The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1904, Page 4

FIRE VICTIMS IRE HOPEFUL! 0 CLERGYMEN Ministers of St. Louis Object to Sunday Receptions at the Home of President Franecis| L) Dusiness Situation in Baltimore Is Brighter Than at Any Time Since the Catastrophe EAECRS E COURTS RESUME BUSINESS No Building Permits Will Be Issued Until Plan Is Adopted for Realigning of Streets L 4 B R JALTIMORE, Feb. i to-day by the Mayor and com- f public safety that no building e issued until a plan is realigning certain thor- crookedness and nar- ave long constituted a blem- | as embarrassment .to mu- ywth. The Mayor and the )t safety are resolved that ngs shall not be run up -proof structures as in the rve as a standing invitation 12.—It was an- adopted for ght es, whose usiness, situation appeared day than at any time since catastrophe. The regular f business of the Chamber nding displays of straw and mill al calls and the »f-town markets, to- eipt of grain by ele- > payment of all checks were events that estab- throughout the busi- nity of emptying the safety de- the ruined buildings has This is being done y precautions. An es- accompanied the wag- the treasures are hauled ourts resumed business will be resumed will reassemble trials d Jury Fire Losses. Pacific C Baltimore ast mana- 1 Fire In- 1y, 18 in legram from Germany, ¥ re- hundred in full d. of Germany nited States, ding $7,500.000 iders of over MARCUS DALY'S HEIRS FAVORED BY DECISION Surrogate Thomas Reverses Appraiser, Releasing Large Sums From Pay- ment of Inheritance Tax. NEW YORK. Feb. 12.—Surrogate | "homas, on application of counsel for | irs of the late Marcus Daly, has | ersed the decision of the appraiser, who assessed the estate of the Mon- tana millionaire for the New York in- heritance tax, and declared that two | sums—3$1,300,000 and $250,000 spectivelv—were not subject.to taxa- The larger sum had been Joaned Daly and was repaid when he | his deathbed. The smaller | 2 balance with a broker- d the Surrogate ruled that were only temporarily | re- tion. by Mr was sit in this State. | —_——— STARVING CATTLE MAY | FEED ON UTAH RANGES Pardee Secures Permission for Califor- | nia Stock to Sate Its Appetite Where Grass Is Plentiful. | SALT, LAKE, Feb. —Governor | Pardee vernor of California has telegraphed Wells of Utah on behalf of the cattlemen of Southern California asking permission to send cattle into | this State for feeding. Governor Par- | dee says the cattle are dying by hun- dreds in the southern part of the State for lack of feed. A message was sent to the Interior Department. Governor Wells replied to-night that California cattle would be permitted to come here if given a clean bill of health and to be subject to further quarantine regula- tions at the end of thirty days. pr PousopiesSoamh L Ten Freight Cars Are Ditched. AUBURN, Feb. 12.—A split rail in | the Auburn railroad yard this morn- | ing caused the ditching of ten freight | cars. The overland traims were de- layed several hours. | | | { | | day evening social gatherings at the | tain clergymen. | jecticnable to a number of well-known | Changes Demanded for Protection of | which has been the scene of many suc- | the Mayor pending certain alterations Y Eed il WANT THEM DISCONTI ED Day of Rest Brings the Only Social Leisure in Life of Chief Executive of the Fair G i ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. 12.—The Sun- home of President David R. Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company must stop, according to cer- They have become ob- | local ministers of the gospel and they | have joined in, requesting that the| functions be discontinued. Leadership | in the movement to suppress the Sun- | day-at-homes of the World's Fair pres- | ident is assumed by Kai Alpha, a| Greek letter organization composed of | about elghteen of the best known | preachers i St. Louis. The Sunday-at-homes which have provoked the ministers grew out of the | calls made by President Francis'| | friends and visitors from outside cities. | Sunday is the only day President| Francis has at leisure. President| Franeis arrives home to-morrow from Washington. i — ce————— FORBIDS DISTRIBUTIO? OF STRIKE BENEFI Massachusetts Supreme Judge Grants | Injunction to Prevent Sympa- | thetic Action by Pressmen. | BOSTON, Feb. 12.—A temporary in- | junction against the International Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union was sued to-day by Justice Boring of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massa- chusetts. The defendants are restrain- ed from bringing about a sympathetic strike among the pressmen in connec- | tion with a prevailing contest of job compositors against members of the | United Typothetae of America in this city for a new wage schedules The court also ruled that the compositors’ | unions must not pay strike benfits to those who already have left for other reasons than for their own benefit, holding that such a step would be il- legal. The order stopping the distri- | bution of strike benefits is said to be | without precedent in the State, if not | in the country | —_————— MADISON SQUARE THEATER MAY NOT BE REOPENED | | Patrons Will Necessitate the Ex- penditure of Much Money. NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—It is re: ported that efforts are about to be given in the direction of reopening the Madison Square Theater. The house, cesses, was closed recently by order of deemed necessary for the protection of patrons. = ! These changes, is would necessitate an deemed prohibitive to the commercial success of the theater ‘and the firm holding the lease is said to be negoti- ating forsits cancellation. Three other | theaters, closed by the authorities, al- ready have completed alterations and it understood, expenditure | | reopened. . Railroad Pensions Aged Employes. | PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1 atis- | tics compiled by the pension ment of the Pennsylvania depart- Railroad show that in the four years the or- | ganization has been in operation | $1 4,187 has been expended for the | relief of those entitled to consideration and 2127 employes have been retired | as pensioners from the active service | of the company. Of those retired 436 were between the ages of 65 and 69 years. | e e Californians in New York. | NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—The follow- | ing Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—Mrs. MacGrath, at the St. Denis; J. A. Moreland, at the Albert; Miss M. Superman, at the | Hoffman; J. B. Havre, at the Broad- way Central. | From Los Angeles—R. E. Barry, at | the Spalding; C. T. Howe, at the Man- | hatten, and C. Upell, at the Norman- ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL TO-NIGHT $1.15. | o m—., ordes Fumniture 245-259 Co GEARY ST | with | ing away the protecting walls. | express wagon. | over the fences in that section. THE - SAN -FRANCISCO GALL, SATURD NOT PLEASINC |[SNOW AND LANDSLIDES STOP TRAVEL ON LINES OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC Rainstorm Causes Considerable Damage in Interior! of the State and in Several Sections the Rivers and Small Waterways Are Now Running Bank Full e — The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date. as compared with those of same date last season, and rainfall in Jast twenty-four hours: 1| Last Last | Stations— 24 hours. season. EUREKA ..... 0.62 40.70 RED BLUFF .. 0.85 17.61 SACRAMENTO . 2.43 11.24 | SAN FRANCISCO .. 2.28 11.48 | FRESNO . Trace | INDEPENDENCE .. | SAN LUIS OBISPO 0.02 | LOS ANGELES 0.00 | SAN DIEGO .. ¥ 0.00 > T — Special Dispatch to The Call. COLFAX, Feb. 12.—All trains on the Southern Pacific are blocked by heavg‘ snow and landslides and 650 feet of snow sheds are reported to have been damaged. The heavy fall of snow in the mcuntains during the last thirtye six hours caused snowslides this after- noon and resultant damage to the sheds on both sides of the summit. The most serious slides occurred on the eastern slope of the range, where more than 400 feet of sheds were crushed. Two smaller slides caused breaks of from forty to seventy-five feet. A landslide at another point is reported to have damaged 100 feet of track. Great quan- tities of rock and broken timber were carried down by the avalanches, ren- dering it impossible to use the snow plows. A trainload of snow shovelers and track repairers is being rushed 10 the scene to clear away the debris. Superintendent R. J. Laws passed through on a special train to person- ally direct the work. It is reported that snow is falling at the rate of ten inches an hour and hindering the work of clearing the track. The east-bound trains are held at Colfax. with no hope | of proceeding before to-morrow. No casualties are repcrted in connection the slides. The telegraph and telephone lines were carried away. SR ST DAMAGE IN MARIN Railroads Employ Large Crews of Men to Strengthen Threatened Trestles. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 12—The sever- est rainstorm in many, years has vis- ited Marin County and left consider- able destruction in its wake. In- this city more than 10 inches of rain has fallen since yesterday noon. Reports from all sections of the county state COUNTY. that the precipitation is about as great | in the interior. Many washouts have occurred cn the North Shore and the California Northwestern railroads. Landslides on the Cazadero branch of the North Shore line delayed the trains for several hours. In San Rafael many blocks in the west part of town be- low First street are inundated and this morning several families were com- pletely isolated from land. All the | creeks are terribly swollen and wash- From Ross station to Kentfield the land is | covered with water for several miles. | The roadway between Mulherns and Kentfield was so submerged to-day that it was impossible for the hearse of a local undertaker to reach Larkspur. As a result the body of Mr. Adamson had to be conveyed to the train in an Residents of Kentfield and Escalle early this morning used rowboats in order to reach the train n route to San Francisco. Water was The valuable fruit orchard of Benjamin Riley in the north of town was en- tirely destroyed by the rising of creek. Up to the present time the damage to property cannot be estimated. If the water continues to rise a far great- er loss will occur. Mill Valley, Sausalito, Tiburon and Belvedere also report excessive precip- itation. Both railroads have large crews of ‘'men ‘at work strengthening trestles and building riprap. The Bo- linas stage en route to .this city this morning had a nparrow escape from destruction. The road was washed out in many places and at one time a land- slide nearly carried the stage down a steep precipice. At a late hour to- night the storm shows some signs of | abatement, yet the barometer is low. | SRS TRACKS ARE UNDER WATER. Travel in Sonoma County Is Tem- porarily Stopped by Storm. SANTA ROSA, Feb. 12—The storm which began here yesterday forenoon abat.d at noon to-day, but established a new record for downpours in this city and vicinity. FrAm 10 a. m. Thurs- { day until 12 o'clock to-day 5.20 inches of rain fell here, bringing the total for the season up to 24.48. At a corre- | sponding date last season 22.66 inches { had fallen. The storm caused secr’ incon- venience to travelers from this city, the Southern Pacific train being talled at E! Verano by the water which covered tL: tracks. Later the train returned here, being unable to get through. Passengers and mails were returned, the train backing into.the local station. The train crew decided it was too dangerous to run | through the water, the tracke having been found to be submerged from the crossing of Sonoma Creek. near Schell- ville, far beyond El Verano. The Oc- cidental stage and the rural mail car- rier on’the Occidental route were kept in this city to-day by the high water. They found it impossible to cross the lagoon either by way of the Sebastopol or Forestville roads. Eoth bridges were under water and the approaches were covered for many yards. This forced the abandonment of the trip. Russian River, Mark West Creek | and many other streams were out of i their banks, while Santa Rosa Creek ran full to the banks. The latter stream rose rapidly during the night, ' the rise being mote than six inches per hour for a time. No damage has been reported from any place in the county up to a late hour, and it is believed none has ‘esulted. e oy RECEIVES GOOD SOAKING. Santa Clara Valley Is Benefited Great- Iy by the Rainstorm. SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.—Santa Clara Vallcy is receiving a soaking that will | | | be worth hundreds of thousands of dol- lars to it. The storm of to-day dispéls all fear of a drought, insures a good crop of hay and grain and also benefits the crchards. Nearly an inch of rain fell in this city between 4 o'clock this morning and 5 o'clock this afternoon. There is every indication that the storm will continue for the night. The rain gauge at the Bank of San Jose registered .72 of an inch at 2 this afternoon, .50 of which had fallen after 10 o'clock. This gauge show 4.92 inches for the season, against 11.5 inches to the corresponding date of last vear. At other points in the county a heav- ier fall is reported, esvecially in the neighborhood of Los Gatos. are ‘shewving an increased amount of water and the mapy gation ditches leading from them are running full During the month of Februcry about two inches of rain has fallen, and all this has come in such a manner that it has sunk into the ground. Should the rain continue another twenty-four hours every stream in the county will - running bank full. The greatest need for rain wads felt on the cattle ranges in the foothills, but the rain this. month has started the grass and Santa Clara Valley will now plénty of feed for its stock. has made a good s*~rt. There was an inclination*to shove the price of hay up the last two weeks, but the rain will keep it from soaring higher if not re- duce it. The rain during the present month has been a great boon to the nurseries, as there was practically no sale .f fruit trees for planting until the last rain. With the assurance that any danger of a drought has been broken there will be many acres planted to trees and vines the coming year. Storm Is Unbroken at Milton. MILTON, Feb. 12—More than two inches of rain has falien here since last | evening and the storm s still unbroken. The wind is blowing strongly from the | southeast, indicating a continuance of the storm through the night. The ground is thoroughly soaked and the gulches are running full for the first time this season, carrying the surplus waters into the reservoirs and reliev- ing the fears of the miners of any short- age for next summer's operations. The stages from Angels and Murphys are stormbound at this place. The drivers report that the small streams are rag- ing torrents and that some of them are impassable. The water in the great Salt Spring Valley reservoir has risen several feet. il gl Plenty of Moisture in Napa. NAPA, Feb. 12.—The heavy downpour of rain which began at noon Thursday continued throughout afternoon and night without cessation and to-day Napa was confronted with the pos- sibility of a flood. The rainfall was 3.65 inches up to 7 o'clock. Factories in East Napa suspended operations at 10 | o'clock this forenoon to allow employes to reach their homes while walking was still good. Up to 7 o'clock this morn- ing 5.20 inches of rain had fallen in St. Helena and at noon the storm had reached the six inch mark. The rail- road track at Bale station was covered by nearly a foot of water. There are indications that the storm is about over. —.— Solano Farmers Are Jubilant. SUISUN, Feb.” 12—The constant downpour of rain, which lasted thirty hours, stopped about 5 o'clock this afternoon. The rain gauge in town shows a fall of 3.73 inches for the storm, making a total of 10.50 inches for the season, against 11.91 inches at a corresponding date last year. orchard section of the county around the foothills the rainfall so far this season is 15 inches, against 1..50 inches lust year. The farmers and orchardists are jubilant over the excellent crop prospects. - Farmers Fear Too Much Rain. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 12.—The rain- storm which started yesterday morn- ing continued throughout the day and last night and has not abated to-day. The precipitation was heavy all over the Sacramento Valley. There was a light flurry of snow in the mountain districts. Farmers and stockmen are rejoicing, saying the rain means there will be heavy crops of grain and plenty of feed. Farmers down in the island districts are beginning to fear already there will be too much rain. B ST, San Lorenzo River Is Booming. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 12.—After a ‘lull of several days rain commenced fall- ing last night and the downpour has been steady all day. The rain has been accompanied by a high wind, causing the bay to be rather rough. The San Lorenzo River and the Branciforte Creek have been booming and are the highest mark this year. Much drift wood is coming down stream and is being speared by a large number of people from the bridges. PP s, Modesto Receives a Small Share. MODESTO, Feb. 12.—It has been raining throughout the county most of the day. At Modesto the rainfall up to 6 o'clock was thirty-five hundredths. On the eastern side of the county the fall was much heavier. At Oakdale an inch and a quarter fell during the day. It was much needed. ARG Clear Skies in San Diego. . SAN DIEGO, Feb. 12.—The rain pre- dicted for last night and to-day has not come and the outlook is unfav- o’clock | The creeks | have | The hay | In the| orable. The sky is clear and the only | indication of possible rain is in the fact that the wind js from the south- west. Sufficient rain has fallen to as-! sure the starting of grain. Cattle have not suffered in this region as they have farther north, though there have been lcsses in some sections. —— Snowsheds Fall Near Cisco. AUBURN, Feb. 12-Four inches of | rain has fallen here in the last thirty-| six hours, making a total for the sea- ! son of twenty inches, as against twen- | ty-four incehs last season to same date. iThe storm has in no way abated and it | is reported that there is lots of snow in the mountains. The weight of the | snow caused some of the railroad snow- | | sheds to fall near Cisco this morning. e 5 i Vallejo Gets Good Drenching. | VALLEJO, Feb. 12—The rainstorm | that set in at noon yesterday has con- tinued without interruption. The sea- son’s rainfall now amounts to nearly | nine inches. The volume of water n the city's large reservoir has been! | greatly increased. The possibility of | a shortage during the coming season | has been removed. | | | - | | Continuouns Rain at Jackson. | JACKSON, Feb. 12.—A heavy rain- ! storm set in last night. It has been | raining almost incessantly for twenty- four hours and still cortinues. The | precipitation during the last twenty- | four hours amounted to more than three inches. i RS Orchards Suffer Some Damage. | SONOMA, Feb, 12 big rainstorm | visited this valley yesterday afternoon | and continued throughout the night, causing considerable damage to the or- chards and vineyards in the lower sec- i tions of the valley. | i) | | Snowing in the Mountains. | OROVILLE, Feb. 12.—Two /and sev-! | enty-eight hundredths inches of rain fell here last night. It is raining very hard to-night and is snowing heavily in the mountains. y —— . — Rain Is Expected at Bakersfield. BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 12.—At 6:30 this evening a few drops of rain fell in this city and at this writing the in- dications are favorable for more before morning. | Slight Rain at San Luis Obispo. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Feb. A southerly wind brought ra@p this even- ing and indications are favorable for { its continuance. SNOWSLIDES CAUS RAILROAD BLOCKADES | Storm Is the Severest Experienced in | February in Nine Years. | The rainstorm yesterday was the | most severe that San Francisco has : experienced in February for nine years. | The rainfall amounted to 2.78 inches. A depth of more than 10 inches was registered on the eastern side of Mount Tamalpais. Shosvers were frequent and violent all day throughout Central and Northern California. The snowfall was unusually heavy in the mountain sec- tions. The storm got as far south as Fresno and then turned toward the east. Last night it was making its way slowly into Utah and Nevada. The water supply for the year will be materially increased by the storm, according to Professor McAdie of the ‘Weather Bureau. Southeasterly winds i with clearing weather is the prediction { for to-day. The severity of yesterday’s storm was | keenly felt along the central line of | the Southern Pacific Company, where | considerable damage was done to the | snow sheds and traffic interrupted. Ad- | vices received at the office of the man- | ager of the company yesterday I“El'-; noon were to the effect. that trouble was being experienced in the snow sheds as a result of slides. The storm showed its strength in the Sierras dur- ing the night and the reports received at the railroad offices were that the snow line had extended to Orel, which is the first station this side of Blue Canyon. A slide went through the sheds a quarter of a mile east of the Butte Canyon bridge, between Crystal Lake and Cisco. About fifty feet of the side of the sheds was crushed in. Work trains were immediately dis- patched to the scene, but it was stated at the compan: s offices late yester- day afternoon that it was uncertain when the blockade would be raised. Dispatches Teceived last evening| stated that several other slides had) occurred along the Central Pacific line | and that many hundred feet of shed | sidings had been caved in. KEast o!! Smarts there are 300 vards of lhedl.’ down, and it is reported that at Lake: view 230 yards of sheds have collapsed. Heavy rains on the mountain sides caused the slides, which have not only interrupted railroad traffic. but de- stroyed telegraphic communication. A large force of men was sent out yes- terday by the telegraph companies to repair the damage to their lines. { Train No. 3. due here yesterday morn- ' ing, passed through the sheds a short while before the slide occurred, and train No. 6, leaving here the night pre- vieus, was also successful. Trains Nos, 1 and 5, scheduled to arrive here yes- terday afternoocn, and No. 4, leaving yesterday morning, were not so fortu- nate and are now in the blockade. Manager James Agler is at the scene of the trouble directing operations. The weather reports of the Southern Pa- | San | ternational ENDS CAMPBELL WILL CONTEST Judwe Rhodes of San 'Josc'I)is- misses Petition to Prevent Distribution of $180,000 Sk E 2 N COURT'S DECISION FINAL Sustains Demurrer of Hawaii- an Millionaire’s Widow and Annuls Gear’s Guardianship g SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.—The attempt to | inaugurate a contest of the will of the late James Campbell, the Hawaiian millionaire, was quashed in the Supe- rior Court here to-day. H. L. Gear of Francisco hud been appointed guardian ad litem of the minors, Muriel and Mary Campbell, and sought to have a decree of distribution of $180,000 to the trust created by the will set aside and divided among the heirs. Gear was acting In opposition to Mrs. Campbell-Parker, mother of the chil- dren, and at his own instigation. demurrer Gear was charged with work- ing in his own Interests and against thg heirs. It is claimed he had obtained his appointment of guardian by fraud. Judge Rhodes sustained the demurrer of Mrs. Campbell-Parker and dismissed | the petition without leave to amend. He also annulled the appointment of Gear as guardian. The court declared had it known that Gear's former ap- pointment had been worked he would not have granted the petition. This ends all action in the contest. —_—————— STEAM SCHOONER FULTON REPORTED TO BE AGROUND Tug Sent to Her Assistance Is Unable to Reach Her Owing to Heavy Seas, MARSHFIELD, Feb. 12.—The steam schooner Fulton, lumber-laden, bound from the Columbia River to San Fran- cisco, which put into Port Orford last Saturday on account of.a shortage of fuel, is now reported on the beach with her mainmast and her deckload gone. She will probably be a total loss, but the crew will undoubtedly get ashore. Owing to the heavy seas the tug Co- lumbia, which went to her assistance, could do nothing. The telephone line between here and Port Orford is down. | M AR S Indicted Bank Officials Give Bail. TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 12.—John Dy- sart, president of the suspended In- Bank of Nogales; R. Al- lyn Lewlis, vice prsident, and L. H. Rhuart, director, were released from the Santa Cruz County jail to-day on bonds. Cashier Swain will be brought to this city to-morrow on a writ of habeas corpus. The officials of the bank have been in jail for the last two weeks, Ina| WOUND WIPES OUT MEMORY Aa 6 Lod Veteran of Mexiecan War Dies at Everett Without Selving Mystery of His Early Life bedalorie | T. E. LYTLE PASSES AWAY —_— Hurt in Battle When Young Man, He Is Never Able to Re- call Name or Whenee He Came B & 0 TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 12.—Captain T. E. Lytle died last night at the County Poor Farm at Everett, where | he had been for about a year. He was | 81 years old and had lived in Snoho- mish County for thirty years. Lytle was a veteran of the Mexican War. Twenty years ago he applied for a pen- sion for his services and at that time told a peculiar story. He said that during a battle he was struck on the head by a lance and lef: unconscious | 021 the fleld. He was found and cared for by Sistefs of Mercy, but his mem- ory of all prior evenits was compietely | gone. Lytle did not know where he | had come from, could not remember his name and in fact knew nothing about his former life. To the day of | his death his most intimate friends learned nothing from him regarding his life prior to the Mexican War. He | aid not receive his pension until 1599, | owir. to the difficulty in obtaining | proofs. He lived for some time in a | small shack near Everett, but his | health became poor and he was re- | mov.d to the Everett Iiospita! and | lates to the County Poor Farm. Lytle's wound on the head rendered him very eccentric pichinc st S R Crops Are in Excellent Condition. | STOCKTON, Feb. 12.—Rain fell quite | steadily all day, ending in a drizzle | early this evening. The fall since 4:30 | p. m. yesterday amounts to 1.44 inches, | making 6.21 for the season, as against | 6.96 last year. Heavy raing fell in other | parts of the county also and crops are | now In excellent condition. The heavy | fall of snow and rain in the foothills | caused the streams to rise rapidly to- | day, and to-night water is running over | the Southern Pacific bridge at Holden, {on the Miiton branch, but no serious damage 18 looked for. —————————— Recelver Is Appointed. | CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—Upon the pe- | tition of a stockholder, who alleges “fraudulent mismanagement,” Judge | Kohlsaat of the United States Court | to-day appointed a receiver for the | Model Gold Mining Company. The | receivership follows closely the held- ing of Frank and John Jager to the Federal Grand Jury They are re- spectively president and secretary of | the company. cific Company received up to 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon showed that the fall of snow in the mountains hag been heavy, a gratifying piece of neWws for the mine ewners. Although the.rain had not reached Bakersfield, -it .wase cloudy and sprinkling as far south as Sanger. In the northern part railroad territery there had been heavy rain and plenty of snow. i RAINFALL IN OAKLAND. HEAVY Largest Precipitation for Twenty-four Hours Since 1849 Is Recorded. OAKLAND, Feb. 12.—The country in the vieinity of Oakland and the neigh- boring towns is flooded by the down- pour of the last twenty-four hours, and while no great damage was done serious 1esults were narrowly .averted in a number of instances. The electric train of the new Key Route ferry service lost a trip on ac- count of the flooding of its tracks on Adeline street, between Emeryville and Lorin Station. Onme train had its mo- tors badly burned through their com- ing in contact with the waters on the | track, which were banked up owing to a cut necessitated by the grading. The 10 o'clock train was laid off and workmen sueceeded in draining the fooded section so that the service was not with interfered with further. The Oakland Transit Company's en- | gine rooms, located at Twenty-fourth street and Oakland avenue,. were flood- ed 2nd a rise of a few inches more | would have necessitated the shutting down of the works and the stopping of all traffic of cars into the Piedmont of the | -+ | district. The flood at this point was caused by the taking out of an old stormi sewer which in past years car- ried off the surface water. In grading | the street at this point some time ago the scwer was filled up with the result thet the water gradually flooded the district. Temporary drainage averted the necessity of stopping the engines at this point. The 1ainfall of the last twenty-fous hours is said to be the greatest that has occurred since 1849. According to the observations of H. M. Sanborn 5.11 inches has fallen, making a total pre- cipitation for the year 16.06 Inches, a< comparcd to 15.78 inches for the cor- respondi; date it year. The ranfall was so heavy that a ze portion of Telegraph and San Pable .venués and a portion of K Oakland were under water this m - DERAILED. | Rising Waters Cause Wreck of Sam Ramon Train at Willow Creek. BERKELEY, Feb. 12.—The Ramon traln, outbound from Walnut | Creek, was derailed this morning | while crossing the bridge at Walnut | Creek. The suvports, which were put | in while the bridge was being changed | from a wooden to a steel structure were washed away, by the rising wa- | ters and the engine crashed through |the weakened woodwork. The gine sank seven feet. the engineer | jumping to save his life after apply- | ing the brakes. The line was blocked for about six hours. o= NINE TIMES QUT OF TEN ITS CAUSED BY CONGESTION. Allcock’s the simplest, easiest and most common complaint. 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