The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1906, Page 4

CANBLING RIFE IV CHIVATONN PSR Lottery, Piegow and Fantan Flourish Openly and Star- tle Police Commissioners Py B A OFF - erceant and Four Men Are Detailed to Do Work Unsu- ally Done by Ten or More . S LID” 1 S a the g of To sighted sho t that the but the mouth r than for dive hig azenly town was brought that mum»mp and noto- Captain to report nw pervision | ! the sergeant | REDDING'S HAUNTED HOUSE DESTROYED | Flames Wipe Out Structure | With a Remarkably Tragic History. Morris, com- His son was sent to the O. E. Nash, who ust destroyed, died d his wife and her 1 Na committed Before that the old f the lot, was to death be haunted. ——t———e RL IS SHOT WITH GUN PICKED UP BY A PLAYMATE Bullet From Small Rifie Left on Beach by C .nlu- Hunter Plerces Lung. The place LATTL REDONDO, years of age, e lhrxl’ years picked up the rifle rday afternoon. left there by a SCOTT’S EMULSION. " cop LIVER OIL It almost makes youn sick to think of it, but it | isn't nearly as bad as it used to be. The improved | method of refining it makes it much easier to take, and when made into | Scott’s Emulsion almost every one can take Most children like it and all children that are not robust are benefited by it. When the doctor says “Take cod liver oil,” he generally means Scott’s Emulsion; ask him if he doesn’t. They know it is more easily digested and better than the plain oil SCOTT & POWNE, 405 Pesr! Street, New York. “ud” | AGAIN | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1906. LOS ANGELES BECOMES STORM CENTER AND SUFFERS FROM HEAVY DOWIIPUUH Streets Are Converted Into Rivers 'and Much Damage Is Caused by the Deluge. \SUN SHINING IN MANY SEC1IONS OF STATE e — PSR A LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.— o1 ifornia has experienced a downpour of rain for the past twenty-four hours. The storm, which was very general, ceased at noon to-day after a fall of 2.22 inches had been recorded. Other towns from the foothills to the coast report practically the same amount of precipitation, except- ing In & few places where the fgit was heavier. The vicinity of San Luis"Obispo xperienced the heaviest, the rain gauge there recording 3.82 inches for the past Southern Cal- twenty-four hours. The rain did several thousand dollars’ | worth of damage in Los Angeles. When the residents awoke this morning they fc nd the city literally flooded by the uge which had continued steadily throughout the night. All car lines were blockaded, the streets were converted | into rivers, stormi drains were badly dam- { cellaneous damage done. aged, sewers were overflowed, new build- ings were water soaked and much mis- Many build- ings In the lower part of town were flood- | ed and residents discomforted. a8 in the de- | s | were Condon and | One sub-pulice station was flooded by five inches of water and a drunken pris- nearly drowned. A fire engine an- swering a fire alarm went Into a broken storm drain, horses and engine going to the bottom, but were afterward taken out. The demage to the streets of the city will sum up several thousand dol- le oner the country districts the rain has dene but lttle damage and will be of great. value to the farmers. The Indica- tions are for a further fall to-night or -morrow. The season's rainfall is now 7.1 against 5.11 for the corresponding period last year. A RAMPAGE. STREAM O | Gt | Russtan River Makes People of Sonoma end Uncomfortable Night. HEALDSBURG, Jan. 19.—The storm of the last eight days has been the most | severe in the history of this city. The also broken all its pre- r volume, current and will take many days to hed away and de- ck this morning the highest, having risen al- ve feet in the last carried by the stream the piling supporting the owned by the California Raillroad east of this city. ble dam. T ing waters . and the debris broke several piles and twisted the bridge ck for railroad ifornia North- r only ar north as this rain stopping on the side of ite town. The passengers aken to the business sec- s and the mall and baggage are carried around by wagons v wagon bridge, one hun- is of acres of fine orchard and far were inundated early this | morning. All floatable property and miles of fencing were carried off, and many armers lost poultry, pigs and other do- mestic animals. It is figured, however, | | that the damage caused by the overflow be more than made up by the crops sure to follow the soaking of the land’ The Santa Rosa county road leading | 0 this city is impassable, being covered h from four to eight feet of water. The telephone and telegraph companies’ poles washed out, compelling the compa- nies to wire ihto Western Union poles | to resume communication with the out- e world. esterday those owning boats and launches purchased last summer for the | Healdsburg water carnival found a new and unexpected use for them. stream began to endanger their homes | those living along the river brought their boats out and plac them where they | would be available at an instant’s notice. sight of boats conspicuously tied to ches of what were supposed to ranch houses was a novel amtl amusing feature to the oldest settlers here. ng the last eight days the rainfall over 123 imches. Last night Dry to the west of Healdsburg, and a their banl and united, forming an ex- panse of water over a mile wide and sub- merging many of the finest fruit ranches in Dry Creek Valley. Some little damage was done. Yesterday the California Northwestern Railway lost over 150 yards of track north of Geyserville. The Russian River played havoe in Gey- serville. At 10:30 o'clock last night the families residing mnear its treacherous | banks were in grave danger. Several wired to Healdsburg asking that boats be sent immediately that they might have some means of getting out of their houses. . It has been learned since that a few houses were washed away. All the boats that could well be spared were sent to the re- ll‘ of imperiled Geyserville. 2B e | LOSS WILL BE HEAVY, Storm King Plays Havec in Vicinity 1 of Ukiah. UKIAH, Jan. 19,—Rain ceased falling last night and for several hours this morning there was sunshine, but the sky | 1s again overcast. The barometer is re- ported to be rising and it may clear. | There was a slight frost this morning. | The reports that have come in so far show that the loss to the county for bridges will be close to $100,000, if the other sections of the county have farea no better than this. The Feliz Creek bridge and the Russlan River bridge at Largo went out first. The Russian River bridge at Calpella is reported out. With these gone travel by road is cut off from both the north and the south. The ratl- | road bridge at Redwood Valley went out | last night and the train for Willits this morning was unable to get through. The long trestle on the railroad near Hop- land has gone out and the track is cov- ered with slides. Ukiah is therefore with- out rallroad communcation and it will { nold be possible for trains to get through to-day. The greatest rainfall for the storm was during the twenty-four hours ending at § o'clock last evening, when 5.20 inches | fell. The loss of cattle by the heavy | weather will be very great. Sheep are i in particularly poor condition and cattie L. |are not much better off. The river is reported going down. EAR A TR RAILROAD IS DAMAGED. Tracks of California Northwestern Washed Out and Bridge Injured. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 18.—The Califor- nia Northwestern Railway suffered heavy damage by the recent storm, wash- outs occurring in several places in this and Mendocino County. No trains will be able to reach Ukiah before Sunday on account of the track being washed out between Cloverdale and that point. The approach to the south end of the big steel bridge across the Russian River at Healdsburg was badly dam- aged and moved almost a foot out of alignment last night by the force of the rushing water. President Foster and other officials of the road, with a wr crew and piledriver, spent the greater part of the day at the bridge, eight | The weight of | When the | running through town overflowed | | | | | | 1 The storm which for the lmst eight dayx has raged in the northern and central part of the "State shifted to the far wouth before subsiding, and the sunny southland was given a record-hreaking drenching. In Los Angeles considerable dam- oge was doune, but, on the whole, the result was benefi- cial. In this end of the State the flood following the week’s downpour caused heavy losses, principally to the railroads. * 0 repairing the damage. Traffic on the electric road was delayed some three hours this morning, but all trains are now running on time. The rallroad bridge on Austin Creek, between Caza- dero and Duncans Mills, on the North Shore, went oyt last night. Several families residing on the lowlands along the river were compelled to seek high- er ground last night and in'a few cases this was accomplished with con- siderable difficutly, but no loss of life or serious damage occurred. The weath- er is now cold and clear, and the waters are rapldly receding. RIVERS ‘Waters of Feather d Yuba Do Com- siderable Damage Before Falling. MARYSVILLE, Jan, 19.—The flood situation here is greatly improved this evening. The Yuba and Feather rivers are falling fast. The city experienced no trouble from the levees, although the water was higher than ever before. The destruction of a portion of the wagon bridges over the Feather and Yuba rivers was the most serfous work of the freshet. The street-car service | to Yuba City cannot be resumed until one span of the bridge is rebullt. Travel to the south has been cut off by the destruction of forty feet of the Yuba bridge. A special train was run to Tu- dor this evening to meet the San Fran- cisco train and bring the passengers and mail. Rallroad travel probably will be resumed to-morrow, although there are still six feet of water on the Oro- ville tracks. All stage routes will re- sume service Monday at the latest. A e ey COLUSA CALM AGAIN. ARE SUBSIDING. Much Damage Done to Crocker Ranch and Big Levee. COLUSA, Jan. 19.—The rain and wind storm that has been raging since last Thursday, except for about two days, to an end about 10 o'clock last Up to the time that the storm in came nig! commenced to break the rain fell | torrents and the wind blew a gale. The | | sky is clear to-day and the sun lhlnlng brightly. The Sacramente River regis- | tered 26.2 feet this morning, and Is ris- ; ing. - There are jine large breaks in | the Crocker levee on the east side, and | | water is still pouring in on the ranch. | Tha south end of this levee probably | will be cut to-day to let the water | drain off into the low tule lands. The | damage to the graln planted by the | Crockers and other people who ' had rented the land is estimated at $35,000. The damage to the levee will amount to $15,000. \ e SUN SHINING AGAIN. Beams Upon Swollen Streams and Flooded Lands Near San Jose. SAN JOSE, Jan. 19.—With a down- pour like a cloudburst the storm dis- solved last night, and the sun this morning rose in a blue, unclouded sky. The streams are running more water than at any time for several years, and' in places they have overflowed their | banks. The Coyote River is now within less than a foot of the county Berry- essa bridge, and is still rising. The lands below are flooded and several farm houses are surrounded with | water. On the whole, however, the damage Inflicted by the storm has been slight compared with its immense bene- fits. The rainfall to date Is 6.25 inches, of which .82 fell last night. . ——— SOQUEL IS INUNDATED. Town Is Flooded and Mill on Creek Is ‘Washed Away. SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 19.—The Loma Pieta mill, on Hinckley Creek, was washed away last night by a flood. Eleven men were forced to run up the mountain to escape from the water. The loss caused by the destruction of the mill is $25,000. The town of Soquel was also fnun- dated last night and several families were forced to flee from their homes for safety. The branch line between ‘Watsonville and Santa Cruz has been tied up by a washout at Laguna, where two feet of track has been carried away. bl LT FROST FOLLOWS STORM. Heavy Downpour Ceases Suddenly at Red Blaff. RED BLUFF, Jan. 19.—The storm cleared very suddenly last night and there was a heavy frost this morning. It clouded again in the northwest this | morning, which is indicative of more | rain. the streams emptying into | the Sacramento River, both north and south of Red Bluff, are swollen to thelr | utmost and at 9 o'clock the Sacramento River gauge showed a depth of 25 ft | 3 in. The rain was warm and fell far | back in the foothills, causing the snow | | to melt rapidly, which is responsible | for the rise in the river. e G Sl 2 UPPER LAKE SUFFERS. Three Feet of Water in Main Street of Town. LAKEPORT, Jan. 18.—The storm the)| last two days was the heaviest of the | season. The rainfall for the twenty- | four hours ending at 8 o'clock this morning was 3.35 inches. The rain fell | so fast that the valleys were covered ; with a sheet of water. At Upper Lake | the water was three feet deep in Main street, but no particular damage was done. The total fall for the storm is 18.20 inches and for this reason 17.52 inches against 17.85 at the same date last year. e SHOWER ENDS STORM. Pleasant Weather Again Greets Resi- dents of Redding. REDDING, Jan. 19.—There is at least | a temporary cessation of activities in the battle of the elements. To-day was as pleasant and warm as a typical Cal- ifornia spring day. The storm broke with an unusually heavy downpour of rain about 7 o'clock last evening. By midnight the clouds had rolled away, and during the morning hours a heavy frost - was n The precipita- | tion for the huntv-tnnr hours ending u 7 oe|oo§ ornll., was 155 here fell rapldly to- S IR day and 18 not far from its normal winter mark. Indications to-night are that there will be a spell of good ‘weather. i o ADOBE WALLS FALL. Rain Causes Structure Adjoining Old Mission to Collapse. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan. 19,—The ‘se- vere storm this morning caused the walls of an old adobe building adjoin- ing the historic Mission church to col- lapse. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Levar werd occupying the room and they narrow.y escaped being buried in the debris. The northbound trains were delayed ten hours by a washout at Conception. Had this not been discovered in time | the first train would have rolled over into the ocean. Three and a quarter inches of rain fell during the storm. The sun has been shining all day, and it is thought that the storm has abated. i R EVERYBODY IS SATISFIED. Rain Brings Cheer to Tillers of Sofl Near Folsom, FOLSOM, Jan. 19.—The seven days storm just ended has made a big dif- ference In the appearance of this part of the State. The hills are green with new grass and orchardists, vineyardists and stockmen are satisfied. Indications are that the coming season will be one of prosperity for all. About nine inches of rain fell during the week. Jeamigoals DROWNED DURING GALE. Foreman of Dredger Is Blown Off Pilot-House. LODI, Jan. 19.—Ed Franklin, fore- man on the Merritt Island dredger, working at Newhope, was blown off the | pilot-house of the dredger last night. The foreman was the only man on the | dredger to venture to the pilot-house during the gale. He was last seen at 8 o'clock. No trace of his body has been found, although a searching party started out at daylight. 2 AT BREAKS RAIN RECORD. Precipitation in Siskivou Greatest in History of County. YREKA, Jan. 19.—Although the snow fall has not been so heavy as that of the winter of 1901, the precipitation to date is the greatest in the History of the county for the time. Over 10.40 inches of rain fell in the last eight days. Eeiig e SKIES AGAIN ARE SMILING. Storm Comes to a Sudden End After Eight Dreary Days. After eight days of almost continuous rain the skies cleared yesterday and the air resumed its winter crispness. The sun shone brightly all day, and at night the indications were in favor of another air day. The storm came to & sudden and unexpected end as the result of un- usual conditions which baffled the skill of | the expert meteorologists. The counties south of Tehachapi re- ceived a good drenching. A great deal of moisture was desired in that section of the State and the downpour was wel- come. At Los Angeles 2.18 inches of rain | fell in thirty-six hours. At San Dfego almost three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in the same- period. Southern Ari- zona received showers and the northern part of the territory was visited by a severé snowstorm. The wind had veered to the north last night and Professor McAdie sald there was a possibility of frost. The tempera- ture in Northern Névada fell 15 degrees yesterday and eastbound travelers may beware of cold weather in consequence. The river situation was somewhat im- proved. It is not probable that there will be an overflow unless more rain comes. At Marysville the river was 216 feet in depth, at Colusa 26.5 feet, and at Sacra- mento 23.2 feet and rising. It is not ex- pected that the northern rivers will rise any further from the effects of the storm just ended. Professor McAdie wishes to state to those who have noticed the absence of weather reports from Bureka that both the Sunset and Western Union wires have been down for ten days, and that it is impossible at present to get an accur- ate report on conditions in Humboldt County’s metropolis. The rains there, however, have doubtless been heavy. GIRL WOULD RATHER BE WITH HER FATHER Bertha Newberg Asks Court to Take Her From Mother. Spectal Dispatch match to The Call REDDING, Jan 15.—Bertha Newberg, the sixteen-vear-old girl who dlsappeared from her home at 7 Bowle avenue in San Francisco, on January 15, is in Redding with her father, W. L. Harvey. Bertna says she ran away from her mother, Mrs. Newberg. who had been given the cus- tody of the girl, because she was treated cruelly. Harvey went to San Francisco last Sunday. He returned Tuesday with the girl and now there is a petition in the Superior Court here to have him ap- pointed the child's guardian. The girl asks that he be appointed. It is under- stood here that the mother will make a fight to regain possession of the girl. LOUISVILLE, Ky., % l"——wfllhm Vln- dalsen, & white man, aged banged here to-day for the ardte e il o ot Misy Fannie Porter. Vnd-hm occupied his them be- timé in jall by making toys, among ing a miniature Ealiows, With a body sus- pended. CELESTINS TEDDY-B WHOLESOME FUN FOR OLD AND YOUNG The Roosevelt Bears The magazine section of next Sunday’s Call will contain the following inter- esting features : The Slaughter of the Hippopotami. Tale of an ex- citing Hunt in the South African Haunts of the Big River Horse. By Drummond MacGavin. The President. (Eighth and Last Installment) By Alfred Hendy Lewis. Adventures of Clpt\nn Kettle. Iceberg.) By Cutcliffe Hyne. Down by the Rio Grande, Greenley. Morocco—A Casus Belli, By W. L. Brown. The Quick Decision Board. By Grace S. Richmond. By Eugene Manlove Rhodes. The Roosevelt Bears—The Bears on the Pullman. By Paul Piper. Illustrated by V. Floyd Campbell. Copyrighted by Prof. Seymour Eaton, formerly at His Father’s Flag. Drexel Institute, Philadelphia. Japanese Prints as I Know Them. By Katherine M. Ball. How Mary Was Engaged. By Harriet G. Canfield. WHAT THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY MEANS TO THE WORKINGMAN. By HELEN DARE. ORPRAN CIRL FINDS FRIEND Attorney for Guardian Sues to Save Her Property From Former Stepfather SRR Alleging that while drunk and bereft of feeling or conscience George Leichner is seeking to drive his former step- daughter, little Josefina Belasco, into the streets that he’ may despoil her of the small estate her dying mother gave into her keeping, Attorney H. L. Bradford, representing the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, secured an injunc- tion from Judge Kerrigan yesterday re- straining Leichner from continuing his unnatural conduct. “On January 7 last.” says Attorney Bradford in an affidavit, “when Modesta O. Leichner, mother of Josefina Belaseo, who is 14 years of age, was lying on her death bed, ‘consclous of the fact that the end was near, she called her daughter to her side and said: “‘My daughter, here are the keys to my trunk. You will find §100 in the trunk. Take it and use it for your expenses to Mexico." “But,” says Attorney Bradford, ‘“be- fore the child could take advantage of her mother’s dfter the nt had passed from this life. Then Leichner, from whom Mrs. Leichner secured an interlocutory decree of divorce a few months ago, en- tered the house and. taking the keys away from the little girl, took the money and spent it for liquor. Since then Leich- ner has been intoxicated daily and has been endeavoring to eject Josefina Be- lasco from thq home where her mother died, 1420 Powell street, that he might sell the piano, furniture and jewelry in the that Leichner be forthwith commanded to remain away from the premises and cease interfering with Ilittle Judge Kerrigan immediately lssued the justing her affairs. It was un mother's wish that her go to Mexico, for there she had friends that would care for her. It is pth.Mm'ulyetnmeu. but not until -.uu-umeo\m. have-given her the property that is rightfully hers. GUARDS FOIL FELON'S ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE Desperate Fnlsom Convict Makes Daring Break for Liberty. FOLSOM, Jan. 19.—A convict named Kelley made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from Folsom Prison yester- day afternoon. Kelley tried to sneak through the guard lines. He was al- most successful, but was discovered and went back in time 'to prevent be- ing shot lv the guards. m for Woman. MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 19.—Mem- Benate (The Liner and the By Curran Richard Prescott. The Trousseau of Alice Roosevelt. By Augusta A Woman’s Simple Life. The Well-Groomed Wo- man. By Katherine Morton. Sybilla Long, Maid Errant. By Ina Wright Hanson. Margaret Sangster’s Talk. How America Received the Chinese Commission. By Mabel Beeson. The Housewife Such a Blow to Crowning Sin of Puzzle Page. Place your order Paper. Call and Adulterated Foods. Her Pride. Mr. Carter. Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. Illustrated. Buster Brown and the Usual Comic Supplement. All for 5c a copy. at once for to-morrow’s Great All News Dealers and Train News Agents sell The ARMY OFFICER S EXDNERATED General Fredenck Funston | Ledse Says. Lieutenant Lewis: Was Vietim of Extortion SIS General Frederick Funston has just completed an investigation into the! case of Lieutenant J. H. Lewis. Fifth Cavalry, who was recently arrested by the civil authorities for refusing to pay what he considered an overcharge hack bill. Lewis entered the hack and was driven to the Occidental Hotel $150, and upon his refusal to pay the amount he was driven to the Hail of Justice, where he was locked up and required to put up $10 bail before he was released. Lewis appeared in court the next morning and was compelled to pay the backman. The case was Immediately reported to General Funston, who, after an in- vestigation of several days, sent the following letter to Lieutenant Lewis vesterday afternoon: Headquarters Department of California, Of- fice of the Mulitary San Cal, ant J. the Commanding Colorado, Denver, Colo.—Sir: In refersace to yuuxumtmddn«nuanmnpolhmhn and your subsequent appearance in police court on momflnmummnmmm on the occasion of your recent visit to this city on detached service, I bave the honor to nance and reduce the high rates, whether the driver would stand for it or not. On j il 7 where the driver wanted to charge mm| |ALMOST .BURIED ALIVE BY A MINE CAVE-IN ned Earth Falls and Covers Laborer Nearly to His Chin. REDDING, Jan. 19. — Stephen Feren- lundt, a Swede, employed on the Red i mine on Mule Mountain, -eight lnllel west of Redding, came within an iace of being buried alive in the new shaft on the mine to-day. As it was he was buried almost to his chin In a pile of dirt and slush that caved in from the sides of the shaft above him and received injuries from which he may die. The recent rains | had caused a heavy seepage and the loos- ening of the earth and rock near the sur< — e His Eye ax $50,000. REDDNG Jan. 19.—Walter Rich- ardson, a former employe of the Mow tain Copper Company at the Keswid smelter, now living in Colusa, to-day | brought sult against the company for | $50,000 damaggs for the loss of his left eye. Richardson was employed as a matte puller prior to an accident on March 16, 1304, which resuited in the loss of his eye. Pears’ Don’t simply “get a cake of soap.” Get good soap. Ask for Pears’ and you have pure soap. Then bathing will mean more than mere cleanliness; it will be luxury at trifling cost