The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1903. TRAGIC DEATH OF A DRUMMER - Turns Cracksman and Is Killed While Enter- ing a House. SEEET 0 and Daughter of the | Deceased Are Residents of Oakland. W ADVERTISEMEITTS. THEORIES ABOUT FOOD. Few Facts on the Same Subject vege- the tin ‘FLOOD POURS THROUGH RENT LEVEES AND IMPERILS HOMES IN WHEATLAND prepar- | e S s Dyspex Tablets the medical profe tain active diges- | CHICHESTER" eNNVRBVAL B -Biuts 2 rellabie HE!TEB‘S fs RED sot ¥HE Lina ribben. Da um-u 4 ko Lo ether. BA- cks, bath- iard ‘tables, canners, BRU”S‘}’IE‘S . BUCHANA -« BROS Frush Manufacturers. 608 Sa W. T. HESS, NCTARY PUBLIC AND ATTORNEY-AT-Law, Fioor, Room 1015, Claus Spreckels bldg. Telephone Main 983, rota st., Powell. | Ilyd [ozone oA Bon r \WAECE TME IO O enT rLECP IF Yor Do ~'7T TN sV o™ | Citizens Have Narrow Es- cape From Submersion in the Waters. — Storm Throughout the State| in Amaz- erity. Continues ing Sev Dispatch to The Call. al ARYSVIL] phone ‘me , Jan sage just received in rom Wheatland, sit this v, thirteen th of this place, nformation that the great ¢ Bear River have given away gives | mendous flow of water ol d south sides, completel flooding the rich and valuable hop lands | D. P. Durst, Horst Brothers, and R. H. Durst and | r,J. H farms ak in the north levee is lo- e mile from the town of 1d the entire volume of flood Whea water from Bear River is pouring down | ands, om the river, and the high and so land on which built and the earth embankment of the Southern Pacific Railway line to a height of eight to ten feet. This embankment had no outlets and served to hold the above. The atland from one to five feet nd many homes and gardens have ruined ng, but it will as the flow of water carries and slate. Citizens of Wheat- t to-night with giant powde: e the backwater which ng the city. The water is higher than has been known for twenty vears and the flood will distance the great damage of 1861 y small farms on the south be- 1 the river and Sheridan are flooded 1kme the low land por- to higher ground, where they are cared for by their more v neighbors. As yet no lives have been reported as lost, but many persons i to have had narrow escapes. er from the Yuba and Feather & much damage and to-night ies who live in on of the town rs is both rivers are roaring torrents. ' registers 17 feet 3 inches and is ris- he track of (h? Oroville Railroad overflowed and no trains came from he foothill town this afternoon. Passen- s on the San Francisco train for that e were transferred by boats. A large hout is reported at Reeds Station to the sov and the Red Bluff local came by way of Knights Landing. Stages from Grass Valley and Nevada City did not ar- n account of high water in Deer rive Creek. he rain of last night and to-day was hardest experienced for years, and il 3 o'clock this afternoon there was much ater in the streets, the sewer sys- tem being overtaxed No danger is felt the in this city, as the levees are high above the flood as yet. It is reported to-night that the levee on the south side of the Yuba ha given way and the water is ADV'ERTXSEI.ENTI. Sore Throat Quinsy, Laryngitis, Tonsillitis and all ‘throat troubles quickly relieved and promptly cured by the use of Endorsed and recommended by leading physicians everywhere. It cures by killing the germs, without injury to the patient. Nature then promptly repairs the damage. Sold by leading druggists 25 cents a trial bottle. If not at yours, sent prepaid on receipt of 25 cents. Quf elttaztzs Privee Street, AEW YORK running directly north | portion of the town is | flow of water from the washout in | water to-night in | ew out seventy feet of the railroad | people were rescued in boat T road of travel to the town off by high water, and the excite- s at fever heat. Every available work on the levees trying to remaining embankments intact, | ats are in demand moving the | | | | | in | t of loss cannot be estimated | & reach into the | { | SIAYBE THE o & A ER WAS NT TIERE Nt Ty FIIE s ;rr)é BRI~ D104, VTS TR~ .- SIGHTS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE STORM OF WIND AND | manv. RAIN RECORDS SHOW CHANGES IN THE SEASONS The followl falls to date of the same 5 are the seasonal rain- rainfalls in the last twenty-four hours: Last This Last Stations— 24 hours. Season. Season. Eureka . . 17 Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco. Freeno ... Independence . S. L. Obispo. Los Angeles... San Diego.... running across the county road at Yuba | Station. SAN JOAQUIN’'S WETTING. STOCKTON, Jan. 27.—It rained hard | here this evening. More than haif an inch of rain has fallen. The gauge at the Stackton State Hospital shows a total rainfall for the season of 5.13 inches, as against 5.71 inches for the corresponding High water is not threatened anywhere about this eity, but some of the smaller streams near the foothills are bank full ard will overflow the farming land before morning. The storm is of inestimable value to this county. Reports received Lere this evening from the towns in the foothills east of Stockton state that many washouts and landslides have occurred. Smaller bridges been washed away and travel by team is impossible. The reports of washouts on the Sierra Rall- road are untrue, but all trains have been stopped, three landslides having occurred. The trouble occurred in precipitous cuts through hills, and was caused by the heavy rains saturating the ground and causing it to give wady. Large slices of the earth caved and covered the track. Stages were put on to run from James- town to Angels Camp to accommodate local travel, but owing to the inconveni- ence which would result to train pas- sengers it was deemed best to stop traf- fic over the railway BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 2.—About 3 o'clock this afternoon a heavy wind- sterm, traveling with a velocity of thirty miles an hour, struck the McKittrick ofl fields in the western part of Kern County. Sweeping through the midst of the der— ricks, the storm did damage to tha amount of several thousand dollars. More than a dozen of the tall derricks were vlown down like ninepins. A large num- ber of others were seriously damaged. In the town of McKittrick a number of buildings were damaged. The area covered by the storm was sev- eral miles In extent. At the station of Olig, the terminus of the Southern Pa- cific branch, two miles from the town of gflcklltrlck considerable damage was one. BURLINGAME DELUGED. SAN MATEO, Jan. 21.—A torrent ran through the railway depot at Burlingame to-day to the depth of nearly two feet and the agent and operator were com- pelled to stand on chairs in order to transact their business. The Burlingame people, imbued with the idea that there would 'be no more wet winters, dammea an unsightly creek last summer, but nature to-day asserted herself in the good old way. In San Mateo the rainfall for the day was two inches and five inches has fallen in as many days. The track of the San Mateo-San Francisco electric railroad was covered witn water at Bur- lingame and cars stood still most of the day. The Southern Paclfic Company has crews patrolling its tracks to give an alarm in evént of danger to the new double track grading. SAN JOSE, Jan. 21.—Heavy rainfall has been in progress here since noon to-day, and at 7 o'clock this evening it measured .97 of an inch. The rainfall in the foot- hills last night and to-day was much heavier than in San Jose, and the small streams on the west side of the valley are bank full. Los Gatos and Guadalupe rivers are both carrying large volumes of water, despite the fact that there has AL 4T BrENws oL SorrE NERE i~ YEELED OF, ST BRELLAS — < 1 Wind and Rain Cut Merry Capers on Thorough- fares of City. MERAT b {Umbrellas Reverse Them- | selves and Citizens Per- form Strange Feats. —_——— HE rain kept coming all day yes- terday and more yet is said to be on the way. The south wind got strong too with so much drink and cut loose to enjoy itself. | Many an umbrella sufjered severe frac- tures of the ribs and many a discomfited citizen wasted flowers of blasphemy on the unhearing air as a result, It was a most unfortunate *day for the modest maidens who were forced to brave the elements and the wind-gusts on the cor- ners, but on the other hand, it saved much muscle for the damsels of the “kangaroo’” persuasion. The severity of the storm was so great, however, that the | cigar stand satellites were forced to with- draw a few steps to those spots where weather conditions gre foggotten and were robbed of even such rewards as come to them on ordinary muddy days. All day long the “lids” of dignified pedestrians were speeding in drunken tracks through the reeking streets, while Interested spectators, who elected to stay their arduous ccurses for a moment, shouted encouragement to the unhappy pursuer., Now and then throughout the day a man could be seen breaking sprint- ing records from shelter to shelter, only to fall in the muck by the wayside and rise with dismay painted on his face and a landscape on his trousers. And all the time there was no letup of the torrents from the celestial sluice- gates. The patrons of that “‘route” where water is but a memory of childhood be- came disconcerted in the fear that things were turning into *“Adam’s ale. The superstitious trembled lest biblical as well as profane history might repeat itself and grew ill with alarm in calculat- ing their chances of being among the small group that might get into the ark. But withal, McAdle, the weather prophet, asserts that the downpour has just commenced and that the rains will | descena and the floods come for several days yet. Where it all comes from, not even he will venture to guess, and he possesses volumes of meteorological lore whlch are supposed to make plain the ways of the god of storms, The wires were® interrupted for a time from the East and from the North. Snow is falling in the Ster- ras. The ocean s wild and de- structive and shipping interests are in great danger. Up In Shasta and Hum- boldt counties the rivers overflowed their banks two days ago and much of the lowlands is inundated. The Sacra- mento {s from nineteen to twenty-four feet above the normal. At sunset yes- terday the river at Marysville had passed the danger line and people were getting out of harm’s way. It is expected that great damage will result in many sections of the State. McAdie says that people who want to start East would do better to stay at home unless they want to winter some- where in the Rockies. At Point Reyes the wind had attained a velocity of seventy miles an hour last night and was galning strength. L e e e e S R e ) been a great deal of winter Irrigation. The rainfall to date is 8.12 inches against 415 inches to the same time last year. There is every prospect of a continued downpour throughout the night. DOWNPOUR IN THE SOUTH. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21.—One. of the heaviest rainstorms of the season pre- valls to-night throughout Southern Cali- fornia and will result in incalculable good to all interests. The storm began at an early hour this morning and has contin- ued throughout the day, the clouds with- holding the moisture only at short ‘nter- vals, Up to 5 o'clock this afternoon, when the measurements were taken at the Weather Bureau, .84 of an Inch had fallen, and .92 of an inch for the storm. Since that hour enough has fallen to make mere than an inch for the past twenty-four hours. Everything indicates a continuance of the downpour through the night. The present storm dispels the fears of a dry season among the agriculturists and restores confidence of the entire busi- ness world of this section. Reports from points in the southern part of the State bring news of a generous downpour and corresponding improvement in conditions. At Santa Barbara an inch and a half of rain fell during the past twenty-four hours, with no indications of a cessation of the downpour. All points in the vicin- ity of Santa Barbara and along the coast southward report heavy precipitation, amounting at some places to two inches. The wind at Santa Barbara 1s blowing strongly from the southeast, which is re- JGORES DIE IN FLAMES OF ASYLUM Female Lunatics Meet Horrible Death in London. List of the Known Victims Already Numbers Fifvy-Two. L S Charred Bodies of the Unfortunates . Are Found Huddled in Corners of the Ruined Dormi- tories. e LONDON, Jap. 21.—At least fifty-two insane patients were burned to death by a fire at the Colney Hatch Asylum this morning. The outbreak occurred in the Jewish wing of the institution. The flames spread with great rapidity and be- fore they could be got under control five wooden buildings were in ruins. All the efforts of the officials were di- rected to removing the insane inmates, but the latter became wild with excite- ment and so panic stricken that not only were they unable to help themselves, but they greatly impeded the operations of those trying to save them. There were nearly 600 women in the burned annex at the time the fire was discovered and most of them were safely transferred to the main building, which was not damaged. Some, however, es- aped and are still at large, rendering “difficult to ascertain the exact number of those burned to death. FIFTY BODIES RECOVERED. The work of searching the ruins con- tinues. The officials admit that about fifty bodies have been recovered, but it ia feared that the full extent of the dis- aster is not yet known. All of the vic- tims were lunatics. Their charred re- mains presented a horrifving spectacle. The asylum was besieged by anxious relatives and friends of the patients, who arrived from all quarters. Pitlable scenes were witnessed as weeping men and wo- men left the premises after ascertaining that relatives or friends had perished in the flames. The nurses had a terrible experience in trying to assist the insane patients who were so frenzied that they had to be driven to a place of safety. The inflam- mable premises almost immediately be- came a furnace. Nothing was left stand- ing. BURNED IN THEIR BEDS. The corrugated iron roofs of the dormi- torfes and the bedsteads of the patients were melted by the intense heat Some of the lunatics were burned in their beds and the charred bodies of others were found huddled together in corners, while groups of partially consumed bodies on the site of the corridors showed that many persons lost their lives and sacri- ficed those of others in their frantic ef- forts to force a passage through the flames to the main building. The latest estimate places the number of dead at fifty-two. All of the victims were women. e e e e e e e s e e garded as an indication of more rain to come. PORTERVILLE, Jan. 27.—There were occasicnal light showers to-day and good indications fdr a continuance of the storm to-night. The weather continues warm and feed and grain are growing rapidly. The total rainfall for the season is 3.63; for the corresponding period last year, 222 COLUSA, Jan. 27.—The rainfall for the last twenty-four hours was 1.54; the total for the storm is 2.37. i SRS PROSPECTS ENCOURAGING. Rain Will Do an Immense Amount of Good to Farms. The flood in the Sacramento River near Colusa yesterday was within five inches of the danger line. It is inferred that a great storm ls raging In the region of country around Mount Shasta and throughout the Siskiyou Mountains, as telegraphic communication with the country north of Red Bluff is interrupted. The storm is spreading over the cou try east of the Slerras. At Carson, Nev . yesterday at 10 o'clock in the mornlng it was raining hard and a high southwest wind prevailed. At the 'same hour in Winnemucca the wind was blowing from the northeast. The descending molsture was half rain and half snow. At Inde- pendence the wind came from the south- cast. Professor Alexander G. McAdie of the United States Signal Service is in wire communication with Red Bluff, Carson, Independence and Winnemucca. His ad- vices indicate that the storm is heavy along the mountain tributaries of the Sacramento. A further rise in the upper river is anticipated. Press reports and private telegrams represent that rain is falling In Southern California, where it is most needed. The operating department of the South- ern Pacific has no reports indicative of a heavy snowfall aiong the line of the railroad in the Sierras. The agent at Summit wired yesterday that one foot of snow had fallen. This is light, indeed, considering the extent of the storm and the abundant showers of rain in the foot- hills. As the temperature falls the volume of snow may.increase. After the snow blockade during the win- ter of 1895-9 the Southern Pacific was equipped with rotary snowplows. These snow-fighting machineg are stationed at Emigrant Gap, Cisco, Summit and Truec- kee. There is also one at Sisson ready for service on the Oregon line. At no time since the equipment of the line with the big rotarles has there been an urgent demand for their use. The present storm, however, may lodge a sufficlent quantity of snow to bring them into action. Miners and men who are identified with the big electric power plants along the Yuba, American and other streams hope and expect that the storm will lodge a great blanket of snow on the mountains. The reports of excessive rainfall at Ne- vada City and the dispatches giving ac- count of washouts in the reglon of Red- ding, the record of high water at Colusa, lead to the conclusion that this January storm will not subside until there is a great lodgment of snow in places where it is most needed. The counties of Trin- ity, Lassen, Shasta, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador and Mariposa will surely derive great ben. efit from the precipitation of rain and snow. The outlook for a long continued and regular water supply within the drainage zone of the Yuba, Feather, Bear, American, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Mer- ced rivers Is very pramising. This year the countles of Napa, Marin, Senoma, Lake, Mendocino and Humboldt have been favored with generous rains. Rain gauges at Napa City and the Vet- THE EMPORIUM. CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE. The Rainy Day Shopping Place— Everything to Eat, Drink and Wear, Under One Roof. 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Out of town subscribers desiring a copy of this splendid premium will be supplied on receipt of $1 50. All mail orders will be shipped by express at subscriber’s expense. Terms of this great offer: Subscribe for The Daily Call for a period of six months and you will be entitled to a copy of this splendid $8 00 Atlas for $1 50. . | L _—_— MADMA“ K"-l-s l“fl |S Klll{fl hours. The total for the storm is 1.5 Inches. To-night is stormy and indica —_— tions are good for a heavy rain. Farmers Continued From Page 1, Column 4. — e and stockmen are jubilant. The rain in- sures good feed and crops. HANFORD, Jan. 27.—The rainfall for the present storm amounts to sixty-hun- dredths of an inch. The wind is blowing a gale to-night and the indications are excellent for a heavy storm. The crop prospects are very bright. cative about his affairs. He seemed to have some money, and did not work. He settled his room rent promptly with the exception of the last month. When he left here he owed the landlady $12 and said that he would pay her as soon as he received the money at Watsonville. According to the story told by younsg Dodge, he had done nursing for the Nu- gent family. He had claimed $250 for ser- vices on the death of Nugent. This was not pald, and he brought suit, securing an award for $125. Brady often spoke of the money due him, and said tire daugh- ter did not like him. Brady, according to young Dodge, was a confirmed lottery fiend and played the game of chance regularly. He was a man of wealth at one time, owning large landed properties in Yolo. Through in- vestments In stocks he lost it all. A few vears ago Brady was kicked in the head by a horse and Injured, and it is sald he had been partly insane since. DELUGE WRECKS BRIDGE. Causes Suspension of Railroad Traf- fic From Ocean View. Traffic over the Southern Pacific Rail- road between this city and Ocean View was suspended yesterday morning for some hours, owing to the collapse of a wooden bridge which spans the Southern Pacific tracks at San Jose and Vernon avenues. The heavy deluge of rain which occurred early yesterday morning so loos- ened the buttments of the bridge that it suddenly collapsed. The bridge was constructed by Herman Joost fourteen years ago. Since the time of its construction the bridge has never been strengthened to withstand the traf- fic of heavy teams and the constant crossing to and fro of the San Francisco and San Mateo electric cars A construction train with a gang of men was sent from the depot at Fourth and Townsend streets to the scene of tha blockade, and they succeeded in clearing the road for traffic in a few hours. The heavy winds which swept over the city during the early morning hours lev- eled a telegraph pole at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Bartlett streets. At- tached to the pole were a number of elec- tric light wires, which became a source of much danger to horses and psdestrians who were obliged to pas: ey VICTIM WAS ENGAGED. SANTA CLARA, Jan. 27.—Miss Nugent, who was shot by John F. Brady at Wat- sonville to-day, was very popular here, where she formerly lived. She was en- gaged to marry Philip G. Sheehy, a young attorney of Watsonville, who graduated two years ago from Santa Clara College. Miss Nugent had a personal fortune of about $75,000. Brady, it is said, had fre- quently importuned her for money. Goes to the Rock Island. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 27.—C. H. Cannon, who has been superintendent of car ser- vice for the Great Northern for several @ ittt ittt it i feoflei=i- @ | years, has resigned to accept the same erans’ Home report a precipltation of | office with the Rock ISland Railroad, with seventeen inches for the season. In Hum- | beadquarters in Chicago. Loldt County the season’s rainfall approx- imates thirty Inches. 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