The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 29, 1904, Page 7

\CISCO CALL, MONDAY. FEBRU r NUMBERS :-"HE YR AT CAPITAL zz 20 3 |§:1llt|/‘1< of Sacramento Are o' 3131 # Indignant Over Lurid Re-| 20 gous 23‘ ports of Impending Peril - ©! From the Rising Waters o o o = 82 1 L : : :‘1 LEVEES PREVENT e :" AN INUN IF\I'IH\ 30 - - - % Situation in the Lowlands . B Beyond Is Not Improved jocie 1 and Thousands of Aeres i Covered by River's Spread ) numbers on each i g capital prize of $00,000 . 36 to 8826, inclusive, Special Dispatch to The Call side of the number g & "300 num. | SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 28.—Re- of §20.000 $40; 7. inclusiveq being 50 ? number drawing cap | ports received from the mountains and valley points to-night, while showing no further fall of snow or rain, indi- cate that the weather is still cloudy and threatening and that the flood PRIZES 1 and ninety-nine numbe: ng the last two figures ¢ 408 the capital prize of $6 B 4138 s endinz with 6 being the | situation can scarcely be said to have s50 obne number drawing the | improved to an appreciable extent. deed, it is a question whether a season of good, weather might not be as di trous as continued storms, for a warm sun would cause the snow to melt and further increase the flow of water from the mountains into the tributaries of the great Sacramento River, already pressing against its banks where it has not actually broken them The citizens of Sacramento, rvised the of the Benefice fy that imbers wh 80,000 ndivid- ually and through the newspapers, 3 .| are expressing indignation at the lurid ; Benficencia (R. Company | reports sent out concerning the situa- » EAN FRANCISCO. ORGANIZED MAY tion here. 2 been in the high water danger nc within two feet of WA s, and will i the not until it has fir: whole valley clear up to th hills of the Coast Range, a contingency which will probably nev sent its Yolo basin is capable of carryl Eureka, | MOst of the excess water. As f San Luis | in The Call heretofore, the ot is simply that there been a bad break in Reclamation District south of the city, and that it flooded probably ) acres of richest nd in the State. It is fror ha; bt ckwater distar and would rea and probably- cov m wise that true h serves leaving the city wd AT Sacrame re not to minimi wards br d th PAY-ACCORDI : \ to futu OF THE HONDURAS -NATIONALAND. sufferers for the most j are ENE : well-to-do and can stand the loss. In- BENEFICENCIACOMPANIES, deed, little sympathy is expressed for the wealthy planter allowed 121 GEARY STREET. S.F. BN e iy e point which former experiences should have taught them was e i to every freshet. River men freely de- clare that had proper precautic n taken the pr lamity could have been averted. he levee illowed to remain practically unguarded and the story is printed to-night that at its inception one vegetable gardner re- tusdd to stop the break with a couple of bales of hay on the ground that the hay- cost too much. A former Supervisor said Call correspondent to-night 1t for twenty years the scene of the break was known to be a weak point in the but during all that time prac- a nothing had been don to strengthen it. S HOLD ME NG, s of the flooded district held a meeting this afternoon nd opened bids for the driving of piles and the placing of brush to prevent further erosion of the banks. The bids for the work were as follows: Jame Touhey of S amento, $2600; Clark & Henry of Stockton, $3275; Darby Laydon, $2§ Laydon w awarded the contract and said he would complete the work in six d time. It realized that the r]nvmg loading cartridges. of the break, while important, will SEE not relieve the lands of the waste of RS WPPwe mecpily: THed water which has already spread over them to a depth of three or four feet. The water may have to be pumped. A grewsome situation has developed as the result of the flood. The various located south of the Y THAT HAN PITTS PITTS. firw-'_ above Powell Francisco. 1008 ,\tarkr £ in the flooded district. \lnnumsn\s ard vaults may be seen rising specter like out of the water, while humbler wooden boards, loosened from the earth, have become part of the flotsam of the tide that is sweep- ing over the brgad submerged area. | But* worse still, several funerals are | announced for to-morrow and the in- terments, if attempted at all, cannot | be made except in the water and with Sore Throat a0 | boats for hearses. Bronchltls | The city owns a mortuary vault in ‘ which bodies mav beghoused to await interment, but this vBhit is submerged and cannot be used. The Creed Hay- | mond vault is still high and dry and it {is probable that the private | will consent, in deference to the senti- | ments of the bereaved families, to al- low the dead to be received therein until the water recedes from the cem- etery and interments can be made in | the usual manner. TRACKS UNDER WATER. At railroad headquarters to-night it wag announced that trains were run- ning everyvwhere excent between Oro- ville and Marysville, is twenty overland passengers are obliged to un- dergo a nerve-racking experience on the main line between Webster and Positively cured with Dr. Hal- pruner's Wonderful Medicine, or your money returned. Price, 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. For sale by all dealers and at office of Halpruner Medical Mfg. Co., 98 California St., S. F., sent by | mail or express. People cured free of charge from 1to 4 p. m. water from the Tule basin sweeps over the tracks to a depth of two inches. The trains go througk the water very | DR.PIERCES £3 Go lDEN cautiously, and white ordinarily the | 00 run from Davisville to Sacramento is ‘m MEDICAL made in twenty-five minutes, it now 20 Dlsco ERY takes fifty-five minutes. "‘:" | A m;uageflwas recel|ved here to-day from New Hope stating that thous- 2 | BLOODALIVERLUNGS.]| | fiis of acres of land are beis finoded 20 in that vicinity by the flood waters 20 | from the Mdkelumne River. . Much un- 0 oron1 > easiness is also felt at Isleton and | 20 62220 w| other Sacramento River points below 20 42352 20 | the flooded districts. The river, how- 20 ._-'»e 40 | ’ 4 l ever, is gradually lowering, thus re- "“;g. / ducing the danger of further breaks, 20 unless the present unsettled weather - 1008 6‘ brings new complications. 100 Reports received to-night say that > 4 the flood waters of the lower Sacra- 0 ¥'S READY RELIEP has stood | mento River have flooded Sherman 1% | urmmd belur;! l"le putlnllc 'fl: 50 s iss Island and Tyler Island, and that half Pain Remedy. instantly relieves qul 20 | Eires ‘il Cotds, Sore Throats, Inuenza. Brot “,,."’,",’,,:,f.é‘,‘i ‘,f,"fi’.,"‘.fl,;‘ d;uu ’,‘R’;fi 40 | chitis, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, 20 | Headache, Toothache and all pain. Internally only by putting a hundred men at work 20 | for Malaria and all Bowel Pain. All druggists. | with sacks. The wires are working owners where the water | inches above the track. The | Mikon, west of Sacramento, where the | PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND. It Was Like >t a Kmd Blessing. PAYNE THANKED | BY ROOSEVELT President Praises Postmas-| ter General for Vigorous| Prosecution of Ufi'emlers’ s mowes PAINE'S ‘CELERY COMPOUND.” GOVERNOR RACES T0 FOIL, MOB Mississippi Executive Saves RI',\\['LTS Negro Murderer From the | Cheerfully-—Qratefully—I Join My Voice With the Thousands Who Are Praising Summary Vengeance of Executive Says Wi ork Accom- | was W“:m;’mu:,_‘;“ -°F | moreand: ot dyspeptica evers day | | Enraged White Citizens| plished Redounds to Credit | as it 'is marvelous. . Sick headache, pal- % ¥ Milwaukee, Dec. 18, 1903.—“Through a | pitation. dizziness and heartbufn are Treioe of the Whole People friend I was advised to take Paine’s Cel- | usually relieved by a single dose of ‘ ““ "\‘I‘:-\' .\"I'\TF i " ery Compound for stomach trouble, with | Paine’s Celery Compound. AT I e HEAD OF TROOPS Rail Collision Delays His; Special Train, but He Ar- rives in Time to Prevent a WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The Presi- | dent yesterday sent the following letter | to Postmaster General Payne: WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, Feb My Dear Postmaster General: While all the worl of the Postoffice Department and the De- | partment of Justice in connection with the | | postal frauds is not yet over, there is already | 10 the credit of the departments and therefore 5 “IT HAS MADE ME A WELL WOMAN." . o - s i - ! primartly tc your credit such an amount of Burning at the. Stake| it dievesent tha's tats thin op- | AR A | portunity to congratulate you personally on it. | it is impossible to expect that corruption wili | not occasionally oceur in any Government; the | vital point is the energy. the fearlessness and | | Special Dispatch fo The Call | = | JACKSON, Miss., Feb. the etficiency with which such corruption is | Vardaman, whose open opposition to. CUt out and the corruvtionists punished. The =3 of the prosecutions in this case as ared - with previous experiences in prose- | < Government officials who have been | of malfeasance is as the black race *has been_ the subject of much discussion, saved a negro from a mob that had threatened to burn suilty noteworthy as it is gratifying and must be a or misfeasance the culprit at the stake. With the aid fource of encouragement o all men who be- | e 2 oy | lleve in deceny and honesty in public life of two companies of troops, the GOV- | What has been accompiished by b ernor dashed across the Stdte on a ' those who have worked under —ou In partment and redcunds to by the Denartment o special train and arrived in Batesville . by the Denartment o people in time (o rescue Albert Baldwin, Who ! 44 s a signal triumph for the cause of popu- was guarded by the Sheriff and a few : lar government. It 1ption goes unpun- from a mob that clamored for | ished in popular g nt then W ! by the people will u)Umdle' 3 | are the best friends of th | 1t evident that whoever in »d yvesterday at | conmection with nublic off d Batesville for the murder of an engine- of clvil driver named Fogarty. He confessed hed with unsparing vigor. his guilt, but declared that he had acted | ° in self-defense. A mob from Tutwiler Baldwin is safe to- prepared to deal quick vengeance, and | L. vno o : ot it was announced that Baldwin would | FINDS PLACER BED £ A be burned at to-day. The NEAR CAMP MEEKER S g that he would be! — e the negro's life, tele- | S. E. Ballard, # Mining Man, Makes That Promises Rich | Results, | Governor for assistance. | Discovery S DELAY. H R R R peeeecssssecsssssrssess srsecttsscsessssce seseses The Governor and Adjutant General| CAMP MEEKER, Feb. 28.—S. E. Bal-| § MRS. MARY XENNEY, Milwaukes—Paine’s Celery e Fridge left here at 10 o'clock last night. | lard, a well-known mining man and well when her whole system was deranged by chromic dyspepsia. At Grenada there was collision be- | capitalist of luvuumm* County, has RPN D *ssssssssssssssssssssss s tween a v.owm train and e special gjscovered what promises to be a valu- S il i and the : were shaken up and ghle heq of placer gold on his land near | which I was aflicted for years. My food “IT IS WONDERFUL.” the Governor was bruised. It Was this place. The first showing is rich | had lost taste _— the engine-driver was 1ot and it s near a well-defined quartz T '”r'r'”;" i s s [ Her Weak Nerves Aze Fod and mevuiny e negro, an ® ledge. Mining exverts have for a long N by Paine’s Celery Compound. Rogie oot '{25 time believed that this country is rich - made in fifty minutes, | 10 placer deposits, as many pieces of 1963—"% rich float rock have been found from the end of the trip was reached Ballard made his discov- ety time to time. Johnston, with fifteen men, was | ¥ @ short distance north of Occl- =0 . ding the jail. When the Governor - Compound. Tt ling unrefreshed. and the troops arrived the negro was % man MRS. \I\R\' K tite and | was rapidly turned over to the chief executive. Boilermalkers on Strike. mlf about Paine’s Governor Vardaman made a speech ~LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28.—The num-| Dyspepsi e Y to about 100 persons who had gathered ber of boilermakers on strike at the foem. mow . Juily sestersd the railway station, in which he "{n ket thom tof Basios madigen & Southern Pacific shops in this city is k “m e upholding the law. Sheriff Johnston ::;dq:x;.:;::»):lzha:ni‘nr';u.'-mn:n:»\:mfmr- or mervousness to use made a short reply, and within a few (heSame reason that induced the affalr 7ZIE RAITNER, 1443 8. minut the special train, with the u';rt B oF "; Southern Pacific to 4 negro, was on its way back to Jackson. i‘"‘ikf”,‘,h‘ mr‘;m'am, tiac 1 will be B, e ....:;(;;..".‘;m:‘:nm";“ COLORED MAN'S PROTEST. | able to open the shop on Monday as Bave a0t the | wows cure the CAUSE - thes BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 28.—The | usual. Ealbtiaand | I . o O, G T Age-Herald to-morrow will publish the R G BT | & cure of the |} Dulemeutn B B Reng following letter from Booker T. Wash- No Flood at Nava. the digestive | § erer of Paind's Celery Compound. . ington: NAPA, Feb, 25.—Napa has had an | OT88ns and t an system PTG ISy “'Within the last fortnight three mem- bers of my race have been burned at the stake: of these one was a woman. Not one of the three was charged with any crime even remotely connected with the abuse of a white woman. In every case murder was the sole accusa- tion. All of these burnings took place in broad daylight, and two of them oc- fortunately The rainfall abundance of rain, but there has been no flood. u USEIEN‘PL TIVoL '!0-"0-'! AT »f Johann S | AMU’SEMENTS. COLUMBIA FAREWELL. i1 for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock Saturday evening was sixty- five hundredths, a total for the season | of nineteen and a half inches. The total for last season was fifteen and thirty- two hundredths. SAR FRAN QCC‘! LEADING Iflflm OPEIU\ HOUSE. MATIN | Magnificent Revival | curred on Sunday afterncon in sight of | oo a Ghristian churc H NEW ADVEBTISEMENTS. i . hese barbarious scenes are more DS MR R T SRR | disgraceful and degrading to the people | (HIMSELF) = the t rural drama, THE who inflict punishment than to those NO MORE DANDRUFF. | who receive it % “If the law is disregarded when a MNewbro's Herpicide Destroys the Pestif- fll n Hn M ESTEAD | negro is.concerned, it will soon be dis- erous Cause of Annoying Dandruf. regarded when a white man is con- Does your head itch? Is your coat or .ast time next Sunday night cerned. dress full of white flakes after dressing ° ‘Worst of all, these outrages take your hair? That's the effect o | " ‘e in communities where there are Is vour hair thinnin Are “THE GIRL YOU LOVE" e A Resaantie Ogeva. tn Thoee Acls jan churches—in the midst of | DINE to get bald in s i el I SECRL A T e o yple who have their Sunday-schools, | T°ady. in fact rapiary be 5 : i 3 v e P D ST, + ' s0. that is the effect of a measly little SiG. DOMENICO RUSSO their Christian Endeavor societies and | parasite that burrows in at the root of | Young Men's Christian Associations; | the hair. and throws up the scalp in dan- The Favorite Tenor. where collections are taken up for send- druff and eats off the hair at the root MATINEE SATURDAY jonaries to Africa and China | Science’s latest dis y i3 a destroyer SECURE SEATS IN ADVANCE ! . rest of the so-called heathen Of that pestiferous germ. That destroy- | She arrives next Monday Usual Popular Prices 25c. S0c and T3a er is contained in no other hair prepara- | Box Sea w tion on earth but Newbro's Herpfeide, | = | e X3 ry it an e convinced. del ul | % | dressing. Sold by leading drllggls!s:‘Snml | Belasco & Mayer, badly on account of the high water | 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpi- Pro t;r:l‘:' cide Co.. Detroi Mich. and it is impossible to get fuller par- ticulars. i oo | CASTORIA | CALIFORNIA TO-NIGHT. Engagement of James s Beautiful Comed "4’10“—.‘(‘. Sat. and _. s MISS II Return A Hern Residengs Believe That All Danger of | Tor Intutd and QXDdre: | SAG gorome g a Flood Is Passed. hildr 3 - STOCKTON, Feb. The residents| 108 Kind You Have M'a’s BH!M" :0’““‘“ Greatest of this city feel confident to-night that | HARBOR HOBBS all danger of a flood is passed. Mor-| Bears the on and Miner channels are falling at | : % - :‘;p:nra(é of an inch an hour and‘(he Signature of A 2 | CEPTIONALLY SPECIAL 23e to Mats.. Sat. & Sun to 30 is carrying off the vast San Joaquin T MONDAY—The Comedy of the Tyrol volume of water without leaving its | | banks. The Mokelumne is alse falling X 2250 WHI‘I'E HUHSE TAVE". and the situation in this county is .-}?;fi{- 1 ‘FlL TNE DON'T l‘AIL ro EuE room. the xurfnfi | PARLOR, the PALM ROOM, the | LOUIS XV PAR- WRITING more hopeful than at any time since the heavy rains began. e lands above Woodbridge are ! still under water, but it is believed that they will be drained within the next | few days unless another storm comes. | No serious breaks have occurred in | any of thé island levees. A close watch | ! is being kept on the barriers and there | is probably no danger of any seriou:‘ flood. | Monday, March 14, “PARSIFAL." Seat sale Mar. 7—Special Prices. GENTRAL-Zz Market street, near Eighth. Phone South S8R IGHT—ALL THIS WEEK. ATURDAY AND SUNDAY. T‘!‘ nsational Eastern Success, {A BREAK FOR LIBERTY Founded on the Famous Pittsburg Tragedy of the Biddle Brothers. ‘The Great Robbery ! The Daring Escape from Prison ! === Th! Bzul! to Death in the Snow ! agrificent Scenery' Novel Mechanical Effects! |VALUABLE VAUDEVILLE .NIRVANA... And Her Statue Horse, “Loki” CIPI'-B“ and Otto; Al Anderson and Bill | Briggs: Filson and Errol; Girard and Gardner; Geo. W. Day: Morris | 20 =0s and Bowen, and Orpheum Motion Pictures. Regular Matinees every Wednesday, Th day, Saturday and Sunday. Prices 10c, OPERA G RAN HOUSE e MATINEE SATURDAY..... s | Good Downpour at Ballard. | BALLARD, Feb. 28.—A gentle rainL has been falling here since yesterday miorning, which by noon developed mtu‘ a generous downpour. Three-fourths | of an inch fell up to 6 o'clock, but the wind, which was blowing steadily from | the southeast, veered to the west and | the storm soon blew over. The rain will | | do much good and the growing grass and grain are in fine condition. for Life with Horse and Evenings. 10¢ to S0¢ | Matinees. ... .. 106, 18e, 23g Next Week — “RIP ‘AV WINKLE." To-night begins the last week. “ROLY POLY?” 1 And Parewell Appearance of e KOLB AND DILL..... The best musical comedy thus far. ADVERTISEMENTS. Hear ‘‘Ramona’ and “‘Dora’ —song hits. ! Our “All Star’ Cast, including Kolb and ’ [ Dill, John Peachey, Ben T. Dillon, Allen Cur- S asler tis, Helen Russell, Nellie Lynch. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. urs- T | T than endure those dreadful sick g b7 o bl { To cure readful sicl mm Monda N THE DELIGHTFULLY DROLL COMEDIAN, | or nervous headaches. bz B =4 ::‘.‘ :" KELLY AND VIOLETTE e AND A GREAT SHOW.... Every Afterncon and Evening in the Heated Theater. It's all in knowing how. In just a few minutes, without any other effects but just to cure the pain— Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills will relieve vou of your suffering. If it's any pain, anywhere, or from any cause, just take ™" Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills And in a very few minutds you will have no further thoughts about either pains or pills, and can go about your business 't" pleasure, tree from suffering or dis- ress. “For years mlls of nervous headache The great musical Svcstss froms the Castus, | FRANK BACON AND HIS OWN COMPANY In Judson C. Brusie’s Comedy Drama, The HILLS OF CALIFORNIA PRICES Zomemooo e Gl i MARCH 2ist—MRS. fISKE First appearance ot Richard F. Carroll and | John P. Kenney. Seats now on sale. Hacing!%flacmg! OAKLAND RACE TRACK NEW CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB, Commencing February 22. Racing Each Week Day, Rain or Shihe. Six or _l.!gr.gzgafg_s paily. | HAROL.D BAUER sharp. ‘would lay me up for two or three days For lptdl.l trains at the track take THE GREAAT PIANIST. a time. I have no more such d.yi. .: S. P. F-fl-y. 3 af ot street, at 12, 12:30, | Concerts To-Morrow and Thursday Nights and take one Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pill, and in | 3 & 1:30 0 smoking in last two Next Saturday Afternoon. 20 minutes it s usually ail gone. 3RS, | 32 Vhich e reerved or ladiee 00 (it LYRIC HALL REC Famang, N. trains leave track at 4:10 and | < SEATS AT SHERMAN, CLAY & CO’S. If you are not satisfled with first box, | 440 ces Har Y . your druggist will return your money, 25 | * > "™ e T riANs rre:, | $2.00, $1.50 and $1.00 bulk. l?%z‘ Coming—HOMER DAVENPORT. SEE THE INTERESTING BABIES INFANT INCUBATORS. ANIMALS FROM ALL CLIMES IN THE Z0O. VISIT THE MYSTIC MIRROR MAZE. AMATEUR NIGHT, THURSDAY. : Children, 3e. IN THB | | S0 | =1 doses, 25 cents. Never sold in T, Secretary.