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MONGOLS
ASSAULTED
BY A MOB
Two Chinese Laborers
Brutally Beaten by
Masked Men.
IGNORED A WARNING
TO DEPART.
White Men of Arroyo Grande
Valley Enforca Their
Unwritten Law.
ONE OF THE VICTIMS MAY
NOT SURVIVE.
Their Domicile and AM That It
Contalnod Wrecked by the
Visitors.
' SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., Sept. 27.-
The town of Arroyo Grande, a few miles
south of here, is aroused to a high state
of excitement over the brutal clubbing of
two Chinese laborers by a band of masked
men. The Chinese were employed by the
McClure Seed Company, and were en
caged in preparing land for winter crops.
The white laborers throughout the Arroyo
Grande Valley have in times past ordered
the Mongolians to leave that section, and
about ten years ar.o they made a round oi
ihe numerous ranches and orchards and
by f. rce compelled every Chinese to leave
the country.
The two coolies who were beaten last
evening were the first to break over that
restriction since that .wholesale scattering
of the clans. On the day they went to
worn tor the McClure See I Company they
were warned that it' they did not quietly
leave the valley ihey would suffer the con
sequences. They disregarded the warning :
and continued to work.
Lite last evening the Chinese were ac- :
costed at their tent by a band of about i
twenty masked men and again told to j
leave. One of the coolies muttered a dis
sent, and in the twinkling of an eye their
tent whs torn down, kettles and pans sent I
flying in every direction and every article |
broken or destroyed.
The Chinese attempted resistance and I
were promptly set upon by* the mob and ;
were beaten wi«h clubs in a frightful man- I
ner. Wong Chung's nose was flattened |
by a blow and his face was one mass of j
bruised flesh. It is feared that he also re- i
ceived internal injuries, from which death j
is likely to result soon: The other cooly, j
Yon Novey, was badly beaten, but es- j
caped from the mob and was last seen j
making for the south at a rapid gait.
lin and desolation mark the camping
place of these two Chinese who defied the
riten law of the white laborers of tbe
Arroyo Grande Valley. The most deplor
able feature of the trouble is that con
siderable money belonging to the pair is
missing. Business men of Arroyo Grande
deplore the incident, though some ex
press gratification over, the fact that a
warning has been served to all Chinamen
to give that section of the county a wide
berth.
So far the identity of the participants in
the assault has not been ascertained, but
the mob is thought to have included some
of the best known citizens of the Arroyo
Grande Valley. The officers are deter
mined to use every endeavor to cause the
arrest of as many of the mob as they can
apprehend.
MRS. SNELL SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Alleges Cruelty and Infidelity and
Names Mrs. Wythe as Co
respondent.
SAN JOSE, Cai.., Sept. 27.— Mrs. Cath
erine Snell, the wife of T. E. Snell, pro
prietor of the Smiths Creek Hotel prop
erty and a large land-owner of this county,
to-day instituted suit for divorce. The
charges on which the suit are based are
ciuelty and infidelity. This is the second
suit insti uted by Mrs. Snell fora separa
tion, the first having been begun In 1837,
with desertion as the ground. It was dis
missed to-day in order to make way for
the second complaint.
After the first suit was filed the couple
became reconciled, but. the complaint was
allowed to slumber in the Superior Court.
Mrs. Snell now charges her husband with
threatening to throw her over a grade 400
feet high into a canyon; that he struck
her with a chair, and that on Thursday of
last week he choked her and struck bar
with his fist.
As co-respondent in the infidelity sec
tion of the complaint Mrs. 'Sneli names
Mrs. Wvthe, who formerly stopped at
Smiths Creek Hotel.
Mis. Snell asks for half of the com
munity property, valued at $15). 000 aud
consisting in part of 8000 acres of land in
Hails Valley.
CII AM FIOM* MBS. CABB.
Hanford Editor I'raite* Her for the
Good ."he Has Dene.
HANFORD, £___„ Sept. 27.-E iitor W.
W. Barnes of this city does not join in the
harsh criticisms of Mrs. Sarah Pratt Carr
because of her recent letter in the Chris
tian Register. His paper, the Daily Dem
ocrat, said editorially this evening:
Mrs. S. P. Carr has done great and good work
at both I/cmoor.- mid Haniord, and no com
ment 01 the press will lessen her In the esteem
of our people. She inspired the organization
of women's clubs at Lemoore and Haniord,
and our people realize the good these organi
zations have been to the respective cities in
the way of clean streets, the care of cemeteries
and improvements of public park*, and many
wars stimulating our citizens to beautifying
their home surroundings. Ihe peonle of
King. County certainly have no harsh criti
cisms for one who has been so active in their
well-being, even though her let ier contained a
-Hill* that to some seemed unjust.
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Crushed by a Boiling Log.
FORT BRAGG. Cal., Sept. 27.-An ac
cident on the Fort Bragg Railroad this
afternoon resulted in the instant death of
Jat-per Nowdesha, a locomotive fireman.
While rounding a curve with a long train
of logs the engine ran against a log which
had siid from the hillside, and one end of
which lay across 'he track, the other rest
ing on the bank above. The engineer and
fireman jumped from the endue a mo
ment before it struck, Nowdesha beinc on
He side next to the bank. The fotce ol
the collision swim*.* the lo**: around, and it
rolled upon the unfortunate man. He
■was 25 years of age.
CRUSHED UNDER
HIS LOCOMOTIVE
Engineer Charles John
son Killed in an
Oregon Wreck.
Freight Train Derailed by a
Sand Drift While Run
ning at High Speed.
Fireman Hockman Suffers Frac
ture-) of Both Less and Scalds
From Escaping Steam.
PORTLAND, Ok., S?pt. 27.— An acci
dent occurred on the O. R. and N. road at
12:30 o'clock last night, which resulted in
the Killing of the engineer, Charles Jonn
son, and the probably faial injuring of
Fireman Hockman.
Train No. 22, an eastbound freight,
pulled out of The Dalles last night on
time. For some days severe winds have
prevailed .-.long the road, resulting in sand
drifts on the track. Between The Dalles
and John Day River No. 22 had lost con
siderable time, and when the accident oc
curred Johnson was speeding his engine
along in an effort to make up his sched
ule. The nieht was dark, and. when a
quarter of a mile east of John Day Sta
tion, the engine ran into a drift. The loco
motive left the tract, turning on its side
as it plunged down the embankment,
carrying with it the tender and two freight
cars.
Neither Engineer Johnson nor Fireman
Hockman had time to jump. Both went
down with the wreck. Johnson's life was '
crushe I out in an instant, he being ouried j
beneath the engine. Hockman was pinned
down by the locomotive, and, with both
legs broken, the unfortunate man re
ceived the vent of the escaping strain be
fore he was released from his position.
A wrecking train was sent out irom The
Dalles. Engineer Johnson's body was re
covered and conveyed to his home at Tne
Dalles. Fireman Hockman was brought
by special train to this city and taken to !
.*- . Vincent's Hospital. Dr. Mack-nzie,
the company's surgeon, is with the in
jured man, and au effort will be made to
aav« his life.
Only two car?, according to railroad
authorities, left the track in addition to
the engine and tender. The wreck was
cleared at noon to-day and the tracK
opened for traffic.
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KILLS A MAN WHO INSULTED HER.
Miner in a British Columbia Camp
Shot by a Neighbor's
Wife.
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 27.— British
Columbia mining camps have a splendid !
reputation so far as the safety of the few i
women of the miners' households is con
cerned. Slate Creek, in V ila ilistr ct, now
furnishes an instance of a breach of this
rule of chivalry, for which the assailwit
paid a swift and terrible penalty. The
tragedy took place 0:1 Saturday afternoon,
and, though the insulted woman has
been committed for trial at the assizes at
Kamloops in October, there seems not the
least doubt, as far as can be gathered from
the story of the tragedy, that she will be
honorably acquitted on the ground of !
ustitiubie homicide.
Mrs. Rabbitt is the wife of a well-known
merchant at Slate Creek, near Granite
Creek. While out in her garden she was
attacked by James Hamilton, a mining
man, who had previously nnnoved her
with hi*) unwelcome attentions. Enraged
at Mrs. Rabbitt's refusal to have anything
to do with him Hamilton attacked her.
The woman screamed for help, and, luck
ily, attracted the attention of William
Kile, who came to the rescue. Seeing him
coming Hamilton ran away.
Mrs. Babbitt rushed into the house and,
picking up a rifle, went outside again. As
she emerged Hamilton was seen return
ing, In spite of Mrs. Rabbitf's warnings
he continued to advance and, picKing up a
stone, made straight toward the Woman
in a threatening attitude, evidently con
sidering that Kile, who was a small man,
could not stop him.
Just in front of the house is Slate Creek,
a shallow stream about ten feet wide.
While Hamilton was wading through it
Mrs. Rabbitt fired. The bullet struck
Hamilton in the fleshy part of the right
arm, penetrated the right side and came
out near the backbone, snatiering the
liver and Inflicting a mi r'al wound. The
wounded man made one attempt to throw
the stone and then fell into the water,
whence he was taken to a house near by.
Hamilton died on Sunday afternoon, af er
making an ante-mortem statement, and it
is understood that he admitted to a friend
who was attending him that he deserved
his fate.
The jury had no option but to find that
Hamilton was shot by Mrs. Rabbitt, and
she was committed to stand her trial at
the assizes.
31 ES. USE IN*. i.V JAIL.
Woman Accused of l*ej'rauding lit: tills
Fail* to Obtain Bai'. •
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept, Veiled
and clad in black, from her picturesque
hat to the tip of her dainty shoes, Mrs.
Charles Jenkins faced Justice Young this
afternoon and heard him fix $1000 as the
amount of bail that would be required to
permit her to remain out of jail to await
trial on the charge of obtaining money by
false pretenses from Dr. H. Pert Ellis.
The somber garb was unusual to this
dashing woman, whose brilliant gowns
have been noted on the streets. Her eyes
were red and swollen, sne having had "no
sleep during her trip from San Francisco
in company with the D-prtiy Sheriff who
arrested her there Sunday. "She had en
gaged a lawyer who represented her at
i fie arraignment, but neither he nor his
client could succeed in raising the ball
money, and Mrs. Jenkins i-i passing this
night in the County Jail. She will have
her preliminary examination on Tuesday
morning.
Some sensational evidence at the trial is
promised. Mrs. Jenkins steadfastly re
iti-es to talk about the matter, b.yond
what she said in San Francisco, to the
effect thai she was taken completely by
surprise,
Sale of a I'etatuma Bnilteay.
PETALUMA, Cal.. Sept. 27.— Pet
aiuma streetcar railway was sold here this
alien on by the Sheriff to the Wicker
sham Banking Company for $2351> 83.
The sale was made by virtue of an execu
tion issued by the Superior Court of Sono
ma Couniy on August 30 in favor of the
Wicker**ham Ban kins: Company for
$2229 77 and interest. The property con
sists oi roiling stock and franchise.
Bun Over hi a Train.
BEDDING, Cal... B*pt. 27.— Mrs. Hone,
an Indian woman, was run over by a train
Saturday afternoon at Castella. She at
tempted to alight while the cars were
moving. Her dress caught and she fell
under the wheels. Death was instanta
neous.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1897.
WATCHING THEIR
POLITICAL CROPS
Seekers for Office at the
Capital Are Busy
Afield.
Boniface William Land in a
Fair Way to Harvest the
Mayoralty.
i
Daroaux Has a Garden of His Own,
and Well and Others Are
Plowing.
SACRAMENTO, Cau. Sept. 27. -The
fair is over, the grain is in the warehouse,
the fruit leason is drawihg to a close, the
hepmen have harvested, but the crop of
the politician is not in yet. Whether it
will be a case of 'Summer fallow" or
winter sowing depends upon many con
tingencies.
In the case of William Land, who is the
proprietor of the hotel — whose tin sign
tops one of the pyramids of E/ypt and
again is seen above the gateway of Siang
ton—his ground has just been broken.
John Weil has got a little farther on
with his plowing, while Mayor Hubbard
is all ready for the copious showers of
public approval, having weeded out his
little field months and months ago.
George K. Rider, who has been posing
as a retired farmer, has put on his over
alls again and occupies the position of
"fence-rider" for the present Mayor.
John Weil seems to be doing his plow
ing alone, but there are many old-time,
good, substantial citizens who view his
labors with great concern end wish for
his success.
Nobody knows what Frank Darenux is
going to do, but the probabilities are he
will nave a little garden of his own ana
raise a cabbage-head or two.
It is generally conceded around town
that William Lind will have the support
of the Union, the Dee and the .News.
That support, taken in connection with
the substantial nature of his lons and
successful career in Sacramento, makes
his election almost a certainty.
The Democrats are in a hard line of
stumps, in their plowing but little
progress is made, notwithstanding there
are so few nmoiig them who want to take
up the fight against Land, Weil or Stein
nian.
Din Carmichael is a young man who |
stands strong in the councils of his party j
and high in the esteem of his fellowmen. j
His Democratic friends have tried to pro
mote his candidacy, but it is now under- j
stood that he will only accept the nor- 1
ina'ion lor City Treasurer, tho ollice he !
now holds. James Davis, a retired car- \
pet-dealer and a present member of tiie :
i'oard of Trustees, is inclined to muke a
run for ihe Mayor's chair, but a Demo- j
cratic politician said 10-day that Davis 1
was all right for a short run in a small
district, but his leg* were not lone enough j
to carry him over atich a territory as cx
ten * ironi "Front to Thirtieth and A to
tbe Y-street levee." !
Trustee I-eonard ride* a bike, so they I
think of giving him a chance with his
wheel.
Taking the situation in at a glance it
looks as though the nominees at Wednes
day's convention will be elected by one of
the largest majorities ever accorded a
local Republican ticket.
lf tnere are no changes in the present
outlook William Land will head the ticket,
followed by T. D. Young for Auditor,
Charles Robertson lor Collector, Gus de
L : gne for City Attorney and A. L. Frast
for Treasurer.
The contest in the various wards for a
I seat in the "Council of the Municipality"
1 ha* developed two young men who seem
■to be certain of election. Charles K. Lip
; man in the Seventh and Charles Payne in
| the Third are making their tirsi appear
j ance in the political ar-"na. They are men
• of high standing, and their candidacy
i meets with opposition from no quarter in
I the Republican ranks. Trustee I'ennish
j will also be elected. So will faithful oid
i Phil Douglas, who for the last quarter of a
j century has been helping others with no
l thought of himself. This wi I be a good
i chance for many a man to pay Phil Doug- i
las a debt of gratitude contracted at a |
time when Phil had no more idea of ere- I
aung a debt than he had a disposition to ]
refuse a favor.
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HABMOM AT Ht. CAUCUSES. j
Sacramento Bepublic ins Elect City Con
vention Itrlrgates .
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept 27.—Every
thing passed off quietly at the Republican
caucuses this evening. No opposition was
encountered except in tne Seventh and
Ninth wards, where the differences were
quickly smoothed over, but it is probable
that an opposition ticket will make its ap
pearance in the Ninth Ward to-morrow,
as a light is on between T. Pennish and J.
Dolan for the nomination for City Trustee,
and both candidates desire their own
delegations in that body.
Down In the Second Ward no caucus
was held, and red-hot times aie looked for
at the poils to-morrow, as it is certain that
two tickets will be in the field. An at- I
tempt is Leing made by the Central com
mittee to oust Frnnk Darout, who has
reigned as boss in t: at ward lor years, and
he refuses to be buried. He also refuses
to call any cant us, claiming that he had
his delegates iv his pocket and would an
nounce them to-morrow. This has always
been the lighting ward of the city, and it
is thought that free fights will be a plenty
at the j oils to-morrow.
TWO THOUSAND TO THE TO.*.
Bich Gold Strike Made in the Green
Mine Se-ir Jamestown.
JAMESTOWN. Cal., Sept. 27.— A rich
strike was made in the Green mine last
Friday. In the south drift on the lower
level they struck a four-f tot vein of ore.
Assays give returns of $2000 to the ton.
This mine is in the east belt, near the
Soulsby mine, which produced $5,500,000,
and near the Confidence, which yielded
$1,250.-00. The* Green mine is owned by a
California corporation. John I. Minear is
superintendent.
Funeral of Josiah U. Whi'e.
PETALUMA, Cal., Sept. 27.— The in
terment of the late Josiali H. While tool
place this morning in Petaiuma cemetery,
after the arrival of the 9:30 train. The
impressive services of the Masons were
held under the auspices of Petaiuma
Lodge Nj. 27. The deceased was a mem
ber of Excelsior L.dge of ban Francisco
and Mount Olivet Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Petaiuma. A latge cortege
followed the body to its last resting place.
Miss I'eter.s Exonerated.
PETALUMA. Cal., Sept. 27.- Some
time ago. Miss Jessie Peters, a school
teacher of this city, was arrested for ad
ministering alleged brutal chastisement
to John Z.maroni. The case was tried
here to-day. The jury exonerated the
young lady.
Electric I i thts /or San Luis Obispo.
SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cau, S;pt. 27.— At
an exciting meetine of the City Council
this afternoon it was voted to light the
city witu electric lights again. The lights
have been turned off for several months*
TO OUST THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
As foretold by " The Call " exclusively, ni-mbers of the
Board of Education' were yesterday served with summons
in the suit filed by Dr. C. C. O'Donnell, charging that the
said Board of Education has been guilty of malfeasance,
and demanding that they be ousted from office.
The complaint sets forth the provisions of the law which
requires certain proceeding*, before any of the text-books
used in the public schools may be changed or other books
adopted in their places. It is further shown that the "State
Speller and Word Analysis," hitherto adopted by former
members of the San Francisco Board of Education and
legally in use in this city, was discarded by the present
board, and that a book known as " Swinton's Word Analy
sis" was unlawfully introduced, all in contravention ofthe
statutes and to the damage of the plaintiff and other citizen,
ofthe community.
It was stated that the "Solid Nine" ought to be held
primarily responsible fortius dereliction of duty, but from a
legal standpoint it was held that all members of the board
must be included in the complaint, which accordingly
names as defendants the following: Benjamin Armer,
Charles L. Barrington. Charles A. Bantcl, William A. Dei
ham, 1". J. Gallagher, Edwin L. Head, Samuel L. Waller,
Thomas A. Burns. Thomas R. Carew, George I. Drucker,
Philip Hammond, D. F. Kagan.
WALL'S SUIT TO
FOLLOW NEXT
| The Attorney Will Make;
More Direct Specifica
tions of Fraud.
There Will Be No Summary J
Proceedings, but Simple
Civil Suits,
The Board May Be Asked Why It So |
Suddenly Threw Out the
".Natural" System.
The Cam. printed the exclusive news
concerning the suit of Dr. C. C. O'Donnell '
against the School Board on Sunday.
The complaint, which was printed ver
batim by The Call on Sunday, was file
in the Superior Court yesterday, as lore
told.
The Cam. is now able to state that At- \
torney John Wall has not abandoned his
suit for the removal of the board, as in- ;
timaied in a morning papsr. He will file
his suit not later than the first of next
week, and he will not begin criminal pro- !
ceeding-! or ueeK the $501 reward allowed [
to informers under section 772 of the I
Criminal Code. !
Attorney Wall will not sue the board as
a whole, but will proceed against the j
members individually. His suit will dif
fer from that of Dr. O'Donnell by being
in every way mure specific
It will allege definite and
lis* ii ii I violation* of the law,
corruption in oflice, ihe evasion
ofthe law against lei line lii__li
priced contracts to one man
without ■.<■! liiii-; hid* from
others, extravagance mid gen
eral incompetency.
Attorney Wall's suit will be looked for
with a great deal of anxiety by the board,
for they all know that he has devoted
some months to the investigation, and
that he will make an ugly list of charges
and enter the fight witn the desire to
make a good showing.
There is a great deal of talk just now
regarding the probability of specific
bribery charges being made in Attorney
Wall's suit. The gentleman would not
express himself further than to say that
he had some veiy startling revelations to
make and he would surprise the public
with some very grave cnarges at the
proper time. It is said that the suit may
De filed early next week.
It is said by those who know consider
able about the schoolbook question that
the copy-book problem will cut a ereat
figure in the controversy.
Theie was a great light between the rep
resentatives of the California system and
the Natural. Nearly all the school prin
cipals favored the Natural sys em because
its simple base line was approved by all
the teacher . On the strength of the
strone indorsement of ail the teachers
the Board of Education's committee of
the whole recommended the adoption of
the California system, so changed as to
conform largely to the Natural method,
but it is charged that when the matter
was finally acted on by the board the Cal
ifornia system was adopted without any
change whatever, thus defeating what all
the teachers and principals adopted as
their preference.
The developments along this line and
like directions are promised in the s*iit of
Attorney Wall, who is said to hold sev
eral cards up his sleeve. The following
indorsements of the Natural system of
writing by various principals give an idea
of the extent of its popularity as com
pared with the California system, and
show likewise the surprise thatse zed the
teachers when they found all their recom
mendations shelved and the scheme of the
board in full operation:
_".. A. Cleveland, Rincon
<» rain i- School —Ha ving- ex
amined the "Natural system
and compared it with similar
systems, I am ready to pro
ii ounce it superior in every
respect.
A. Ilerbst— Un*.i or the teach-
I ers hare tested the Animal
system, and the general opin
j ion is that it is the best hither.
I to presented.
NEW TO-DAY.
NO MORE DREAD OF THE DENTAL CHAIR.
PTTAVINO KM.AROI.D OIK PAB_,nK*s Rl*
~ \ \A \ j / yV SIS ' A.-L the addition ot ano. her loom .nd two ap*t*t*
\fv \kVl NA/ ts* '' s c "*"»! Abo having compietel our s aft if
\,_j\___r AmL^e _^**-*""*"^ sknli (i ..peciaii.-tt by securing th« services of an
/"^-"-Ha^^sa. •exper. i rj\vn and bridge woruer fr un -ew York
V&F: '^yir^^- — " ■ "Vi we am now in a [ umion to offer
—^-<_____~%_- '■ ,** -"• J - \ , Special Inducementg
•r"^^*: f*M -ttf^ 5^ ,,, • In the Line of
/^'f^>^ MOttW CROW A.\B BRIDGE WORK.
„-^ yM- ' '■'|||Vs\v\^ >, *> Besides our PAINLESS filling we have
*r y t<* &%&;■ -.\\ >. demonstrated io the public that b/ the proper ap-
__l Vs ■ ' •_/ Ix.'' \v" ** * — pl cation electricity »c can
* w i\\ JxN Extract Teeth Absolutely Without- Pain.
Itt W*\ \ «'7 **■ FULL Hi* OF TKKTII for ...$5 00 up
K»'l ' #y OOLD CROWDS. 22k 400 up
XJlr+2* *r BRIDGE WOHK, per Tooth 4 00 uo
By leaving your order for Teeth In the morning . SILVKR FILLING lifts no
yon can get them th- same da**. No charge for GOLD FILLING ..75c up
Kxtraeiln? Teeth when plate* areordereJ. CL_.A>"lNo TBKTH. 50. up
Work done as well at night a* by daylight by the modern e!e:tri-_.l devicss us.d hi-'.
VAN VROOM CO. ELECTRO-DENTAL PARLORS,
1197 MARKET STUKIT. IOItNKIi SIXTH. TELKPHOXK JESSIE 1693.
Ten skilled Onerators. Lady Attendants. German and French spoken. Opeu Lveuiugu tiil 10
o'clock Sundays, 9 uli li All Surgical Work done by G. \V. Williamson, ii.O.
HE CLOSED
THE CIRCUIT
Wiremau Louis Kruger
Meets a Sudden
Death.
"It's Nothing I'm All Eis;ht
Now,'' He Said, and Fell
to the Floor.
He Was Repairing a Switch Board
for the Western Light and
Power Company.
Louis Kruger, a wireman in the employ
ofthe Edi*on Light and Power Company,
was killed yesterday afternoon at 3:3'»
o'clock by coming in contact with a
"live" wire. He received the full force of
2300 volts from an alternating system.
The accident happened in tho Western
Light and Power Company's power-
which is located in the basement of the
General Keyes building at 103 O'Farrell
street. For several days past repairs have
been going on in *»the power-house, and
Kruger, with W. G. Clark and R. Dun
can, was employed doing the necessary
work. The engines in the house were
not running, so that the lines on the
switchboard were "dead." Tner*? were
two ".ive" wires from the Edison L ght
Company's power-house which c me in
on the switchboard to Bupply li*! t on
the circuit controlled by the "Western
Light Company's wires should the latter' a
wires or machinery pet out of order. It :
was the current from these "live" wires
that killed Kruger.
The swiichboarJ Is in the west end of
the rower-house. It is about six feet high
and eight feet long and stands about three
leet from the wall, leaving a narrow pas
sage way behind it. The front side of the
board contains the switches, volt meters,
etc , and the back part of it is a perfect
network of wires, which come from tie
dynamos and distribute the electric cur
rents throughout the city. A narrow
platform, which rests nton insulators as
a protection to the men who have to make
repairs to the wires, occupies this passage.
It was In this passaceway behind the
switchboard that the unfortunate wire
man met his death. The old switches had
been taken out and had been replaced by
new ones, and Kruzer was connecting the
wires to the new switches when lie re
ceived the 2300 volts which killed him.
The first intimation that anything was j
wiong came when W. G. Clark, who was i
working in another part of the house,
heard Kruger cry out in pain. Running
to the switchboard Clark observed Kruger
standing behind it with his back against
the wail. To his anxious inquiry as to
what was tne matter the unfortunate man
replied: "It's nothing; I'm all right
now." He had no sooner uttered the
words than he fell down in the passage
way.
His companions carried him out and
laid him on the floor, and while awaiting
the coming of a physician who had been ;
sent for tney endeavored to bring him j
hack to life by means of artificial respira
tion. Dr. Deane arrived in a short limp, j
but his elforts were unavailing, for at 5:15 ]
o'clock Kruger breathed his last. The !
body was soon afterward taken to the j
Morgue.
W. G. Clark, one of the employes who ;
wai in the place at the lime, states that j
the wires at which Louis Kruger was !
working shone i plainly how the unfortu- I
nate wireman met his death. One of the !
"live" wires had been connected to the
switch, and Kruger must have had the
other wire in his right hand ready to
make the connection when his left hand
accidentally hit the other live wire, thus
completing the circuit and B°iidmg the
current through his bidy. The skin on
the back of the left hand of the deceased
was peeled off, showing where it was
burned by contuct with the wire.
Ii seems almost impossible far a man to
work among such a mass ot wires us there
is on the back of the switchboard without
running an imminent ri-k of being killed.
The only protection which there seems
to be for the repairers of the wires is in
i wearing rubber gloves, but these, the line
men say, are cumbersome, an I are dis
[ carded, especially when small lines are to
j be repaired, as they are in the way. The
! deceased did not have any gloves on at
! the time of the accident.
j Kruger has been in the employ of the
i Edison Li.ht and Power Company for
j five years. He was known as a wireman.
j his duties being to wire houses for incan
j descent lights. He was a native of this
State, was 31 years old and unmarried.
ARE YOU
WEARY?
There is no surer indication of a con-
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ssvents, quivering lius, gloom end ner-
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Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts.,
SAN FKANCISCO, CAI* j
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC,
(•oojukkk: i-t., opp. PA LACK hoieu
I UOO Telephone 570. Residence 909 VaVlsofj
: •tract, telephone "Chnrch" 16.
fail' Ludiam of Miilville, N. J., Manager of a large pharmacy in that pros,
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PACIFIC
COSHESS SPRINGS
SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.
Only 2% hours from San Francisco-
Remodeled and under new management.
For rates and printed matter address
JOHN S. MATHESON, Manager.
SEIGLER SPRINGS,
LAKK COUNTY.
THIS nKLKIn 1 I*'|-|, WATfiKIXO-I'LACE 13
located In ibe iaid*t of the (.'o-Mt Kaiiee.
Abnmlnnre of mineral -spring***, ho: and cod
plunge bams, large swiir.iuliiK-tanlc of mineral
water, line stone dining-room: telephone con-
nections, electric Ichis. livery accomrnodatlou;
good irout-tlshlnu and hunting. l'.ound-trlp tic-.*
eisat *->. I*. oflices, $10.
JOHA; IS PAUL PINO. "Proprietor.
iHERALMDD BATHS
I^OR ROUT, RHEUMATISM. SCIATICA,
Nervou** Prostration, obesity (special attention
paid to reducing stout peopie) nt the
. Mil.-. VALLKY .AXITAKIIiM,
K. ST* 1 . , Manager. Marin county. < al.
HOWARD S*,V
U>*DEK THK ABI.K SCPERVIHION lit' MBA
L. E. H. HKl'.B . Accommodations strict y"
first-class. Hates $10 t>nd SIS) special lerms to
lamll es. P. <>. and telephone. Ilrund trip 810. =>.
_-. oUice, 613 Market st. Addres-.
J. WAL-ACK SPAULDINO, M s r.
_\ It U _4 B* ft I HOT SPRINGS. Sonocuß
■ ■ V ' *-'o. only 41/2 hours fr^V
•s*l ■» e »» * ranclsco. and but* A
UIinUUU miles' staging. '
OPEN UNTIL NOV-MBER 1.
J, K. WULGRWW. Proprietor.
-. :.- ■' ■_.**■■'''
KLAMATH HOT SPRINGS,
-OKSWICK. SISKIYOU COUNTY, UAL, a
JJ noted Ashing a.d health resor:. Ho", mud and
.ulpbur bii.l's
KDSON BROS., Froprletorw.
•' MONTE VISTA."
TH PICTU KK--QUE GEM OK HKPIERKAS
(elevation 3503 ieet) This mos. popular re-
sor; under new ownership is now open; dellijhtfui
climate, lawn tennis pnoto daik-ioom, boating
fishing, hunting; lour i rai us dattrt V 2 -miie from
station; free carriage. For circular aduresi THOd.
I*.. MOKOAN, ilonie Vi-ita, iiutcll Flat, Cal.
S VM M F. X BO 31 i: VAII M,
Santa Crt»« Jlountiiins.
T7»IRST-CI.AB!- FAMILY SI'JIMERAXD WIS-
JT ier resort. Cottages, tenia, hunting and fis:io
ing Campers' return tickets, 93 50. Bonrd, $B to
$10 p- r week. send for circulars to J, 11. II .ES-
TER . Oleiiwood, c.i . Lone-distance telephone.
11 AD'IONK HINKBAL -PHINGS.
C-AAI A AHA COUN '' -VI * i: IH A SIM*..
'■T5 clflo for ii digestion and kidney tronb es stage
connects at Madrone with morning trains iiou ,
Weil., Sat.: send lor descriptive pamphlet anl
terms. J ABIES UAKXKK, Mann ;er.
S' VMM Kit BOARD ON FBI IT FARM NEAR
O Los oatos: hunting and fishing. Address A.
C. VV.. J c Fume ctatiou, irohu's P. 0., Santa
tiara County.
\\** ANTED— I.ADY BOARDER OR MA*- AM)
ft wife: terms abjut •s■-.. Adaress M., box '20,
St. Helens, t al.
AN EXCELLENT
II 7J"T"? A T Properly prepared and
I V I l"* if* I promptly served, can
*.* ******** XJ___> always be obtained in
THE GRILL ROOM OF THH
fi£. d, M PAT ACF
Dining Apart- •*• * A.A__/_. 1-.V. dl _8
tnent in town. _^H_-__-________________s__x_a
0-o<>o<>o<><K><><>o-0
s^^ii);;. HILL*.. RKKYIGOR.TQR
Wji^ijMFive hundred reward fo-any case we
BHI HBcati-ioicur.. THIS SKt'KIT lU-y\-
M !**i stop; all losses in '24 boors,
M**f*t mH'-'iir Kinisslons. Impoiency. Var.m*
ceie. (lonorrhcea, t-leet, i'lt-*, stric-
L___il _m_i tures. B'ooJ Diseases and al! waa'.log
BH hHB *•'<''* Of Abuse or 1 s"-*sos.
ES9B____S£ <•■ [*ea*i*l. $.* per bottle. IIIKr.K
BOT*l Ll* s. $5: in. i teed to cure any case.
Address all orderi to I) K. HALL'S >. fdicai.
INSTITUTE. 853 Broadway, Oakland. Cat Alio
for sale at in":; 1 ■_. Market st , San I'm icisco.
All private disease! iiuic-ly cured, t-eud for
free book.
Weak Men and Women
SHOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS. THK
O great Mexican Kemedy: gives Health ail
Strength to he sexual Organs-