The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1904, Page 3

IGHTNING D GALES 0 DAVAGE Severe Eleetrical Storm Vis- | L s Marysville and Vicinity md in Several Places Grain Fields Take Fire " LIGHT AND POWER SYNTEMS CRIPPLED iulare. Kings and Fresno Counties. Blowing Down Buildings and Fruit Trees . for storm aht e Th as accompanj & fall of g fre-. " k y direc- < and jumped - ssenting a service was put sion for the time bging., g md 4 ed, came e lightning The -tel badly and t-day repa reports shéw that con L S L € nd that s ruck by 'S £ to snateh- » polt was a LIGHTNING STRIKES TEA hough n d dry reached eighbor- George to t grain ex- drops of which gusts, g es were from r orchards were rhood which, stood w tected by trees, siept west- h M ove between a T € irreparapile age LIFTS RUILDING FROM GROLI'ND. hwest ¢ Tu- ADVERTISEMENTS. BITTERS ble to suppose that ’in re you, too? re< Indigestion, Consti- pation, Poor Appetite, Dyspepsia, Flatulency and Biliousness. Who § ed to find gold can find renewed ‘strength and covrage in their morning cup of J. A. Folger & Co. Established Hall a Century. OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogue and Price Lists Mailed | -on Application. FRESH AND SALT m“'i. :AS. BOYES & (0, Fipwics Butchers, 108 ¥. Tel. Main 1204 LUBRICATING OILS; 41F, Front st., S. Phone Main 1719, . eminTvg. I. C. HUGHES, 611 Sansome st & . ONARD & ELLIS, | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1904 DPYTHIANS PLAN - BIC CARNIVAL Arrange for Street During the Coudng Week EXPECT MANY VISITORS Hundreds of Residents of arby Counties Intend to { Join in the Festivities ! G Speciai Dispat The Cail STOCKTON, June 29.—The nomen of s s social circles are canvassing f ir favorite »dn:hdalr’s f the knights of Pythias’ n big street fair which begins in this city | ~ourth of July and lasts until the following Saturday night. The election is proving one of nost ex- citing popular contests ever held in There are six candidates: Miss Mollie Kuhl, Mi Irene Heck, Mrs. George Merritt, Miss Rosa Mitecher, Mrs. Dr: W. C. Wilcox, and Miss Frances Gillis. The contest oloses Thursday night at 11 o'clock. One of the candi- dat n Miss Heck, is a popular teacher e.pyblic schools and another, Mrs. \cox, i= the wife of .a prominent den- tist, AM of them are members of prominent families The indications fafr be the ckton. The Knights Pythias -charge. ly- advertised from Amador, S slaus xpected here during festixities. 3 Friday will-be Califorriia day and the the street yet held in Rank of the the fair are that biggest Uniform hss will of and a flood of people Calaveras, Tuolumne, other hearby counties, the week of is adjutant g ral of the Natlonal Guard of California will-be present rep- resenting Coverner Pardee. Saturday, the 1 Pyt ghts w from "all. over State: A feature of | his day will be a competithve drill for an elegant trophy by several com- * “panies of the Uniform Rank from dif- varts- of Califor The adju- ill remajn over and act udges of the drill. Stockton have united and Fourth of July the opening of the elebrated jointly. rent and mmitte fair will be street OT TO TRY Acting Governor Apderson Designates Alpine Jurist to Hear the Miller & Lux S SACRAMENTO Ju .~= Acting Gon Anderson hgs designated Su- of Alpine County to try 1perior f Kern County, g been im the past with the affaits litigapts are disqualified from in the_case an ifportant one and in- t.of the defendants to from Kern River. The for a number of yea * tapped the’ riv to securé water for i rigation purpc , ‘and the defendants : to take Water from the stream *take water plaintiffs have Miller & Lux. with which to generate electricity to be transmitted {10 Los Angeles. The defendants intend to returri the water to the stream so that the plaintiffs’ supply will not. be diminished, but the latter contest , defendants’ .right to. do so. — - * lare, a bafn, 100x24-feet, owned by Adolphus Mijtchell, was demolished. A cowshed en the'same ranch was lifted from the ground and blown 100 feet intq the middle of a field of alfaifa. [ Orzo Mitchell, who was driving home to Tagus station from. Tulare, ‘was “ | blown from his seat and.fell .against a | barb wire fence. " He was severely cut in several places and badly bruised. With great difficulty- he managed the horses and kept behind the heavy wagon till the storm subsided and then { Grove home SAN J¢ Jupe 29.—Light showers [ fell here to-day; the wing is.from the | south. e e REAR ADMIRAL JEW i ARRIVES AT GIB! { s | Pacific - Squadron Reaches Bremerton on the Return From Cruise to S Island. June ALTAR WASHINGTON, 29.—The Navy Department Is informed of the arrival ,of Rear Admiral Jewell with the crui s Olympka and Cleveland at Gibraltar to-day from Tangier. | The Pacific squadron, consisting of the New York, Marbléhead, Concord and Bennington arrived at Bremerton vesterday from a cruise to Kiska Isl- and, one of the Aleutian’ group, a dis- {'tance of nearly 9000 miles, by way of Panama and Honolulu. The squadron {is on its way to San Francisco. Rear Admiral Glass, who is now in com- | mand -of the station, will be relieved | by Rear Admiral Goodrich, recently | stationed at Portsmouth, N. H. —_——— CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF CORNER-STONE LAYING SANTA CRUZ, June 22.—The fortieth anniversary of the laying of the corner- stone of Calvary Episcopal Church was celebrated to-day with impressive cere- monies. Right Rev. Bishop William Ford Nichols officiated. Mrs. Fliza C. Boston of Santa Cruz and Mrs. H. M. Tidball of Jolon, who sang at the laying of the corner-stone, ! assisted the choir in the services to- aay. — | Southern Pacific Extension 1s Opened. LOS ANGELES, June 20.—An exten- €ion of the Imperial branch of the Southern Pacific, twelve and a half | miles long, from Imperial, Cal., to Cal- | exico, on the Lower California line, was opened for traffic to-day. The tele- graph line paralieling the new road will be completed within two weeks, 1 —_—— Prisoner Sets Fire to Jail. HAMILTON, Mont., June 29.—The city jaii was destroyed by fire ijast night. It is supposed the fire was started by a prisoner. All of the prisoners were rescued. StocktorsMembers of ()l'd('l’% Fair in | The street fair has been wide- | RIGHTS LITIGATION | |ICITY OF ROSES GIVES WELCOME TO DELEGATES lSeventeenth Annual Convention of the California Christian Endeavorers Is Opened at Santa Rosa Under the Most Auspicious Circumstances —p e { i S WHO HAVE | UAL CONVEN- g (23 < + T SANTA ROSA, June 23.—The seven- -teenth annual convention of the Cali- Christian Endeavorers had an auspicicus opening in this city to-night and it bids fair. to go down in the his- tory of that organization as the most fornia interesting and largest ever held in | this State. | of Roses has been turned » delegates ror ‘the coming Seginning with the open- ing ssion this evening, held in the Atheneum, and closing with the ses- sion Sunday evening next, the entire °n up to the work of the Christian FEndeavor. The pro- .gramme provides for meetings every forenoon, afternoon and evening of the conventicn days. Sunrise prayer meet- ings will be heid. & State President J. E. crowded house when he opened the canvention to-night. The Atheneum was ‘filled to overflowing. The first portion of the service was one of praise, time will be gi White faced a led by J. Fred McMinn, chairman of the music committee. Weicomes were given the delegates on behalf of So- noma County, Santa Rosa, the churches, the local Christian Endeav- or Societies and orers. The visitors were met by sub-com- mittees at way stations on the Califor- nia Northwestern and Southern Paci- fic railways, and presented with small bouquets of cheice flowers. This pretty service was in charge of a bevy of ladies, headed by the Misses Bess and Carlotta McMinn. Aside from the formal welcome and response on behalf of the delegates by Rev. Edwin B. Hayes, former State president, there was music by the Man- darin quartet of San Jose, “The Won- |drcus Cross,” a voc solo by Miss Alice G. McMillin of San Jose, and a consecration service by Rev. Dwight E. Potter of Oakland. Rev. George W. | White of San Francisco delivered an laddress on “The Modern Christian.” EASTERN BUYERS WANT WOOL OF NORTHWEST Fleece in Montana or Wyoming Com- mands High Price Whether On or Off Sheep's Back. BUTTE, —There is/ an Mont., June 29. unprecedented demand for Northwest | wool this season. Representatives of Eastern houses are scouring Montana and Wyoming buying- fleece whether on or off the sheen’s back. According to a reputable wool buyer, 20,000,000 pounds of wool have been secured and the average price for upward of 9,000,- 000 pounds was 17 cents. The price has | not been equaled for a similar amount in years. The remainder of the clips brought a fraction over 16 cents. | One Boston firm has already pur- chased 9,000,000 pounds of wool and its agents are still actively bidding for every pound of fleece in sight. There is not an unsold clip in the State that will run over 60,000 pounds, so brisk has ibeen the demand. Buyers have not waited for public sales to begin at various warehouses, but have dispatch- | ed mounted men to all sections of the State in quest of fleece. Montana will produce about 30,000,000 | pounds of wool this season. —e———————— COLONEL LONG WILL BE PROMOTED AND RETIRED Deputy Quartermaster General Will Go Out With Rank of Brigadier General. WASHINGTON, June 29.—On the | retirement of Brigadier General Peter | C. Haynes on July 6 Lieutenant Colonel Oscar S. Long, deputy quar- termaster general, will be appointed a brigadier general and immediately retired. —_——— | MENTALLY QUALIFIED, BUT PHYSICALLY DEFICIENT Only Eleven Out of Twenty-Five Ap- plicants Are Fit to Enter the Annapolis Academy. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 29.—Out of twenty-five youths who had passed their mental examinati for admis- sion to the Naval Académy and were examined physically to-day, only eleven were successful. The physical examination is said to be unusually Figorous., + WEDS THE DAUGHTER OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL I(‘npmln Fry of Thirteenth Infantry 1 and Miss Mary Maus Are Married. FORT RILEY, Kans., June 29.—At noon to-day Captain Edgar H. Fry of | the Thirteenth Infantry, U. S. A., and | Miss Mary Maus, daughter of Lieu- | tenant Colonel and Mrs. Louis M. | Maus of Fort Riley, were married at the post chapel. | It was one of the prettiest military | weddings ¢ has ever taken place at the post. Captain and Mrs. Fry le for St. Louis, and will soon go to San Francisco,"where Captain Fry is sta- tioned. Captain Frv is a Kansan and was | first lieutenant of Company L, Twen- tieth Kansas, in the Philippine cam- | paign. Four years ago he received a commission in the regular service. S e INSOMNIA DRIVES | YOUTH TO SUICIDE John Sharp Williams, Former Stan- ford Student, Kills Himself With a Rifle. SALT LAKE, Utah, June 29.—John Sharp Williams, aged 24, son of Par- ley L. Wiliams, general counsel for the Oregon Short Line Railway, com- mitted suicide early to-day at his home in this city. Young Williams, who had been suffering from insomnia, sat in an easy chair and put the muzzle of a rifle in his mouth, the bullet tearing out almost the whole side of his head. Williams was formerly a student at the Leland Stanford Jr. University and the Van Rensselaer Institute of Technol- ogy at Troy, N. Y., but was forced to leave school on account of failing eye- sight. ! ——.— POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SOCIETY MAN Prominent Youth in New York and Newport Circles Mysteri- ously Missing. NEW YORK, June 29.—A general alarm has been sent out by the police for Arthur Russell Jeffreys of Ottawa, Ontario. He has been missing from his temporary home in this city since June 12. The young man is well known'in society here and at Newport, No details as to his disappearance are known. e | | that the bulk of those who are taking the Junior Endeav- | LEAVES WIDOW | WITHOUT MEANS Rampart Mining Man Who' Was Supposed tc Be Ver, Rich Dies Almost Penniless — e H AFFAIRS IN BAD STATE Box Thought to Contain Gold Dust Is Found to Be Filled With Nails Special Dispatch to The Call. ! TACOMA,” Wash., June 29.—Instead | of a fortune in gold dust, Robert Hav- en’s strong box was found to contain ! only nails, when it was opened at ! Rampart, following his death late in March. | Haven was considered rich, but de- ! velopments show his financial affairs |to be in a bad state. The first news | the Rampart public had of this was | when his widow told her friends that | she was penniless and wanted assist- | "ance in securing work. Charles Birchler, administrator of | the estate, believes that Haven inten- | tionally left his affaird in a mixed up | condition. His iron box, deposited in { the Northern Commercial Ccmpany's safe, was believed to contain gold dust, | but nails were found in it. In securing | credit for a lot of goods,- Haven had | exhibited a big roll of bills a few weeks | befbre his death. Investigation showed | tHat this roll comprised a large num- | | ber of dollar bills, which Mrs. Haven | subsequently turned over to the ad- ! ministrator for the payment of debts. Haven is thought to have created a | false impression regarding his weaith | as the basis for securing credit while | conducting a large mining engerprise. | 1 — 1 | LOW STEERAGE RATES i | INCREASE BUSINESS | | | A gents Say That Passengers Are Those Who Go to Visit Rela- | tives in Europe. | NEW YORK, June 29.—New rates {in steerage passage eastward already | have resulted in an enormous increase | lof that class of passenger traffic to | | Europe. On some lines cheaper tickets | | have doubled and in many instances | | tripled the volume of business done | | at this season of the year. In some | cases persons who wished to sail this | | week have been told that the steam- | | ships were filled to their utmost ca- | pacity. | | Steamship agents generally agree | advantage of the low rates merely de- sire to pay a short visit to their rela- | tives on the other side and return and | that few are leaving America perma- | nently. —_— tee——— }'lO.VORS FOR REMAINS ! oF | ARCHBISHOP GUIDIT | | Body of Apostolic Delegate to | Pnilippines Will Lie in State at Cathedral. | MANILA, June 29.—The body of | Archbishop Guidi, apostolic delegate {tc the Philippine Islands, who died | "here last Sunday, was conveyed t)- ! day from his late residence to the ca- tkedral. The hearse was followed by the dignitaries of the Catholic church, ! members of the religious orders ani of religious societies and personul | friends of the deceased prelate. The | | followers were led by the Rev. J. J.| | Harty, Bishop of Manila. | The body will lie in state on Fr ! day, when Bishop Harty will condu. | the requiem mass. He will be assist- | |ed by Fathers Dougherty, Hendricks | and Hooker. | L | RABBIS DECIDE FOR i | CENTRAL GOVERNMENT | Conference May Adopt Most Im-; portant Step in the History of , Reformed Judaism. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 29.—The | report of the committee on synod to | the Conference of American Rabbis | Was read to-day. The committee re- { ported in favor of establishing a synod | for the central government of the| church, the most important step since the foundation of reformed Judaism, the congregations having hitherto { been practically independent. The report was not acted upon to- | day, but the indications were that a | majority of the members of the con- | ference will vote to approve it. —_——— FIRST WARBOAT MADE IN MANILA LAUNCHED ! Vessel Named After Lieutenant Who Lost His Life at the Hands of Moro Tribesmen. MANILA, June 29.—The gunboat ‘Woodruff, the first war vessel built by the army here, was launched this morning. She was constructed under the direction of the quartermaster’s departmient, and Mrs. Clem, wife of | Colonel John L. Clem, chief quarter- master, christened the gunboat after Lieutenant Woodruff of the army, who met death at the hands of Moro tribes- men. ——— CLERKS ARE WARNED TO AVOID THE TRACK | Business Houses of New York Will Not Employ Followers of the Races. { NEW YORK, June 29.—Some of the | big life insurance companies and sev- eral of the largest stores in the city have begun a war on race track gam- bling among their employes, [ One company has issued a circular ' notifying its clerks that even their presence at a race course will be counted sufficient cause for dismissal. | e SHIPPERS PROTESTING AGAINST LADING BILL | Formidable Campaign Will Be Com- menced to Pefeat the Railroads’ 1 New ‘Measure. | CHICAGO, June 29.—At a meeting here to-day manufacturers and ship- pers in the territory between Chicago and the Pacific Coast started a cam- paign against the proposed new bill of lading which the various roads in- tend to put into operation on Octo- ker 1. A VETERAN OF THREE WARS CURED ADVERTISEMENTS. BY PC-RU-NA OF STOMAGH CATARRH | Cant. W. W, Jacksn Almost every disease begins with a catarrhal conditi some m cous memb few doses of Peruna in the begir sure to prevent much sickness. at first | “Pe-runa s Infaliib'e for Catarrh of the Stomach.” W. W. Jackson. G Street, | | Captain W. W. Jack ston. D. C N. W.. Wash wr! “I am eighty-three vears old. a veteran | of the Black Hawk, M x'cn and the Civil wars. 1 am by nrofeszion a physician, but long since abardon=d the same. * Some vears ago | was seriously afffictzd with catsrrh of the stomach. My suffer- irgs wers protfractéd and severe. | tried every krown remey without obtaining re- lie?. In desperation | began ths use of ycur Peruna. | began to relize immediat> but graduc! improvament. After the use of three bottles every aocearancs of my cemolaint was removed., and | have no hesi- tation in recommencirg it as an infa’l ble remedy for that dis-rier. | hrve recom- men-ed the same to many cf my friends, | who after maderate use have realized th2 same result. | cannot speak too highly of its great remedial exceilence.”—W. W. Jackson. : N | More Than One Half Ou~ Mis ’re Due \ to Catarrh. It is rare indeed that one bottle of Pe- that Veru the household. Per | More than one-half catarrh. | By catarrh %s not meant simply ca | tarrh of the nose or head. but catarrh of the lungs. stomach, in fact, every organ | of the body | Peruna aets as a ton duges Ithy muecous stomach and.digestiv » because it pro- nembranes in the It immediately begins to brace a per . It bles digestive | organs to do their duty pr | is is why S0 many people have a subetantial tonic A reward of $10.000 has been deposited in the Columbus, Ohio, as a guarantee that that we hold in our possessio During many years' advertising single spurious testimonial in the words the above test als are genuine and » one whose nam= {s appended DAYS’ VACATION! Have a good trip and a long Holiday on the Friday to Tuesday Tickets Leave town Friday Come back Tuesday SOUTHERN PAGIFIC 613 Market Street AGENT CHOSEN FOR COLVILLE RESERVATION Captain John M. Wcbster Has Been Appointed to Succeed the For- mer Official. WASHINGTON, June 29.—Captain John M. Webster, U. A. (retired), has been appointed United States In- NEW at the Colville agency, and will assume his du- The appointment is the | outcome of a recent investigation of the affairs of the agency, the result of | which was the removal of the former | agent under orders of the President. | ————— It is possible to change the entire trend of thought by a timely quotation. ] dian agent | Washington i ties at once. ADVERTISEMENTS. Genuine of July. They are all blocked Optimo shape, with assortment which we have formerly We want to sell them right now while there is a big demand. They are just the thing to wear for your euting on Optimo shape, as pictured on the left. four dents in the crown. Fedora shape, as pictured on the right. Telescope shape, with crown creased in circular form. Any of these shapes for $1.00. Out-of-towen orders filled—zwrite us SNWO0D (0 740 Market Street To-day we place on sale a great quantity of Panamas at $4.00. They comprise an sold at higher prices. 5 Fourth and trimnved ready to be worn.