The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1897 FORTY THOUSAND NEED SHELTER Greenville Citizens Appeal | to the Gevernment for Aid. Much Money Needed at O:c: to Feed the People of Oae Ceounty. From All Sections of the F.ooded Territory Come Stories of Disaster and Distress. GREENVILLE, Miss., Avpril 9 —The citizens of tbis city have appealed to the ent to feed and shelter 40,000 | this county. For this purpose ask §125,000 for their use during the next thirty days. COLUMBUS, Kvy., April 8.—This morn- ing a rescue-boat landed fitteen homeless families. Another party of thirty ona| rait refused to come ashore, making for another landing, The clumsy crafi got caught under a | falling tree, instantly killing three voy agers and sweeping others overboard. A child and two women were drowned. NEW ORLEANS, Avril 9.—During the m last night ail the tizens were el out for filling the caves of the levee at Belle Helene. Early | this morning oue selfish citizen on re- | fusing filling from his premises for the bulwarks was mobbed by tbe infuriated | people and his home destroyed. ST. PAUL, Misx., (8 D.) special says: The surrounding | country is flooded. The railroads are washed out and there have been no mails for two weeks. The James River has nsen seven feet higher than ever befors, and is a mile wide. It washed out three large iron bridges in the county. Large numbers of livestock have perished. All the farm dwellings on the river bottom | have been swept away | CAIRO, 11, April 9.—The streets of | r flooded. The heavy rains of the | hours have ruised the | seep water it first filled the gutters and the downtown business streets. overflowed the sidewalks and finally cov- | ered the floors of several business houses | d is still rising. Mellen | April GREENVILLE, MISS., Which Is Reported to Have Been Partly Submerged by the Waters of the Great River. This Picture Is Reproduced From a Photograph Taken Eight Days Ago. John F. Heffernan’s Midlight; best dog pup, best pup, Mrs. E. M. Simpson’s Golden ss. Irish water spaniels—Best, W. M. Williams’ Norma W Butldogs—Bes T. Knowles' Commissioner. H. Andersox’s Qu Beagles—Best, Johu Doak’s Ro; Irish terriers—Best, John Doak’ Yorkshire = terriers — Best, E. Joker 11. Japanese terriers—Best, May Hume's Wang. Pu Best, Mrs. O. B. Huskin’s Judy H. us—Best. K. C. Pierson’s Dandy. Best in county, Oscar B. Grove's Doctor K. Attridge’s otrievers —Best in county and best in show, tz’ Rube. other than blac! L. E. Church’s vhall’s Francet ) first, Virona. ow 5 third. ers’ prize of $30—Divided by George Allender and E. W. Edwards. Best kennel gets goid medal and other win- ners here given awarded silver medals. — Field Day for Fresmo Sports. FRESNO, CaL, April 9.—Sunday will be a field day for the local sporting world. rabbit drive near McMullin, sixteen mies west of this city. A large area of territory For the last six or| thickly infested with the pest will be | ‘nbouu were first GOES TO ABREST - LAWYER MORGHN Mendocino’s Sheriff Leaves | Ukiah in Quest of the Fugitive. Bears a Warrant Charging Him | With the Crime of Felony ! Emb zzlement. It | In the forenoon there will be a shotgun | The Man Alleged to Have Levied Black- | mail on Capitalist Alsip Will Be Prosecu‘ed. | | | UKIAH, CAL, April 9.—Sheriff J. R. | Jonnson and Deputy J. L. Johnson left this [ morning for the vicinity of Orrs Hot | Springs to arrest E. M. Morgan, the San ;Francisco attorney who is accused of having levied blackmail on Capitalist Jdwin K. Alsip of Sacramento. It bas been known by the local authori- | ties that Morgan was in this vicinity, as published in THE CaLL when his where- ascertained. At that time no attempt was made to arrest him, but last evening a telegram was received | by the Sheriff from Captain of Police I. W. Lees of San Francisco, asking that Morgan be arrested at once, and stating further thata warrant for felony embezzle- ment was out for his arrest. 1t was acting on these instructions that Sherift John- son and his deputy left to make the arrest. Morgan was last heard of near Charles | DENNIS JORDAN'S CLAIM 1S PAID The Contractor Who Built Folsom Prison Finally Recompensed. Amount of Coin in the State Treasury Decreased by $63.563 66 G-lden Sequel to the Long and Bitter Contest in Lsgislature and Courts. SACRAMENTO, CaL., April 9.—After being succepsiully piloted past the reefs | and through the shoals of six stormy ses- sions of the Legistature, only to meet dis- | aster at the hands of various Governors of the State, the now famous Jordan bill ar- rived safely in port, and this afternoon the event was celebrated with the musical chink of $20 gold pieces as State Treasurer Radcliffe’s deputies deftly siid" $63,563 66 | into canvass receptacles and passed them | over into the grasp of the hungry crowd of attorneys, who had gathered like buzzards around » worn-out horse which bad dropped by the highway, to fight and quibble over the spoil. The Jordan bill has been paid, and never more will its merits and demerits echo through the halls of the State Legislature. ‘The history of the claim is interesting. Prior to the passage by the late Legis- lature of the bill appropriating morey to it, Thomas P. Haynes, assignee in the insolvency case of Dennis Jordan, brought suit to recover certain amounts alleged to be due former creditors ana served in- junction papers upon the State Controller and Treasurer to prevent payment of the money. After the bill passea State Con- troller Colgan refused to draw the war- rant on account of these injunction pro- ceedinge. On the 2d of April Jordan applied for a writ of mandate in the Superior Court of Sacramento County and an_alternative | writ was issued to Controller Colgan com- !mundmg him to draw his warrant or | show cause on the 9th day of April why he refused. Yesterday anotner obstacle cropped up in the form of a suit for $1500, brought in San Francisco by Abner Doble, a former creditor, and another restraining order was issued and directed to the Con- troller, commanding him not to draw the | warrant in favor of Jordan uatil further | order of the court. The suit instituted by Haynes against | Jordan was dismissed and the restraining order dissolved, so when the man- | damus proceeding came up in the Supe- | rior Court in this city to-day Jordan’s at- torneys insisted thal a ‘peremptory writ | should be issued, because all injunction proceedings instituted egainst tue Con- troller prior 1o the issuance of the alterna- tive writ of mandate had been dissolved. Deputy Attorney-General C. N. Post, rep- | resenting the Controller, demurred, con- | tending that the injunction served in the suit of Doble vs. Jordan was binding on 1he Controller and was a sufficient an- | swer to Jordan’s petition fora peremptory writ, which he contended the Superior | Court in consequence had no right to issue. | A recess was taken and Jordan’s attor- | neys communicated with San Francisco | and obtained a settlement and dismissal | in the Doble suit. Thereupon a peremp- | tory writ of mandate was granted by | Judge Hughes and served upon the Con- troller, and the long and bard fizht for YOOOOOOO0OH 3 54 53 52 31 A BIG SNA NEW TO-DAY. PR R FHEFTEEE 2 ETOOCOICOCL CLOTHING BUYERS! 0f Men oo THE HUB Are Now Slaughtering Their $150,000 STOCK and Boys” Fine Clothing, Hats and Furnish- ing Goods, at their TEMPORARY (UARTERS, at ahout 50 CENTN ON THE DOLLAR. This is a great chance to secure the Best of Men’s and Boys" Wear- ing Apparel at VERY LITTLE COST! TS S e Men’s $12.50 Nobby Late Style Business Suits--—- Have Been Men’s $15.00 Fine Imported Dress Suits-—- Have Been Children’s $4.00 All-Wool 2-Piece Suits—-- Have Been Boys’ $7.00 Long Pants Suits, ages 13 to 19— Have Been Men’s $4.00 Neat Cassimere Pants—-- Have Been $6.50 $9.50 $1.95 $3.75 Cut to $I-95 Cut to Cut to Cut to Cut to @==" STORES OPEN TO-NIGHT TILL 11 0’CLOCK. Perkins’ tie camp, some distauce north- | west of Orrs Hot Springs, and at a point about thirty miles from Ukiah, where in | one of the most secluded spots in the red- | woods he was engaged in erecting a cabin | for himself. He arrived at Ocrs Springs | on March 17, and remained there for some | | time under the name of McNamer, it is | suid. When his whereabouts was ascer- | the Jordan claim ended with the issuing of warrants and payment by the State. The claim of Dennis Jordan against the State was forextra work done on the State Prison at Folsom at the time that institu- tion was in courss of erection. Jordan had taken a contract 1o erect the building, but was somewhat hampered by lack of funds and eventually wasfrozen out. The2 claim was based on the fact that he had put in_extra stone, labor, etc., for which i A Side Journey Through the Louisiana Woods During the Big Freshet. ven weeks the stores have been cloced on account of the hizh water. The water covers the sidewalks on both sdes of Eighth street, lower Commercial and Washington avenues. The pavement all around the custom- house is several inches deep in the water. The Cairo electrical street-railway tracks | are under water on Walnut street. The | city has purchased a powerful pump to | drain the town. It has a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons an bour. It arrived to-day, but cannot be set running for several days. Until then no relief can be obtained, as the river must fall eight feet before the sawers can be opened. WINNERS AT STGCKTON. Additional Awards Made at the Kennel Club’s Show—Coursing in the Pavilion. STOCKTON, CAL., April 9.—There was | an increased attendance on ‘the taird night of the bench show of the Stockton Kennel Club, the main attraction being the coursing match, in which fourteen grevhounds contested. Farran’s Gypsy Queen won the first prize, K. Fisher's Blue the second, and the third was divided between Rattler and Skipper, owned by Fitzgerald. The course was 100 yards in length, and the dummy hare was mounted unners and atiached by a | verted bicycle s mot.ve power. The following additional awards were | | made this aite: Mastiffs—Best oon : 1. D. Garrett's Bess: best pup | 1 Joaquin' County and best entered by lady, Louis Donrr s Chauncey. St. Bernards—Best rough-coated dog, A. M. lor’s Roxie Savege Taylor; best roug coated bitch, Humholdt kennel’s Florenc Dest bilch, same; bestin San Joaquin Count August Mueuter’s Queen of San Joaquin; best | rup, Joseph Mull's Oscar Ii; best in show, | Thomas Browne's Champion Grand Master. Moodhounds—Best, Mt Shasia kenmel kshot 1. < Danes—Best in Sen Joaquin County, ®n Rennesselser Hopkins' Jack; best, ifred Ro i's Juan. 3 C. V. Saiix’s Carlo. L. "Portal's .~ Laurel Joaquin County, W. nd:a Greyhounds. ¥ est, Wood 11 3 best in san Stella D. s—Best, J bitch, W. E. E. Keifer's Baldy; best v Chute’s Patti Croxteth; best puopy, K. L. Owen’s Gienbeigh I1I. Fox hounds—Best, W, L her’s Sport. English setters— 1 Queen of Cou st in San Joaguin Couuly, Dan 's Sprad; best bich in county, W. T. Queen Bee, Irish setters—Best, Ethel G.: Creigh's Queen of Kildare. S Gordon setters—J. W. and H. W. O'Ree’s Dickie. spaniels of all kinds—Best dog, Cocker kennel's Bronta; best black Vest other than black, John Dandy; best Cocker pup, C.Leonacd’s Me; Echo gles; best novice, R.P.Lane’s Jack L; any color, Jonn Doak’s Rosal Dand Fox terriers—Best, J. B. Maru Fiash; best entered by lady. Mre. E. M. Simp- son’s Goiden Restles est pup in county, Pozzoni’s Complexion ‘Powper produces a soft and beautiful skin; dit e_(:mbinu every element of beauty and purity. covered. The drivers will be armed with shotguns and will shoot the rabbits, and those that are not killed will be driven into a corral ana there dispatcheda. In | | the afternoon there will be a match blue- rock shoot at the range near Pollasky depot_between teams from the Merced and Fresno gun clubs. At the bicycle race irack the coursing matches will take tained by the author.ties he suddenly dis- appeared, but a short time ago he was | 2gain discovered. CURIOUS INDIAN LEGENDS. Missionaries Te/l Quaint Stories of How | Certain Tribes Account for the Moon’s Changes. place in tne afternoo g ¥0AD RECOKD BULLETILN. Several San Franciscans Who Have Earned Distinotion. TERRE HAUTE, Ixp., April 9.—Chair- man W. L Krietenstain of the road rec- ords commiitee, Century Road Club of America, has issued the following bulletin of road records allowed : George E. Dixon and Francisco, five miles, 1 1896, American tande: Shari Kraft, m:les, State harles Kraft, San n_Frencisco, twen ty 7, 1896, California cord. Frank R. Blackmore, Cleveland, Genoa cen- tury course, 6:58, October 10, 1896, course record. William Lockwood ana Leroy Caulkins, leveland. Genoa century course, 6:58, Octo ber 10, 1896, tandem record. George 8. Easton and Ernest Willis, Louls- Bonhomme century course, 6:50, October 8, 1596, tandem record. W. 8. Handy, Boston, and H. F. Maj shall, Nashua, N. H., have been awarded meritorious ride medals for meritorious riding Oc:ober 4, 1895. LIFE IN GUATERALA. Kansas Travelers Relate Amusing Inci- dents of Their Tr:p to the Central Americen Republic. WICHITA, Kas., April 9.—F. B. Garce- 1on, the Colwich banker, and John Mahan of this city have returned from Guatemala, | to which country they went some three or | four montbs ago. They sailed from New Orleans Zor L vingston, Guatemala, and were five days crossing the gulf, a portion of which time was occupied in skirting the | | Yucatan coast to what is known as the | Yucatan channel to Belize, British Hon- duras. They describe the town clock at Living- ston asone of the greatest curiositles seen on their trip. It consisis of a biece of railroad iron suspended in the air, and the time of day or night is struck upon it by a policeman detailed for that purpose. This rime-siriker uses a bludgeon to make the iron resound, and what was more ludicrous still to the travelers was the fact that the time-striker seemed to mark his hours just whenever he bappened to think of it. For instance, if he should become engrossed in a game of cards he might forget all about tie *‘clock” and let | it “run” an hour and a balli between strikes. The natives use a long running vine, wind it around some hoops. plaster it with clzay and make a handsime vessel, which is carried upon the heads of women. . The travelers brought back many curi- ous siiver coins, ranging in vaiue from 31 up to 10 cents. Paper money is calleq “monkey’’ money and silver money is called *:in” money by the natives. Everybody in that country must pay his debts. A'man might as well be sccused of murder as dodging a debt. 2, September 17, | | country suffers. | WICHITA, Kaxs, April 9.—Many | curious Indian legends are being brought | to light by the missionaries who labor | on sccount of their utter 1gnorance, they | are unable to assign to appropriate causes, | are made the groundwork of some of the prettiest and most ingenious legends that | have been evolved in civiiization's twi- light, and a wealth of new material awaits the labor of those who delight to delve in | legendary lore. | The latest acquisition is the account re- cently given by a Cheyenne Indian chief of the Indian explanation of the changes | of the moon. Hesaid that the Indians have from time immemorial believed that every time a new moon zppeared it was the signal for all the mice in the whole world to gather themselves together in one central spot. The meeting took place at night, and the whole face of the coun- try was blackened because of the limit- less numbers of the little rudents. When they assembled four captains were | chosen, and the captains separated them | into four great armies of equal numbers. At 8 given signal each captain led his army a different way. One army went to the north, another to the soutb, a third 10 the east and a fourth to the west. These vast armies of mice traveled unti they reached the point where, from the place of starting, tke heavens seemed to touch the earth. lhen they climbed up the sky until they ceme to the moon, which by this time wus what we call fall. All of the four armies then commenced | nibbling at Luna. Slowly but surely the great hosts niblied away a large portion | of the moon. When at last they had | eaten her all up the mice would scamper back down the heavens to the earth and wait for Luna 1o show herself again, when | the journey and the nibbling would be re- | peated. This Is what the Indians of early days believed was the cause of the moon grow- ing old and finally disappearing. | among the various tribes of the Indian | Territory. The natural phenomena, which, | he had never been remunerated by the State, although the latter had been di- rectly benefited there! Finigan ¥t in Marin's Jail. SAN RAFAEL, Can, April 9.— Yet another dey has passed and Colonel Peter A. Finigan, the millionaire mine-owner, | has not paid to his wife the $750 ordered by Juage Angelotti, and is suil occuny- ing a ceil in the County Jail in the base- ent of Marin’s Courthouse. The colonel he.s visitors and is making the best oi a bad bargain. He retuses to pay the money and reiterates that he never will. — The Tamalpais Ashore at Sausalito. SBAUSALITO, CaL, April 9. — The steamer Tamalpais has beea run upon the | beach at New Sausalito. The steamer is the property of the North Pacilic Coast i Raiiroaa, and ha< been at anchor in Rich- ardsons . off Sausalito, during the winter. This week the sieamer began to fill with water and was quite low when the work of pumping it out began. B Petaluma’s Progressive Women. PETALUMA, Can, April 9. — The Ladies’ Improvement Club is still doing effective work, and has been further en- couraged in tue undertakiag of the nark improvements by the donation from Mrs. Burdell of fifty bandsome palms. An- other theatrical entertainment is being diligently rehearsed, from which the ladies hope to realize a hanasome sum. g Tacoma’s Big Shingle Mill. TACOMA, WasH., April 9.—The Sather Banking Company of San Francisco has leased the Pacific Mill property here to Metcaif & Wade, local shingle dealers, who are auding machinery that will make it the largest :hingle mill in the world. Beginning May 1, it will turn out’ 600,000 | sningles per day, to be shipped to the Eastern market. Budden Death at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Ca April 9.—John Dawson, an old-time resident of Sacra- mento and a painter by trade, dropped dead a: Fiiteenth and Q streets to-day. Years ago Dawson was a resvectable property-owner, but at the death of his wife he seeminglv lost ail ambition, be. came dissipated and went down the social scale with a rush. Of late he had repeat- edly figured in the police courts. LEADER BAILEY tective tariff law. As the country ON PROTECTION. WASHINGTON, D. C., April g.—Bailey of Texas, the Demo- cratic leader of the House of Representatives, says so far as his party is concerned no effort will be made to goad Reed into appointing commit-/ tees, thus opening the way for general legislation. position has been that whenever the Republican party legislates the The Republican party has undertaken to demonstrate to the country that the method of restoring prosperity is to pass a pro- He said: ““Our gave the commission to the Repub- licans last fall to put the remedy into operation, the Democrats feel the people should have an opportunity to test the matter at the earliest op- portunity. Therefore we favor the speedy passage of the tariff pill as the surest means of securing a return to power.’’ % s Y o § e DISPENSERS OF FINE CLOTHING, TEMPORARY QUARTERS, 222 AND 224 SUTTER STREET, Three Doors West of Kearny. LIGHTSHIP FOR FOINT BOKITA. Apprepriation by the Lost Congress for a Vessel to Take the Place of the 0/d Whistling Buoy, SAUSALITO, Can, April 9.— The United States Government is buildinga lightship to take the place of a whistline buoy off Point Bonita, on the Marin coast. The vessel 1s being built at Port- land, Or., and will be one of the largest of its kind on the Pacitic Coast. The appro- priation for building the 7eszel was made by the last Congress. The frames of the new vessel will be of steel, with plate keel, bilge strake and sheer strake all of steel. There will be wood planking from the keel up to ihe sheer line of the main deck aud steel plate from the sheer line to the spar deck. Oregon pine and white oak will be used on the vessel. The sheathing will be of cepper or yellow metal. The fog signal machinery will consist of a Crosby chime, twelve inches diameter of bell, and operated by a horizontal non- condensing steam-engine with a five-inch diameter cylinder and six-inch stroke. There will also be an improved electric- light plant and a Baird distillery ap- paratus with all necessary connections. " The dimensions of the vessel are as fol- lows: Length, 112 feet; molded breadth, 28 feet'6 inches; depth of hold, 22 feet 214 inches; displacement, 589.5 tons; draft, 13 feet. There will be a complets pumping sys- tem, which will consist of one double- acting, first-class steam pump, one sieam feeld pump, durlex patent, and one feed and one air pump so arranged as to oper- ate the condens: A Napa ounty Wine shipments. ST. HELENA, Car. April 9.—0f late Napa County has shipped a great many carloads of wine East and even to Euro- pean points. The excellence of the prod- uct is becoming noted both at home and abroad. On Saturday A, Forni shipped a carioad of dry wines to Vermont. R. Hoehn of Larkmead shipped an en- tire carload of dry wines to Switzerland. The Napa growers are now branching out, and are saving to themselves ths profits of wine-brokers. The wine in- dustry of St. Helena is getling on a very firm basis. S TIBURUN'S WEAK DREAWBRIDGE, Corinthian Yacht C(ludb Apveals to the Marin County Supervisors. TIBURON, Car., April 9.—Among the petitions presented to the Board of Super- visors of Marin County to-day was one from the Corintbian Yacht Club, having its headquarters at this place. The peti- tion, which was presented over the signa- ture of E. B. Lathrop as secretary, calls attention to the fact that the drawbridge spanning the entrance to the lagoon at Tiburon 1s badly out of repair, and in a dangerousiy weak condition. The board of directors of the yacht club states in the petition that it will not be respoasible for any accident resuiting from sucha condi- tion, and will hold the county of Marin liable for damages. The Supervisors to-day appointed George E. Ring one of the board to take action in the matter, and the bridge will probably be strengthened. Facomans Acoused of Fraud. TACOMA, Wasn., April 9.—F. A. Elder and Samuel B. Elder, real estate men of this city, who live in the suburbs, in School District 83, where they compose two-thirds ot the school directorate, were arrested.to-day on a chsrge of receiving and concealing certain bias for the erec- tion of the district schoolhouse and then doing the work themselves at an_exorbi- 1ant charge, approving their bills and l The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper o7 4 _of CASTORIA, o-day | paying themselves for the work done | under the contract which they made with themselves. They wiil have a hearing next week. The third Director, A. H. Jackson, swore out the complaint. —_— Sacrameno Honors Her Dead. SBACRAMENTO, CaAL, April 9. — The funeral of the late Edward Lyon, County Treasurer, will take place Sunday after- noon, and will be attended by the Masonic organizations, of which deceased was a member. The flags of the Hall of Records and County Courthouse have been fiying at half mast in honor of the memory of the dead Treasurer. Wedded on Banta Barbara Channel. SANTA BARBARA, Car, April Steve Raul, aged 18, and Annie Bristow, aged 17, were united in marriage on the high seas in Sants Barbara Channel at noon to-day. Captain Larco, owner of a fishing-smack, presided. OY’'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA TAKES way the surplus bile and leaves the liver inperfect order. Itisa true liver regulator. o OY’S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA CAN be used by 0ld or young. Take it moder- ately. Remember that moderation in every- thing tends to longevity. \ NEW WESTERN HOTEL, EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- modeled and renovated. KING, WARD & CO, European pla.