The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1897. went under singing a hymn. The dead body of Miss Kiser, a school teacher, was recovered to-night. A daughter of Mrs. George Wrizht and two children were The property loss is fully $100,000 in the 1 city ond will reach hundreds of thousands in ihe country. Up and down the Cotton- wood Valley for many miles everything is | swept away, and it is believed that many | more people perished in the country. All LU U D | banks closed, and evervbody gave atten- tion to the work of rescue. The wagon bridges at Crescent City and Perkins and one north of here have ai- | ready gone, hundreds of families are in- undated in its valley and much live stock is drowned. Whoile t' e rise was due to the general G U -l- H H | E | arowned while trying to reach the hills, | business was suspended, the stores and rise at Cottonwood a cloudburst at 4 Hundreds of Dwellingsi Suddenly Carried | Away. | west of here, caused sweep down the valley. A number of bodies have been seen zoing down the Cimarron and to-night calls are heard for help. Another rescue boat capsized late this evening and one of the rescuers was drowned. NEW PREACHERS GRADUATED. the great flood to TWO0 THOUSAND PEOPLE HOMELESS. Scenes of Death and Desola- tion in the Wake of the Torrent. Enjoyable Annual Commencement of the San Francisco Theological Sem.- nary at San Anselmo. SAN ANSELMO, CaL., April 28.—The San Francisco Theological Seminary held its twenty-fifth commencement exercis together with the dedication of the Mont- gom:ry Memorial Chapel, here to-day. | About 300 visitors witnessed the elaborate | ceremonies. | The beautiful chancel, donated | Alexander Montgomery of San Fran- | cisco, was form presented to ithe seminary A. Foster, president of |the San Francisco and North Pacific iy | Railway, and W. F. Goad. Mr. Foster GUTHRIE, O. T., April 28.—A great|,is gave to the seminary the Drop flood swept down Cottonwoot River Val- | upon which the bui dings stand. R ley this morning at daylight and toppied | James Curry, D.D., pre=ident of the board over hundreds of dwellings like so many | of directors, presided at the sezvic cardboards. Two thousand homeless peo- | {‘l:,“‘ U,{ul»‘;’a'?f;::im'Jkex'\\-f"{'lfinx‘.?: ple are shivering on the blufts west of the | pO%.) AT R TeT SATes city to-night or housed in homes on the | rave )’ 2 A hundred or more persons | - Hon. George D. Gr: owned and thousands nave MANY HEROIC ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE, The Loss of Life Cannot Yet Be Estimated, but Is Known to Bs Appalling. by behalf of the seminary. Rev. F Graham, D.D., of Chico, deliverea dress and was jollowed by Rev. Arthur Crosby, who rendered the deaication | praver. Rev. R. F. Coyle, D.D., of Oak- land, delivered the benediction and the | morning session was over. | The chapel contains the remains of | lexander Montzomery, which were con- veyed to their final resting place in the chavel last Thursday | _After luucheon provided by the trustees | the commencement exercises were held in | the assembly hall. Professor Henry C. | Minton, D.D., chairman of the facuity, | ded. The graduatiog class numbers and the students were to-day pre sented with their diplomes entitling them | to preach -the faith of the Presbyterian | church. The graduates are: James W. An derson, Moosonim, Northwest Territory Canada; Arthur H. Barnhisel, San_Jos William Cbalmers Gunn, Walla Walia, Wash.; Adolph Haberly, Portiand, Or.; | | Robert J. Jobnson, Bangor, Ire! 5 Archibald J. Ross, Mount Forest, Or cada; Cyrus H. Smith, Carlyle, | William S, Wiison, San Anselmo, Cal. o'clock the water was thirty feet| After s bymn Dr. Warrail of Kentue above the normal level of the river, and | ‘;f";““‘)‘f"“fi:‘;{:fé‘:;fi‘é“ J“‘“x‘l;nd-‘; B the once placid stream was a raging tor- | sses, among them being reea and rent across the entire valler. It seemed by Arthur H. Barnhisel; | that soon the people in trees and on the The Voice of Nature,” William C. Gunn; | roofs would be swept away. The Temple of Truth.” Robert J. John- George Wi and H. nt young business men, stripped | d into the torrent. They swam | nd secured an old fiat- | ey moored to a tree. With this they rescued six persons from | but were nearly swept away With the boat they saved | peo ne Gill and Walter Olds attempted :h the residence on yesterday there was an in- , and it was vood River. al- X would do much damage. | watchers were surprised to see n, and by daylight it had 1 ten feet. Just as they were about duty at 6 o'clock they were v a terrific roar from the river awept throt From ght the river go dow was given and policemen over town rousing them to flee. Some was that of a cyclone ves, only to perish a ter. Others stopped to save ihings until it was too late, whiie climbed trees. ) a mighty roar the flood came wn the valley, a mile wide and twenty deep in the channel. e all is Platt, botn | . anta Rosa de- | address. Rev. he presentation | iam Martin of livered the/commenceme: James Curry, D.D., made of diplomas,” R. J. Johnson was present- ed with 1w sets of books for excellence. He took both the prizes oifered the grad- uating class. The annual meeting of the alumni was held in Assembly Hell. Kev. president of the association, presided. Thursdsy at 2 P. M. the twenty-fiith y on a raft, but were car- | niversary exerc of the San Franc nd barely escaped. George | T cal Seminary will be nela T, hoaded a reccue party in | C31Vary Church in San Francisco. 1In the latboat. The boat | ©Y¢PiPR 8 banauet will be held at tne ( y | tal Hote! in San Francisco, at which 1and he died a hero’s dea f men were at work at the rds constructing boat y ock six scows had been laun Several capsized and were carried away, | \d two of the men manning them per- | ed. | At 10 o'clock the flood wasat a stand- | Half an bour later it began to re- | cede, and by dark it had gone down five | feet. Many nezroes perished i In the valley running through the west- | ern part of the city is much of the finest residence part and a small business section where there w about twenty stores, | several mills, warehouses, etc. Less than | twenty minutes from the time the Hood struck the city this entire section was in- undated, and within an hour the water | was ten feetdeep and hundreds of build- ings were floating away. | (‘r(;cker :«;_arfielpv mleredsle\;l in ing in b el | Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa coun- s J es, moters In tke new Sierra Railroad which cotton-gin and other structures collapsed | is now being built from Oakdale to Sonora. | or float-d down the stream. On many of | He inspected the finished portion of the | the puildings were men, women and chil- | new railroad carefully and expressed him- dren- rom hundredylof trees chma pite- | selfashelik MENIAIMSE R SR o0 I? n he a p i pin vt ou8) ot help, aud tho air wal dide- | ;35 g!qfiesl]on of handling low-grade ous with the struggles and screams of | greg syccessfuily, and this cannor be done domestic animals. | without better transportation facilitie ‘With the first rush went every bridge in | It is this proposition which has caused the city. The few boais were crushed or | the Prince to become associated with c ied away and nothing could be done to help the many who fell or were swept | Messrs. Bullock and Fresuman in the movement to build a railroad from Ouak- | from places of refuge and drowned before | the eyes ¢ ess spectators. dale to the st uthern mines. The fact that | heis connected with the road, he says, does not mean that it is in any way a part This evening a line was siot across with | of the Southern Pacific. The new road is a'rocket and a cable pat up across the | being buiit because the needs of the min- Clanaal ing counties require it and it is to be inde- Boats are now being ferried back ard | forth and food being taken to hundreds | of famished peoy n the west bluffs and | pendent of any other corporation. The party left here this evening, by way 200 or 300 negroes in a large brick school- house. | of Stockton, on a special train for San Francisco. It Is impossible to correctly estimate the number of drowned, and the real facts | will not te known for days. Many were | seen to verish by falling from the trees or being swept from trees or rafts. Eight or ten went down with one bridge and four with another, while some are known to have been caught in their bouses | and drowned. It is generally conceded | the San Joaguin Vgllev and while here that the death list will reach 100. | was the guest of Major J. D. Peters. Mrs. Elia Dumas fell from afloating | The visiter was met at the boat-landing house, and Frank Myers was crushed by a | (P18 morning by F. H. Gould snd W. R. g Jucobs, and the party was driven to the loz. Daniel Clemmons and his family of | Peters' residence, whara Mr. Senall pons siX were swept into the channel. | the forenoon chatting with a number of Mrs. Wesley McGill and her four chil- | prominent Democrats, It was the plan of dren were drowned in their home. Mrs. | the local Democrats to give Mr. Sewall a St Grat, P an | bunquet to-nizhi, hut as he lef: this after- | noon for J. D. 'Peters’ famous buhach plantatiot near Merced these arrange- ments were spotled. TRAMSFERRED FROM CARSON, Hale- Noveross Case to Ke Heard in San Francisco. CAREON, NEV., April 28— To-day the Haule and Norcross case came up in the Supreme Court and after considerable | talk by the attorneys of both sides it was | decided that the taking of testimony was | to begin next Monday in San Fruncisco | in order to save the expense of transport. | ing_eighty witnesses to Nevada. The | testimony will then be submitted to the Supreme Court and argued on the 18th, Meanwhile the Fox people have been | enjoined from selling stock in San Fran- | cisco. president of the Ministerial Union, will | preside. Dr. Minton will deliver the principal addres 2 G FROM OAKDALE TO SONORA. Builders of the New Railroad Express Themselves as Pleased With the Finished Portion. OAKDALE, Car, April 28—Prince Poniatowski, W. H. Crocker, T. S. Bul- lock of the Sierra Rai'road, S. Sussman, G. Perine and A. Rossi, a wealthy banker of Paris, arrived in town to-day which wus sent out six miles to meet them on their return from Sonora. Prince Poniatowski, who is with W. H. the pow - SEWALL FVISITS STOCKTON, The Maine Democrat Touring Joaguin Falley, STOCKTON, CarL, April 28.—Artbur Sewall of Maine, the Democratic nominee | for Vice-President in the recent National election, arrived by steamer this morning m comjany with Wiil Ashe and Joe Peters. He is on i way for a trip down the San XEW Holding fast mne ew £0 Old friends | making new ones, is what B Dr. Miley New System of Restorative Reme. dies are doing. The nvalids who have suf. fered the agonizing tortures of nervous pros- tration, sick, nervous or neuralgic headaches, blues, melancholy, hysterie, spasms, fits, or &ny of the numerous disorders «rising from a derangement of the nerve centers, always o ) tell their friends how Dr. Miles tney were cured and restored to heaith by ¥or sale by druggists on guarantiee 10 bene- fit. “Book on the heart > Nervine and nerves sent irce. DE. MILES MEDICAL ¢0Q., Elkhart, 1nd. TO-DAY: = g ADVANCES made on furniture and or without removal. J. N fanos, with oonan, 1017-1023 Mission. | o'clock this morning near Seward, south- | L. Rice, | H. G. Ketchum, D.D., of Berkeley, | ona special car of the Sierra Railroad, | | Los Angeles Honors fremont's Memory. LONDON, Exc, April land opened here on Monda owing to the fact that it was proposed by ce inquiry into the alleged heterodoxy of Dr. nents of Dr. W contention. The petition declared: “If such statemenis (those quoted) are explanation on the part of Watson, or any the resu ally to its outward progres: The petition s presented to the synod mittee. the acceptance of the petition by the synod. IAN MACLAREN TRIUMPHS OVER HIS CRITICS. The annual synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eng- Moze than usnal interest attachea to the proceedings, rtain members to have the synod maka Jobn Watson (Ian Maclaren). The oppo son bad prepared a petition setting forth wherein he had departed from the tenets of the Presbyterian church and quoting his publications to prove their allowed to pass without any disavowal or notice of them on the part of the church, t will be most disastrous to the spiritual life of the church and also eventu- ind prosperity.’ i, which turned it over to a business com- This committee considered the matter and to-day decided not to recommend JOCKEY oSEETS” | MARTIN INJURED Horse on Which He Has the Mount Runs Into the Fence. ) The Californian, Badly Lacer- ated, Is Carried From the Track. | Riley Grannan, Backed by an ln—-: Junction, Gains Admittance i to Aqueduct. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 28.—Dema- / | gogue, bought at August Belmont's sale | last fall, ran away alier winning the | fourth race at Aqueduct racetrack to- | day. Passing his tela on striking the | homestretch he opened up a gap of six {lengths. At this point he swung over to the extreme outside, and Jockey Henry Martin, the clever young Californian, had nard work preventing him from crashing | linto the betting-ring inclosure and | finally the judges’ box. The colt won by | four lengths. Then Demagogue made for the outside fence at the paddock turn, unseated bis | | jockey, smashed through the balustrade | and barbed wire and then galioped around | the track for a mile and a half. | Martin was very badly lacerated and was carried to the secretary’s office and | {later to his home. It isexpected he will | not be in the saddle again for a fortnight. Riley Grannan obtained an injunction from Judge Madox in Brooklyn to-day | compelling the Aqueduct Racetrack As- sociation to admit him through its gates. | The plunger put in an appearance, but | made only one small bet. SR NEW BICYCLE EKECORED, Becker, of San Francisco, Gets Formal | Fank in the AW | NEW YORK, N. Y., April 25—The| racing bulletin issued by Chairman Mott of the L. A. W. to-day contains the an nouncement that Fred Titus of this city, who was recently restored to amateur ranks, has requested and obtained a | transfer to professional ranks. Among new records accepted is: E. Becker, San Francisco, February 1897; competition, standine start, pace one ' mile, 1:38; competition, standing t, paced two miles, 3:54 3-5 competi- tion, standing start, paced three miles, | ; competitior, standing siart, paced four miles, 7:54 35; competi start, paced five miles w. Winners on the D NEW YOR . Y., April 28 Washingions BALTIMOR Brookiyns ¢ PHILADELPHIA, 28. — Phila- delphias 5. bostons 6 CINCINNATI, OHi0, April 28.—Cincinnatis | 5, Cleveinnds 0. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 28.—Louisvilles 1, Pittsbure: . LOUJS, Mo.. April28.—St. Louis 5, Chi- | cagos 6. Game called on account of aarkness | at the end of the eighth inning. A S, The Mitchell-Jackson Fight, LONDON, E April 28.—As an- nounced in the cable dispatches last night, Charles Mitchell has challenged Peter Jackson to fight for £1000 a si The Bolingbroke Ciub. is anxious to have the fight pulled off in their clubhouse, ana offers a purse of £2000 if the battle takes place there. New Yorks11l, | , MD., April 28.—Baltimores 13 PA, April LOS ANGELES, CAL., April 28 —Mrs, Jessie Beuton Fremont of this city was | notified yesterday by the Park Commis- sioners that tbey had namied the entrance to Elysian Park “Fremont Gate,”” in honor of the famous “Pathfinder.” Mrs. Fre- mont made reply to-day in fitting and touching terms, concludingas follows: *I am grateful for and proud of the love and respect which we have often felt encom- passed us in our quiet home here, and made me feel my name was_a vitalizing force for kind affection toward us as sure and delightful as the vitalizing climate.” STRIKE OF GAS IN SKCRAMENTO Regidences Supplied by Well on Front Street. Important Discovery Which the Finders Failed to Keep Secret. A Seemingly Inexhaustible Flow Within the Limits of the Capltal City. ACRAMENTO, CiL., April 25, gas in large quan:ities and marvel- ously pure has been struck in this city, and for several wecks the fact has been kept so secret *hat not over a dozen per- sons throughout Sacramento are cogni- zant of it. The strike was made at front and Y streets, and already the gas is being pived to surrounding residences, whose owners are to have free use of it tor a cer- tain period, wizli the proviso that they say nothing until the discoverers formulate their plans jor its disizibution throughout the city. So quietly is the work being done that the boring machine is inclosed in a house, which is carefuily locked, and in addition a high board fence surrounds the plant to keep out inquisitive visitors. Two years ago a local company was formed to sink for gas, and after going down several hundred fest without meet. ing with any success it broke a drill, failed to extract it and abandoned the en- terprise. Last summer a Stockton com- pany was formed and began boring on the present site, and it has met with the Rreatest success. A man who was admitted to the enclos- | ure one day this week says the gas was turned on under the boiler of the engine that operates the borinz machine; then it was ignited, and in twenty-eight min- utes the gange showed sixty pounds of steam. Itis claimed that gas in small quanti- ties was discovered several weeks ago, and the man in charge of ‘he work has been heating his Louse with it ever since and using it for cooking purposes. It is impossible to ledrn the exact depth at which the larger body of gas was siruck, but it is rumored that the well is down some 900 feet. COMMODORES CAUSTIC. There's a Social and Naval Tempsst at Sausalito Over the Mooring of a¥Y-cht, SAUSALITO, CaL, April 28.—Com- modore Billings of the San Fraucisco Yacht Club hashis trim little craft moored off the railroad wharf at this place, and the vessels of Uncle Sam’s marine ser- | vice, when they drop anchor off Sausalito, are compelled to seek anchorage off old Sausalito, which is not quite as convenient as the location where Commodore Biliings has his yacnt moored. In consequence the officers complained- ‘When they visit the young ladies on the Lill they do not like 1o be compelled to travel from the old 1own over dusty roads 10 the mansions near the sky, and when they desire to go to the city for a night’s pleasure the journey from the vessel to the ferry is quite a Jong one. So trouble arose. Commodore C. H. Harrison of Sausalito wrote a note to Commodore Billings informing him of the state of affsirs and pointing out to him that his yacht is slighily in the way. Commodore Billings, according to the story, wrote a reply, in which he stated that he was quite pleased with the loca- tion of his craft. Commodore Harrison wrote & sharp letter in reply, The revenue cutters Rush and Bear, the cruiser Petrel, the survey-boats McAr- thur, Gedney aud Albaiross and other vessels were compelied to steer cl the trim little crait owned by Comm Billings. The Town Trustees last night showed their hand in the matter. A resolution | were burned and was introduced by General John H. Dick- inson making it necessary for owners of yachts to obtain permission from the Board of Town Trustees as to the location of moorings, and it will be passed at the meeting to be held on next Monday nicht. It is intended to compel Commodore B: lings to change the location of his yecht. B A PHENIX WIFE'S EXPLOIT. Ciad in a N.ghirobs She Goes Forth Armed to Avengs Her Husband's Wrongs. PH ENIX, Agiz, April 28.—Clad only in a nightrobe, crouchingin the cold, with pistol in hand, an eiderly and well-known lady of Phoenix spent half the night wait- ing to deal retribution to the man whom she thought had wronged her husband. She was Mrs. J. G. Fielus, wife of a prom- inent undertaker and one of the leading members of the Salvation Army corps. Tbe man on whom she sought to wreak vengeance was W. H. Smith, the under- taker, who had been in parinership with ber Busband for the past year. During the day previous the two men had di solved partnership and settled their ac- counts. By the terms of tnis settlement the Ficlds found tuemselves losers to the amount of $1000. Mrs. Fields became very much excited and accused Smith of dishonest practices. Shortly after midnightshe left her home unknown to the rest of the faumily. At2 o'clock the entire folice force of the city were searching for her, and at daylight she was traced to Smith’s house, a mile dis- tant. Here her tracks were lost, and nothing further was heard of her until late in the aiternoon of the succeeding day, when word reached her husband that she was safely housed with a friend in the northern part of the city, where she was lying ilt from the effects of exposure and lervous excitement, C— MANY PESTS BURNED. Report of the Secretary of the State Horticultural Board and Election of Officers. SACRAMENTO, Car., Avril 28.—At the meeting of the State Board of Horticul- ture to-day, the secretary, B. M. Lelong, presented his report for the past year. It showed in detail the business of the board, including the removal of the office to Sas ramento, examinations made, bulletins and reports published, and new legisla- tion affecting horticultural interests. The report of the quarantine officer, Alexander Craw, showed tnhat fifty-eight | steamships and sailing vessels, arriving at the port of San Francisco since last No- vember, ha¢ been inspected. The im- ports consisted of 779 large cases and crates, 31 bundles and 8¢ small boxes of trees, plants, etc., also 378 sacks of pine- apple plants for Florida. During this| time there arrived 8143 boxes of oranges from Japan that showed light indications of scale, and were fumigated with extra strength of hydrocyanic aci Seventy- seven boxes oi oranges from Mazatlan, Mexico, 10 boxes of oranges from Samea anda 6 boxes of oranges from San Jose del Cabo, all iniected with injurious scale insects new to this State, were also fumi- gated. Pianis to the number of 1706 were destroyed that arrived during this time. A4 lot of plum trees which arrived from Japan for Vacaville were fourd infected with a new scale very difficult to destroy. These trees were burned. There were aiso eleven crates of cherry and plum trees, which were treated three times with stron: remedies and the insects on them were still found to be alive. These i were also burned. Three lots of artificial flowers were seized, which were inserted into cherry branches. These branches were infected with the red wax scale, au insect which does much damage in Honolulu. These no such decorations in future will be allowed to land. The eiection of officers for the next two vears resulted as follows: President, Hon. Ellwooa Cooper of Santa Barbara: vice- president, Frank H. Buck of Vacaville; | chairman of tne finance committee, R. 1), | Stephens of Sacramento; secretary, B. M. Lelong; treasurer, Fred C. Miles of Pen- ryn; quarantine officer, Alexander Craw of Los Angeles; clerk, Eila F. Hallahan of Oakland. A communication from F. M. Righter, president of the Campbell Fruit-zrowers’ Union, requested the appointiment of a committee of five competent fruit men to report to the next State Fruit-growers’ Convention on the marketing of fruits, etc. The board appointed R. D. Stephens of Sacramento, F. M. Righter of Camp- beil, B. ¥. Walton of Yuba City and Jonn E. Boal of National City, the rifth mem- ver to be appointed aiter further con- sideration. All commissions to be issued to quaran- tine zuardians throughout the State are | to be charged at the rate of $1 each. Sacrumento was agreed upon as the lo- cation of the next State Fruit-growers’ Convention, tobe he!d in November next. Commissioner Stephens and the secretary were appointed a committee on arrange- ments for the next convention. Commis- sioners Fred C. Miles, F. A. Kimbail and Frank H. Buck were appointed a commit- tee on programme. The board then adjourned to afford the memb-rs an opportunity of going to San Francisco toattend the coming Pare Food Congress. P STANFORD NOMINATIONS. Candidates 1or Offices Named at a Meet- ing of the Siudent Body. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL., April 28, —Thestudent body at Stanford held an enthusiastic meeting in the chapel this afternoon, at which officers for the ensu- ing year were nominated. The names of all the candidates for student body favors werc presented with proper nominating speeches, in which their virtues were elo- quently brought forward. Charies M. Fickert and A. B. Morgan, both of the junior class, were nominated for president. Fickert was captain of the football team last year and is the presi- dent of his class. He has also taken a prominent partin his debatingclub. Mor- gan was elected president of the Demo- cratic club of the university during the Iast campaign. He was one of the debat- ing team which represented Stanford in the last carnot and also in the last inter- collegiate debate. C. Haas, "99, was the only candidate for secretary. F. W. Morrison, '96, and Horace Pome- roy, ‘97, were nominated for treasurer. Tais is the most important and responsi- ble office in the gift of the student body. Morrison, the incumbent, bas made an enviable record during his term of office, By careful management he has entirely removed a debt of four years' growih acainst the student associatios Iv amounted to about $1900. In addition to this the indications are thatall indebted- ness contracted during the present year will be wiped out. Horace Pomeroy was elected president of the student body iast year by a large majority and has made an eflicient officer. Charles E. Schwartz, the present man- aging editor of the Daily Palo Aito, was the only candidate for editor-in-chief. F. 8. Fisher was likewise the ohly candi- date placed in nomination for business manager of the paper. Dane Coolidge and L. L Gregory were nominated jor editor-in-chief and business manager of the Sequois, the literary paper of Stan- Zord. e Ambrosoff Flees From Carsom, CARSON, Ngv, April 28.—Dr. brosoff, the Russian doctor whose O: recora was published in the Carson papers a few days ago, has disappeared. He had been here about a year practicing on a fraudulent diploma. He left suddenly when he found the zuthorities were about BRUKEN TRUCK UNDER THE CAR Portland Street-Railway Disaster Not Due to Negligence. Claim of Motorman Keiff Is Eorne Out by an Inves- tigation. Fourth Name Added to the List of Those Who Lost Thelr Lives. PORTLAND, Or, April 28.—Another death occurred to-day as aresult of yester- day’s frightful streetcar accident on the east side. The victim was Michael Ben- ninger, an employe of the Oregon Furni- ture Company. Others of the injured are not expected to survive. ‘With the raising of the wrecked car from the bottom of the slough last evening it was indisputably shown that the derail- ment of the car, which led to the disaster which has cost four lives, was caused by the breaking of the axle of the left front wheel on the forward truck. With this broken axle it was impossible to anply the brakes with any force, and the stretch bridge was reached allowed the car to gain greatimpetus. On reaching the planking of the bridge the dragging of the leit front end of the car caused it to swerve in that direction, with the result that it dashed into the sidewalk, carried away the frail Motorman Ke:ff insisted from the first that it was a broken axle that caused the derailment, and it is a source of sad con- gratulation to himself and to the City and Suburban Railway officials to learn that the molorman was corroborated by the facts. Zhe motorman was arrested on a charge of manslaughter this aiternoon, but was released on bon LEAGUERS AT SAN JOSE. Several Hundred Delegates Participate in Street - Corner Gospel Meetings. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 28.—There was a large atiendance at the sessions of the Epworth League convention to-day. Quite trains. Over 300 attended the exercises and the meeting places were crowded with all kinds of church workers, The day’s work opened with a sunrise prayer meeting, under the leadership of Kev. L. M. Burwell of Palo Alto, at the Centella Methodist Chureb. The conven- tion proper opened at the First Methodist Church at 9 o’clock, with the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper by Rev. John Coy!s followed by a lovefeast, led by Rev. K. S. Cantine. District League, delivered his annual ad- dress. The report of the secretary, M Alice Osgood, was read. The repor both officers showed the league to prosperous condition. A paper on “Pithy Points for Pen and Pocket-book” was read by Miss Anna Theurkauf. A recep- tion 10 fraternal delegates followed. At the afternoon session the following programme was carried out: Praise ser- vice, led by Rev. John Stephens, Simpson memorial; paper, “The Humanitarian Opportunities of the League,” Mrs. Julia R. Davidson; paper, “Brainy Metbodists— What Can the League Do to Train Them 2" Miss Agnes Nickerson; paper, “The So- cial Side of the Epworth League,” Miss Hannah Wood ; music; **Best Methods of Work for a Country League,”” F. A. Lamb; of Miss Theresa Kurlbaum; music; paper, “The Seniors of To-morrow”’—the Inter- diate League, Miss Edith Stahl; paper, The Seniors of Day After To-morrow”— the Juniors, Miss Knowles. In the evening the delegates divided into little groups and teld services on the of down grade still to be run before the | railing and plunged into tae slough below. | a number of delegates arrived on the early | Rev. H. F. Briggs, the president of the | ina| *Best Methods of Work for a City League.” | different street corners and from the gos- pel wagons. = i MISSING FKOM S4N JOSE. | Manager of a Co-operative Mourned by Crrditors. | SAN JOSE, Car, Amil 2. — Henry Kegel, the manager of a recenily estabe | lished co-operative agency at 206 West Santa Clara street, has disappeared, leav- ing & large number of creditors. F.M. Bargas, a partner of Kegel's, is out sev- eral hundred dollars. The agency sold goods and produce on commission and’ dealt in almost every- thing. A couple of weeks ago Kecel bought the Weekly Report from Mrs. A. K. de Jarnette for about §300, but DO payments on the purch se pric changed the name of the payer to the “Mirror,” and enlarged it to sixteen pages. 'He was also thinking of muking it daily, and had placed an order ior type. Kegel's indedtedness will probably | reacn $1000. _Keg'l gained considerable no‘oriety eizht or nine years ago by eloping with | Mrs. Fred Sprung of tuis city. They sub- | sequently returned to San Jose and be- | came very zeaious workers in the Salva- | tion Army. A few years ago the woman died and Kegel married again, and his present wife is now with him. —_ Diss Wilson’s Suit Dismissed: SAN JOSE, CAL., April 28 —The suit of Msrie Wilson against P. J. Burrougis for $50,000 for breach of promise to marry was | dismissed by Judge Hvland to-day. Bur- roughs 1s a_traveling jewelry auciioneer, and he met Miss Burroughs in Los An- geles. She came here after him and insti- tuted the suit for damages. Later she followed him East. Burroughs is now in Chicago. Agency e Sheriff Closes a Ukiah Store. UKIAH, Car., April 28.—By virtue of an attachment issued out of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, in the action of L. 8. Bachman vs. C. Hoffman, the general merchandise store of the latter at this place was to-day closed by the Sheriff. The suit was brought by Joseph Kirk, representing the San Francisco Boara oi Trade, and the amount sought to be recovered is $4004. - JAILED AT LOS ANGELES. Reporter Snowden .icoused of mwtilating a Grand Jury Report. LOS ANGELES, CaL, April 28— Rovert Snowden, a well-known newspaper reporter, is in the County Jail. To-day L. Coleman swore to a complaint against Snowden, charging him with stealing one | page of the official report of the late Grand. Jury of this county, as presented and filed in the Superior Court on April 20. Snowden was placed under arrest, and before Justice Young ne was arraizned on the charge and his bail fixed at $1000. Not being prepared to supply a bond in that sum, the young man was sent to the county jail. The part of the report taken related to the official conduct of Justice Morrison of inis city and Justice Rossiter of Pasa- dena. It severely censured these offi- clals for the slovenly and irregular man- ner in which they kept their dockets. E—— DISASTER MNKAK WALLACE. | Engine Plunges Invousn a Bridge Into a Kicer. WALLACE, Insno, Aprit An en- gine on the Northern Pacific narrow- | guage line between here and Mission went through a bridge across the South Fork, a | mile and a half west of here, at 3 o’clack this morning. The engineer and fireman both stayed with the locomotive unul it struck the bottom and swam ou: unhurt. The engine was backing down, vulling a train on an extra run to Mission. lc was ruoning slowly, or the tender wou have plunged into the cav, kil arowning both men. The bridge za on the lower side as soon as the e struck it, turning the engine on its sids | and tipping one span of the bridge up ou end. One flat car followed the engine, landing on top of the boiler minus the trucks. i e g iy The Telephone for San Diego, SAN DIEGO, CaL, April 28—C. W. 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