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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1903. SNOW AND RAIN IN ASTONISHING ABUNDANCE COMBINE TO FRESHEN THE FIELDS FOR FARMERS| White Flakes Fill Air|! in Towns of Many || Sections. | One Man Badly In-|| jured as a Result || of Storm. to all The « AKERSFIELD, Feb from Bake: the eye ca peaks 3—In every | | field, | reach, ectally e p the hachapl, are T fall has been Not for thir o timers has enything At Tehachapl the fall inches, ~cedented and at Keene tepped L staining t by coming in ¢« About, two 5. —It commenced snow- is morning The fall day is about An inch of snow 2 storm lastin = n followed and pre- 4 erious damage to pasturage w ALL’S WHITE AT CALISTOGA. 2 «b. 2.—Snow be K this ock this mc . afl day. - thermometer Fahr viest snowstorm that has many years enheit H-!..\ this in WOODLAN ML DISKSTER HIMROD'S CURE Lassen CURES of a Boiler in County. L eI al Dispatch to The Cal REDDING, Feb. 3.—Report has just Redding of a terrific boiler ex- 1 contin- \ BURIED N SHOW FOR TWO DAYS | Tremendous Exploswn Stage DmverandWoman INJURES MEN | | and limbs of trees to a depth of ten or | plosion that k place Saturday _Asthma is a spasmodic contrac- | a shingle mill near Milford, Lassen Coun- tion of the air-cells. ty. 1 e explosion George ales and A scientific and successful treat- ammer, who own the shingle mill, ment can only be had by inhalation. urled in different directions by the | Internal remedies impair the di- gestion and seldom if ever, even relieve. not instantly killed The boiler exploded suddenly while the EIMROD’S ASTHMA CURE f§ |,icn were in _the boller ho Large used as an inhalation instantly § | jieces of the engine were huried as from reaches the affected parts and cures.§ | 2 howitzer a distance of a quarter of a the most obstinate chronic cases. mile and the boiler itself was cast 150 feet ¥or over a quarter of a century from its foundation. The bulldings were HIMROD’. 'HMA CURE com v wrecked. been mp,m in all wmfl?e? | Wales was thrown about fifty feet and 1f you are discouraged and skep- was unconscious for several hours. Yam- o ged mer sustained severe cuts and bruises and tical send for a generous free sam- ple. Our strongest testimonials are n\u free samples. A trial will not disappoint you. HIMROD W'F'Q €O., 14-1€ Vesey Sr., New Yor: For sale by all druggists. | were landed there was a hole in the ground fully twenty feet square. Undismayed by the terrible accident Wales and Yammer have begun rebuilding and have ordered a complete new set of machinery for their plant, which is one of the most prosperous and well patron- 1zed mills in the valley. Ida—"'Yes, dear, this is one of those ‘perfume’ concerts like they have in New York.” Ma “Perfume? Why, I smell gasoline.” 1—*"Well, you see, they are piaying the ‘Automobile March’ now.’ Chicago Dally News —— Belgian newspapers are discussing the question whether a woman has a right to smoke in a rallway carriage reserved for women. I Drugs donot Cail o send B Writs to-day iectric Co 93 Wert 24th r\mu, New York 3 - seems miraculous that they was badly hurt about the head. The bofler | 1o/ welghed about 11,000 pounds and where it | | ing hauled to the nearest settlement on | hand sleds. —_— Snow Whitens Tower- ing Crest of Lofty . Tamalpais. | Weather Bureau Re-| ports Low Tem- perature in State. 1G squalls of rain, snow and sleet, coming without premonition from ! | the ocean, startled the men of | | the Weather Bureau \elterd&y‘ morning. The first signal her- | alding the approach of the storm came | from Point Reyes at § o'clock in the | morning. Fifteen minutes later Mount | Tamalpais signaled thé weather office ! | that it was snowing. Snow continued to | | fall at intervals throughout the remaind:r | | 0f the day on Tamalpais. Flakes,fell in | San Francisco. According to the record | | i the signal service department the first | | | flake came down at 11:16 a. m. In Golden | Gate Park there was quite a lively flurry | of snow, and there were high expecta tions of more to come. i At 10 a. m. it was snowing at many points in the Coast Range south of Fu- reka and west of Reda Bluff. Telegrams | from many other places report the sud- den advent of snow. The fall was heav, \" on Mount Diablo and along the range north and south. There were so many wdications of a storm of more than un- | usual force that Professor McAdie or- | | | dered out the danger signals advising | | | mariners of a coming southeast blow. Warnings of the approach of cold wecather of the extreme s Fexas. afternoon It was the Sunset route from Maricopa to Phoe- | rix. Over in Nevada the mercury—went down to 14 degrees below zero. The Car- | son thermometer registered § below at 10 sort were sent as ' At 2 o'clock yes- | snowing aiong {a m. 1k The temperature in Southern California | —< | is extremely low for that region.. At day- | | | liaht yesterday morning in Los Angeles | PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY |"| the mercury stood 34 degrees ove zero. | CALL ARTIST ON MOUNT TAM- | | At the same hour in San Francisco the ALPAIS YESTERDAY AFTER, | |temperature was 3§ above. At Mount Ta- (oW Seet malpals the figure w above. The e, | | S8acramento thermometer indicated 30 de- | - e b 3 ees above zero. The mercury at Fresno fell to above. began about noon to-day soon| Orange growers in the southern part of into a fall of snow, which con-|the State were advised by the Weather | eral hours, but melted al- | Bure to keep a sharp lookout for Jack = it struck the ground. The | Frost Tuesday night and early this morn- ndicates a continuation of tne | ing, all the signs were pointing to- ward colder weather. The general char-' There was a light fall | acteristics of an unexpected storm con- | fternoon. It | vince the weather experts that the snow | in the high Slerras #ill be heavy. The —~Another | snew already lies to a considerable depth ress to-night | all along the slopes of the Sierras down ndition of the | to the foothil The farmers of the San tedly be | Joaquin and Sacramento valleys hope n falling since the at cold weather will prevail for several Either a warm rain or bright sun- | hine with high temperature might dis- olve the snoWw with so much rapidity that the streams would not be able to hold the watgr. Apprehension Is has this 1g .25 of an inch. No has fallen in the valley, although | The notion that the storm was a back- has been some on the Mount Hamil- | up from the south was soon dispelled yes- | tercay after the signal officers began a study of the telegrams from the north and east. Professor.McAdie fancied that a great storm was on far out at sea and |lE|l| rain Snow Covers Berkeley Hills. BERKELEY, F 3.—Snow fell for several hours on the Berkeley hills this| (N2t the clouds which came in so unex- : Y hil 8| pectedly were eddies of the main or gen- morning, covering them down to the edge | cral disturbance. The storm struck the | of the town with a mantle of white. | Jand at a point south of Eureka. The old- | Flakes also fell in town, but they melted | fashioned southeaster salutes the shore as fast they struck the ground. In | at a point near Cape Flattery, and glves | the Scenic Park tract the snow fell in | Californians some twenty-four hours' no- | such quantities that the children of the | tice in advance of its arrival Hillside ~|Il wer ;.'l\'-‘n’f‘"\"l‘“! hours The temperature of 28 degrees above | sport tnn\\.m.nnu. To-day’s storm is the | zero registered in the city vesterday is | of its kind in seven years. The op- | about the extreme of cold weather in San ity for sport was grasped and the | Francisco. Owing to the moisture in the hills were covered with people this after- tmosphere the wi @ eathe noon. A warm rain this evening melted ..,‘I.J.‘r.p Throughout m:= ld:sm:::tnm)::‘:: m';;' f;rxx,zl snow, but the gulches are | tove fires,were in demand. The venders sti white. the ! of coal did a thriving business, but the householders did not notice any decline in | the cost of fuel by reason of the recent removal of the tariff on coal. @ rivielelefefedelelele ool @ Jl0AM CAUSES RAIN OF FISH Shasta County Man Ex- et @ Have a Perilous Experience. 4 2 plains a Curious | GRAND ENCAMPMENT, Wyo.. Feb. 3. Incident. ek’ Harris, the veteran stage driver between (his place and Rudefha, and an unknown wom senger were caught Special Dispatch to T 5 ; weck when driving ; Pot. P Aol ; ¢ defile in the mountains. | REDDING, Feb. William Austin, The stage was covered with snow, rocks | who lives 0ld_Falke place, about | on the three miles west of Redding, has solved the mystery that has surrounded the ap- pearance of the fish on the top of Jenny | Ive feet, but its occupants although one were not of the horses was two days and three nights Harris [ Creek hill the morning after the heavy | and his companion remained burled in | storm of a week ago Saturday night. the snow without a morsel of food and Austin says the fish are young carp and that during the severe storm they were picked up from the Falke reservoir and | carried by the clouds three miles and then scattered over the top of the hill where they were found by Bruner and | afterward seen by many people. Austin has examined the samples preserved in alcohol and says they are the same as | those in his reservoir. He states that on the night of the storm there was a terrible suction in the lake and that a column of water rose almost to the clouds. In this the rish were taken up. This knocks in the head the theory that they were salt water fish carried from the ocean and puts an end to the mystery that has puzzled every one in this community. TEXAN FEARS SPREAD OF MEXICAN PLAGUE Introduces Bill in Congress Provid- ing for Investigation of Conditions. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—A bill was in- troduced to-day by Representative Slay- den of Texas providing as follows: That to prevent the spread of the bubonic would undoubtedly hav, for their accidental d!scovery by a search- ing party. They were almost famished when found and were unable to walk, be- perished but SILVERTON, Colo., Feb. 3.—Although there have been numerous snowslides in this vicinity during the past forty-eight only one fatality has yet resulted, 50 far as known. At Howardsville, four miles east of Silverton, F. A. Hayes, 3 years of age, superintendent of the Big Five Mining Company, was caught by a slide and killed. Fuily six feet of snow fell above timber lne during the storm which began on Sunday and continued un- til to-day. No train has reached Silver. ton for three days, and none is expected for a few days more, as many slides have occurred along the rafiroad. Would Exclude All Trusts. DENVER, Feb. 3.—Representative Mur- to to-day Introduced in the House a bill which is intended to exclude trusts from operating in the State. It defines a trust or pool and forbids their formation in Colorado, forbids any.trust or pool doing business in Colorado, and fixes severe penaltie: DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Price Lists Mailed on Application. COAL, COKE AND PIG 1RO, J C WILSON & CO., 5% Basiery Stremt » Telephone Main 1864 FRESH AND SALT MEATS JAS. BOYES & C0. S50 Pt i Clay. Tel. Mat OILS. LUBRICATING QUS. LEONARD & ELLis, £ Front st., B. F. Phone Main 1719. PRINTING. PRINTER, Sansome st., THE WILSON DISTILLING CO\ Baltimore, Md. E. C. HUGHES, 8 F Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY., plague now prevailing on the Paclfic Coast of Mexico, the President is authorized and di- rected to send a_commission of three medical officers of the army and navy to investigate and report the conditions of the disease there prevalent, The bill carries an appropriation of $50.- 000 to aid the Mexican authorities in their efforts to stamp out the plague and to prevent its spread to the United States. T 5 Promotions in the Army. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Army-—Lieutenant Colonel Charles T. Cooper. Fourteenth Cavalry, to be colonel; Major Alexander Rodgers, Fourth Cavalry, to be lieutenant colonel; That's AHl! | Quarantine officer, | diately after the holidays the board re- | moved Peckham from the office of prin- Captain James Lockett, Fourth Cnvalry. to be major; First Lieutenant Willlam D. Chitley, Third Cavalry, to be captain Captain BEdward H. Plummer, Tenth In. fantry, to be major. !m DEATH REAPS BlG HARVEST INDIGASTERS Great Loss of Life in Accidents in the Orient. Launch Capsizes and Half a Hundred Men Are Drowned. B Landslide at Nanking Buries Chi-| nese Under Many Tons of Earth and Scores of River Vessels Suddenly Disappear. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb, 3.—News was | brought by the steamer Empress of China, which arrived to-night, of a dis- aster in Kobe «harbor on January 19, the result of which between forty and | fifty lives were lost. The steamers Yokohama Maru and | GemRai Maru were heing repaired and the steam launch Hayabusa was sent to take eighty-five workmen from one steamer to the other. When the launch was near the stern of the Genkai Maru a strong ! northwest squall swept over the harbor | and capsized the launch, which foundered the workmen others were in a few minuges. Some of swam to the Genkai Maru, rescued by sampans and launches, but be- tween forty and fifty were drowned. | Twenty-eight bodies were recovered. The in the dockyard when the relatives the dead struggled around the com- 's office are described pitlable. | Fire occurred gn Jan 17 in Urushiu colliery, Fukuoka Ken, Japan, and sixty- four mine: burned to death. Two hundred 1 twenty miners were work- ally ignited a dy plosion followed. formed rapidly and a cavein ut the mouth blocked’ up the mine, impris sixty-four men, who lost their lives. The plague is increasing in Tokio. Many It seems that the germs tWere imported in from Bombay. Dr. Yokota, the was one of the victims, he having succumbed on January 14 On the day of his death the Japanese Emperor bestowed on him the Order of with the Order of Merit, cotton the Rising Sun, |and 19 yen has been granted to his family. As a result of a combat between 100 shing smacks off the Japanese coast, | heavy loss of life occurred. It was ported that fort n killed The fishermen belonged to villages Naga- saki prefecture. Correspondents at Nanking Yell of the disastrous landslide at that port as a re- sult of which over 200 lives were lost. The steamer Poyang had arrived along- side of Butierfield & Sires’ hulk and was landing cargo when the high bank. for the space of 400 feet, slid down with a roar and before the spectators could salize that a tragedy had occurred over 200 Chinese had been buried beneath tons of earth and hundreds maimed and | crippled. Scores of river craft were sunk | and buried beneath tons of earth. | REDMOND LEAVES PRISON DEFIANT AND THANKLESS Does Not Know Why His Term Was Reduced and Holds His Origi- nal Sentiments. DURLIN, F —Willlam Redmond, M. P., who w sentenced last year to six months' imprisonment because he refused tc give bail for his future good behavic as the result of alleged incendiary speech at Wexsford, was released to-day. although he had d only half his term. In an interview he said: “I do not know why I am released, but 1 certainly do not thank the Government, who have kept me in jail for three months for really nothing.” | Redmond added that he stood by every | word of the speech for which he had been | imprisoned and sald there would be no | real peace in Ireland until Dublin Castle was cleared out from ton to bottom Later in the day the Irish member, Jnn’ Roche, was liberated from Galway Mr. Roche was sentenced on Se to six months’ imprisonment at labor under the crimes act for inciting | boycotts of land owne: | Sl e | FRINCIPAL IS OUSTED BY CHANGE OF A LOCK Bakersfield Pedagogue Comes to Grief Formally, but May Sue the County. BAKERSFIELD, Fet noon the County Board formally deposed former Peckham of the High —This after- of Education Principal L. B. | School. Imme- | | cipal and assigned him to teach history during the thirty days before his con tract would expire. He defied the board. continued to occupy the office and to give orders, s, which were disregarded by teac ers and pupils. Anticipating trouble, the board last night had the lock on the office changed and the same closed against the former | prineipal. The latter, however, made no resistance, but he has employed legal as~l sistance, and it is said that he will sue | the county. _— RIVAL GRAZING FACTIONS | ARE CAUSE OF MURDER | Sheep and Oattle Interests Clash in Wyoming and Death Results. THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Feb. 3.—A band of masked men has raided the sheep camp of Willlam Minnich, thirty miles north- east of Thermopolis, shot Minnich through the lungs, dynamited and slaughtered 300 head of sheep and burned the outfit of wagons. The herder escaped and brought | the news of the attack here to-day. Dr. Schulke and a posse of officers left at once for the sceme. At last accounts Minnich was alive, but there is little hope of his recovery. There is no clew to the identity of the raiders other than the report that the sheep and cattle men of that section have Dbeen on the verge of a war for some time. Taylor Must Hang for Crime. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 3.—The State Su- preme Court to-day affirmed the convic- tlon of Bud Taylor for the murder of Ruth Nollard, aged 19 years, in March, 191, and ordered that he be hanged on March 6. Taylor was a married man. He persisted in paying attention to Miss Nol- Jard and because she spurned him lay in wait in the second story of a house in West Ninth street and shot her with a rifle as she passed by. The police barely saved him from a mob. the celebrated Sarony th your Sunday paper. be omol only with The Sun- February 8. | your kidneys are well they will heip all | it permitted to ! four hours. | or cloudy, DR. EILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT. Piiatsaysedl mptplyts AU E TS T ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK? Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It. 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