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5 THE 3XORXIXG OKEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, FEBUUABT 5, 1909. RIVER TEARS OUT MILES QFRQADBED Sacramento Paralyzes Service on Southern Pacific in Cal ifornia Division. GREAT LOSS OF LIVESTOCK Flood Sweeps Houses Away and Overflows Lover Floors In Te tania, AYhere People Flee for Safety. . RAILROAD OPEN AGAIN. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 4. Flood damage In the vicinity of Tehama has been repaired to such an extent that the Shasta route of the South ern Pacific Company has been re opened and trains to Portland and the North are routed through by way or that place. TEIIAMA. Cal., Feb. 4. Tuesday .night was one of the greatest terror In this town. Three feet of water swept through the streets and flooded nearly every residence and business house from 10 to 30 Inches. Women and children climbed upon tables and beds in mortal terror for far the buildings would be swept away. Tne loss of livestock has been very se vere and hundreds of cords of wood have been carried away. Five hundred head of cattle on the Inland Stanford ranch near Ylna were drowned on the lowlands near tUe Sacramento River. One small dwelling, owned by Charles Sufford. was washed against tlie trestle east of the railroad depot and was wrecked. The Southern Pacific tracks were washed out both north and south of the Tehama depot, about half a mile In all. Roadbed Swept Away Tho Sacramento River swept across Mooney's field from the mouth of Elder Creek, carried the Southern Pacific road bed out and landed rails and ties against the right of way fence for a auarler of a mile above the water tank between the depot and town. The rails and ties were twisted, bent and washed out as though by an earthquake. The division superin tendent, .Mr. Sheridan, of Sacramento, was caught at Red Bluff by the washouts there, and Resident Engineer Harrington arrived here with a work-train on the "West Side on Wednesday afternoon. They are directing the repair work in person, and have l.V) men at work tilling In the roadbed for a quarter of a milo north of the Tehama depot. They succeeded at 1:30 P. .M.. by heroic efforts. In opening communication on tho West Side from Davisville to Red Bluff. RULING IS AID TO LABOR (Continued From First race.) that the workman sume the risk. continued to as- Cannot Escape Ills Liability. No employer may plead his disobe dience of the law as a defense when lome victim of his criminal negligence ssk3 damage. In a word this was the Nafraniore decision th:it st.-irtled the rorporations of the country when Judjro Taft announced it from the Fnlted Mates Circuit Court for the District of Phio. some years ago. And that potent phrase was reiterated in the Oregon ;ase by the decision of yesterday. The decision ordering- a new trial, I directed against the Barber Asphalt Company, of Portland. The amount of damages involved is 37500, which Is sked by John Welsh, as administra tor of the estate of Michael Welsh. Welsh was killed last Summer, while working at the company's plant on the East Side. His death was the in direct cause of improper equipment. This fact is admitted by both sides. (VIshs brother and administrator of his estate, asked for damages on the grounds that the company was directly responsible for his death. In carrying the case through to final "victory, llony E. McGinn, as attorney for the estate, has won an important legal vic tory. The Asphalt Company was rep resented by W. r. Fenton, F. S. Blatt aer and F. S. Senn. Position of Judge Wolverton. When the case was called before United States Circuit Judge Wolverton last Sep tember he held against the estate, prac tically instructing the jury impaneled in the case to bring In a verdict in favor of the Asphalt Company. His finding, in effect, was a disputation of the theory of law advanced by Judge Taft. Hi con clusion, reduced to a phrase, was that Welsh's knowledge of the danger of his employment gave him tho assumption of risk. The case was heard before the tribunal at San Franciioo in November. Welsh was killed while working In a hoisting elevator. Although the Oregon factory act of 1307 requires that machin ery must be provided with devices for set ting machinery in motion and stopping it. yet the machine at winch elsh worked had no such contrivance. The machine started well enough, but in order to stop It. the evidence has shown that he had to use a barrel stave. In doing this, he was caught on a setscrew and killed. This setscrew. it was shown, had no boxing or covering. The factory law re ferred to prescribes that such boxing must be provided: In short, that all mech nlsm which might create danger to em ployes must be kept from exposure. Company Admits Its .Negligence. Now the Asphalt Company admitted that the stop arrangement on the machine that killed Welsh was not what is should be. Admission was likewise made that the fatal screw was not boxed. The con tention of the corporation was that Welsh knew the factory law had not been com plied with and that by remaining at his post, in the face of such knowledge of peril, he assumed, the risk. Consequently his estate could recover nothing, it was contended. Mr. McGinn advanced the fol lowing contention: "Where an employe comes to his death as the result of injuries received by him while In the service of a manufacturing company by reason of the failure of the company, his employer, 40 comply with the provision of the factory act of the Btate of Oregon, requiring employers to provide and maintain belt shifters or other mechanical contrivances for the purpose of throwing on or off belts or pulleys while running, and further reouir ing employers to provide and maintain reasonable safeguards tor an seiscrews for the purpose? of protecting their em ployes, the defense of the assumption of risk Is not available to the employer." Text of Factory Act. The Oregon factory act of 1907. which is an Important issue in the case, was taken from the Washington factory act of 1906. Section 1 of the Oregon act says: Tbat any person, firm, corporation or as- poclatk-n operatinr a fartery. milt or work ihop here machinery Is used shall provide end maintain In uw belt-shifters or other mechanical contrivances for the purpose of throwlns on or off belts or pulleys while runninK. whore the name are practicable, with due regard to the nature and purpose of said belts and the dangers to employes therefrom; also reasonable safeguards for all vats, pans, trimmers, cutoff, gang edger and other saws, planers, cogs, gear ings, belting, shafting, coupling, setscrew. live-rollers, convevers. mangles In laundries and machinery of other or similar descrip tions, which it Is practicable to guard and which can be effectively guarded with due regard to the ordinary ure of such ma chinery and appliances, and the dangers to employes therefrom, and with which the employes of any such factory, mill or work shop are liable to come '.n contact while l:i the performance of their duties; and If any machine, or part thereof, is In a defec tive condition and Its operation would be extra hazardous because- of such defect, or If any machine Is not safeguarded as provided In this act, the use thereof is pro hibited and a notice to that effect shall be attached thereto by the employer Immedi ately on receiving notice of such defect or lack of safeguard, and such notice shall not be removed until such defect has been remedied or the machine safeguarded as herein providd. Instruction to Portland Jury. Judge Wolverton, In instructing the Jury, held that In the absence of express words in the factory act taking away the defense of assumption of risk, it still remained and the employer might make it. After an exposition along these lines relative to the assumption of risk, Julge Wolverton. in concluding his in struction to the Jury, said: "You may here put yourselves in the place of the deceased, while engaged in the service which called him to disen gage the clutches by means of a stave or stick, and.' exercising your Judgment and intelligence as men or reasonable Judgment and discretion. determine whether, with the opportunity of oh serving and determining for himself, the deceased did observe and Know ana ap predate the danger, or should have known and appreciated, by the exercise of his intelligence and proper precaution, the danger attending his sen-ice. If he did or ought to have known and appre ciated such danger and hazard, and en tered upon the service or continued for some time therein without notice or com plaint to his employer, then you will say that he assumed the risk of his mishap, and he cannot recover, though the de fendant might have been negligent in the first Instance." m pinghqt mm sot FOREST SERVICE HEAD SOUND LV DRUBBED. Congressmen Say Attempts Have Tried to Extort Blackmail From Miners and Farmers. WASHINGTON', ' Feb. 4. The Forest Service got its usual annual drubbing today, tne criticisms against It coming principally from Smith of California, Cook of Colorado and Mondell of Wyoming, all of whom charged ex travagance in administration and the extortion of money from miners, farm ers, and even the owners of beehives. Mr. Cook attributed to Mr. Pinchot, the Chief Forester, the ulterior motive of scheming for Secretary Wilson's seat in the Cabinet. Both Mr. Pinchot and the Forest Service were vigorously de fended by Mann of Illinois and Weeks of Massachusetts. All attempts to amend the agricultural bill in any Im portant manner failed. BRIDGE CARPENTER KILLED diaries C. Jensen Fulls From Kail rond Struct tire Near Oswego. Oliarlrs C. Jensen, a bridge carpenter, di'd lttst night at the Good Samaritan Hospital as the result of injuries re ceived yesterday mom Ins: by falling from r bridge near Oswego, Or., on the Yam hill division of the Southern Pacific railroad. Jensen Inst his balance while at work on the bridge, it Is said, and tumbled a distance of about 40 feet. He was brought to this city yesterday morn ing and conveyed to the- hospital in the Red Cross ambulance. His legs and body had b'en terribly crushed by the fall and tho victim lost great quantities of blood before they could get him where surgical aid was available. Jensen was a single man, 34 years old, and lived In Xewberg, Or. He has a brother In this city. N. T. Jensen, of Kverett street, who is employed at the Portland 5un Store. Save money at Rosenthal's shoe sale. AMERICAN WOMAN WHO IS " " 1 Si" - - ? 'y.y - '?' 'r?N" ' 1 MRS. JOII.V AI.EIAXDSP ST1RLI.VC. NEW YORK, Feb. i. Special.) An American woman Is the center of a startling divorce action now being triod in the English divorce courts. She was Clara Taylor, of Washington, and a "show girl" of the American stage. She married John Alexander Stirling, of Scotland. She charges that her husband became enamored of the fascinating Mrs. Atherton. nlready famous through the divorce and breach-of-promise courts. Her husband, in addition to denying her charges, tries to im plicate her with Lord Northland. The trial Is now proceeding. From the evidence taken there appears to have been a remarkable menage a qnatre in which Mrs. Atherton, Mr. and Mrs. Stirling and Lord North land are almost hopelessly entangled. GOTHAM RECEIVES NEW AMBASSADOR Count vori Bernstorff Given a Hearty 'VYelcome to United States. FRIENDSHIP IS KEYNOTE Addresses Pledge Good Feeling In Trad Relations Echo of Japanese Legislation in Resolutions. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. Johann Helnrlch. Count von Bernstorff, the new German ambassador to the United States, was given an Informal reception by the New York Chamber of Commerce today and tonight a dinner was tendered the Am bassador by the New York Staats Zeitunsr at the Manhattan Club. Ambassador von Bernstorff in his ad dress to the chamber, expressed the hope that the friendship of Germany and the United States would continue and deepen. He said in part: Trade tlie Peacemaker. The enormous development of wealth and industry, based on tho great natural ad vantages which nature has given to the United States and due to the active, enter prising and courageous spirit of their peo ple, has never been regarded with un friendly or jealous t-ves from our .banks of the North and Baltic Sean. It would be Idle to deny that we try to keep pace with you. to trade more and more with you and to join with you In keeping open tho doors In the Orient. We are proud and nappy when we see tne diapk, white and red flag pass the Liberty Statue of the New York Harbor, flying from ships equal to the finest on the ocean. uc such friendly struggle In the fields of com merce is a guardian of peace and amity. Not nine makes more for peace between na tions than the exchange of products. That is why, as I have found, in all countries I vi?ited, the Chambers of Commerce are the first to extend a. friendly creatine the representatives of foreign countries and the first to raise their voices in the Interest of peace when less responsible people try to sow aiscvra between nations. Hermann Rldder, president of the Staats-Zeltung Company, welcomed the new Ambassador, his address laying emphasis on the friendliness of the two nations. It was in part as follows; A Nation of Friends. We are assembled here tonight to Lid you welcome to a land where the German Am bassador has always been regarded as a friend of the Nation. From our earliest days an unbroken amity has existed be tu'rn thf TTnitert Stntes and fiermanv. The sturdy German immigrants who shouldered musKet n wamngion s army ana wno had so lar&e a ehare in earning our Na tional independence were messengers of lib erty. They prepared the way for you, an ambassador of peace. They cemented by their blood the bonds of friendshic that, for more than a century, have so closely united the two D30Dles. Today we couot millions upon millions of Americans of German descent or Ger man birth men who are so thoroughly Imbued with American principles that no one can regard them as anything else than thoroughly patriotic ciMzens. They occupy conspicuous places in every walk of lii'e In the professions and In business they are among our leading figures. Because of their Influence upon American life and of the es teem In which they are htid by Americans of other ancestral strains, I can say that you come to a land where the German Am bassador is heartily welccme. All Ameri cans you must regard as your friends. You come as a representative of a great people whom all Americans honor and respect, and of a sovereign fhose eminence as a states man we all recognize, and v. hi se kindly feeling toward us has often been demon strated. And so. Your ExcHI-ncy, I can say that not alone here tonight, but everywhere In tm United States, you will ilnd that you are in the company of iriends. Kcho of Jap Trouble. Before the banquet was brought to a dose an appeal to the people of Cali fornia and Nevada to subordinate to the honor and welfare of the Nationa what ever local irritation may exist against the Japanese, "Trusting in the sound: cense of both countries to remove all serious evil that may be involved in Japanese immi gration," was made in a resolution which was offered by Gustav Schwab, chairmtfu of the committee of commerce, and adapted without debate. The- resolution also declared that the Chamber of Commerce protested against the action of any state "tending to dis honor the United States by impairing the INVOLVED IN DIVORCE SUIT ? 'At. 4 - 4 V 1 Things That Count During this sloppy weather bodily comforts absolutely essen tial if one would keep in condi tion. Here's to Your Health. $2.50 Medlicott Und'w'r $1.45 $2.00 Fine Pajamas $1.35 35c Cashmere Hose 20c 166-170 Third Street. treaty obligations assumed by the Na tional Government toward a foreign state to "which we are now bound in terms of amity and good will." HEW YOUNG WILL IS FILED JIABEIi AVARXER -BELIEVED TO HAVE EEAIj DOCUMENT. Twice Tried on Forgery Chargre, Woman Springs Sensational Paper at Eleventh Hour. PHXDL.ETOX, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) After being tried twice during the past two years on eharges of forgery of papers tending to prove that she Is entitled to the $40,000 estate of her uncle, J. W. Young, deceased, and each time acquitted after a long struggle, Mrs. Mabel Warner, of this city, has again filed in the Probate Court of this county a will which she says is the true document signed by her uncla on the day of his death, November 21, 18!i3. The circumstances surrounding the case are most mj'sterious. After her second trial for alleged forgery, Mrs. Warner began .a civil suit on an alleged verbal contract for the recovery of the estate. She has been balked at each proceeding and the estate, located near Weston, is still in the hands of the administrator. The new will, filed this afternoon, has had a romantic career in connection with Its appsarance' In the case. Mrs. Warner was given six months in which to rile application for new trial in her civil suit. The time Is fast approaching, and Just on the eve of this time limit the sensa tional new will appears, and seems to be a later will than the original one on file, and thus superseding it. On December 16. 1908. Mrs. Warner re ceived a. mysterious package from Walla Walla, and upon opening it found an old memorandum book of .the year 1S7j. In this book was the original contract her uncle made with her mother (who was her unt'ie's second wlf?) to leave this prop erty to her. The envelope also contained the will, which is signed by S. V. Knox, of Weston, and others, who identify it. Who could have sent the package from Walla Walla is a mystery, but It is be lieved that the will is genuine and can be realized upon. din DENIES ILL SAYS CHARGES OP TWO WOMEN ARE FALSE. Admits Attachment to Mrs. Stirling, but Denies Love Xot De cided to Marry. EDINBURGH. Feb. 4. Tired of hav ing his court turned into a theater filled with curious men and women, who have come to regard the Stirling cross-divorce case as a lurid melo drama produced for their benefit, Judge Guthrie today closed the doors on all except those directly identified with the suits. Lord Northland was on the stand all morning. His evidence consisted large ly of flat denials to the statements made by Mr. Stirling and Mrs. Ather ton. In the course of his cross-examina tion Lord Northland admitted that he was attached to Mrs Stirling, but he said he did not lotfe her. He had not determined whether or not he would marry her if she became free. After the hearing of minor wit nesses, who corroborated the state ments vof Lord Northland, the taking of evidence came to an end. The at torneys will address the court, next week. FIGHT FOR TARIFF HELPS Lumber Dealer Believes Lobby at Washington Will Avail. B ELLINGHA M, Feb. 4. (Special.) "While there is no doubt that the tariff on lumber will be much reduced, I be lieve that the fight made by lumber and shingle men at the National capital has been successful to some degree, and that the duty will be left on at least in part. If it had not been for this fight there 13 no question that tire output of the Ca nadian mills would have been put on the free list." This is the statement made by J. H. Bloedel, a member of the committee of lumbermen from the Northwest who went to Washington last month to fight for the retention of the tariff on lumber. He returned today, and while he had no definite news to give out, was optlmistio in his forecast of the action of Congress. "LUCKY" BALDWIN WORSE Day's Improvement Ceases and Turfman Sinks Again LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 4. The con dition of E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, the widely-known racehorse owner, became worse early tonight, when his heart ac tion became enfeebled again, and there are grave fears for his recovery. He la unconscious and very low. Last 1 We are determined to make TODAY AND TOMORROW two of the most remarkable days for bargains ever known in the City 'of Portland. We invite one and all to visit this store today and tomorrow. You are sure to find something each day that will appeal to your judgment. Remember that you have now an opportunity to secure ' bargains impossible to get at any other time. There are thousands of articles ALL MARKED DOWN in Ladies' and Children's Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets and Muslin Underwear. Also Men's Shirts -and Underwear. At the notion counter you can get the small things for less than usual. , HOUSEKEEPERS CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS This opportunity to replenish Linens, Curtains, Sheets and Pillow Cases, Blankets , Comforters , Towels and Napkins at less than wholesale. Spring Are in and placed on sale. A full line to se lect from in serges, broadcloths and novelty suitings, self-strapped, button-trimmed, and with the new dip front. Best 1 A QEI value in the city. From. pitt70 Sample Line Of Kimonos, Wrappers, two-piece Wash Suits, Children's Wash Dresses and Infants' Dresses. One-third off from regular prices. Come early f-or first choice. Silk Petticoats Special value in high-grade Taffeta Skirts; well tailored and finished; regu- jJO QO lar $7.50 and $8.00 value E DANIEL McALLEN. President ray INVOLVED IN .PLOT COrXTl' PRISONERS PL.l.N.Mi" WHOLESALE ESCAPE. Jailer ' Hunter Discovers Weapons and Red Pepper in Cells ot Most Dangerous Convicts. Discoveries made in the County Jail last night indicate that the attempted escape of prisoners which was thwarted last Monday night whs planned as a wholesale Jailbreak, instead of being a plot of some of the less dangerous pris oners, as was at first thought. Alarmed by reports that had reached him, Jailer Hunter last night made a tnorougn in spection of conidor No. 2, in which 1 of the more desperate criminals are con fined. Articles found there snow mat thp.se nrlsoners. as well as those before detected, were involved in the attempted delivery. A search of the prisoners and tneir cells brought to lifiht several pieces ot iron which were designed as weapons and knives. The iron had been torn from the furniture and fixtures of the cell and some strips had been whetted to give them a knife edge. Three or tnese worn found about the length of a table knife. Another, eight inches long and two inches wide was evidently designed as a bludgeon. Besides these, there were four other strips of iron. All these were secreted in the bunks. Several packages of yen shee and mor phine were also found. How some of tho iron, a whetstone and the drugs found their way. into the prison is unexplained. According tot a story which reached Jailer Phillips last night, the men in volved had planned to cut the draw bar3 on the inner door of the corridor with a string, muriatic acid and ground glas3. After the bars had been severed, it was intended to make a rush for liberty, overpowering the guard. Jack LaRose, the murderer, and maany other danger ous men are In this corridor, and it is helleved that the nlan was discovered in Enjoy Your Meals By Simply Eating A Little Pleasant Tablet After Each of Them. A TABLET DIGESTS A MEAL. When digestion is perfect the fluids necessary to this process come natural ly to the aid of tlie stomach. They are of jright proportion and do their work speedily and well. 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Beside digesting the food it will give the blood the power to anrlch the digestive fluids so after a time nature will take care of Itself. Though you have no stomach trouble one of theso tablets after each meal is a powerful assistance to nature and is an excellent habit to make. Go to ary drusgist and ask his opinion of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. We will abide his answer if he be an honest man. Thev sell for 50c per package. Send us your name and ad dress and we will send you a trial package by mail free. Address F. A. Stuart Co, 150 Stuart Bldg, Marshall. llloh. i THE POPULAR-PRICE STORE wooaysof Suifc Special for Friday and Saturday's sale a line of dainty Jap Silk Waists, fiJO lace trimmed PVi.lI? Net Waists, in ecru and white; d1 fiQ Irish point insertion; satin banded.P Lace Waists, with pink and blue silk inser tion; beautiful evening waists; Qf one of a kind pV.i7iJ Extra Special Bargains in the Men's Furnishing Goods Aisle. Get what you need today or tomorrow. OUR MORRISON STREET SUIT WINDOW -McD len & Manager time to prevent a determined effort at escape. A later search disclosed a package of red pepper in one of the cells. This, it is supposed, was to have been used to throw in the jailer's eyes. The suspect ed ringleaders in the scheme were separ ated and taken to other parts of the jail, where they will be unable to communi cate with one another. CONDENSED NEWS BY WIRE Kooliester. X. "V. Th-a National Brick Manufacturers Association elected Lemen Parker, of St. Louis, president of the asso ciation on Thursday. "WashlnstoT The Forest Service proposes to out trails through the Jassen National forest in California and have Angora goats ? raze on the brush along them in ordet to cloar Are lines. Washington Knee bones and tendons re moved from a dying man were successfully grafted upon tho leg of tioorsre A. Kelly at the Georgetown University Hospital sev eral days ago by Dr. O. T. Vaughan. New York Americans are buying nine tenths of the best example of the work of the old mastors in Europe, according to Eugene FiecholT, a well-known art dealer of Paris, who arrived here Wednesday. Colorado Springs, Colo. By the purchase of ltlO acres immediately east of the Union Printers' Home as a site of tlie proposed National Sanitarium of the National lotter carriera' Association, the first stop teward the actual founding of the home has been taken. New York It was announced at the head quarters of tlie New York State Branch of i the American National Red Cross that further funds were not required for the earthquake sufferers in Italy at this time. More than $900,000 has been contributed to the American Red Cross. New York A panic among 800 girls in tho Convent of the Sisters of Mercy on Claason . avenue, Brooklyn, was averted Thursday, when they were quickly as sembled for prayer on the lower floor. A big factory building near by, occupied by several small manufacturers, was totally de stroyed. Newcastle, Pa. The historic Lincoln coach in which President Lincoln rode to Washington for his inaugural ceremony was destroyed in a lire Wednesday at Sharps ville. Pa. It was the sole passenger equip ment of the little Sharpsville Railway, run ning between that town and Washington Junction. It was covered with sheet-iron put on before Lincoln made his famous ride, and was supposed to be bullet-proof. YESTERDAY'S SALES EXCEEDED WEDNESDAY'S ANOTHER BIG DAY AT EILERS PIANO HOUSE. FOURTEEN BUYERS AND WHAT THEY SECURED. All Used Pianos and Organs at Greatly Cut Prices. We . Accept Small Payment Down Even as Little as $15 or $10 Balance to Be Paid in Small Monthly Amounts to Suit Convenience of Purchaser. If the rate at which pianos were taken Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday can be kept up, this will go on record as the biggest-used piano sale In Portland's history; ana mere is no reason why we should not sell more pianos today and tomorrow than we did yesterday and the three days before. Among the scores of instruments of fered in this, our tenth annual Clear ance Sale, are some of the world's best known and most popular makes, and as a proof that our efforts in offering real bargains in used pianos are ap preciated, we are in position to state that yesterday's sales exceeded slightly those of Wednesday, which was one of tho biggest day's business that we have placed upon our records at any time since we commenced business. Up to the time of sending this to The Ore gonian the following well-known Port land residents had purchased as fol lows: Mrs. I. H. Beyer secured a splen did Bush & Gerts, Mrs. P. F. Jones pur chased a fine mahogany Lester. Mr. C. P. McDowell selected a fine Story & Clark, Miss D. Moore decideil upon a beautiful mahogany Marshall & Wendell, a Steinway square was taken by Arthur Lowden, Miss Elsie C. Boher secured a Cliickering square, a fine Kimball organ was taken by Mrs. Walter White. Mr. D. U. Reeves de cided upon a superb Weber, an exquis ite Eilers Orchestral was purchased ufter careful comparison by Mrs. Arthur L.Riggs, Mrs. P. -B. Langdon bought a fancy Grown Orchestral piano, Q. W. Chilson selected a magnificent dick Sale Waists onne 11 CORNER THIRD & MORRISON STREETS BOY GRAPPLES HUD DOE YOCTH PKOYES HIMSELF HERO BEFORE SCHOOL. Two Girls Perhaps Fatally Hurt by Infuriated Benst That Das-lies Into Classroom. SAX FRANCISCO, Foil. 4.-A dog sup posed to have been afflicted with rabies dashed through the swinging doors of t lit John Swett Grammar School shortly after tlie pupils had assembled, and seriously. If not fatally, injured two little girlc, Ida Fischter and Bessie Bailey. The former was terribly lacerated! from tlie right thigh to the knee, and the ot'.ier had the lower part of both legs chewed and torn. Fred Schmonowsky, a 12-year-old pupil, threw himself upon the maddened dog and tried to pull the beast away from the girls. In his struglo with the ani mal lie was severely bitten on the right hand; but he pluckily hung on until the animal turned ami dashed from the school. On the street the dog was pur sued by a crowd of men and boye, and was finally shot by a policeman. The two girls, who occupied the samo seat, had no time to escape before they were attacked. Tho injured girls were removed) to their homes, and their con dition, especially that of Ida" Fischter, is regarded as critical. In another part of the city. Policeman A. G. Hostetter was attacked by a savaso bulldog, which pierced and tore his wrist with its teeth before he could loosen Its hold. San Francisco Major John P. Hain. eldest brother of Captain Pter C. Wains, who shot and killed William E. Annis at. the Bayslde Yach Club on August IS. has arrived at tho Prealdo In this city. whro ha will be attached to the Pay department. ering upright, a fine dark oak Electric Piano was taken by Mr. I. F. Bath, ona of the famous Kimballs was taken by Rev. B. S. Mystrom for the Swedisii Lutheran Church at Arleta, and Miss Virginia S. Bryan decided upon a beau tiful oak-cased Eilers Orchestral. The fact that most of these used in struments have been taken In exchange as part payment for pianos of higher price in our line of highest quality, explains the seeming mystery as to how we are able to sell such excellent instruments at the unusually low price! asked. Our sole object Is to get theso Fiianos off our floors, and we are wili ng to accept a great deal less than their actual worth. Here is the opportunity for many who have long felt the need of a good piano but have put off purchasing one be cause they did not feel financially able to afford the make of instrument they preferred, and who do not care to owu a cheap or inferior make. This sale and the remarkably low prices offered solves the way for them, and the way Is now open for all piano hungry people to secure an instrument of almost any make at a price that makes buying now a positive duty. Don't wait until the last minute and all are gone. Be here this morning early and have first choice. There are still scores of beauties to select from. rRemember, you can virtually arrange your own terms. Delivery wilt be made in order of sale at earliest possible moment. Eilers Piano House. 353 Washington st, at Park (8th).