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2 ANTIOCH, A RISING VALLEY TOWN. Natural Advantages Will Make It a Manufactur ing Center. HUB OF A FARMING DISTRICT. Its Good Schools/Fine Churches and Beautiful Homes. . AsnocH, March 3. — At the entrance of the now widely known San Joaquin Val ley, fifty-five miles by rail and fifty miles by water from San Francisco, is the town of Antioch, with its 1500 inhabitants, a town which is surely destined to become a manufacturing center, because of its nat ural advantages. It is exceptionally well located on high undulating ground, with three miles of deep water joining it high land shore. The two great 'rivers, the Sacramento and San Joaquin, on their way from the mountains to the sea, meet at Antioch. This great body of water, paralleling the rails of the Central Pacific Company, creates a natural competition. Cheap transportation is thus forever as sured to the people of this district.. Mount SOME OP THE REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF THE RISING TOWN OP ANTIOCH [Draim from photographs.] Diablo coal fields, with an output of 2500 1 tons a month, are only a few miles to the south. These mines yield a good steam ! and domestic coal that can be mined and - put on the market at Antioch for $3 per ' ton. The Diablo mines and the narrow-gauge j railroad to them are owned and operated j by M. W. Belshaw, father of Hon. C. M. Bel-haw, a member of the present As sembly. The home of the young Assemblyman I and his charming wife is in Antioch. Their | residence is an artistic modern house, with | beautiful grounds. Immediately surrounding Antioch is ' a I farming and fruit country of about 100,000 acres. The holdings in land are small, which insures a larger and more prosper ous population as a tributary feeder to the town of Antioch. During the last two years 3000 acres have been planted in almond trees within four or five miles of Antioch, the soil being particularly adapt ed to the culture of almonds. Families have moved in from Napa, Sonoma and Humboldt counties for the purpose of utilizing this land, which is comparatively \ cheap, and was considered, up to a few ! years ago, as worthless sand and chaparral ; | but now the valley is a mass of white, i odorous bloom the blossoms of the ] almond trees. The largest business interest here is the Antioch Lumber Company. They handle lumber, posts, laths, shingles and shakes in immense quantities for the interior and southern inland localities. The firm con sists of J. C. Rouse, H. F. Beede, J.- P. Abbott and the Simpson Lumber Com pany, with H. P. Beede in active manage ment. J. C. Rouse, an old settler, who holds the interests of Antioch above everything else, is ready to talk, work and give largely for the purpose of bringing the competing valley road to or through Antioch. Mr. Beede, who has just returned from Bakersfield and vicinity, says: "The people in the south recognize the advant ages of Antioch over any other town as a terminus for heavy freight when the new railroad is built." J, P. Abbott with A. C. Hartley make a strong law firm ; Mr. Abbott simply hav ing a financial interest in the extensive lumber company, his brain and time are given to the practice of law. The society people of Antioch are rejoic- ' ing, and well they may, over the addition recently brought to their ranks by Mr. Abbott, who was married on February 15 to Miss Ethel Germain, an attractive and cultured San Francisco lady. In Antioch 1 find the largest Erain spirit distillery and one of the largest straw and manilla paper mills in the State. The En terprise Paper Mills of M. D. Keeney & Sons, when running full force, employ thirty to thirty-five men. At present the working force is reduced to fifteen. Mr. Keeney is cheerful, however, when he con siders that the paper mills at other points have shut down entirely. The mills here manufacture tissue, fruit, rag and straw paper, and have customers all along the Pacific slope from the great divide to the sea. Mr. Keeney is enthusiastic over the facilities for manufacturing offered at this point. He summarizes these as follows: First and foremost, cheap freight to San Francisco and many points in the interior that can be reached by one or the other of the great rivers. .-^-feß Second/cheap fuel near at hand. A large pottery works will be opened here in a few days. There are a number of important enterprises in prospective. One of the most pleasing and commend able points in regard to Antioch is its graded and macadamized streets and concrete side walks. Far too many otherwise attractive , towns in California are marred by uneven muddy streets in the rainy season. The neglectful people possibly argue as did the ' Arkansas man who lived in a house I without a roof. In dry weather he did not need a roof, and when it was raining he could not put one on. Along these '• pretty streets there are many good busi- I ness houses, a fine hotel, many beautiful I homes and four churches. The Methodist | church building is the most modern in architecture and a valuable piece of prop erty for the size of the town. Rev. J. XV. Brier, the Congregational pastor, who is a man not only abreast but ahead of the times, is highly valued by the people. Charles F. Montgomery, proprietor of the Antioch Ledger and secretary of the California Press Association, is indepen dent and original. He is liked by the best j people and hated by the worst— hated be cause he hammers vice wherever it rears its head. The Ledger, in point of language and style of expression, is above the com mon run of newspapers. Antioch has good graded schools and a union district High School, of which E. Lafayette Cave, a native son of Santa Clara County, is the principal. Mr. Cave, ' with the assistance of Misses M. I. Dur ham, Annie Long and Josie Hauxhurst, are using all the modern-methods of teach ing, and the Antioch schools are up to the highest standard possible. Mr. Cave and ] his wife have a delightful home. Maky le Grande. JAPANESE GAIN STEADILY. The Chinese Retreat Before the Mikado's Forces. Hiroshima, March 3.— Official dispatches received here state that on February 28 the Japanese completed the occupation of the whole district of Saiyentai as far as Ta fu-kon. The Chinese retreated slowly north after one encounter, in which the Japanese lost ninety-eight killed or wounded and the Chinese forty-five killed, and on the same morning a Chinese attack on the Japanese line at Hai Cheng was easily repulsed. GOVERNOR-GENERAL FOR CUBA. ] Marshal de Campos Will Probably Sue- ' ced General Calcja. London, March 4. — A dispatch to the j Times from Madrid says it is probable j Marshal Martinez de Campos will shortly succeed General Caleja as Governor-Gen eral of Cuba. The latest telegrams report that the troops in the province of Santiago de Cuba ■ have routed 300 insurgents at Veguitas, killing eleven and capturing many. Philadelphia, March 3. — The Cuban j Revolutionary Club in this city will meet to-morrow to consider the best means to advance their cause. One of these will be : \ the arrangement to send to New York I $5000, which will be subscribed. Meetings ; will be held also in every part of the j United States to arrange for rendering aid | to the men who are now fighting for Cuban i independence. * Premier Rosebery Convalescent. London, March 3. — Prime Minister" Rose bery, who has been suffering from in fluenza, is now convalescent. • 7 ADMIRAL HORNBY IS DEAD. The Famous Englishman Was First Aid -de -Camp to Queen Victoria. He Took the Flying Squadron Around the World in Early Days. .7 London, March 3.— Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, admiral of the fleet and first and principal aid-de-camp to the Queen, is dead. Sir Geoffrey . was a son, by the sister of the late . Field-Marshal Sir John Bur gerine, of the late Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, who was a lieutenant on the Vic tory when she carried Lord Nelson's flag. Sir Geoffrey was born in 1825 and en tered the service in 1837. He afterward served under Admiral Percy at the Cape of Good Hope; under his father, Sir Phipps Hornby, in the Pacific and various other stations. He commanded the first flying squadron as captain, with the rank of commodore, taking the squadron around the world. He was flag captain to. Sir .Sydney d'Acres when that officer commanded the channel fleet, and subsequently as rear admiral he himself held that post, succeed ing Admiral Wellesley. He attained flag rank in 180*9 and became a vice-admiral in 1875. He was appointed commander-in chief of her Majesty's naval force in the Mediterranean, and held that position dur ing the trying times of 1878 when war was apprehended between Great Britain and Russia and when the British fleet was ordered to the Dardanelles.' Subsequently he was appointed to succeed Admiral Sir Charles Chad well as president of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He served under Ward Hunt as a lord of the admiralty in the Beaconsfield administration. He finally reached the rank of admiral of the fleet on May 1, 1888. He was also magis trate for Sussex. ° Visiting and correspondence cards, writing paper, envelopes and all stationery supplies at the lowest possible prices. Sanborn, Vail & C 0.,741 Market street. * THE MORNING CALL, SAX FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH! 4, 1895. HOT-POTTING OF ARMENIAN PRIESTS. I Terrible Torture of Christians in the Prisons of Turkey. , i CAPTIVES BURIED ALIVE. I Mgr. Khirmiran Relates Acts of Cruelty by the Sul- • tan's Minions. London, March 3. The correspondent of J the Associatad Press who was sent to Ar- I menia with instructions to thoroughly in j vestigate the stories told of the Turkish atrocities in that country, under date of Tiflis, Russia, January 25, forwarded the following interview with the father of all the Armenians, Mgr. Khirmiran. After . some hesitation the Very Reverend Father granted the request of the correspondent j for a statement of the condition of Armenia and the causes which led to the Sassoun massacre. Additional weight is given to I the statement by the fact that Mgr. Khir . miran was at that time preparing a me morial on the subject to the Czar of Russia, and it may be inferred that the substance : of this statement contained in the memo- rial to the Czar may be found in this inter view. Mgr. Khirmiran's home is at Etzchmi adzin, in the Ararat region of Russia, within a short distance of {he Turkish frontier. In an outer room of the house the correspondent met a monk in a black habit, and at the farther end of the room was a man dressed entirely in red, holding a long mace. The sangquinary appearance of this man contrasted strongly with the peace and quietness of the house. Some times four men were in attendance. On the occasion of the first visit of the correspondent to the quiet house he was introduced by an eminent Armenian gen tleman, editor of the Ardziagank. On the occasion of his second visit, Mgr. Khir irman having decided to make the state ment asked for, talked fluently and elo quently of the wrongs to the people. Among other things, he said: "The massacre in the Sassoun moun tains was the result of a long period of Turkish misgovernment. In the Arme nian province of Turkey a policy of cruelty and oppression has continued for a long time. I, myself, have been an eyewitness of all kinds of Turkish oppression. In fact, about fifty years of my life have been passed in connection with matters in Ar menia. Twenty or thirty years ago the Armenians were still very low and narrow, and did not understand the cause of all the calamities which befel them. They thought their troubles were sent by heaven as a punishment for their sins. Such is always the belief of the people deprived of education and the printing press. But, later, when they began to think and to understand the wicked acts of their op pressors there came a change, and they saw clearly the real cause of their troubles. "One reason for their change was the war between Russia and Turkey in 1876, which ended so happily for the Bulgarians who received freedom and self-government. The Armenians suffered from the mis government of the Turks much more than the Bulgarians, who lived in the neighbor hood of the Western European powers, whereas the Armenians were at such a remote distance from the civilized world that their cries could not be heard. "At the close of the Russo-Turkish War the Armenians, encouraged by the im proved conditions of Bulgaria, demanded the same guarantees which were given to that country. Numerous complaints and petitions poured into the patriarch of Con stantinople. "In'the meantime the European powers were Compelled to. sign the Berlin treaty. At this period I was sent with another delegate to the chief capitals of Western Europe to plead the cause of Armenia. "I visited London, Paris, Vienna, Rome and Berlin, but my mission did not pro duce satisfactory results. ; I presented to the Berlin congress a memorial giving full details of the Turkish atrocities in Turkish Armenia. Moreover, there was printed in Berlin at the same time my description of these atrocities. But what we had worked for was not realized, as with reference to the Armenian question the Berlin con gress adopted what is known as the sixty first article of the Berlin treaty, and although the treaty was signed it had no iufluence in lessening the persecutions. Our hopes were in vain. The cruelty of the Turkish government did not cease; it merely took a: new form. But, keeping in view that there was a treaty, the Turks sought for some legal means of -justifying their atrocities. What happened? The taxes became heavier and all kinds of duties became greater, and the Turkish people received full power to tax Armenian peasants. I "Why should a people who have not only a sufficient quantity of land, even too much, and a fertile and well-irrigated land, leave their native soil and emigrate to other countries? If there was no proof of Turkish misgovernment in Armenia this circum stance alone would present sufficient evi dence of those oppressions which the Armenians in Turkey are enduring. Nearly 80,000 Armenians seek work in Constantinople in order that they may be able to pay taxes which the Turkish Government imposes upon them. In the whole Turkish empire, including Asia, there are about 3,000,000 Armenians." Regarding the Sassoun massacre the father said : "As every action brings its result or counter-blow the same may be said of the oppression of the Armenians who under stood the actions of the Turks and began to revolt. It was then and only then that the Turks understood the danger of the position. As a result they had recourse to the Kurds, whose chief went to Constanti nople where they received instructions to form regiments of soldiers from their own tribes. This was the beginning of what is known as the Hamideh cavalry of Kurdish regul-M-s. The Kurdish chiefs were loaded with favors and invested with the right to oppress the Armenians. "The troops received no pay, but, what was better for them, they received permis sion to plunder the Christian's. Unable to elude this newest form of oppression and torture, some Armenians revolted against the cruelty of their oppressors while many others sought to fly to foreign countries. "The final result came in the massacre in the Sassoun Mountains. What took place X know only from the statements of eyewitnesses and also from accounts pub lished in the newspapers. The Turks had wished for a long time to capture and pun ish the people who had revolted against the cruelties of the Kurds, but the inac cessability of the mountain countries, not | only to cavalry but also to infantry, frus- j trated their plans. However, when the Kurdish regiments were formed the task of capturing the mountain people was en trusted to them, and subsequently 3000 Turkish regular troops, with several moun tain (runs, were sent to assist in the work. j "Ttie Armenians occupied a strong posi tion, owing to the inaccessability of the • mountain region, aud when the Turkish troops attacked them they met with re- I sistance, but as the Armenians had but ! few arms and inadequate supplies of pro visions they were eventually compelled to j surrender. During the fighting a few soldiers were killed, but they were very few in comparison with the number of j Armenians afterward put to death by both j Kurds and Turks. "Among the horrible cruelties perpe- j trated on the Armenians during the massa- j ere I will relate the following fact, proving ; the ferocity of the Turkish troops and their commander, Zeki Pasha: When the Armenians had surrendered 150 of them, including priests, were tllftjwn into a large ditch alive despite the fact that they were ; not wounded. Earth was then heaped on j them, and some soldiers were seat to watch them until they all had perished. After ! this the massacre continued, many people, ' old and young, were killed, and many i women and young girls were sent to Moosh. The bodies of the Armenians who were killed in large numbers together were ; buried in common graves, but the bodies Of those who were killed in isolated places were left unburied. The Armenians who were not killed fled. Most of them came ! to Russia. Some of them are now in Tiflis. Some came to me in Etzchmiadzin and re lated to me the sufferings they had en- ; dured, Mflfciy/ Armenians are -^confined in j prisons for 'political matters.' The exact, number of the prisoners is unknown to me, but it must be more than 2000. Forty or , fifty clergymen are among the number priests, bishops and archimadrades. These are imprisoned for so-called 'political of fenses.* J ''The state of the Turkish prisons is i simply dreadful. For instance, the chief monk of a monastery was fastened to a l wall with a nail driven through his hands, and was delivered from that position only on admitting that he acted wrongly, al though he was innocent. On the hands and feet of several prisoners were fastened ■ chains and heavy shackles of wood, while on the heads were placed instruments re- I sembling copper pots which were heated to , a high temperature. Sometimes these tor- j tures ended in the death of the sufferers. I Sometimes the torturers executed their i terrible task simply to kill their victims. "In the Sassoun district there were about i 114 villages and hamlets. In one of these villages lived laimiadan, a Turkish district i chief. The whole number of Armenian families, or 'hearths,' as they were called ; in the district, was 34G8. • The Armenians, I I may explain, pave preserved the ancient tribal system. The maximum number to j one of these 'hearths' is eighty persons. Taking twenty as a modest average the number of inhabitants in the district j amounted to more than*7o,ooo souls. "From the information brought to me I believe that the Kurdish and Turkish ; troops have burned or destroyed a number of cities or villages, and I estimate that the j number of men, women and children killed in the Sassoun district amount to 11,000." 7'V7 • The correspondent also interviewed sev eral Armenian refugees at Tiflis. The ; stories they told of the massacres corre- I spond in every respect with what had | been published in local Armenian papers. I The Armenians held their ground against \ the Turks for twenty-four days, when, their provisions and ammunition being exhausted, they were either forced to fly or to surrender. After reaching the vil- | lage of Cleivoson the Turks set fire to the houses, destroyed the churches and began to massacre the inhabitants. Old and young men, women and children were tor tured and put to death. Among this num ber were two priests, one of whom, Ter- j petross, was stripped of all his clothing ' and pierced with twenty-five thrusts of a poignard, which caused his death. But let the refugees speak for themselves. The informant continued: "To defend ourselves we were united as one family. We held our ground as long as we could, but we had only 300 old fashioned guns. Behind us were men who were ready to kill any of us who might attempt to fly ; but we had not the slight est intention of so doing. However, after twenty-live days we held a council as to what we should do. "The Turks sent word that if we sur rendered they would not kill us. But they, did not keep their promise and began to cut off the heads of some, to disembowel others and to abuse our wives and daugh ters. Ten of the latter, on refusing to em brace the Moslem faith, were put to death. Those of us who were not killed received wounds and 150 who were not wounded were thrown into a large ditch. We can show you, if you desire, the very place. It is in the village of Oleikougan, behind the house of Peto, the oldest inhabitant of the villiage and who died last spring. The position of the bodies in the pit will prove that many were buried alive. * "Seeing that the Turks would kill us all we at last fled. We were only six hours marching the distance from Moosh, but our escape was attended with many diffi culties." THE NAVAL BILL FINALLY PASSED. Many Important Changes Were Made in the Original Measure. APPROPRIATIONS CUT DOWN, Senator White Recorded His Vote Against the Hawaiian Cable. "Washington, March When the Vice- President's gavel called tne Senate to order | at 2 o'clock this Sabbath afternoon, by an- I cient legislative fiction, it was called Bat ; urday, March 2. Business began very '. promptly with a request from Jones of | Arkansas for the consideration of a bill to | approve a compromise and settlement be | tween the United States and the State of ; Arkansas. Peffer of Kansas offered an amendment I to confine the operation of the bill between j issues of the United States and the State, j excluding individual claims, but before 1 this could be disposed of Call of Florida presented the second conference report on , the Indian appropriation bid, showing I a disagreement upon three amendments. I Upon his motion a further conference was | ordered, the Senate insisting upon its dis -1 agreement. Gorman (D.) of Maryland called up the pending naval appropriation bill and an amendment exempting the Richmond Lo comotive Works from penalties incurred in connection with the construction of ma chinery of the Texas was concurred in. Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts interrupted the proceedings with a motion to table the -notion made on Saturday by Brice (D.) of Ohio to recede from the vote by which the Senate concurred in the formal House amendment to the lottery bill. To do this he was obliged to antagonize the naval appropriation bill, and, the ayes and noes being had on his motion, it was lost— 17, noes 37— and the consideration of the naval bill way, continued. The pending amendment was one re ducing from three to two the number of new battle-ships to be built. Hansbrough (R.) of North Dakota there upon took the floor and argued that the United States had nothing to fear from for eign nations in the shape of a warlike at tack. England had already captured the United States financially — had undercut our cotton-spinners and made $8,000,000 on one bond deal. She would never make war upon a country that was producing such revenue for her. Gorman proposed that the debate on the bill run until 5 o'clock, a recess to be taken until 9 o'clock. Some arrangement of this kind was, he said, necessitated by the new plan of printing instead of en grossing all bills; but, the proposition meeting with objection, was abandoned by Gorman. The question recurring on the battle ship amendment, Gorman proceeded to explain what he denominated the most important provision in the bill. Although the present appropriation for these ships was but $5,000,000, the , Government would, he said, be obliged for a total debt of $14,000,000 or $15,000,000, including the ships and their armament. Taken alto gether, the provision reported by the Sen ate committee was the most liberal ever made for the navy. It was too liberal in his belief, having regard to the condition of the treasury and the fact that every business-house was economizing. While there have been reductions in revenues, the appropriations for the navy had steadily increased, until this bill came to the Senate with a total appropriation of about $31,000,000. The Senate committee had reduced this to what was still a liberal appropriation, and he appealed to the Sen ate to support the committee, for there was no possibility of paying for these three ships without selling more bonds or using the proceeds of those already sold. Hunton (D.) of Virginia hoped the navy would never be made a party issue. He believed the United States would spend money for enlarging the navy more cheer fully than for any other purpose. At this point Call (D.) of Florida pre sented the third conference report on the Indian bill, again with a disagreement on two items touching contract schools and relating to the Ogden (New York) land company purchase, and a further confer ence was ordered. Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts urged in favor of the three battle-ships provided for by the bill. Russia with a small fleet of battle-ships in Japanese waters to-day could dominate the victorious fleet of Japanese cruisers. Higgins (R.) of Delaware made an earnest plea for a considerable extension of the navy, both from consideratioii of national pride and security, and from its beneficial effect upon our foreign com merce. Proctor (R.) of Vermont took the occa sion to say a few words in support of land defenses as opposed to ships from the point of economy. The perfection of dyna mite and other high explosives was des tined to work a greater revolution in naval matters. He believed the committee had acted very wisely in reducing the number of projected battle-ships. Mitchell (D.) of Wisconsin said Great Britain was the only nation that could compete with us fairly in a naval struggle. Our navy was to-day stronger than it had ever been save in time of actual war. We had now forty-nine ships almost complete, some of them the best of their class in the world. At this point Cockrell (D.) of Missouri presented the conference report on the sun dry civil appropriation bill. Eyre expressed regret at the action of the conference relative to the retirement of the revenue marine officers, being a dis tinct discrimination against and an in justice to these officers. 7 7 Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada utterred a warning against the projected monetary conference, holding that it was a device of the enemy to defer the day when silver should be rehabilitated. Wolcott (R.) of Colorado defended the monetary conference amendment as it was reported, holding that the house amend ment relative to the appointment of the House members of the conference by the next Congress should be concurred in. The conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill was then concurred in and the naval bill came up again. . .77 Mr. Gorman renewed his request for a final vote on the naval bill prior to 10 o'clock to-night, and that after that hour business be limited to conference reports, House bills and Senate bills, with House amendments. This agreement was entered into by unanimous consent and after pas sage, with an amendment, of a House bill appropriating $50,000 for the payment of i salaries of judges and court officersin Ok- I lahoma, at 6 p.m. a recess was taken until 8:30 o'clock. At 8:30 the Senate galleries were filled to overflowing and great crowds stood in line in the corridors seeking to gam admis sion. . , , Chandler supported the amendment to the naval bill providing for two battle ships. In view of his service as Secretary of the Navy, his review of the development of our new navy was followed with close j interest. He said the expenditures reached $25,000,000 annually for that purpose, and he hoped it would be continued. At 10 o'clock tbe vote was taken on the amendment fixing the number of vessels at two instead of three, and it was agreed to— to 29. The provision striking out twelve tor pedo-boats and inserting six light draught composite gunboats of about 1000 tons dis placement at $230,000 was agreed to. An other provision for torpedo-boats, one to be built on the Pacific Coast, one on the Mississippi River and one on the Gulf of Mexico were also adopted. A new amend ment was adopted remitting the penalties against the builders of the Yorktown, \ ! Philadelphia and Newark. The naval ap propriation bill was then passed without ; division. Blackburn presented another conference report on the diplomatic and consular ap propriation bill, stating no agreement had been reached on the Hawaiian cable and there was no prospect the House would ever yield. He moved that the Senate recede from the Hawaiian cable amendment. White (D.) of California announced that he now felt compelled to change his vote on the cable item, and would vote against it. Blackburn's motion to recede on the cable item was carried without a division. j The conference report on the diplomatic ' and consular bill was then agreed to. The Senate then went into executive j session. The executive session closed at 1:15 and ended with the selection of Senators Teller, Jones and Daniel by the unanimous vote as Senate representatives to the interna tional conference. President Cleveland Very Hug;/. ■Washington. March 3.— During the last few days the President has been at work on the avalanche of bills that have been poured into the White House from both ends of Congress. Private Secretary Thur ber was closeted with him for this purpose until midnight last night. He is with him again to-night and is expected to re main until an even later hour. POET DEPOSIT IN DANGER. Ice Suddenly Jammed In the Susquehanna and Flooded the Town. Worshipers in Church Took to the Hills to Escape the Waters. Baltimore, March 3.— The danger which has so long threatened from the ice going down the Susquehanna is now being real ized. The water continued to rise all Saturday night, and by morning was over the wharves and had risen to the tracks- of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railway. This condition of affairs continued until 11:30 o'clock, when the churches were thronged. Then all of a sudden the ice piled itself up from ten to fifty feet high, lying across the whole river in a line from the center of Port Deposit to a point below the opposite town of Lapidum. This move was immediately followed by a rapid rise in the water of six feet or more. Services in the churches were promptly dismissed and the people had to take to the hill to pass, as the water was several feet deep in the street. Large masses of ice from ten to twenty feet thick broke loose and rushed down the angry stream. But it moved only about a quarter of a mile and stopped, forming a complete gorge clear across the river. The swelling waters, unable to get through the gorged ice, rushed down the railroad track on the Creil side, fully five feet higher than at any previous time. People were compelled to run for their lives, and in a few minutes in the places where they had stood were six or more feet of water. It rushed onward at a mighty rate, flooding the ground around the back of the town hall, which is the highest point yet reached. The town is in a critical condition. It is only 'a question of how long the huge bar ricade across the entire river will hold. As it is impossible to get from the center of the town to the inundated places no esti mate of the damage can be made. On account of the breaking of the elec tric-light poles Port Deposit is in dark ness. ♦ Hesse Cassell has an order entitled the Iron Helmet. DIED. . ROBERTSON— Temescal, Alameda County, March 2, 1895, Mary, beloved wife of John Rob- ertson, and mother of Mrs. J.S.Wilson. Mrs. C. O. Turner and the late Mrs. Thomas Wallace, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, aged 85 years 10 mom And 25 days. Funeral services will be held THIS DAY (Monday), at 1 o'clock p. m.. at her late resi- dence, corner Forty-flfth street and Telegraph avenue, North Temescal. Interment private. ALLEN— In Oakland, March J", 1805, Esther Ham- ilton, dearly beloved mother of Daniel O'Connell Tracy, William T. Tracy, Mrs. Joseph Dougherty and Thomas Joseph Allen, a native of County Mayo, Ireland, aged 77 years 7 months and 7 days. 4_s*-Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully Invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW (Tuesday), at * :30 o'clock a. M.. from her latejresi- dence, 1410 Fifteenth street, thence to St. Pat- rick's Church, West Oakland, a solemn high mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery, via the 11 o'clock boat from Oakland. -' -■■- Energy Renewed vigor, restored appetite and vitality are the immediate re- sult of taking Peruvian -^ _aSE-S^S-_E_S--_-B-_-38-. -%6UHi_-___mB The value of Peruvian Bark, from which these Bitters are made, can- not be too highly estimated. Iso other medical discovery can com- pare with it. In cases of malaria and malarial fever they bring im- mediate relief, restoring the natural tone of the stomach and the circu- lation of the blood to its normal condition. The Perfect Tonic. MACK & 00., Sole Proprietors, San Francisco, Cal. .?.':*■'■-"« v'*'i/-"vr,\. ; ' -.:''-'■:'■ -''."■,*■' . '.' -':■'-'.- "■ '■ ~:.'-.CZ- ' ... . \ ■'.•■' "* — 1 Weak and Sore Eyes > - Eyesight Became Affected— Un- [ able to Go to School ' Hood's Sarsaparilla Wrought Cure i and Built Up System. [ ' , j "Two years ago my little daughter Elsie i j was afflicted with ulcerated sore eyes. I \ . JS!**^-. tried one of the -dJjSjf-liPiS_s_\.' -"'est doctors in the xWJ^£ t Sf^^f^ht\ ' ''"*' or ' t ' ,out a ■ ->' ear but her eyes » S JgsL worsc * l had her j jtl^f *^ ?M oculist but bis • Ji / mtmsk treatment did not ; j jS! %'' JPfi&' jene -- t th em. I 1 ' afl-V "***?■' _/_f«il«S^ t '" en comme »ced ' j^Pnv-_>*^ s£!^^^^ t0 give thp little '• V*l \^Hg^ /^^B-S_ne Hood's Sarsa- | '*** -5= --re/ . 7parilla and after 1 ■ &-**"' /IV r \*V /I the first bottle I : could see that there was great improve- I ment. Elsie is now nine years old. Be- ; ! sides benefiting the special trouble men- I tioned Hood's Sarsaparilla has made her a : : strong and sprightly child. I will always speak highly of Hood's Sarsaparilla.'- J. ' H. Canxedy, 215 North Fifth street, janitor Fourth Ward School Building, Arkansas ' ; City, Kansas. Hood's Sarsam tvtxy^AiA* parilla Be sure to get /*"^fllfV*C HOOD'S Ug^ _-____*__■_ 'c Dllle cure habitual constipa- I IWJU a r-|ll& t i ODj price 25c. per box. -VItRS F*l| g •^ \t^m,, v DOCTOR SWEANY, 7'"7 Market >treet, San Francisco, Cal. Opposite Examiner OrncE. This learned specialist, well known by his : long residence and successful practice oil the Pacific Coast, guarantees a prompt and perfect cure of every case he undertakes. ' FREE TREATMENT &*£? ££» w 5 office on Friday afternoons. VOII _P MPM a -*'°" are troubled with ' lUUilll Iffl-I. niprht emissions, exhausting drains, pimples, baslifulnos*. aversion of «ici. ety, stuT-idness, despondency, loss of energy, I ambition and self-consciousness, which de- I privet yon of your manhood and absolutely un- fits yon for study, business or marriage if you ! are thus afflicted you know the cause. Get well | and be a man. I MIDDLE-AGED MEN S e ofTon0 f Ton S£ blid with weak, aching backs and kidneys; fre- I quent, painful urinaiion and sediment in urine: j impotency or weakness of sexual organs, and other unmistakable signs of nervous debility and premature decay. Many die of this diffi- culty, ignorant of the cause, which is the sec- ond stage of seminal weakness. The most ob- stinate cases of this character treated with un- failing success. PRIVATE diseases— Gleet, Gonorrhea, In- rnilJ-.iL flammations, Discharges, Stric- tures, Weakness of Organs. Syphilis, Hydro- cele, Varicocele and kindred trouble.-— quickly cured without pain or detention from business. AT fi R R which poisons the Breath, Stom- JHlHiinn ach and Lungs and paves the way for Consumption, Throat, Liver. Heart, Kidney, Bladder and all constitutional and in- ternal troubles; also Rupture, Piles, Fistula treated far in advance of any other Institution in the country. BLOOD AND SKIN FfcTi?^3S& Syphilitic Taints, Tumors, Tetter. Eczema and other impurities of the blood thoroughly eradi- cated, leaving the system in a strong, pure and healthful state. I AHIPQ If you are suffering from persistent LHUIL.U Headaches, Painful Menstruation, Leueorrhea or Whites, Intolerable Itching, Dis- placement of the Womb, or any other distress- ing ailments peculiar to your sex, you should consult Dr. Sweany without delay. lie cures when others fail. 'JWRITF your troubles if living away from Tl iti I the city. Thousands cured at home by correspondence and by medicine sent secure from observation. Book on SPECIAL DISEASES sent free to those describing their troubles. Office Hours— to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and 7to 8 *?. M.; Sundays, 10 to 12 a. m. only. Address F. L. SWEANY, M.D., 737 Market st.. San Francisco, Cal. The Original & Genuine ("WORCK3TERSHIRE) SAUCE Imparts the most delicious taste and zest to Hot & Cold Meats GRAVIES, •_^^^7'^§»>r*» SALADS, -_ -M^ r__F BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Take None but Lea & Perrins. *6*Jd&2^ Signature on every bottle of original & genuine. John Puncan'e Sons, New York. /*"~"V Dr. Gibbon's Dispensary, M&*L^£sk 62S KEAKSY ST. Established a Dr. Gibbon's Dispensary, «23 KCAKNY J»T. Established in l*-54 for the treatment of I'iivittt. ilk-J-^'-WjA Diseases, Lost Miiuhood. Debility or <ii<ensi> wearing! on ruin. Inn. I " < *W**& ;^ , -'.i_ Ski " 1 ,ls '* : -^e**. The doctor cnrps when ' *--fe_ra!_R__t__--l others fail. Try him. Charges low. gWffl-rffflr-jl 'uie«niiaian(<i'(l. Call or write. Pr. J. F. tiiBBOnT, Box 1887, San Francisco. Weak Men and Women QHOULDUSE DAMIANA BITTERS, THK >j grrat Mexican Remedy; gives Health and strength to the St -vat Orgai.i. Wai I f__^e_k; Hi I Wholesale and Ketail. Oik So JAS. DUFFY & CO., "■™ «11 Market St., S. X\ '