The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1903, Page 9

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1908. C STUDENTS CHEER PARDEE'S NAME Collegians Rejoice Over Passage of Appro- priation Bill. Demonstration at Meeting Where Distinguished Men Speak ——— of when Presi- them at the m. BY the chief execu that he ad in Harmon ™ ting $250,000 for » place of old iz rtors, too, came e was out of big buil v telegram and which the nstration on ows: Mare W heeier RAMENTO 13, 1993 u 1 Herke GOVERNOR SIGNS BILLS Measures Receive the of the Chief Executive Ap- i ASSEMBLY MAY STAY. T .wer House Must Attend to Bills or Remain in Session. ARTERS, SACRAMENTO, a conference with the Governor members of both houses morning it was practically Assembly three days after of the BSenate, provided the r the Western Pacific are not This can be done under and it is said the consent 1o the arrange- because no comeur- journment has been HEADQ A bouses. s said this morning that this ie and he expected that it would 4 not assert that the plan de- e passage of the bills, but from t was learned that this is the ittt N, March 13 —Harry A Bar- disbursing officer of the Cen- who was dismissed some months ezz was sentenced to-8ay POSTUM CEREAL. ARISTOCRATS Should Be Allowed Good Things as Well as Other People. 4 Chicago lady, visiting friends in Leon, N. ¥., heard her hostess say one morn- g All of the aristocrats on Allen Hill mave discarded coffee and are using Pos- m Coffee in its place.” It seems 4 r had advised the change as a remedy for di rders caused by coffee drinking. when 1 first made it I was care- 1 was only half boiled and drowned so husband, after sipping it, pack and sald, ‘no more of that me.’ 1 concluded it was not de and examined the pack- age finding that it must be boiled fifteen or twenty minutes after the pushed it & begine. rning husband said, ‘You don’t mean to tell me this is the same coffee you gave me yesterday, why this is fine.” }e drank two cups and since that time we have used no other coffee, and both of heve made a declded improvement :ad suffered for a long time from as rvous prostration, poor ap- petit 4 the usual disorders of stomach #nd bowels, not knowing that coffee was the cause of the trouble. Not getting any coffee from my hostess, except the Pos- t only found it delicious, but my proved, the flatulence and mach distress left me and I quickly o gain in flesh. Now I am enjoy- ¢ a degree of health that I never ex- ted to attain. After 1 Jeft home my brother, who an invalid for some time, broke entirely. He was a coffee drinker 4 distress in his stomach always r meals. Finally his stomach refused 10 retain any food at ali, then the doctor insisted on his leaving off coffee and us- ing Postum. He drank Postum four times 2 dey with rich cream and some sugar and absojutely no other food for several days, then he carefully added other food in small quantities and gradually began 1o pet well. He now eats all kinds of nourishing foods and is again working at his trade.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich Nex has beer down and erent stomach and other | COUNTAY cLUB SRS KT Society Leaders’ Ap- proval. Life Membership List Is Closed and General | Roll Is Opened. B Oaklad Office Sun Franci 1118 Broadway, March 13 Life hips in the Claremont « lub, the exclusive soclety or- s designed to outdo Burlingame In fostering outdoor sports, have been n to tne limit fixed by the directors number is (wenty-five and each sub- ber pays $100 for nis membership. he direciors announce the following fe membe Willism P.erce John . §. Strat- M. Smith, P. E. W. Van Sicklen, Benjamin §. Macdonald, William C. Phoebe A. Hearst, A. L. Stone, Whitney Pa Thomas Addison, George W. Mc ar Jr., Thomas Prather, C. M. Goodall, William A. Magee, J. H. Chanslor, Louls Titus, Edward M. Walsh, | Ceorge ( Perkins, H. J. Knowles and liam Letts Olive \ subseriptions represent the nu- | c f the $100,00 fund that will be raised and to improve the on the and College way, ex- avenue nding bac k Into the foothills. There is a considerable supply of water ne g v, as well as a quarry of b T ement rock, suitable for road and i b ng, while the land is of such ersified character that the incorpora- who have considered many sites deem the one chosen the most desirable any tract now available for country purposes. There i3 level land suit- nis or polo, and from the hills n the property a view is almost unrivaled for its 3 re Bay »of 8an Francisco, e Golden Gate and the cities about the bay can be seen. Protected by the hills sroperty climate is unsur- the &eiccted contains a than is necessary for the t is proposed to set y-five acres for build- 'his acreage will be subdivided d sold, under certain condi- members of the club, who e the privilege of erecting dwell- ncorporators have the assurance and Transit Company that its ar lines will be extended to the of the grounds, so that they hed quickl ly from or Ala harge of ation, an- be raised es that the money will e issuance of bonds. That matter Is weli in hand. With the closing of the life membership list the club has sent out | its prospectus for a general membership of 300, t list of names, selected by a secret committee, of residents of Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco coneldered cligible. The prospectus provides: mbership fee for men or “the he is $100, and will entitle the mber to the privileges actual membership. T be he! to inciude the wife and f the member as reside wi his immediate care and main- in such cases, young ladles must less than fourteen years of age and boys must be between the ages of sixteen | and twenty-three. For adult women not in- | cluded the family of a member the mem- bership fee shall be $50. monthiy dues will be as The = not be follows: | men $5 00 per month | For women i - 2 50 per month For families (as construed sbove and consisting of ).... 10 00 per month and monthly dues of | more than two pers: The membership familles shall d_thelr | @esignated above) above rates, The plan of the club is that just as soon as 30 names have been subscribed for regular membership under the plan out- lined in the prospectus, bonds will be is- sued by the corporation for $100,000 to pur- chase the property referred to. The club will then have a capital of $55,000 as a starter with which to erect builldings, lay out tennis courts, golf links, bowling alleys, polo grounds, football grounds, steeples, etc. The original incorporators are: Edwin_Goodall, Frank M. Wilson, P. E. Bowles, . W. Van Sicklen, §. B. McKee, G. W. McNear Jr., Willlam P. Johnson, George E. de Golia, Anson L. Blake, F. H. Ames, A. 8. Macdonald, C. M. Gayley, A. H. Higgins, T. R. Hutchinson, E. R Folger, C. 0. G Miiler, C. M. Goodall, Arthur Goodall, C. M. | Cooper, A. Echiliine. The officers and directors are: (famill be one-half being as of the President, Edwin Goodall; vice president, Frank M. Wilson; treasurer, Willlam Pierce Johneon; _secretary, Sam Bell McKee; di- rectors, F. W, Van Sicklen, George W. Mc- Near Jr., P. E. Bowles; atiorney, George E. | ge Golta. |LADY GORDON’S DAUGHTER | MAY BE ON HER WAY HERE | Captain of English Tug Thinks He | Caryied the Child From Graves- | end to Dunkirk. | LONDON, March 13—The captain of a | tug says he has reason to believe that the child Cicely, Lady Granville Gordon's | daughter by her former husband, Eric | Gordon, for the possession of which the recent sensational suit was brought and | with which Lady Gordon fled after the | courts had ordered her to return the child to its father, is now on its way to the TUnited States. He says he carried a | woman accompanied by a child from | Gravesend to Dunkirk, and the woman | stated that the child was Lady Granville Gordon's. Sl CONSUL BITTINGER IS INVITED TO RESIGN | - | WASHINGTON, March 13.—United States Consul John Bittinger of Montraal has been invited to resign. He will be | succeeded by Major A. W. Edwards, a North Dakota newspaper man. Consul Bittinger while on leave of absence at his home in St. Joseph, Mo., talked very freely of the relations between the United States and Canada. This was ill received in Canada and has led to the present ac- | ton. ————— | 0ld Resident Dies. | | Mrs. Isabella Ross Fraser, widow of Danlel Fraser, passed away at an early | hour yesterday morning at her residence, | 1106 Bush street. Mrs. Fraser was an old and respected resident of this city, hav- ing come here in the early sixties from | Nova Scotia, her birthplace, and leaves | a large circle of friends. She was always | admired for her sterling, Christian char- | acter. She leaves a daughter and son— Miss Ada Isabel Fraser, who is associ- ated with The Call, and Malcolm A. Fra- ser, employed as clerk bv the Board of | Public Works. east side of | believe that when the new m of the Transit Company, | aring completion, is in operation be reached from i ions having been forwarded | 'VETERAN BALL-PLAYER : ARRESTED FOR FELONY Lou W. Hardie, Until Two Years Ago One of the Leading | Lights of the Diamond, Arrested on Complaint of Peter Lefevre on Chsrge of Embezzling Funds of Acme Club - AKLAND, March 13—Lou W. Hardie, the veteran baseball player, known as “Pop” Hardie | to the Californian devotees of the | national game, was arrested to- | day on a charge of embezzling funds of | the Acme Athletic Club, of which organ- | ization he was treasurer until January 1. The specific accusation lodged against | Hardle involves the sum of 360, alleged to have been misappropriated. | Hardie's accuser is Peter Lefevre, sec- | retary of the club. The arrest was made | shortly before mnoon to-day. Shortly | thereafter Justice of the Peace Quinn of this city accepted Frank J. Moffitt and Emil Nusbaumer as sureties on & bond in | $1000 filed for the appearance in court of | the accused ball player. | The prosecution of Hardie follows late upon the discovery made last October, ac- cording to W. H. L. Hynes, then presl- | dent of the Acme Club, of irregularities {in the accounts which Hardie had been COURT ENJOING ~TEAM DRVERS | Must Not Interfere With Business of Transfer Companies. A S KANSAS CITY, March 13.—Judge J. E. Phillips in the United States District Court this afternoon issued a sweeping | | injunction restraining all members of the local Team Drivers’ International Union from interfering with the business of | eleven of the transfer companies of the | city, whose men are on a strike. The | eleven companies petitioned the court to- day to restrain the strikers and their sympathizers on the ground that inter- ference with wagons on the way to depots and shipping yards is in violation of the interstate commerce laws. The plaintiffs argued that goods are intransit, in the meaning of the law, from the mo- ment they are loaded into a wagon, wisen | a receibt is given by the transfer com- | pany, and this contention was upheld by the court. The injunction, which is a temporary one, is made returnable on March 20. Notices of the injunction issued yester- day upon petition of the Kansas City Transfer Company were served to-day upon thirty-eight labor leaders and strik- ers, but had little effect. But few men were employed to take the strikers’' places and what men did go to work accom- plished but little work. In the bottoms ten strikers were ar. rested for stoning a driver and blockad- ing the thoroughfare and it became nec- essary to disperse the crowd, but no one was hurt. Later as many more men were arrested for obstructing the sidewalks and a charge of disturbing the peace was placed against them. Piper Will Pay Alimony. Arthur Leroy Piper, whose wife, Mary Helen Piper, has had him haled into courts on numerous occasions in her ef- forts to compel him to support her and their child, confessed yesterday that he was able to pay her $ a month. He agreed to do so in the future, and Judge Sloss, before whom the case was heara, dismissed the order to show cause why he should not be punighed for contempt. Judge Graham gave Dr. John C. Cowden two weeks in which to raise $35 to pay his wife, Nellie. In the event of his faflure to make the payment he will be sent to jall for contempt of court. —_——————— NEW YORK, March 13.—Police Commis- sioner Greene to-day relieved Inspector Nicholas Brooks of the command of the de- tective bureau, owing to Brooks’ acknowledg- ment of fallure to get evidence against gambling houses e VETERAN BASEBALL MANAGER, WHO 18 CHARGED WITH EM- BEZZLING FUNDS. | handling as treasurer for two years. For some time Hardle had made no report on the financlal affairs of the organization, so Hynes says, and this led to an Inves- tigation. i “The first step taken was to stop pa: ment on Hardie's checks as treasurer, explained ex-President Hynes, ‘‘at the Oakland Bank of Savings. Then the dis- crepancy was figured and found to be $265 65, all accrued since October 1. De- mand on Hardle was met by his offer to give his personal note for the amount, but that was not satisfactory to the board of directors. “Still fafling to meet the acknowledged shortage, Hardle's arrest followed.” The bulk of the money handled by Har- die represented the club’s pro rata of the profits that accrued from the boxing tour- naments held monthly at the old expos tion and conducted in the club’s name by Billy Lavigne. Hardle had been the cus- todian of a much larger amount than that involved either in the specific com- plaint against him or in the total short- age the directors report they have uncov- ered. Since January 1 Hardle has not been with the Acme Club. e was quletly dropped at the annual election. Until two years ago “Pop” Hardie had been one of the leading lights in base- balidom. He was for years a star catch- er with the old Oakland baseball team and played in the famous champlonship nine of 1889, His case will be on the calendar to- morrow in Justice Quinn’'s court. | wniversity protessors and thelr families, clergy - | @ suiminimimivivimiriminirimimeinie bt @ ACGEPTS PLACE WITH THE UNION Big Iron Works in the Potrero to Have a New Manager. LORAIN, Ohlo, March 13.—The an- nouncement was made to-night that Su- perintendent Frank D. Jeffrey has re- signed as manager of the local shipyards of the American Ship-building Company to become vice president and general manager of the Unlon Iron Works at San Francisco. He will remove there within a few weeks. Announcement is made that L. H. Hart has resigned as chief clerk in the audi- tor's office of the Lorain Steel Company to become secretary of the Union Iron ‘Works of San Francisco. An Army of Colonists. The Southern Pacific lines are carrying many homeseekers into California. Until June 15 the rates are but nominal, $25 from Omaha, $33 from Chicage. Have you reminded some Fastern farmer whom you Know of these rates, and the opportunity now offered of getting a farm? . —_————— Self-Defense His Plea. The preliminary examination of Vin- cenzo Pagano on the charge of murder for shooting and killing his uncle, Pas- quale Raffo, at 413 Union street February 2, because Raffo had made aspersions upon Pagano's wife’s character, was held before Police Judge Mogan yesterday. For the defense the revolver which was found in Raffo’s pocket after he was shot was introduced with the object of show- ing that Raffo had armed himself, fear- ing trouble with Pagano, and that Pa- gano shot in self-defense. The Judge in- timated that he would hold the defendant to answer before the Superior Court, and the case was continued till this morning, when an application for ball will be ar- gued. ———— ‘We are selling agents for the ‘““Water- man” and “Marshall” fountain pens—the “Koh-i-noor” and “Regal’” pencils—the greatest writing instruments for qunllty and low prices ever made. born, Vail & Co., 741 Market st. ——————— Collector Stabs Debtor, John Vaughan, a collector for the Chi- cago Clock Company, got into an alterca- tion with Richard Gleinke, a motorman, residing at 4178 Twenty-fifth street, while trying to collect a bill from the latter. Vaughan cut Gleinke In the abdomen, arm and hand with a knife and was ar- rested by Officer Ins. ———————————— 4 THOMASVILLE, Ga., March 13.—Henry Steele, a negro who murdered Goodman man, a white man, was hanged to-day, | lof the tiny monarch will be brief. TIN LOBRAINE ~SHEET RULER Throngs at Santa Rosa Honor the Little Sovereign. Interesting Ceremonies Held at Carnival of the Eagles. Special Dispatch to The Call SANTA ROSA, March 13.—The sun broke gloriously through scattering storm { clouds this afternoon when Mayor Bower set a jeweled diadem on the infant curls lof her diminutive majesty, Lorraine, Queen of the Eagles' carnival. It seemed {a sweet concession from old Jupiter | Pluvius, who had been dampening all the | reglon and marring all the merriment for | three days. | The coronation ceremony took place in the Athenaeum. The royal procession | proceeded along the aisle in regal splen- |dor. Wesley Colgan and Earl Wymore | headed the column and were followed by { Miss Elaine Wymore, bearing a jeweled | crown on a satin pillow. Then came the | attendants, Misses Edith Mallory, Hazel | Barnett, Zelma Mae McDonough, Lucille Griffith, Esther Scott and Gladys Berry. | Queen Lorraine came next, attired in her royal robes, and the rear of the procession | was brought up by Frank Berry and Gar- |rol Dunn, two tiny pages. After the | Queen had been crowned she ascended a | throne erected on the Athenaeum stage, | and from that place witnessed a perform- ance by artists from the corfcessions. To-night the grand ball took place and | Queen Lorraine led the grand march. Owlng to the fact that it was necessary | to postpone the coronation from Wednes- day evening untll this afternoon the relgn | fair is expected to come to a close Sat- | urday at midnight. | @ ieteiriimiimibileetiliieieleiele] [ ] DISTRIBUTION OF PORULATION CensusBureauPublishes Valuable Statistical Bulletin, WASHINGTON, March 13.—The Census Bureau to-day issued a bulletin of the geographical distribution of population of the United States. It shows that almost 9 per cent of the total population lives in the country drained to the Atlantic Ocean, more than 33 per cent in . that drained to the Gulf of Mexico, 44 per cent in the drainage area of the Mississippi River, almost 3 per cent in the area drained by the Great Lakes, 4 per cent i on the Pacific Coast, and half of 1 per cent in the Great Basin. The proportion living within the region drained to the Atlantic Ocean is steadily diminishing, | while the part drained to the Gulf of | Mexico is becoming relatively more pop- | ulous, as fs the case in a still mors | marked degree in the Great Basin and | the Pacific Ocean region. | born 93 per cent live in the region dramed | to the Atlantic Ocean, 36.4 per cent in the | region drained to the Guif of Mexico and 15 per cent in that drained to the Great | Lakes. The proportion in the region | drained to the Pacific Ocean is 6.1 per cent. Out of every 1000 negroes 998 are found in the regions dralned to the At- lantic Ocean and 614 per cent are in the lands drained to the Gulf of Mexico, the proportion in the West and on the Pacific Coast being trifling. PROBES INTO BILLS FOR REPAIRING MARKET STREET Supervisors’ Finance Committee Hears Evidence From the City Street Improvement Company. The Supervisors’ joint Committee on Ju- the bills of the City Street Improvement Company amounting to $126760 for re- pairing the bituminous pavement on Mar- ket street. The ordinance authorizing the payment of the demand had been passed to print, but the point was raised that under its original contract for the bitu- menizing of Market street the City Street Improvement Company was bound to keep the street in repair for a period of five years without making any charge for such repair work. J. W. McDonald, president of the com- pany, testified that the bond given for the faithful performance of the work re- lieved his company from any responsibil- | ity in cases where the light and power | companies had dug trenches in the street. | McDonald sald Market street had been | torn up 29 times In three years and much of the work had to be done over again. Commissioner Manson stated that the contract contemplated that repairs should be made by the City Street Improvement Company which were necessitated by ac- tual wear and tear of the pavement only. In a case where an explosion had oc- curred under Market street the city had once borne the expense of its repalr. Commissioner Casey stated that the bill in question was principally for repairs to the pavement which had been dug up | by lighting companies. McDonald sald that he had not charged the city for re- pairs for actual wear and tear to the pavement. Action on the bill was post- poned until this afternoon, when evidence will be had from the inspectors who su- pervised the work. —_—————————— ASSERTS THAT BUTCHER I8 GUILTY OF CRUELTY Secretary Holbrook of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals caused the arrest yesterday of Thomas Horn, a prominent wholesale butcher, for not providing proper shelter and pastur- age for his cattle. It Is alleged that Horn Keeps 300 head of stock in four corrals, two of which are knee deep with mud and water. Holbrook asserts that if the animals should attempt to lle down they would drown in the onze. He also states that he wrote warning letters to. Horn and three other wholesale butchers several days ago, but that in this instance alone no improvement in conditions was prom- 1sed. The accused claims that he is merely keeping the cattle for a few days pre- paratory to slaughtering them, and that he will fight the case to the bitter end. He was released on $20 cash ball. ——————— Judge Young Passes Away. Judge Willlam Henderson Young, for- merly of Neva died in San Francisco yesterday. Judge Young was a native of Ohio, and was 76 years of age. The funeral will be held to-morrow at 12 o'clock from the mortuary chapel of the Of the foreign | diciary and Streets considered yesterday | | | | { { | | t | | | | | made reaay WIFE CALSES Hil 70 DEPHAT First Spouse of Society Man Accuses Him of Bigamy. | Well-Known San Bernardino Resident Suddenly Dis- appears. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, March 13— Charles Garcia, a prominent society and lodge man of this city, left here for parts tnknown yesterday. It is presumed that his. destination is Mexico. He departed to escape a charge of bigamy preferred against him by tke first of two wives. Mrs. Garele No. 1 arrived in this city yesterday, confronting Garcia in the Ho- tel Stewart. He immediately went to his hcme on West Fourth street with the idea of persuading the present wife to’ go with him across the line. But the wife re- fused to take part in such a course, and | to leave for Los Angeles, | where her mother resides. Garcia, seeing that she would not be | influenced and realizing his position, then left San Bernardino. He was chief ad- | vertising man and designer with a dry goods firm and had, with his second wife, resided in San Bernardino for almost two years. ARRANGING A WELCOME FOR THE PRESIDENT Executive Committee Is Chosen to Prepare Entertainment for the Country’s Chief Executive. Preparations for the reception in Sar Francisco of President Roosevelt are pro- gressing satisfactorily, and it is expected that a general plan ‘of work will be mapped out in a few days, as soon as the committees are assigned. M. H. de Young of the general committee, who was se- lected to appoint an executive committee of twenty-five from the former body, has announced the following as his cholce: A. Watkins, San Francisco Board of els, shipping and steam- s, o A Trade; John D. Spreck: ships; Wel George R. law; R. R llam F. Herrin, rallroads rman citizens; Dr. T. A. Colonel Hecht, Fire Depart- ment; Gebrge A. Newhall, Chamber of Com- merce and Police Commf{ssion; David Rich, real estate; R. H. Lloyd, Park Commission and law; I. W. Hellman Jr., bankers and financial men; A. Ruef, law and Franco-Americans; D. Robert, press: Leon Sloss, mercantile corpora- tions; Rudolph Herold, insurance men; General R. H. Warfleld, Grand Army of the Republic and militia; E. D. Peixotto, law; H. J. Lough- ery, Supervisor and labor representative; Wil- liam J. Dingee, capitalists; E. R. Lilienthal, | wholesale liquor merchants: J. J. Gottlob, the- | atrical world: G Benham, president of Al- lied Trades-Organized Labor: L. Byington. | grand president Native Sons of the Golden West. | As soon as these gentlemen can be no- | tified of their appointment a meeting will | be arranged and the first definite steps taken toward completing an elaborate | programme for the welcoming and enter- | taining of the President. ———ii DAMAGE SUIT RESULTS FROM A MINING DEAL L. E. Spencer Seeks Recompense From Charles Sladky for Al- ; leged Breach of Contract. | A sult for 367,900 damages was filed In the Superior Court yesterday by L. E. Spencer against Charles Sladky. The suit involves the ownership of two minmgi claims in Alaska and is based upon the | alleged refusal of the defendant to pay | over to Spencer the balance of the prIce’ | Spencer alleges he agreed to pay for them. Spencer alleges that in July, 1901, Sladky agreed to purchase from him a claim on Nikala Gulch for $4500 and paid him $1000 on account. A deed transferring the claim was made and placed in the posses- | slon of H. A. Flickenger. The deed was not to be delivered for thirty-five days, but Spencer alleges the defendant in some unknown manner obtained possession of it and has ever since falled to pay the balance due on the purchase price. Be- cause of this alleged failure Spencer says he has been damaged to the extent of $9000. He further charges that Sladky, after paying him $190 on account of a claim on Oregon Creek which he agreed t6 pay $10,000 for, has not comvpleted the purchase, thereby damaging the plaintiff | in the sum of $58,900, the alleged present value of the claim. ——————e LEADING COMMERCIAL MAN JOINS MAJORITY Samuel Sachs Passes Quietly Away at Family Residence After Long Illness. Samuel Sachs, who has achieved much distinetion in local commercial circles, died of a complication of stomach trou- bles at his residence, 1904 Franklin street, yesterday morning. The deceased was 62 years of age and a native of Bavaria. He came to this coun- try while yet a young man and embarked in the mercantile business. In 1886 he founded the house of Sachs Bros. & Co. Much of his time during the last few years has been spent on business and | pleasure trips to the East and to Europe. For three months past he has been con- fined to his room by the iliness which caused his death. He leaves a wife and three children. The funeral will be held on Sunday morn- ing at the family residence. The iInter. ment will be in the Home of Peace Cem: tery. —_——————— Knocked Down by Streetcars. James Scott was knocked down by a Sacramento street car between Montgom- ery and Kearny streets Thursday night, recelving a scalp wound and bruises on the legs. Thursday morning Joe Tobin, a peddler, was driving his wagon on Bryant street, when an electric car struck the wagon, demolishing it and throwing Tobin to the ground, injuring his hip. Thomas J. Laverty, 44 Natoma street, was knocked down by an electric car on Fourth street Thursday night and his scalp was torn. Mrs. Johnson, 669 Turk street, was struck by a Larkin street car Thursday afternoon and badly shaken up at Hayes and Larkin streets. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE ‘The coffee habit is quickly over- come by those who let Grain-O take its place, If properly made it tastes like the best of coffee. No grain coffee compares with it in flavor or healthfulness. TRY IT TO-DAY. Golden Gate Undertaking Company, 2475 | Atgrocers everywhere; 15c. and 25c. per package. Mission street. Demonstration at Emporium during March. FLODD AEFUGEES REACH NATCHEZ Situation in Mississippi Is Steadily Grow- ing Worse. Levees About New Orleans Are Still in Perfect Condition. NATCHEZ impossible Miss., secure March 13.—It will be fur ws (rom levee is overtopped by The relief Everybody Jefferson Ashland, where the river by boat St. Joseph there In the southeastern County is ready to move. The protection front of the Texas and Pacific embankment at Bouge has been torn away by the water, Which fs now pouring in against the embank- ment. The railroad has a large force of men and a work train rai roadbed, which is protecting a pa wcordia Parish, Louisiana. TSe Betsy Ann ar- rived this afternoon ‘rom Sara with her cabin full of flood refugees and carrying stock and She left to- night at 8 o'clock for Bayou Sara to taks on stock to be shipped here on account of the flood. It has been raining since early last night. The gauge here is 7.3 feet and rising. The danger line is $ feut, VICKSBURG, Miss, March 13—The flood situation in this section is steadily morniu section of levee sing its rt of Bayou corn growing worse. It is greatly intensifie by the continual heavy rains. The gauge here at 7 p. m. registered 48, a rise of 02 since 11 a. m. A levee just north of Providence is causing much cone On the lower Yazoo seve plantations In Warren Co e submerged. Specfals from Donaldson and Baton Rouge tell of intense excitement at those points as the Arlington levee near the Loulsiana capital Is feared to be in grave danger. Every able-bodied man, white or black. is be- ing pressed into service and rushed to the danger po NEW ORLEA . March 13.—To-night's gauge is 191, which !s only four-tenths below the highest water of 1897, and the weather bureau predic wenty feet will be reache It also predicts that weather conditi nsettled. This s the gloomy plcture. However, the levees are in perfect condi- tion, the weak spots having been strengthened until they are stronger than the rest of the chain. Men and material are everywhere and every alarm is | promptly answered. Guards are kept on duty day and night, not only to detect dangerous spots, but to prevent any tam- pering through malice or fear. CINCINNAT 3.—~The river reached the danger line of fifty feet here at 10 o'clock to-night. The indications are that it will rise slowly until a stage of fifty-two feet is reached. | UNHAPPY COUPLES ARE GIVEN FREEDOM Decrees of Divorce Are Granted by Superior Court and Other Actions Instituted. Frank J. Gallery was granted a divorce yesterday from Carrie Gallery on the ground of crueity. Eva B. Hammell was granted a divorce from Delbert C. Ham= mell for desertion. Hammell is a mem- ber of the prominent real estate firm of Hammell & Son of Los Angeles. Deser- tion was also the ground for the divorce granted to George W. Stirling from Ellen Stirling. May Ford was granted a di- | verce from H. R. Ford for fatlure to pro- vide, Suits for divorce were filed by Ida Loomis against Tracy Loomis, Leota Hos- mer against O. B. Hosmer, Z. M. Shields against A. I. Shields, Sophia Paulson against John Paulson and Mfnnie Bau- mann against J. D. Baumann for deser- tion, and Glovanna Baclocca Sgainst An- tonfo Baclocea and Josephine Kromel- bein against John Kromelbein for cruelty. e ————— ADVERTISEMENTS. Comfort and Cheer Every household needs health for comfort and Hospitality for cheer. Hunter Whiskey contributes much to both from its superb quality, purity, ags, flavor. HILBERT MERCANTILE CoO., 213-215 Market st..San Franeisco, Cal. Teleohoze Exchange 313. Weak Men and Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE reat Mexican Remedy: gives heaith and to sexual organs. Depot, 323 Markew