did want to be boat builder, but VIII bet a nickel that I will end up In the ministry yet."-Chicago Tribune.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Cuban Spaniards in Revolt.

Havana, July.-A report from San tiago says that band of twenty men under Emilio Eagrego, a Porto Rican, who were planning an uprising, were surprised by rural guards at Secadero, not far from Santiago. Shots were exchanged, but no one, so far report ed. was hurt. It is understood that the band is composed mostly of Span iards. Another band Is reported in the same neighborhood The rural guards are searching for them. Three men have been captured.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Go Out to Welcome Bells.

Curious scenes occurred at the viii. lage of St. Keverne, Cornwall, on the arrival of a new peal of bells for the parish church. A large procession of villagers, headed by the local band, marched out to meet the bells, which were drawn by horses on four wagons. Men, women, and children carried flags and wreaths and wild flowers were laid on the bells.-London Graphic.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-16
SEEDING COMMENCED IN
WESTERN CANADA.
The Prospects Cor Large Acreage to
Be sown In Wheat.

81. Paul, April "a. lockwood has
been received at the once OF the
Canadian Government In ST. Paul that
seeding has commenced at various
points throughout Manitoba. Saskatch-
ownn and Alberta.
The heavy snowfall during the past
winter has left the ground In splendid
shape for successful seeding opera
lions. The fine weather Of the past
few days has taken much of the frost
out of the ground and during next
week there win scarcely be a district
in which the seeder is not being oper.
ated. The most optimistic conditions
exist and in all districts the farmers
are busy getting things in shape.
There will be very large acreage
sown in spring wheat. oats and barley.
At many points throughout tho three
provinces the newcomers are busy I'm.
loading their stock and effects, work
ing night and day In order 10 get on
their farms and become active agen.
cIes in the effort TO make the year
1907 the banner year In grain produc.
ing In Western Canada. AS compared
with districts many hundred miles
further south than this, Il will be seen
that Western Canada ranks amongst
the FIRST in the line OF seeding opera.
tons for tho present year. II is safe
| TO say that farmers who get in their
crop before the goth or cath Of May.
will receive magnificent returns. A
number OF those coming In this spring.
who had not their land prepared last
fall. Will break up enough land to get
in q crop OF oats and barley and prob.
ably some fax. This. together with
the vegetables they will plant, will
give them ample food for themselves
and stock during the coming summer
and winter. These early seeding oper.
atoms are not confined to one district,
but are spread over n country 900
miles long by 400 miles in width.
The agents OF the Canadian Govern
ment. located at different points
throughout the United States, are
busy giving information regarding the
many new districts that are being
made available for settlers. Low rail
way rates. information and literature
are given on application to the agent
whose name appears in advertisement
elsewhere in this paper.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-16
ApvANrAeE A WIDOW HAS.
A. Least They Don't Have to slt and
Watch Husbands Flirt.

II saw such a pretty woman at a
disadvantage the other night" the lit
tie real widow was saying. She was
married. She was sitting at table
With some other pretty women aud
handsome men aud her husband. Her
husband began to flirt outrageously
with one OF the women. wish you
could have seen the look that came
over her face. Everybody In the room
saw how distressed she was.
Now, what ] want to know is this
Why didn't she go to work and flirt
with one OF the handsome men to get
even? Anyone OF them was quite
ready and willing. but, no. wives never
seem TO be able to do that. They just
sit ready to cry. with everybody no
uclng.
That's the advantage we real wild
ows have over wives We don't have
TO sit and watch our husbands flirting
with other women. We know where
they are, and we also know that what
ever they may chance to be doing,
they are probably not flirting"
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-16
FAMlLTs SKIN TROUBLES.
Eczema, Heat Rash, and Scalp Aztec.
tions Affilet Different Members,
But Cutleura Cures Them.

my wife had eczema for Ave or six
years. II was on her face and would
come and go. We thought We would
give the Cuticura Remedies a trial. We
did so and she has never had a sign of
eczema for four years. / myself used
Cuticura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment
some time ago for falling hair. l now
have n very heavy head OF hair. We
used Cuticura Remedies for our baby,
who was nearly bald when young. She
has very nice hair now. She is very
fieshy, and we had so much trouble
with heat that we would battle her
with Cuticura Soap and then apply
Cuticura Ointment, 1t would dry the
heat up SO much quicker than any
thing else. Mr.. II. b. Springmire. 1923
So. Capitol Street, Iowa City. Ia, July
16. 1905, and Sept. 16. 1906"
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-16
PUT RELIolous pury sEcoNp.
stern Lava Of Business Come First,
Says Austrian Court

An interesting case at law, which
conferred on the observance Of an old
Jewish custom. was decided in Vienna
recently. A merchant. says the Amerl.
can lsraelite. discharged clerk on nc
count OF neglect Of duty. Among the
charges against him was that be came
TO the store late In the morning be-
cause he attended service at the syna-
gogue in order to say Kaddish--the
prayer for the dead--for his father.
The clerk argued that II was his priv.
lege and his duty to say the prayer for
his departed father, while the mer-
chant. who was also n religious maA,
maintained that IF Moses had known
that a man had 70 pay 5000 gulden 4
year rent he would have made differ
ent laws" Tho Judge would not allow
such an argument. but decided in 70.
vor OF the merchant, because the
daily attendance ut the synagogue
could not be considered the right Of
the clerk without the consent OF the
employer"
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-16
1T WOULD BE SIMPLE.
Formailtles Complied with, Escape
from Hotel Was Easy.


In the days before the dawn Of his
fame II was the practice OF a certain
well known author TO wander up and
down the land seeking what he might
devour in the way of suggestion and
local color. In this way he had drift
ed down into Arkansas. "roughing IT,"
and not, as he expresses It. presenting
an appearance calculated to inspire a
hotel proprietor with unlimited coma.
dence.
The only hotel In the town. frame
structure, seemed TO have been built
upon the theory that there was plenty
Of room straight up. but that ground
had TO be bought, and the wanderer
was shown TO room on the third
floor. reached through many narrow
and winding passages. From the one
window II was a straight drop to the
ground.
Say. how .Tould get out OF this
place in case OF hre?" he asked the
landlord, who had brought up his
grip.
The other eyed him coldly.
WALL" he drawled, "all yo' would
have TO do would be to show Their
night watchman-the one with Their
shotgun-a recelpted bill fob so
board an lodgin'. an get him to tie up
Their bulldog. "-Harper's Weekly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-16
Labor Of the Novelist.

"The way OF the novelist must be
hard" said a librarian OF an uptown
branch. THE other day an immacu.
lately gotten up individual camo into
the library and announced that he
was a writer with a speciality Of dia.
lect stories. We got him several books
that he asked for, and little by little
he took me into his confidence. I
want the Scotch dialect for the stern
father. he explained; thea when I've
got enough OF that want some dla-
lect FOR sea captain. and then I want
a duke--or maybe you can tell me,
would a duke drop his h's'g"-N. Y.
Sun.