The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1899, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1899 ment the appropriation is cut from $700,- | morning the knights will, at the Mem $250,00 o Fhe appropriation bill and | first session, be called to order that allowing the various countie¢ to ap- | by the state commander, who un. exhibits will be|der a rule of the Supreme Tent since the previous session selects the of- ficers who are to assist him during the Their term of office will be only Previously they held of- opriate money for Brotght up to-morrow. The county bill was read the second time this evening to bring it up to the appropriation measure. | gession. Both are Assembly biil [ PSEms sakmion. FE PURCHASE BILL what has been done in the State during the past two vears. The reading of this and the discussion thereon will take up the entire forenoon. | “Tast evening the representatives of | both orders were the guests of Argonaut | and Oakland tents and Carita and Oak- cahee at an open Mayor Phelan, Francis Pope and others, land hives in tke Mac = representing the anti-funding cm—nmmee;‘gwcmg‘p:]xg}crzfe trl:gkn;!dag’d th,;wlzl?tch organized some years since to fight the | jireots, in Oakland. There were present Southern Paeific Company, will appear | pe: bers of the two orders a large uthern Pae T ppear | pesides member e o Tare fore Governo sage S aments 1 b f their friends by h"‘ '1: oveIo e oM | %‘;}T ‘he&:llf) which was decorated with the ? colors of the order, American flags and go to plead with the chief execu- ‘e to refer back for reconsideration the | 1sure known as the Santa Fe purchase 1. The members of the anti-funding ttee profess to believe that the re is intended to aid, at some future Jiving plants, also the motto of each or- der. ‘and the porgaits of N. S. Boynton, the_ founder, t e State commander and D. P. Markey, the suprem e commander, was crowded fo its limit. There were many o fhe ‘members from_ the local tents and | hives; Frank W. Smith of Redding, the s P. Huntington and the South- | State’ record-keeper, a number of depu- Company, of whicn he is|tles and the State commander of the dent. The proposed amendment to | ladles. 1 is intended to prevent the pur-| Ry e i s |, P, CONNOR KILLED BY A SIDEWALK ELEVATOR prevent the Southern Pacific compet ed a. to ng the Central Pacific. | or Phelan had several important en- | nents in this city last night which ecluded the possibilty of his going to g A WINE CELLAR FOREMAN IS CRUSHED TO DEATH. mento on the evening train. In order Il the obligations he felt rested in | attended the various functions at was to preside and then boarded | 1 train_which would iand him in | to in due time for this morning’s | The changes in the biil sug- | the anti-funding committee and | v Attorneys Murphy and Pope | Fatal Accident Occurs at 1049 Mar- ket Street—Pulled the Wrong Chain by Mistake. | | 8 P. Connor, foreman of a wine cellar owned by the Mount Diablo Wine Com- pany at 1049 Market street, was caught in a sidewalk elevator at that place short- | 1y before 6 o'clock last evening and so | badly crushed that he died before as- sistance could reach him. No one was near the clevator when the aceldent happened, but it is believed that Connor pulled the wrong chain, raising the elevator instead of lowering it as he intended. He had been working for the wine company but two weeks, and it was his habit in the evening to lower the iron Il of the bill after the word thirty-three and insert in following: that_such purchase or affect the power of or leased corporate es or the power of evice, amend or repeal corporation the prop- r leased; and the | hall be subject to 1 obligations as to onded indebtedness bad_and_other within this s and obliga- and properties rantor or lessor, r lessee ehall be considered State and a ased the corporate fi hi; - lextor: Drovided, furiner, | @-0 400+ 0—o-0-0-0-+—+0 have the power to fix | & ? he rates for carrying pas- | | freight over such purchased or | ¢ ? and further provided that this | & & T he purchase by an 1 of the franchises and | ¢ + | @ & HIS CRUELTY WAS ¢ © Q * MORE THAN CRUEL |+ o f e e + MRS. WILSON IS GRANTED A |¢ 84 DECREE OF DIVORCE. j + =il z | ® o She Tells a Sad Story of Abuse by | i Her Worthless and Inhuman e Husband. % b gk K & Judge Datngerfield has granted Julia A. | 3 3¢ Wilson a divorce from Charles W. Wil | ® o son, shipping clerk of J. A. Folger & Co.,| ¢ * on the ground of extreme cruelty. That| g ® the svmpathy of womankind will be ex- : tended to Mrs. Wilson for her misfortune | 3 : aving been “her husband's wife” there | § 9 can be no doubt. When Mrs Wilson took | ¢ + the stand on her own behalf she told a | h was corroborated in detall, | @-4-0—-0—4-0— 64 ® that shows Wilson to be the possessor | of an tnhuman disposition almost beyond | S. P CONNOR'. inasination, | the elevator. Usually when performing T married husband in September of | this duty he was assisted by one of the Mrs. Wilson, “and almost im- | other employes, but last night he at- he began to abuse me. In De- | tempted to do it without assistance. cember of 1857 I made known to him that| Peter Glos had been helping Connor 1 was soon to become a mother.- He im- | about the cellar a short time before the mediately demanded that I see that he | accident. Connor remarked to him that was not burdened with a child. I refused | it was about time to close up and went to consider his cruel, inhuman demand, | toward the elevator. A few minutes af and then his anger overcame him. He | terward Glos heard a noise that sounded gaid that he would torture mre every min- | like the gasp of a dving man and, going d to the front of the cellar to investigate, dged in between and the ute of my life unless 1 did as he bade me. | nd then time after time he | found Connor tightly we 1 refused, wo 11 idiot, that deformed elevator iron tor and placed the e that my child would be an | the floor of the would come info the world | 40ors. Gl 1 forever a sorrowful b Dlove, lowered the eleval ; Gron e His words hecame Wil burden | Gying man on the floor. A physician was Ty the Sffect By Spcame @ torture to | Cimmoned, but Connor died before any- words caused me I was afraid we thing could be done for him. . Straid’ woult i *he hroprietors of the wine cellar knew sult in proving his statements only too | D true; but my fears were Eronndlers. | nothing of the dead man's family, as he r et Kroundless. .. |lad been working for them but a short ning oGt | time: Late last night a son appeared at nd Identified the body. the Morgue of the wine com- Some of the employ pany stated to Deputy that the elevator had been out of order for some time, but others are of the opin- jon that the accident was due to the fact that Connor pulled the wrong chain. Deceased resided at 1770 Howard street. | He was 36 years old and leaves a widow ana several grown children. He was a | wine expert and had recently returned | from Napa, where he had been connected vineyard. s BALDWIN ANNEX LEASED. saving that nd ‘end it e razor . was, hid it under the e found his razor in search of a knife, of him to prevent | rpose he jammed fi 1 and choked .me ally h abandoned his knife, concluding that 1ife worth the living. l ke would come home and | With & ner with him. I 1 and when a block d say that he didn’t| me, and I would bel and when him carry’ me against severe] th ¥ doors on the sidewalk from the floor of | nother em- | “oroner La Combe | home ‘alone and go to bed supper. my child was born. He did near me and never inquired as or that of the baby. Then days and the end a nally not come ried, I was forced to go to mother's home to live.” Mrs. Wiison's storv was corroborated by witnesses.and a decree was promptly granted ? P KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF MACCABEES HERE RECEPTION TENDERED THEM IN OAKLAND. Yesterday there was a great number of ladies and gentlemen at the Lick House striped red. white and ¢ were the representatives of Knights of the Maccabees of the of the Lad! of the Macca- ssembling at the head- orders, which are to the World and hees, who were quarters of both meet to-day in biennial session—the con- vention of the Knights to be in the Met- ropolitan Hall of the B'ne B'rith build- Ing and the ladies to hold their assembly in Golden Gate Hall, in the asylum of Golden Gate Commandery. At headquarters <he representatives were informally recelved by State Com- mander S. W. Hall on_behalf of the knights and by Mrs. Eudocia S. Mof- fatt on behalf of the ladies. This in_health, emaci- | Café and Billiard Parlors Will Be Opened During April. | James Orndorff and George Schmidt { have leased the Baldwin Annex and will ! utilize the premises for a cafe and billlard { parlor. Since the destruction of the Bald- { win Grotto an air of desolation has set- tled over that neighborhood, and these well-known sporting men have taken ad- vantage of the excellent locality to take the place of the old resort. Orndorff has managed the billlard par- | lors at the Cafe Royal for the past three | years and is recognized as one of the shrewdest managers on the coast. He is backed in the venture by George Schmidt, {\'M! known as the proprietor of Schmidt's Villa. The annex has been secured, for which the new managers will pay $1150 per ! month from the Ist of April, and will have the place in operation in about six or | eight weeks. At present it is undergoing extensive repairs. —_—e——————— O’SHBA TO PLEAD GUILTY. Will Go to Prison for Murder in the Second Degree. Dantel O'Shea will appear before Judge Dunne this morning and plead guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree for having shot and Kkiiled his fiancee, Julia Keely, who, during the last months of her life, was employed in the Baldwin Hotel as chambermaid. O'Shea’s trial was about to open before Judge Dunne vesterday, when the prisoner agreed to plead guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree. As no one saw the | killing 1t is doubtful if O'Shea could have been convicted of the first degree offense, | and as the State would be saved several thousard dollars it was decided to permit P 9 him to plead as stated. e — Judge and Captain Conflict. The two boys, Hugo Forrest and Alfred Gannon, charged with burglary in break- ing into the house of Judah Boas, 1203 O'Farrell street, Wednesday _evening, were arraigned before Judge Graham yes- | terda; the case conti Pretty boxes and odors |Tiesday'" Gannon was releaced yesiorday afternoon on $500 bonds accepted by Judge are used to sell such |Graham, and when Captain Seymour learned of the fact he sent for the Judge | and there was a hot time for a few would | minutes. The captain’s anger was caused by the smallness of the bond and the fact that the police are investizating se eral other burglaries in the Western Ad- | dition_which they suspect the boys of committini e Deserted His Family. Mrs. May Eiselam of 111 Twenty-eighth | street has complained to the Eureka So- | clety for the Protection of Children that her husband, Oscar Eiselam, has deserted her and her little children, leaving them in destitute circumstances. two little girls, are aged respectively 2 and 4 years. HEiselam also goes by the name of Edward Murphy. Secretary Wadham will get out a warrant for the arrest of the man in order to compel him to support the little ones. —_————————— For Her Son’s Death. Hattie B. Delatour flled suit yesterday against Alexander Mackay & Son to re- cover $20,000 damages for the death of her son, Arthur J. Delatour, who was illed on November 21, 1898, by a falling box in the rear of the defendants’ store, 715 Market street 5 soaps as no one touch if he saw them un- disguised. soap that Beware of a depends on | something outside of it. | Pears', the finest soap in the world is scented or not, as you wish; and the money is in the merchan- dise, not in the box. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people are wusing it - The children, | N R P B S S N WP | @ OO | T9OR a few brief seconds yesterday | Michael Joseph Conboy, sergeant of | police, was carried back to the scenes of his boyhood, and visions of those happy, careless days came to him as he watched a crowd of urchins pelting a hap- less citizen with handfuls of sleet: Then one of these same urchins soaked Michael Joseph in the eye with a frozen cannon | ball and his visions changed with kinet- oscopic rapidity while a brace of brother officers carrfed him into the captain’s of- | fice and laid him out on the lounge. They then scooped part of a bucketful of cold, clammy ice globules from beneath the sergeant’s undershirt, where they had skated after the impact with his optic orb. After a time Michael Joseph sat up and | made remarks; not such as are usually | embodied in weather reports, but re- | marks entirely original and entirely in Tue CimizenWHOTRIE=D The Firsy Cass. OnRecore WHERETue Maw IThs Man-Houe STAYED Betow Over-TimE o COMPANY, @~ keeping with the occasion. They poured forth with an eloquence that stampeded the prisoners across the court and made strong men shudder. It was a marvel of oratory, though not such as is seen in print. But it had the merit of sincerity. The trouble began out by the Larkin street entrance to the police station about 2 o’clock, when the weather took another fall out of Forecaster Willson (and other citizens) by pulling out the hall flag and pelting the city for twenty minutes with frozen missiles. Michael Joseph watched them come down for a time, but when he saw the ground gradually whiten he could not resist the temptation to ‘‘thry jusht wan fur luck.” He was getting along all ‘right and having a most en- joyable time until a boy across the street | mailed @n ‘in-shoot by special delivery | and made him regret that he had yielded to the tempter. B anCan anCas SCes Se Selae el R o R R O SR S o 'SAN FRANCISCANS TAKE ENERGETIC AD But Conboy was not in a class by him- self. There were others, and policemen, too! The men patrolling beats were tar- gets for everybody, and every shot was & bullseye. At first people thought it was one of those little flurries of hail that are mnot infrequent here, and paid no attention to it. But as the particles kept increas >G>0 B ., @MHW@—*@*‘** ‘@ | buildings were splendid bases of supply, | ng in | size and quantity until the sidewalks and | pavements were covered, everybody in stinctively stooped and . scraped up a handful of the stuff. It wa natural thing in the world to toss it at somebody else, and so the game became general. Everybody joined in and every: body suffered more or less damage—that is, everybody but the umbrella repairers. They are getting up a petition for a hail- storm regularly, every week. To have them more often would bankrupt the public. Umbrellas were looked upon as s the most | | denly found themselves buried under a The Geny WHOWAS, Too Busw To KNOwW WHETHE 1T WAs RAINING = o P 0 B s R O RO S o WM@*@—*W@M@W‘»' VANTAGE OF A FdLL OF HAIL. balls to make itself felt. nfr The forces on the streets fought back as best they could, and as their aim was not always the best, it is not S'urpflslng that many windows were filled with large, invigorating ventholes. legitimate prey, and none were spared. Downtown the flat metallic roofs for the hail did not melt so rapidly on them as on the stones and bitumen, and | soon every roof was a strongly garrisoned | Hipmen and conductors had an__ex- fortress. Offices, stores, factories and | e aRappy half-hour of it Hail workshops poured forth their full quota | enveloped passengers seemed to think 1 ¥ the conductors’ job to act as ary snowplow, but the con- differently; they had £ their own. was part o | a sort of rot | ductors thought different . and plenty 7 trouble, A T thown ho leniency, and | many a fair one found her sex a heavy feap to the proper expression of her of willing hands, and the only safe place | of refuge was in the basement. Individuals passing along the st miniature avalanche, their hats jammed down over their eyes and ears and their | handicap to 1A% PRU |5oked as though umbrellas disreputable wrecks. Dustpans, | tHOUSRIS., Q% G ot room more than anything else, and some bore expressions | basins or anything else that could be uli-‘ lized were brought into play by these ele- | indicative of a great. longing to commit vated armies to scoop up ammunition, | MUIACE, o G ag only another freak of an exceedingly freaky storm, and was Coming as it did from the roofs of four, | {hic heaviest ever known in this vicinity; five or maybe six story buildings, a shovel- | Except to hats, umbrellas aud tempers £u1 of hail did not need to be packed into | did little-or no’ damage. which was dumped down in large masses. | | | | ©0S ANGELES, March 16.—The di- rectors of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association are | | E I vet willing to engage in an ex- periment to produce rain, not | feeling satisfled with the quantity that has thus far been vouchsafed in answer to the prayers made yes- terda They have agreed to glve $500 toward paying the cost of an ex- periment on lines laid down by E. E. Crandall, who on his return from San Francisco reported to of powder for 5% cents a pound, and in addition he had obtained from the Southern Pacific 25 per cent discount on the high freight rate usually charged for carrying explosives in such bulk. The associationis willing to risk $500 toward paying for bombarding the heavens, and propose, if the powder be purchased and safely brought hither, | to discharge it without the use of bal- loons or eannons. A secluded and iso- | lated spot will be chosen on the low | lands, and there the 100,000 pounds of | explosive will be shot off in lots of 5000 pounds at a time. The jar is expected | to reach the rain clouds and bring to- | gether elements that will result in a | downpour. If the first lot brings down such a. cloudburst as to preclude the | possibility or make unnecessary a sec- | ond shot the balance of the powder will be stacked up to remain until needed. From every county in Southern Caiifor- nia comes reports of rainfall sufficient to | save the gratn crops and greatly benefit | the fruit and sugar-beet interests. The | northerly counties have had the greatest precipitations as yet, but predictions are | for more rain and the storm is rapidly | extending southward. Late this afternoon the barometer was slowly but steadily falling. There is rain faling at Callente, near Tehachapi, ana the Indications are that the storm is still | north of Los Angeles. The rain flag stays | up and the wind is in the right quarter. | It 1s believed at the Weather Bureau that | there will be a good rain to-night. The | precipitation for the storm up to 5 o'clock | was .84 of an inch. SAN DIEGO, March 16.—Rain com- menced falling here at noon to-day and the prospects are decidedly favorable for a heavy downpour. A strong south wind was blowing all morning, but lulled some- what when the rain set in. Reports from outside places In the county report heavy rains, with enow in the mountains. With a light rain, such as s promised now, the crops in this section of the State will be | above the average. In this city the rainfall this afternoon amounted to only .07. At Chula Vista and in the Santa Maria Valley there was only 2 trace. There was a quarter of an inch in El Cajon Valley. Escondido got 44 and crops there are thought to have | been saved. Farther back in the foot- hill districts the storm was heavier. There was half an inch at Julian, a like amount at Morena .~am and an inch at Mesa Grande. Rain began falling again at 12:30 this (kriday) morning and a steady downpour is now in progress. WOODLAND, March 16.—There has been no rain to-day, but the indications are good for come to-night. The people of Yolo County have reason to be grateful for the generous downpour of the last forty-eight hours. It has insured at least partial crops, and if condi- | tiens henceforth are favorable the yleld of | cereals may be one of the largest for many years. Graln was not suffering from lack of molsture before the storm, but the fact that the rainfall was so far below the average and a ‘“‘morther’” had been the prevailing wind for ee al months, seemed to Indicate 'that the farmers were threatened with another dry year. While the rainfail is still below the average, enough has fallen to relleve any fur- ther anxlety. At 8 o'clock this morning the rainfall for the storm aggregated 2.36 inches, making & total of 11.5 Inches for the season. BAKERSFIELD, March 16.—The _storm reached here about 4 o'clock this morning and inside of four hours .29 of an inch of rain fell. It was general throughout the county, be- ing much heavier in the mountains and foot- hills. There is considerable snow in the mountains low down. It is still cloudy and glightly cooler. More rain is expected to- night What has already fallen has greatly benefited the ranges and late sown grain, be- sides giving a new iease of life to frult. TULARE, March 16.—Tulare is happy over plendid rainfail last uight and to-day. vas a light precipitation at points south of Tulare: Delano, .25 of an inch; Bakersfield, | .21; Selma, thirty miles north, had .90. At Tuiare the precipitation was .52. The rain was just In time to save the grain, start the grass and help the orchards. Tulare may yet have abundant crops. LOS OLIVOS, March 16.—The rain began last night about 11 o'cloek, and continued during the night. There are showers to-day with the wind stili_southeast and thei promise of'a big storm to-night. Farmers are sure of hay, ‘and with a few spring ghowers fair grain ‘crops. | There Is snow on_San Ratael Mountans. - IREY, March 16.—The = storm: whic! began in this section on Tuesday afternoon at last i3 - practically - over,” although the baro- meter §s still low. Two.and sixtéen hundredths inches of Tain has fallen here since midday Tuesday, and the exceeding dryness:-of the ground caused the water to be soaked up as by @ sponge. Everybody -is rejoicing over the generous downpour, for it assures good fruit for the entire section and means the salvation of many of the business interests in this local- fty. Cattlemen especially will feel the good | results. Although the wind has veered to the north and the temperature is much lower than | in the morning, clouds and low barometer siill | indicate rain dnrlng the night. A constderable quantity of snow fell on all the surrounding mountains during last night's storm, but was not low enough on the foothills to do any dumage to the crops of that locality. HUENEME, March 16.—During the past twenty-four hours on_inch of rain has fallen here, the first since January 1I. The heavi- est rainfall occurred during the night. It has been more or less showery throughout the day, but this evening the storm has opened up with renewed vigor. It is raining steadily, with 2 low barometer, and the storm bids fair to continue throughout the night. Oxnard re- rts 1.25 inches, Las Posas one inch and the imi one inch. The precipitation thus far is not sufficient to insure good crops, even in the vallev. nevertheless it is the cause for WILL BU the directors | that he could get there 100,000 pounds | RN POW twenty-four hours: Stations— Burekai. oo 00, Red Bluff..... Sacramento ... San Francisco. Fresno s San Luis Obispo. Eos Angeles.. .. .. San Diego. . ..o BTt SR e RN RNRRRRRRRRRNS nRuLKuLsLLLun much rejolcing. The relief that has come to | the farmers is wide. They now feel that the | monster drought s on its last less and with | three or four inches more of rainfall, fair | average crops will be raised. The prospect is | most hopeful that the deficiency wiil be made | up by the middle of April. The present storm | will_ have the effect of somewhat Softening | the lima bean market, which i5 controiled by this section, but there is no cause for alarm, as regards prices, stocks being too closely con- | centrated to permit of a bad break, there re- maining but about 250 carloads on hand, held by well-to-do_growers, why are in no W inclined to sell at lower figures than now pre- | vail. SAN MIGUEL, March 1. rainfall for the storm last night by the rallroad gauge, was . As the precipitation at this point is usua iess than elsewhere in San Luis Obispo or | Monterey counties, this amount will probably | be the minimum one of the downpour. Th farmers have claimed that an inch of rain | would save the crops, and it is now expected, if no adverse circumstances intervene, a good harvest s assured | PASO ROBLES, March 16.—A steady down- | pour last night and copious showers to-day | caused a precipitation of 1.1z inches. Reports | from all parts of the county are that crops will_be_excellent. MODESTO, March 16.—The precipitation for the storm this evening has been 125 inches The weather s cloudy and threatening this evening. LEMOORE, March 16.—A much-needed rain, amounting to .68 of an inch, fell here last night. This very much improves the outlook for crops and fruits. Farmers and stock men were getting very much discouraged, as no rain had fallen here for the last six weel and water for irrigation was very scarce. The indications are good for more rain. VISALIA, March 16.—From all parts of Tu- lare County come reports of generous rains, and bountiful crops of grain are assured. Rain commenced falling lightly last night and to- day showers fell at frcquent Intervals, with indications that they will continue to-night and to-morrow. To-day's rain has proved a Godsend to the farmers, who were beginning to lose hope on harvesting crops. The rain will start feed to growing and stock will be saved from suffering. The rainfall to this evening amounts to of an inch, making | 6.34 inches for the season. The rainfall was reater near the foothills, It was snowing | eavily in the mountains all day. NTA MARIA, March 16.—An average of 1.75 inches of rain fell in the valley during the storm, making the season’s total about § inches. The rain is timely for grain, prom- ising also good crops of beans and beets. The weather (s still unsettled and _threatening Farmers are elated over the changed pros- pects. SACRAMENTO, March 16.—Rain ceased fall- ing at this place shortly before daylight this morning and the sun was shining brightly this forenoon. But there are indications of more rain. The rainfall for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. to-day was 152 inches, mak- ing 9.30 inches for the season against S.13'incfies to an equal date last season. The rainfall in the upper part of the valley was unusually heavy. Delta, in the upper part of the valley, almost had a cloudburst, four inches of rain falling yesterday afterrioon and last night. Snow s falling fn the mountains and quite low down in the foothills SAN JOSE, March 16.—It was showery dur- ing the night and up to noon to-day, though the fall during the forenoon was not heavy. There was some snow on the mountains this morning and a little hail fell here. ~All con- | cede that grain and hay crops in this valley are safe and with April showers the fruit crop is assured. Feed on the ranges will be abund- ant. The total rainfall for the storm, according t0 a bank gauge, is 3.75 inches and for the sea- son 10.02. A United States Weather Bureau standard gauge gives 2.45 inches for the storm and 9.10 for the season. These readings were only to 8 o'clock this morning. SANTA ANA, March 16.—A light shower of rain fell here at midnight and then the rain stopped until 6 o'clock this morning, when a steady precipitation began, the wind prevail- ing from the rain quarter. Up to 10 o'clock over half an inch had fallen and_this amount is now being steadily increased. The rain has not come ta0 late to make a good erop of feed and grain In this county. Heavy fogs have prevailed for the past month, which have kept the grass and grain in fairly 'good condition. Two inches of rain within the next ten days with occasional showers thereafter for the re- malnder of the season will insure at least an average crop of grass and grain, besides fur- nish _sufficlent water for irrigation purposes for the ensuing vear. ORANGE, March 16.—There has been a pre- cipitation of .25 of an inch of rain during the present storm. This makes a fotal rainfall for the season of 4.46 inches against 3.19 inches to the same date last season. The rain has been of untold benefit. CHINO, March 16.—Rain began falling here this morxing about § o'clock and continued for about four hours. The precipitation amounted to .50 of an inch and will do great good to grain, grasses and beets. Over 400 acres of bects ‘are now seeded and planting will be con- siderably revived now and prospects are better for a good crop than last year at this time. SANTA BARBARA, March 16.—A heavy rain began falling about midnight, continuing till nearly daybreak, making a total for the storm of 1.16 inches and 9.31 for the season. It could not have come at a more opportune time, and a5 a result immense hay and graln crops are assured and there is promise of a very pros- perous season. It leaves the ground in splen- 1a shape for bean planting and the new sugar factory near Santa Maria will have plenty of beets for this season's run. The wind is again working around to the south, with indi- cations that the storm may resume. In any event the effect of the drought is broken. VENTURA, March 1§—Rain began falling at 10 p. m. yesterday, continuing interruptedly through the night. 'Three-fourths of an inch has fallen so far. The Ojal Valley is getting The amount of | as recorded | of an inch. | 3 Last This Last 24 Hours. Season. Season. 0.56 27.98 28.03 118 14.91 12.08 0.46 11.07 8.55 0.93 10.12 7.52 0.99 4.7 3-85 2.10 9.56 5.45 0.84 3%76 4.82 0.06 377 3.65 0.00 1.35 1.62 n% DER TO guLnLINLLNRLuLRLRLELS &% LR R R 3 8 5 The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date, as com- E% | .383 pared with those of same date last season, and rainfall in last C 54 fruit Interests are placed beyond the danger line. Grain conditions had reached the criti- cal point without show of injury. The rain comes in the nick of time, giving a bright promise of great crop yields. More rain is coming. Heavy clouds bank the horizon in every direction; the wind is southwest, bearing strongly southeast. RIVERSIDE, March 16.—Long-delaved rain began falling hera at 7 a. m. to=day, and during the day heavy showers have followed close upon each other. 2 p. m. The indications at 2 | are good for a continuance of the storm and wers. About a quarter of an inch thus far, which glves about of an inch fc farch and 3.3 for the season. Re- ports from towns in t n Jacinto and Perris Valleys all tell of a good downpour. The pros- Pects for good crops are now practically as- sured Late sown hay and grain will yield full crop n wn will be greatly re- vived. The stor be worth a great de to ators, whose water supply has been ed by the past dry year. heavier st as fall Tuch-need- SAN BERNARDI March 16. ed rain began falling about 6 o'clock this morning and has continued without interrup- The grain and hay crop in this county greatly benefited by it, although much Iy withered by dry weather ailing morth If the ordinary rainfall of previous years comes in April there and grain. The tion. will be will be half a crop of | mountain streams, sources of supply of fruit districts, have not been so low since 1876, but fruit ranchers and water corporations are sup- plementing the supply with winter irrigation and developing mew sou of supply. With plenty of water., thege will be the usual crop of oranges and other fruits except in localitl that suffered somewhat last year. BBLRe HOW RAIN HELPS THE PLACER MINERS REDDING, March 16.—News of a re- markable clean-up in a placer mine on Indian Creek. Trinity been received in this city. County, has just A run of sixty hours was made and $2500 in gold taken out, or a little The clai James O’'Neil. ity County. The for several storm were un lack of water. with subsequent years, ble to work the claim for The fall of a foot of snow. heavy rain more is owned by Tom Bergin and Bergin is Sheriff of Trin- than $40 an heur. have held the property and until this- last has filled creeks bank full and many claims that have lain idle for two worked to their full capacity : s caused many locations Indian Creek from its O’'Neil's strike has to be made on source to its mouth. From the activity that now prevails on are being Bergin and ar the creeks and along the Trinity River it is predicted that a rich harvest of gold Wil certainly result. This is now the third season since there been any considerable activity among the placer Miners, although the larger hydraulic Properties, with expensive ditches and pipe line: active. P have been e h the mountains covered with a second coat of snow t. ity have reason to be en ade more or less he miners of Trin- thusiastic. WILL DEDICATE THE ST. JOSEPH'S HOME Archbishop Riordan to Officiate Dur- the benefit of 15 inches. ' The immense acreage of barley and beets is safe for maturity and ing the Ceremonies at Stockton. STOCKTON, March 16.—The laying of the cornerstone of St. Joseph’s Home next Sunday afternoon will be the occa- sion of much ceremony. Impressive ser- vices will be conducted by Archbishop Riordan and a procession of societies, escorted by Company B, National Guard of California, will march to the site of the home. The institution will be a home for o0ld men and will be used as a general hos- pital for the public. ~Neither home nor hospital will be exclusively for those of the Catholic faith, The home will be in charge of sisters, who will be assisted by nurses. All old men who are worthy and are recommended will be taken into the institution. Those who are able to pay for their care will do so; those who are able to work will assist in the duties of the institution and those who are neither able to pay nor to work will be cared for, as the home is purely a charitable organi- zation. The Gentlemen's Sodality, members of St. Mary’s congregation, members of the Young Men's Institute, members of the St. Aloysius Sodality, the Portuguese Benevolent Society and the Slavonian So- clety will be in the procession. which will be headed by Company B, and under the marshalship of Colonel J. J. Nunan. The new building will be a magnificent brick structure and a lasting monument to the labors of Father O’Connor. Talmage’s Resignation Accepted. WASHINGTON, .uarch 16.—The resig- nation of Rev. Dr. T. de Witt Talmage as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church was accepted to-night at a sparsely attended meeting of the congre- gation. No action was taken toward de- termining his successor. | no one was GUSTAF WILL B URTHER SNUBBED Growing Feeling Against the Crown Prince. FIVE MEN KILLED AT HOT SPRINGS Deadly Combat Between Sheriff and Police. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHRISTIANIA, March 16.—Sixty Lei- tist members of the Storthing, the legislative assembly of Norway, have declined an invitation to.dine with the Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf, who is acting as regent of Sweden and Nor- way during the absence of King Oscar I, who is in Southern France, seeking to recuperate his health. Special Dispatch to The Call. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 16.—A shooting affray occurred here at 5:30 o’clock this afternoon, which resulted | in the death of five men and the serious wounding of two others, one of whom is not expected to live. The killed are: THOMAS TOLER, Chief of Police. J. E. HART, city detective. THOMAS GOSLEE, police sergeant. JOHN WILLIAMS, son of Sheriff Wil- liam: LOUIS HINKLE, driver of a brewery wagon. Spears was shot in may die. The shooting was the result of feel- ing growing out of the Mayoralty con- test. The Sheriff was a warm sup- porter of the Democratic nominee, while | Toler, Hart and Goslee were support- | ers of the opposition candidate. Feeling ran high and early in the The refusal of the Norwegian legista- tors to accept the hospitality of the re- gent is doubly significant as emphasiz- ing the resentment provoked in Norway by a recent saying of the Crown Prince in a public meeting at Stockholm that he would not object to lead the Swedes against the headstrong Norwegians. in a resort to arms to settle the quarrel between the two countries, and is the most striking indication of open en- the neck and afternoon sho were exchanged in|Mmity to Sweden which has been shown front of the City Hall between the|in Christiania of late. A few nights Sheriff and his son John on one side | ago, while the Crown Prince was re- rom the Military Club in , he met a crowd of people who hooted him and pelted him with snowballs. The Norwegian papers condemned the demonstration, describ- ing it as in any event a purely personal incident. But the refusal of the mem- bers of the Storthing to dine with the regent has wider bearings and is in the nature of a political protest against the continuance of the union with Sweden. In spite of the action of the Storthin, last winter in legalizing the adoption o and Sergeant Goslee on the other, but | injured. | After this both parties determined to | have it out. Toler, Hart and Goslee were together, walking south on Cen- | tral avenue about 5:30 o'clock, when | they met Sheriff Williams and his two sons, John and Coffey, and Ed Spears, a deputy sheriff, in front of Lemps’ beer depot. The quarrel was renewed. No one can tell who fired the first shot, but in a moment there was a general fusillade, n the separate Norwegian flag an over- n which forty or fifty shots were ex- | 10 v r ‘hanged. When it was over Toler, Hart | Whelming majority of the people: of and Goslee and Hinkle, a non-combat- | Norway bitterly opposes the existing ant, were dead, and John Williams |Iegime. Of late, in both Norway and mortally wounded. He died *about an | SWeden, there has been an ominous in- crease of military and naval forces, Louis Hinkle attempted to hour later. | separate the combatants at the com-| mencement and was shot in the head | and died instantly. | The Mayor immediately after the shooting appointed Judge L. D. Biding Chief ¢f Police, who had a posse of deputies sworn in at once. There is lit- tle factional feeling outside of those en- gaged in the shooting. Order was easily restored and the city is now quiet. Sheriff and his son Coffey are under ar- | rest and no further trouble is antici- pated. The Mayor said in an interview at 9 o’cleck that the whole affair grew out of the intense feeling on the Mayoralty contest. “I have ordered all saloons in the city closed and everything is as quiet as usual and there will be no further trouble.” Sheriff Williams in an interview at his home at 10 o’clock said that there was an attempt made to assassinate him this afternoon by a policeman on account of his friendship for Belding, the popular candidate for Mayor. | Goad Will Be Sworn In. | COLUSA, March 16.—Hon. James W. | Goad will go to Sacramento to-morrow for the purpose of being sworn in as State Senator for the Eighth Senatorial Dis- trict, which comprises Mendocino, Glenn and Colusa. with clearly one object in view, to sup- port, if necessary, by arms all claims which may lead to an entire separation of the two countries. The opposition to the continuance of the union is stronger in Norway than in Sweden, but even the Swedes con- tend that the existing union, which rests upon the Riksakt, or Greater Charter, declaring an irrevocable union, | withcut prejudice to the separate gov- ernment, constitution and laws of each country, cannot be continued without modifications of a radical character. Norway’s political grievance is that she is deprived of her just share in the common government, but the principal grievances are of commercial origin and provoked by the foreign trade in- terests of the two countries. Their com- mercial policies are diametrically op- posed, Sweden having adopted protec- tionism and Norway free trade. Knocked Out by Maher. PHILADELPHIA, March 16.—Peter | Maher knocked out Charles Peterson to- night at Industrial Hall in the second round of what was to have been a six- round bout. 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