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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1897. 3 ([RRIGATION CONGRESS CONVENES | | mitiee, zave a | forget the Federal Government, and was fol- lowed briefly by E mer R. Read, State Engincer o1 Wyoming. President Bo th, after announcing vari- ous committees, addressed himself to the convention projerin a carefully prepared paver. . R. Moses of Great Benu, Kans, | - 7 chairman of the National Executive Com- resume o the irrigation work for the year. He said in part: The peopie of the United States must know of their country in crder to judge intelli- gentiy of the wants and needs oi any partof it, and then they must have thal love of country so sirong in their hearis that they 1t, section, birihpiace and State in | their great desire t0 buila up America as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” When this is done there will be no longer a Initial Session Marked by an Overflow of Enthusiasm. NOTABLE MEN ARE DELEGATES. Possibilities of Arid Land in the South and West Discussed. HOW SCIENCE CAN ASSIST NATURE. Proper Storage of Water a Flood Preaventive and Promoter of Colonization. LINCOL NEBR., nt. —Delegates to the National Irrigation Congress, which began its sixth annual session to- day, have made a record for industry in disposing of work on hand and settinga pace for more elaborate proceedings 1o follow. The ial tes jon was marked by an overflow of enthusiasm on the part of the participants and visitors. Ad- dresses by such men as Judge Emery of Kansas, E. R. Moses of the same State and Assistant Land Commissioner Best of Washingion, D. C., did not fail to awaken inferest in the movements they championed, and the sentiments they expressed were applauded and re-echoed by local speakers,'whose interest in irri- gation jects is reaching the point en- ter cis where prise is no longer in its infancy. Thus far there has been little said con- ning officers of the congress. retary Heintz is understood to be a iate for re-election, and has strong vort. Two aspirants for the next ce of meeting have appeared in the s of Atanta, Ga., and Guthrie, 0. T. Atlanta appears to be generaily favored. Brigham Young of Salt Like City, finan- cial bead of the Mormon church aad son f the founder, who was on the programme for an address, was obliged at the last moment to abandon his visit on account filiness, His State, however, in pointof tendance is second only to Nebra Most of her delegates arrived on this morning’s trains. The presence of a number of Western raiiroad s was a source of gr.tifica- tion to the officers of the congress. A meeting of the execuuve board of the National Congress was held at 11 o’clock, | argely for the purpose of outlining the | rk of the three days' convention, but it aecided to leave the matter of ar- range t of programme and papers toa committee composed of the president and by new a the enter- | flaunting of the blooay shirt at every nusi- inge, or in every spread-eagie speech, tie con- stant repetition of a “Solid Scuth,” a “Grasp- »'a “Frigid North” and a “Wild and West.” The time has come when ihis like the other mations of the eartn, must ever be alert in making due ana ample | preparation for the comfort and happiness of | ber peoyle. { " Ifany bill is pasted for the rec’amstion of arid and semi-arid America, it must first be | drafied by this body or the people of the | West. The Isst irrigation congress passed upon & biil, & very good one for a starter, known as the ““pubiic land commissicn bill. 12 was iniroduced iu the House of Repiesenta- tives neay the close of the session and awaits resurrection. It has firm supporters in both houses, and with proper efforts on the part of this congress could become a law. More acres are unaer cuitivation by means ot irrigation than ever before, and perhaps more miles of irrigating ditches have been built in the last few years than in all previous vers. Through theseannual congresses an impetus has been civen another Line of in- dustry that has worked night and day 10 per- fect pumps and machines todraw water from | the powels of the earth at such & minimum costas 1o make it profi'ebie to irrigate this | way. The ingenious mind has been setto work to conserve the slorm waters that run in torrents to the sea. 7neeyes of the East { and South have ben opened to the fact that they, too, can ditch, drain and reapply the | water al proper times and receive better re- | sults. We Iriigationists are satisfied that Congress 11 have to adopt our plan of preventing the verflow of large streams by the siorage of the rs near the heads of sucl streams in sucn arner as to feed the streams at times ot weter and at other times to be used in tion, navigation and ma-nfacturix jes: and in this way the damage to and properiy now caused each year by ove flows will be prevented and iarge tracts of ari c s low irri iands can be recizimed by these waters and opened for seitiement. The veopie of the | nation would soon find it & paying invesiment if Congress would apply the appropriations | annually made to prevent floods—temporar makeshifts—10 the Storage of the waters as | well as for the use of agriculture and horty Foliowing in the weke of irrigation and closely allied to it is colon‘zation. The peop'e of the West do not want these lands made till- able unless they can teem with life and are settled with the best brain and brawn of | | the 0ld and the young, ricn and poor, who de- | homes in this sunset land of America. The question of the possibility of lo- cating and traci underground streams of water was the subject of an extended and carefully prepared paper by Dr. J. Sutton of Rusnylvania, Ohio. Dr. Sutton at the outset admitted that his subject was anu npopular one, inasmuch as 1t in- | vaded a fiela hersiofore held by water witchies or those claiming to be endowed ! with ‘‘divine power, aided by a forked stick.”” His experience was, howeyer, | that by following the ordinary ruies of | scientific research the location of sub-| surface water was possible, having no connection wita ~uperstition and other | rubbisn_surrounding the subject. Upon the established theory that tueeartuisa| magnet he gave in detail tne results of nis | investigations, covering a period of twelve | years. Water and matter surrounding it under the surface were magneiic to such a degree, Dr. Sutton clsimed, as to influence acuion above eround. He concluded: I have been cautious about falling into the error of assuming more than my ex- perimental results seem to justify. And now, dogmatic as the asserition may ap- vear, [ declare to you that 1 have been fortunate enough to devise an electro- magnetic device so finely sensitive to variations in the earth’s magnetism that 1 am enabled to accurately trace and map sub-surfac streams of water.” Dr. Sution’s paper was the last set speech of the afternoon, and the business session followed, but was limiled to the appointment of commitiees un permanent orzauization and resolutions. California’s delegate heads the list on the latter, but it is claimed to have no significance, inas- | | night on which | expert meet and | secretary of the congress. It was decided | Mmuch as the committee will ! nat the president of the congress elected | Select its own chairmen. nix, Ar.z. last year, C. B. Booth of The congress will reassemble to-morrow a, act as presidentof the congress | morning at ¢ uccessor be elected, and appoint the necessary sccreiaries and assistants. BAKLIOS 1> DOUMED, There was no pariicular coniest, but the action was considered a victory for the West and the delegation from that section was greatly pleased It was 2 o'clock p. M. when President Pooth called the congress to order in Assembly Hall of 1he Universiiy of Nebraska. On the platform, besides officers of the congress, were Governor Holcomb, Mayor Graham and Chancellor Maclean of the university. Rev. A. J. Mailley offered praye On beha!f of the congress, Judge J. Emery of Lawrence Kaus., with an inter- national reputation as an authority on jrrigational subjscts, responded to ad- dresses of welcome by the Governor and chancellor. His speech was a happy nixture of humor and an exposition of the question wkich called the congress togetiier. Sodeep and abiding was his faith in_ irrigation for soil culture, said | Judge Emery, that he, with other Kan- sans, had come to regard that system of | farm moisture as the natural one, and rainfall as tne secondary element. He | congratulated the University of Nebraska as being one of the tirst educational in- stitutions in the country to take up the study of the irrigation vroblem. The vir- in soil was the source ot all weal:h, and when the people learned to so regard itand by scientitic means aid nature in_supply- ing the deficient moisture, it would mean regeneration not only to the West, but of the sisterhood of States. Judge Emery F. Best of Washington, D. € 1stant Commissioner of the Gen- eral Land Office, took the place ot Com- missioner Harmon as a renresentativa of Guatemalan Revolt Assumes Tidal Wave Froportion NEW YORK, N. Y Herald’s Panama from Herald corresponden vador state that President Gutierrez has | sent a large force of troops to the Guate- malan frontler, owing to the uprising | against President Barrios in the depart- ments of Jutiapa and Chiguimula, on the eastern boundary of Guatema T | is the first report of open defiance of the ! President in this district during the pres- ent troubles, and adds greatly to the strength of the rebel movement. There now seems little doubt, says the corre- spondent, that Barrios' government is a matter of days. His forces cannot ccpe with the revolutionary movement now in progress in the southeastern de- partments in addition to the active rebel movement around Quezaltenango. - Pacific Coast Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. sions have been granted as follow: fornia, Original, Simon Turner, San Washburn Underhill, San Luis Obispo; Thomas Smith, Veterans’ Home, Napa; Voris Stevenson, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles. Oregon: Original—Lawrence O'Conner, | Heppner: Bartholomew Kiely, Olex. Survivors Indian wars—James Reed, Pen- dleton, Washington: Wilbur. Original—Levy Roberts, VIGOR OF MAN. A WongerfuI Force If Lost, Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt Will Restore You. Here Is a Man Who Has Felt Its Grand Life-Giving Infivence, and Read How Grateful He Is. NEW 950-DAT SAN ANDREAS, CALAVERAS COUNTY, CAL., Sept. 8, 1807. DR. A. T. SANDEN—DEAR SIR: Ever since childhood | have besn troubled with constipation, and also general debi numerous doctors Without receiving any ility of the vital parts. | treated with benefit, but inside of two months your Electric Belt has cured me of both complaints, and | now consider myself entirely Yours truly, Have You Lo Don’t be a weak man. Don’t This weakness is a secret dr Dr. Sanden’s Belt will i Book well. you. manhood. and cause a permanent cure. DR. A. T. SANDEN, oOffice Hours—8 A. M. to 8:30 P. M.; Sunda; 253 Washington sereet, Portiand, Or. J. E. RUSSELL. st Strength ? let these slight symptoms grow on ain on your vitality and wrecks nfuse life into the weakened parts about it free. 632 Market Street, Opposits Palace ‘Hote!, San Francisco, 10 to 1. 204 Souta Rroadway, Los Angeles; 935 Sixteenth street, Denver, Colo. NOTE.—Mske no mistake in the Dumber—ES 32 MARKED STREET. Maks note of it | The skuil, femurs and the large. bones of EXPERAS 1 THE | LUETGERT EASE Defense Puts Dr. Riese Upon the Witness- Stand. Resuliis of His Experimenisin the Boiling of Human Boaies. Counsel ‘for the Prisoner Finds Consolation—Mary Slemmer- Ing In Hot Water. CHICAGO, IiL, Sept. 28.—The battle between the experts has begun, and from now on there will be denials thrown at the evidence of the medical and chemical | wise men who testified for the Statein the | Luetgert case. The defense put its first witness in the exper. line on the stand to- day and he wiil be followed by along siring of others. The witness of to-day was Dr. B. L.| Riese, who boiled two bodies in caustic potash on behalf of the State. Anoiber witness of the day Arma- dale Opdyke, a peddler, who testified that long after the murder 1s said to have been | committed hesaw Mrs. Luetgert in the neighbornood of Janesville, Wis. Wit- ness said that there were no chances of his being mistaken and he identified the pliotograph of her wkich he wasshown in court in the most positive manner. | Two girls were placed on the siand to | impeach the testimony oi Emma Schimpke, who said that she saw Luet- gert and his wife enter the factory on the the murder is said to| have been commiited. There is a strong probability that Mary Sien:mering will be called upon to ar- | swer to the charge of perjury. In her| testimony she zave evidence reflecting on | ti:e manner in which she had been treated by Inspector Schaack and Assistant State Attorney McEwen before tne trial, and as she gave sworn evidence on the witness- | stand directty contradictory to the sworn | evidence she gave at the preliminary hearing the Assistant State Attorney | says that he will bring a charge of per- jury against her. The court proceedings opened to-day with the appearance on tha witness stand | ot Clarence Rutherford, the Luetgert | family physician. He testitied as to Mrs, | Luetgert’s physical condition, staling! that she was in fairly gooa health, and aiter stating that he visited the Luet:ert | family twice each month, and never saw | any unpleasantuess in the family, he was released from the witness stand. | The defense then introduced its medical | witness. Dr. Bernhard L. Riese | was callea to the stand to teli of experi- ments he had made in disintegrating human bodies with a 10 per cent solution | of causiic soda or potash. DUr. Rese first | experimented in the midd!e val—the one | tue body of Mrs. Luetgert is alleged to have baen disintegrated in. He said that the first experiment was made with tne | body of a woman 5 feet 2 inches tell and weighing 90 jounds. ‘Lhe crude putasti was emplied into the vatin the manner Lueigert isalleged to have placed the poiash in the same re- ceptacle on May 1, and the steam was turned on. Within a few minutes the body was putin the vai, then the stesm was turne: on and the vat was covered | with gunny sac The boiling process vas continued for several hours, with the result that very little of the flesh was left. The physician described the color of the liquid. " It resemuled, he said, vinezar. | { Ou the surfacs of thisliqud was a fatiy substance, the twendeth part of an inch | deep. The expert said that the teeth of the subject extending from the gums were | not injured, but the rcots of those teeth which had been covered by flesh were crumbled, and in some instances brittle. | the arms still remained intact or nearly | so. The hair almost entirely disappeared. In the vat at the beginning of the ex- his bands. It hwd not af- as the alkali water burned was found that the solution fected the rin | Dr. Riese also testified that he had ex- perimenied with hairpins and a corset- | steel—the latter from Mrs. Luetgert's| wardrobe. Different kinds of hairpins | were used. Those which were japanned | came out of the test minus tae japan. | Bone, celinloid and rubber hairpins were | tested, and it was found that they were | utterly destroyed by the soiution. A hard rubber button was placed in the 1 quid, | but it was not destroyed. This was owing, the expert explained, to its structure. The second experiment with the body of a man was much the same, with the ex- | | ception that the vat was left uncovered. The proce:s did not require much longer, despite this fact, Tue effect of this testimony—which, in | fact, bore out to a considerable degree the statements of the prosecution—was to es- tablish an important point the defense has kept in view Irom the beginning. Frank Olorofski and Frauk Bialk testi- tied that tue floor of the basement near the midd e vat was covered with grease which bed flowed irom toe vat. Dr. Riese testified tnat the residue from both bodies boiled in the vat was very little. The fat did not amount to over one-twentieth part of an inch, the physi- cian said. Ex-Judge Vincent declared that this statement substantiated the story of the | defense that Luetgert was making soap in | | A. L. WOODMANSEE, | Chairman Finance Committee. | night of | by the party that made it, must count for or | the sehemes that are grouped in the public the vat and that the grease in the soap boiled over and flowed on the floor. Ida Larson, who was at the dance in the hall opposite Lusigert’s factory on the Mav 1, was called to the stand to impeach Emma Schimpke’s testimony relative to the latter seeing Luetgert and his wite wulking toward the factory at 11 o'clock that night. She declared that Emma Schimpke was nct at the hall or near itat 11 o’clock. She added also that Luetgert bought beer for soms of the girls who were dancing that night. Luetgert will provably go on the stand in bis own behalf Thursaay. GENERAL TRACY FOR MAYOR. Choice of the First Republican Con- | vention of the Greater New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 28 —At noon to-day in Carnegie Hall County Chairman Quigg called to order the first Republican convention of the Greater New York municipality, which, after an address by Licutenant-Governor Woodruff and the appointment of a committee of eleven to confer with anti-Tammany orzanizations, | took a recess until 8 p. M. Upon reassembling the temporary officers were made permanent and the | conference commitiee reported that its | lahors had been without result. Eiward Lauterbach, chairman of the committee on resoiutions, presented the | platform, which was adopted. The plat- | form begin. There is one great issue belore the people at this time. Il caunot be separated from any political contest. It is the 1ssu: created by the Chicago platform and nothinz can be more obvious than that the results of every election, national, State or municipal, until that platform has heen formally abundoned \ | | | | agaiast its odious and destructive principles. ery intelligent voter ;knows tnat if th first Mayor of Greater New York is the candi- date of tl.is convention & mivhty impuise will | be given in support of every sound principle | of governmeni. | Every intelligent voter knows, on the other hana, that _if the first Mayor of Greater New York'is & Tammeny Uemociat the eifect wiil be to greatly revive the hopes and promote { | | mind under the name ol Bryanism, und at the | same time to deliver this magnificont metrop- olis into the hands of an organized conspiracy for pub.ic plunder. We indorse the St. Lonis platform. We be- | of Watsonville, Lynch of Arcroyo Grande, | ( lieve that it needs the support of the intelli- gentand patr.otic peopie of New York as much to-any as it d:d one vear ago. It isnot on the cause of sound money, it is pre-eminent! the cause of social order. Every vote cast against the candidates of this coavention places both in peril. After the adoption of the platform, Jacob Worth placed Seth Low in nomi- nation for Mayor. District Attorney Ol cott presented the name of General Ben- jamin F. Tracv, which was received with tumultuous appiause. The ballot resulted as follo: Tracy 297, Low 49, ex-Mayor Schroeder of Broo lyn 2. The nomination was made unani- mous and a committee was appointed to notify General Tracy of his nomination. In the meantime, Ch: cey M. Depaw {nominated for the office of Comptrolier Asbbel P. Fitch, the incumbent and a zold Democrat, saying: “When the in- | tegrity of the country was aitacked last | year the gold Democrats came tot e aid oi the Republicans. Itis to recogniz» the | men who sacrificed their party that I ask | you to nominate by acclamation Ashbel | P. Fitch for Comptroller.” [Applause.] | The nomination was made unanimous. | The committee appointed to notify General Tracy appeared with the candi- date, ana after an ovation General Tracy | sala, among other things: I accept the ! nomination. If my candidacy be the means_of bringing about the desired union I shall rest content. If, however, the spirit of harmony and conciliation which wo thus invoke does not prevail [ propose, having accepted this nomina- tion, to make the fight 10 the end.” R. Ross Apvleton of Brooklyn was| unanimously nominated for president of | the council and the convention adjourned. | BROWNS MUIUAL COUNCIL. Fireof the Pastors Selected Named by the Pastor. CHICAGO, IrL., Sept. 28.—Rev. Charles | O. Brown, speaking to-day of 1he mutual | council which is to meet here on October | 26 to consider the justice of the course of | | the Bay Conference 1in suspending him, | Willia said the council would consist of the pas- | tors and delegates from eleven churches, five of which are named by him as follow Leaviti-street Congrecational Chureh, | Chicago, Dr. J. B. Silcox. pastor; Millard- | venue Congregational Church, Chicago, Dr. W. A. Waterman, pastor; Pilgrim Conuregational Churen, Chicago, D, George R. Wallace, pastor; Lake View Congregational Church, Chicago, Dr. Pailip K. Rohn, pasior, and New England Congregational Chureh ot Aurora, D. J.T. Blanchard, pastor. The eleventh church, periment two goid finger Tings Were | p,sen by ‘arbitration, is Dorchester Cons | thrown. The doctor said he hal some | oAl Ohane R difficulty in getting them out of the vat, | ;;“;%3:,]0“1 Ohurch, “Dr. Arthur ‘Little, { - Ba'ance and Resryvs, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.—To- | day’s siatement of the condition of the | treasnry shows: Available cash balance, §214,910,617; gold reserve, $i47. | | | i l | I | | \ A i v DR. H. B. STANLEY, Historian. | the | sion REVELRY ‘NEATH MISSION WALLS Throngs Gather at His- toric San Miguel to Celebrate. Conceris, Athletic Sports and Horseraces to Amuse the Visitors. Centennlal Programme Inter- spersed WIth Solemn Religious Ceremonies. in gay colors and with a saluts at sunrise of six volleys from the historical old can- non, this mission town opened its three days' festival marking the one hun- dredth anniversary of the founding of the Miss on of San Miguel. The most complete and carefu! preparations hid been made to celebrate ina fitting manner auspicious event. None the less beautiful in anniversary garb is the mis- building or cuurch proper. Rare flowers and ferns have been brought from near and far, and used in decorating the interior. While the town to-day pre- | sented an animated appearance, accom- ! modations have been ample, but by to- morrow the inflow of people, it is ex- pected, will have begun 1n earnest, and there will doubt the place never wiinessed before. During the day Bishop Montgomery of Los Angeles and Fathers Killian of Santa | Barbara, Liebana of Los Angeles, Marron | Aguillera of San Luis Obispo and Riordan | were among the ecclesiasts to Some of the reverend gentlemen came in | time to participate in the parade in the forenoon. From 8 to 8:30 ¢’clock the San Miguel cornet vand discoursed selections in the park, and then headed the parade. In the procession of tbe fcrenoon were rep- resentative citizens of the town, members of the ceatennial celebration executive committee, the president of the day, visit- ing and resident clergy and many iadies and young Americas. The line of march was through the principal business street to the mission. At the mission a brief reception was held, after which Bishop Montgomery delivered an interesting ad- dress. The president of the cay also spoie in terms of welcome. The throng gathered at the ball grounds at 10 o'clock to witness a game between the Paso Robles and San Miguel teams. The mission boys were defeated by a score | 2 to e cornet band gave a concert in the park at noon, and the racecourse was the next scene of attraction. saddle-borses, quarter-mile dash, seven horses were entered. It was won by But- tle’s unnamed colt, ridden by-one of the voungest riders in the State, William Buitie Jr. The time, 25 seconds flat over a heavy track, w zood. In the three- | eighths of a mile dash on'y two horses en- tered. Kester’s Venus won from Sea- men's Goodenoueh in :38. To-nmight pontifical vespers were sung at the mission by a select choir. The exercises for to-morrow promise to be e-pecially attractive. In the forenoon at the mission pontifical high mass will be held, with sermons in English and Spanish. The day will close with a ball. SACHAAMENTO PRIMARIES. m Land Has Probably Won the Republican Nomination for Mayor. BACRAMENTO,CAL., Sept. 28 —Neverin the history of Szcramento County there been such an absolutely “aappen- less”” primary election as the one held this afternoon in the city. From the water-front boundaries of the 0!d First Ward, where in former primaries men shed their blood in ¢>* ase of their chosen leader, known t..oughout the coast as “Little Napoleon” Frank Rhodes, to the uttermost limits of the Ninth | Ward, where the gentie hog-raiser with a straw in his mouth came sauntering up the county lane to listen open-eved to the ward politician descanting on the merits of a candidate, all was as peacetul | as a calm spring morn. The reguliation ticket was voted in every ward, and it seems assured that William | Land, the downtown Boniface, will head the Republican ticket for Mayor, with the | rest of the regulation slate as given in | 1oE CALL yesterdav, Ex-Mayor Stein- man, however, siill claims that he will be tbe nominee. The threatened scrap in the Second Ward did not materialize, and crowds of sightseers wandered around disconsolately and then left in disgust after glancing at the heavily barricaded poiling-places, so arranged in view of prospective battle | that it will require a Gatling gun to force an entrance should the cohorts of Daroux attempt it. =t e S Minars to Mast in Spokans. SPOKANE, WasH., Sept. 28. — At a meeting to-night of the Northwest Min- ing Association final arrangements were made for the third annual convention, to te held in Spokane October 7,8 and 9. The association has members in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and Washington, and at least 500 mining men are expected to attend the convention. DR. L. D. MURPHY, President Executive Committée. D. F. MAHONEY, Secretary Executive Committee, Men Who Aré Prominent in the Celebration ati Mission San Miguel. N MIGUEL, CAL., Sept. 28.— Attired | 33 be such a concourse as | e | arrive. | In the race for | has | iy L L e NEW TO-DAY — DRY GOODS ST SSEESPFSFES Hale’s Bargain Ball on the rol Sensible Calico Wrappers for mor ishly patterned, 336 in the lot. 49c¢ 490 49c 49c 49¢ 49¢ 49¢ 49¢ 49¢ | 19¢ { | 49¢ | 49¢ 49c 49c 49c tores 10 buy Wrapy ¥ g SDOWN WRAPP LS —Bra FRDOWN WRAFPFR>—Ve <DOWN WRAPPERS—PI TO WIND UP 1T TO-DAY WE OFFER AT SPECIAL SALE evening dresses. OUR BUSY. BO You'll ne'd Warm Fia | nels and Eiderdow 2nd nights. Eetter be prepare | ACOMP! ASSORTMENT 5C| i FLAN . in all desirs ) colors, for. G vard | | | | S | ALL PURE WOOL FLANNEL. 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There js little doubt in the mind of any one here that all four fires were of in- cendiary origin, and that the firebug set the last two in the heart of the city with the idea of having tuem both start at the | | same time, thus crippling the efliciency of | the Fire Devartment. | The first blaze started in a lodging-house on Main street, between El Dorado and | Center, in the heart of the city. The de- partment responded quickly and the fire was soon extinguished. The firemen had bardly gzot settled in iheir respective | houses when an alarm was sent in for a | fire at the corner of Hunter street and Miner avenue. The firebug i:ad entered a | room while the occupants were out ana | ignited some rubbish in an unused closet. | This blaze had nosooner been extinguishea | than another alarm was turned in. | This time the firemen had more troudl on their hands, for the blaze had been kindled in the Pioneer Photographic Gal- lery, on Main street, in the center of the business section. By quick work the con- flagration was extinguished, but notuaul | it had destroyed the rooms in which the gallery was located. The firemen bad hard!y r-ached their houses again when an alarm was sent in for the most disastrous fire of all. The incendiary had started a blaze in two places on Main street, between Hunter and San Joaquin strects, In the Odd Fel- lows’ building one had been set, aud the other was in the connecting hallwvay to! the Eldiidge building. The first proved | to be a serious one, and the loss from rire | and water will run up in the tens ot thou- | sands. _To-night the police and Sheriff's depu- ties are out in force looking lor the fire fiend and the town 1s up in arms. There is talk of appointing a committee of 1C0 citizens to patrol the stree's all night. | | | Shreatencd by a +arest Fire. ST. HELENA, Car., Sept. 28—The | CASTORIA For Infants and Children, oy i o s o8 sigaature, every i Char Y T e v | neat as wax, pretty patterns, well made, perfect fit, fresh and new, easily washed, sensible, serviceab:e,stoutly stitched, styl= On sale to-day 49c each. OTIEIER WRAPFPERS. A snap of a prica while thev 1a— CENTS A YARD. ONING. BARGAINAPOLIS FEANNEL DEPT. 00000 ADUR DAL LRD LD LB LBMBUM AN b bR LB AL LRSI LA | and can eat almost anything I wish. I ning wear. House Wrappers 49c each! Good to work in, JUST LIKE THIS PICTURE, 49¢ Each. pors for. No wonder they’re cheap. raid trimmed flle over shoulde re Pompadour yoke 1 tcimmed e lvet ribbon trimmed. . ted epavleties HE DIMITIES 2600 yards of 10c DIMITIES—pretty for Each ns ior the coming freez rosty winter days A BIG L W KAF colors. ASHOMERE Q DERDOW N NELS. Weinvite you to compare: ixtra Heavy Cotton Eiderdowns s yard Piain Wool Eideidown . veie 25¢ yard Plain Wool Eiderdowns, 36-inch 49c yard Wool Eiderdowns. . /... cand 50¢ yard A1l Wool French Flann tels, 1n complete 2350 tment.. 2 50¢ yard AMRLLUAML AR AR AUOAU ARG IOD DR JUAALE LD LUDUD DDA TR AU UDLERIUMTUA UM UL AOATIATATA AR UM BB B THE NUW ST The new front We hope better windo onveni- ces and bigger you for annovaice you have besn to durivg these repairs. NANT SALE THURSDAY. rket Street, NCISCO. = — =3 == —= 1 —~= —- = —~= — = = —- = == — = == — = == —- == —~= - == besutifal country home of Harvey Llewelling bad a narrow escape from destruction by fire yesterday. A fisrco mountain fire started in the range south of town and swept down toward tho Lleweiling vlace, threatening 1o everything betore. In response to an ap- veal for assistance a crowd of men and bovs went to light it, and after a hard and vpersistent siruggle checked the flames; not, however, until a few of the outbuildings had been burned. il e Fatal Affray at Benicia. BENICIA, Car., Sept. 28.—In a shoot- ing affray at 2 o’clock this morning a Greek named Greck Bazukas was mortally wounded, dying this evening at 6 o’clock. Bazukas had entered a water-front dive resort kept by John Cressovary in search of a woman. When told that he could not see ber he Lecame abusive and was cjected from the pisce. He then armed Iimsell, returned to the saloon and com- menced a quarrel with Cressovary, which ended in both drawiug their revolvers and shooting at each other. Cressovary escaped, but Bazukas was shot twice, one bullet peneirating the abdomen. J. carry KEW TO-DAY. You have to go to the bottom of things in this world if you wish to accomplish much. It does not pay to merely skim over the surface. This is true of disease as well as of every- thing else. It is the popular belief that headache and sleeplessness are due to some trouble confined to the brain. Nothing could be further from the truth. These troubles are merely signals that the digestive organs are disordered and the blood impure, Tt does no permanent good to treat them with sedatives. In orderto produce a cure, a medicine must be used that goes to the bottom of things, that corrects the ‘‘first cause” of the trouble. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- ical Discovery does exactly this. It is the greatest of all known blood- makers and purifiers. It is the best flesh -builder. Tt fills the arteries with rich, red, tissue - building blood, in- ==vigorates the nerve im- ulates digestion, brings back the healthy ap- etite, and restores ‘ Nature’s soft nurse,” —slee; Thousands e testified to its value. B.F.Holmes, P.0. —_— have pE—— veral of our best p! permanent relief. I commenced the w Pierce's Golden Med; vand Pellets'—which gave me prompt 1 commenced using the medicines I could not sleep, had a restless, nueasy feeling all the time, an my skin was yellow and dry. I weighed only 143 pounds. I now weigh 170 pounds. Have a goord color, rest well at might, have a good appetite, For two years while under treatment by a physician I ate Dothing but graham bread.” FPIIS WELL-KNOW LIABLE OLL Sperialist cures Prival loud and Diseuses of Men only, Man 20 years’ experien cured at Home. dail 108 tionfree and sucr conflderitia’. Cs F. ROSTOE MeNULTY, M. D., 26} Kearny Street. San Francisco. Cal.