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NEARLY DROWNED.
A Schooner Capsizes Near
*,7^ the Cliff House. '7; C:'.;'.: '.;'.
MEN RESCUED JUST IN TIME.
~'^6_i)^tV'^^'^_ lJ '^^^^_'-P^. Heroic
7 Act the Life-Saving*. Stations
1 Left" Undone. ■ .-■'■■"
The scow. >ch.6oA.er.Elnorah capsized, yes
terday afternoon -.almost within gunshot -of
tiie Cliff I.i use and b.etweeh two life-saving.
: BiiJiQh _ s..Eear at band, but if ft : had not been '
for the pn mpf .anil -efficient wort of the
' " Jiiibof.ts that steamed :up - from -the Oceanic
dock , t-.ria'iiieu composing, the crew of
the schooner Would nlmost: -certainly have
teen ilr6._vnv'T .:; :'". "■',.■•■. ■' ; ' -.*
T.i.c -Flue .1 ! i. hi cli js.a entail flat-bottom,
* lw ., hva i 'fii affair ©f '2-3.37 net tonnage, had
beta lan : i al t ar.liaHy.-Hp-'-.on .the- beach be
tween 1 ■.'nit ;>_ab.lo and Point Benita early
in ilii-al j lor the purpose of -taking. on a .
Iliad of gravel.* When she whs about half -
io;fdcd r Strang: a: leak, and Walter
brown. w ho . w as ■In command, gave orders
: t6.---lr.is- hftiirrEligeno .Lynch- and Charles
:'-M -iMin-ei — io gei .the craft off and make
ii..: „,i,i. j,; to get the leaky hulk hack to
Ti i ;*y.
'1. f*V got off,, but a stiff northwester ■ was
bio a> 1 : t'.g ,'a ill IV c rung i lib tldebega carry
it 2 ' U. em. out. to. sea. The wind was freshen
ing and the -e.hoo.ner became unmanageable.
■il>ee-med .'if i olhiig could prevent the
cr all 1 1 i.i ..lit it*. dashed to ; pieces on the
recks aifliiiui 1, ;ios.
i -a. is' were hauled down, leaving only
the jii> -c*. w Inch only allowed the unwieldy
. ti at J.ii'pitebhbuut in the trough of the sea,
". 'andOii : :,e '• '.iVi.-st. heavy swell she capsized,
■■£< \vlng nil Three men into the water
. .fcliis T -_:>* on her side while the men strug- .' :
gled fci in err lives. .They were all seen to pop
ill'- Two clung to.the tide uf the schooner
while the third clambeied.into the little
dirytii i had been in tow. He began to,
:■ bai'i-'i for ail he was worth and .anon his.
. . mi'.ihiiins succeeded. in reaching him and
add if g their efforts to his in keeping the
skiff from. sinking. ;. 7 ■*•
'i hey had t.q oars. They were fust drlft
tngtoward the rocks and sure death The
t.msucphe occurred just off ..Mile It ck.
'.us bout* two. mi res. inside of -Point Boot and
half a mi'.e outside Of .Point Hobos. -'• --. y
1 „c Merchants' Exchange officer at Point
Litres station,. John Hvslip, immediately
■-. noti.-.»d .the: Merchants' Exchange, from
with ha message was. quietly. sent to the
tugboats at ihe Oceanic d<.ckv This was
shortly after 3 m , and by 0 p it, the Reli
- ante. had the imperiled men on board— res- ■
'cu>ii.:ji -si in the. nick of time, '-'•
■Hie ..Reliance, the . Fearless and the Alert
went booming put on their errand of rescue
..and trailed wide attention from toe thou-
Maids of' pleasure-seekers that', lined the .
shore.: m a lovely. Sunday, .afternoon. . No
one knew va hat was the * matter at* first; but
the U'aii. Ie si eel of the powerful-tugs
; . -teii'i-i l d si nettling id grave diip. i .a-tite. ■
* '1 he lieaauce - aipioached tn- dory. .ln
wheh were the -nearly exhausted . Mr .
wiiiie the Tearless and. the ■ Alert stood Tit. -,*..
' The lory-.-n ad struck .-.-rock's twice and could
not hold together much .-longer. She was
- lak-i 2in water, faster than, the sadyisci '
'■' bail It out and their strength was . near
pone when they were dragged aboaid the
■■^.'.jii':i.iati'c'e'..'-;-ii'--V---',-*'- : ::■*."' '■■.■■"■-\y.yy-]-i>.'-*--U_7-
'"■' Then a four-Inch hawser was 'made fast
:. the. E-i'ii ran, which haddrifted off far
ther out to »fa The Reliance a.d Fearless
took .ii'*U,..biit before they had made' lunch .
.. !i,-aaiwiiy the line- parte], Tuey repe'ted
■ -the operation with a similar result and then*
abandoned the scow jo* sure destination on
- the rocks some time during the ni^ht,.
Ihe men were cared for anil given dry .
.-.- clothe »..- The captain of the Reliance said-'
that the men. were weak and limp when
pulled nit of the sinking boat.* There Is no
di u-t.t but at they would have perished in -.
a lew iiiLß'i for they -had, no ..strength'
left 'i*. '■rtt'.n or cling.- Thiy were landed at
The Oo' i:; c d. .T-k, ami went to their holies
in this city. '1 he r_lnorah i.vne4 by-Hi
,M I',:.- ■mi- . of tins city and i sri tot.il ss. .
-■-•■ \\ li i - due ti edit was accorded" last even!
-ing-Tii.tle . dviii .trie celerity of action the
'part'Qftto tug: v. !. ', ii was Ifie.-rneaivsof sav-..
j; ;,lnjfc three : bun/- i.i lives, severeciriideiiinao
Tio.ri ; *as r. -s**d in '.'several "ijuarierstat
' the inictionftiiid' ineflicieucy displayed
, .the i,f.-.n i i ion?. One is. on the ocean
beaah liardibj th,e place here sc.-h.oon.er
". cat- /odj.iind'anoitier i- .located at Baker's
Beach on i .c other sidy. not far away. r .
*-• ._„ Tni t To -n't lifeboat was: launched after
.Siinio, del ay and.was proce-edtbg to the s cue
; . undw-BBii; -._ '1 he : tugboats passed .it before-;
lthadgone far from its. lair, and/. it would
not have arjyed until after tiie. men vvor.o
1 : Levi vil. the want of aid. The Ocean Beach ,
=. I'ifebpat.did t;i, tgo lit at all ! -Some abort
"*" iv.eatieiu.ps were male to get her out, but.
. ''the.-erjw? put back- and gave up the job.
• plain Smith, -ntiohaseharge of the Ocean
* _* ifeac'ltslatstn, .wtieti '.ft.sked .last night why
his crew, did m' go Out and save. Ihe men so
vv near by, _iaid/th-:;t.. lies lrongn orlliw.es t. wind
-r and strong "oel-in'*' to the currents remiered
,it iuipossibie: for , the life savers to get. off
..' with t.ieir boat. - • ■ y "
..-';.on'S .wide-. awake spectator of the cap* zed ,
■ -.'vessel was Adblbh..S.-itr.o. who watched the
-.'■ ■ ''«.ttend.iPg circumstances throughout closely
V throi.igh his. potvetful. glasses from Sutro '
He'igiivs^ __■ -"«'"'' '--"..-"v. -7 ■'*■;_ '7--'.'" 7 "'.'■:-..
.1,,* a heavy: indictment aea!n«t the.
v' : i .Ocean Beach lile-»avitlg station rear Point
'Lobi s, which; -ijid-nbihiiig toward the rescue
of the imperiled sailors, ..-7
: speak iDg toaC-SLi. reporter last evening
.' . Mr. Sutra said : "About _■'£) P. M. I saw a
-.scow schooner lying over on her side about
-Va n.ile off TomtLbbos.
.'\''-.',''Tii(ire were : three men clinging to the
''. ; top side, and f hey seemed, to be in great
•:7 danger, the water was rough and the
■_■ v i wind freshening.
./"■*- "1 .called the attention of the signal ser
... Vice ofli er and suggested that the lifeboat
: station be notified aud that Iho lifeboat
•'•V' should be sent out at once.
.'"■- '."My suggestion was evidently followed.
• .-. for upon watching the lifeboat station I saw
signs of aciivity after some interval.
-.*.:- '•'1 he men at the station were evidently
trying to launch the boat, but could not
. ' manage it. They appeared to have got it on
. the wagon, but to be unable to get it off
the wharf.
".' "At lust (hey backed it down Into tho
water, and got the boat off, but it was about
l.a an hour from the time when they were
notified of the emergency.
"Even then their efforts to be of any use
teemed unavailing, for in a short time they
came back.
"It was a perfect farce.
"1 don't know whether the apparatus
wis out of older, preventing the men from
launching the boat without delay or
. whether, when they got it launched, they
found the breakers too much for them, but
I do not know that this Is no new thing.
"Whenever there Is an . emergency the
station breaks down in some way..
'-. . * "The men make a good show parading
..' about when all is serene, but a sudden call
*.'* .finds them all at sixes and sevens. ;'•
„'.-■'.- "A life-saving station is ; no use ; at all
.' unless it Is kept in a .high statu of efficiency,'
and 1 cannot imagine why this one Is main-,
. tamed in -its pre.ent useless condition. ■'''
"1 consider this very lniporfant blatter,
•_• and that the facts should be placed plainly;
before the public.- '.: -; '___-_ ...
* "Previously 1 have made myself a great
many eneniiesat'.the station by telling of
/similar. facts, but I .-don't-care-. Live:* may
any day depend upon prompt action at the
- star and such .: an exhibition -at'-'-to-day V!
ought not to be allowed to pass without peo."
-' pie clearly -understanding it." . r
-\Zj_ DANGEROUS CROSSINGS. :
: The Railroad's Negligence Still *■ En->
<** -y dangers Mission . Lives. .7
"",. \- When dees the Southern Pacific Company
a Intend to comply with* the order* of the
Board of Supervisors— to station. signal-men
v* at the -many dangerous street-crossings
:;j throughout tire Mission? *7 '■:.
;.- This lathe* question that is being repeat
- edly asked by the residents of that section.
... * and by the owners and- driver*; of : vehicles
':. w_m.are coni-pelted to "endanger, their lives,
■ and property to. the defiance with
-which.the city ordinances: are treated by'
-, the railroad company : .'.' ; * • ■•".■:■■: "-' -J: *. : ■:-.
■ -. ■:•;.. It U oyer a year; sin/*e thettHnpWy was
notified l to protect, the 1 yes aim interests of
. those along their tight-of. Way an . their-San
• „ Jose ateauiline. by employing stgnal^iieih to
... guard the st_i*eet-cr : o--sings; wie its stacks
:. Intersected .Mission... street.- . Between' Va
■ . •J*" *h<i.'Twei3ty-fifth\Mreot». south to :
. ■..-/Thirty-first,- where the district which the
•-;. road traverses is fcompactly buflij the Hiareli
■ - needed guards, and signal-men are yet In
visible: There ft re several;, of: time cross
ings which are especially .dangerous, arid ii
Is declared by those living In the neighbor
hood that accidents and hairbreadth es
' capes are pi frequent occur.rer.ee; ; :
A Rampageous; Riley. ■:"-! 7.-
* Jennie ley entered the saloon of Frank
7" Lamonf, corner of Montgomery street and
:■"' Broadway, about 7 o'clock yesterday morn
.7 ing in an intoxicated condition, j She took
-.7' charge of the saloon and defied any one to
'/Interfere Kith her, Lamon attempted to
■/.eject her, and during the struggleshe pulled
'.'.;• out a knife and slashed him twice across'
'• the temple. , She was arrested by Officers
* ."MeMahon and Live and locked up In the
'..". City Prison charged with an assault with a
.' ! -V'-*r_*S;ivS&ag^Sat«JS®i3B^BS.^^BK-r. :; '"
deadly weapon. She gave her occupation ;
as a waitress and said si c was born In
Mexico. The officers state that she is a new
comer to the Barbery Coast.. * .
BLAZED LIKE SUNS.
Over Four hundred Electric Lamps
-■.'.'•,.*'*' Suddenly Broken.
•■. : About 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon
the electric v lights in various parts of the
city, and there are many places When they
are burning day and night, suddenly flared
up like little suns with a blazing intensity.
The illumination was so intense that the
glass of the incandescent burners cracked lv
many buildings and fell to the floor.
'..The lights are generally lit in downtown
saloons and public buildings at that hour
of the afternoon, and those who witnessed
the sudden blazing forth of the lights and
cracking of the lamps were thundersiruck..
A man. who was gazing at one of the lights
when it flushed up said that he could not
'see. for five. minutes afterward, so great was'
the glare. ..*
.'-' A Oai.i. reporter visited the office of the
California Fiectiic i.igiit Company yester
day to ascertain the cause if the occurrence.
"- ;"Ves. it Is true : that what you describe
took place," said Electrician ■■. Ilueston.
"About four hundred, lamps in all were
broken. Not only were the glasses cracked
and broken, but the caibou Clara eat was
burned away iv almost : every case. The
usual amount of power used for the lights
.is one-half ampere, and 116 volt*. II the
power is raised to. 12.) volts the glass lights
are liable to break',. The generation of the
electricity, which broke the lamps yester
day was a nivstery to us, but it probably
amounted to 151} volis
.-.: "The strange occurrence took place in the
afternoon.. .The .machinery, was going at
the usual rate, if not slower.- Suddenly the
indica'.or gave notice pf an extraordinary
generation of electricity. The switchboard
showed an advance in power that could not
be explained.* The' engineer pushed back
the- rhpoastat, or tractor, to the further-'
: most limit, but it did not have any effect.
: . The phenomenon lasted about two minutes.
How the. electricity, was generated wo do
not know. .-.The generation ■ of the extra
'amount of power was cou fined to the under
ground-system..: Had the occurrence taken'
place in tin- nighttime, when all the : lights
in tho various stores "were lit, the. damage
would :.. have, been very, extensive. A; it
was, only lights were broken, and When
the damage was. learned workmen were im
mediately sent out to repair them.. Each
glass lamp cost from 33 to 40 cents a piece."
-: j Electrician Huestou said that all the work
men and engineers were at a loss to account
for the strange. occurrence. Ho stated that
an investigation, was being made, and that
by. Monday probably some explanation
could be given of the mystery. .. :-.
IRISH PRISONERS.
The Amnesty Committees
Want Them Freed.
They Will Agitate for the Release of
Men Convicted. of the Fenian
' 7 - Outrages in London. -
• A. committee formed of members of Sons
of. St, Patrick, Knights of,, the .Red Branch '■:
and other; Irish-societies, of "this city met
-yesterday afternoon '4t_ the. K. B. 1".. hall.
.Mason street.. . to discuss their course of
action in. the iijatter. of identifying itself
With the amnesty committees, nop being
formed, in other parts of the United Slates.
The amnesty committee has. for; . its ob
ject an agitation to effect the release of
Various Insii-Ame-lcans who were con
victed of complicity, in the many Fenian
outrages ted in London about nine
i..yieafs;.4gOi ! '--''-'.7 ■ 77
" It.-is" claimed that, the men. now under
going the sentence, of the British law were
probS-bly. Innocent of'the crimes for which
l_rc3- were imprisoned, find that the strong;
public- ffeeli.iig. in; England at ih.it time
created such ,a' prejudice that no -fair and
imbartial. Jury could be. found, and that
•COUSfqTlenriy any m.ux charged With the
ffen'ses.'WHs couviciea as a foregone con
•cUi's'O'n;. -.':■;..* •■ ... ' :'' '„*'-' '"' "
lire ting., which', -was*, called ns/a pre- ■
lin.ii'nary gaf'hering, con-; -tel-uf some fii teen *-.
.persons .of tie Irish- Aloe riiiaii' cire'es, ex
. Prf-ic'e Judge Michael (.'ocney iii the chair.
■„ In -oi i * ■-- „ i' i h*ee.ting.Mr. Cooiiej briefly
stiatr'ii.-tlie .< I.j-r.t of the committee and re
cited fife alleged -ib justice under which, the
iniiiiy victims of British lti..v were now suf
fering, tie staled that it was bis firm"
con.vietii n that the -men how lauguishtiig in
the. "jallvof ■ .EsS'B-'ar.sl and Ireland. we re as
. innoce'ni.nf - the ..crlnle* imputed So them as
hedilbiself; w_a«, but-fiyilng to the bitter anti
: [i -V feeling '.hea..r.<iir pant no Irishman w.as
•alio.wie.d;to.'es'C-i.ui* the veugeii ce ipl the law
A man's . pa.to.i, , seemed, to be all that-
is necessary to'co"nvi.cl him.
; E.veti ' i, vy.ti i. .for the sake argument,
thai: the. .convictions : Were, just, surely the
perpetrators of the explosion wore . suffi
: ciently ipunithed; ••**"- K. ". *■ ..." '--. •■
Mr. T.-Conifl'et'Waxed eloquent on behalf
. of persecuted and down-trodden coun
trymen:: '--_:', : ; ; ;- vv> '-. :.:.-.;-..'/' .- -...' **• ' ; -.
■'Whafevßr.concErsions England has ever
granted to Ireland have been prompted by.
Tear and. by jistice," he.saiil, ''and it Is :
to such. with are at • this day Chained in
British dungeons that Ireland owes what
little liberty has. ! It. was rirt until part
Of the House of Commons had been blown
up arid a portion of the debris came near to
striking him . that Mr. Gladstone had been
roused to take up the cause of the* lrish
and work for home rule. Therefore these
men are the benefactors of their country
and should be upheld and supported by their
countrymen. . ,;."■>:- *. ..
The chairman Interposed an objection to
the line of Mr. Coniffe's remarks, he (the
chairman) not admitting that the impris
oned men were guilty of the crimes laid to
them.
They were Irishmen from America who
had merely relumed to take a look at their
old home or the land of their fathers, and
were no more responsible for the explosions
than any American citizen would be who
happened to he in London at the time.
A resolution was passed (o the effect that
It Is the sense of the committee that it
should co-operate with the amnesty commit
tees In bringing about an Investigation Into
the evidence on which they were convicted,
with a view of bringing about the Immedi
ate releaso of the prisoners.
Further, that a demonstration should be
held in San Francisco on the 30th day of
May for the purpose of obtaining the sym
pathy and co-operation of the people In car
rying out their plans.
Committees on arrangements. Invitations,
etc., were formed, and they will meet on
Friday evening at B o'clock sharp at the K.
B. B. Hall to complete the arrangements.
'It is propose! lo invite Senator White
and other well-known orators to speak upon
the day of the demonstration, which will
probably be , held In tne Metropolitan
Temple or the Grand Opera-house.
Yale Alumni.
■ The lem --annual meeting of - the Tale
: Alumni Asiaeiation^rCalifornja was held
: In;, the little: maple room of the Palace
Saturday evening nod, was continued with
; singing of liege-: gongs and the recall
las. of cp liege expel ienco. until tang after
midnight The following: .officers- were
elected for Hie ensuing year : Martin K.el
logg, LL.O. of the University of Gallfot
to«, uresideiitt-.Charles Page, first* .vlue
prestilcnt, Gordon iJlandTng^- second vice
president; John _V. Pr.iiieri^y, secretary;
ward; Pond; treasurer; additional. tueirW
■ beri-efithe^^eeatfv.e.vcomniliteea-B^eniimln
: Kocnalije,.,Heiiry H. Ha-glit- ; " .. «■■
[.-. ;7 -•; - : ' *l..h^';^-p;h3rtte:Ca^' : ': ■■ V : '".']
The preliminary ex;att)fitatton Info the
; charge of murder against Mrs. Dr. Belinda
L(ipttaiiie:,,Ktf : GBary street, will be held be
fore Judge .\Conliin at ll o'ejbick this morn
Ing. .;Detect')y.eiPogers has been working
• pjp-tbe case with, his usual vigor, and will
have an array of witnesses In. attendance in
cluding Lottie Watson, the mother of the
murdered Infant, her ; mother and' brother.
; Dottle left the Geary-street establishment a
few day and is.now . comfortably quar
tered lft an hotel .'
WOHEN
y^M of Pains
,' - /7 ' i a^ A39' Aches and wcaknessts,find
/ 'isi/_W m < - LIICUR A Anti-Pain
/a. ] VJ>C/r PtiASitß the first and. only
I 7V' : ivr. ' 'hstajttaneous pain-killing
"A A* }L_-r* "» tr eng^licnirig plaster. :Ih
7'\*-_^ s Arrr.-' .'Oi<ev Mjnute it relieves:
V/-L : :- - aching .sides and back, •
V hip. Kidney, and uterine pains, strains and
> weaknesses,^rheumatic, Sciatic, sharp and nerv,
• pus pains, coughs, col. and. chest ' pains.
; Odorous with balsam, spice* and pine, it is
..the sweetest as well as surest, safest and '
best plaster in: the world. - -.
.' ■ Trice -~-i&' : 6ye'»si.oo, At all dniggistsorbymalL
FoTTaa; Dace Chcu. o'i.r.. Boston.
•': _\a'i. IS" TliMe l 7 or BpH j
Tfc:i^i!®B-.*»'_ti : --^asa^BEiia_r.'i_. i
THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1 893 -EIGHT PAGES;
LONG=RANGE GUNS.
More Mortar Batteries at
Fort Point.
SIXTEEN BREECH - LOADERS.
Innocent Looking Lawns That Hide
Huge Engines of Death and
7 7 .7 •. Destruction.
The initial work Is now under wav for
the big mortar batteries at Fort Point.*
Ground was broken Monday last on tho high
plain about a nuaiter .of a mile east of the
shore batteries. Here sixteen breech-load
ing mortar guns are to be mounted. • -'- ' '
The work will. cost about SICO.CCO and
will not be completed till the latter part of
October or the Ist of November.
.. A force of seventy men are now at work
nnder the immediate supervision of Lieu
tenant Flagler, of the engineer corps of the
United Sates army. Colonel Mendell, who
has general charge of all the work at Fort
Point, is at present in Oregon. By the
time lie returns the ruction of the con
crete emplacements for the sixteen • big
iuoi tar guns will be fully under way.
The emplacements for ten new 10 and 12
In.Ti rifles along the western shore of Fort
Point have just been completed. The lilies
have been made ami will soon be shipped
out here aid set. It is understood that the
only, reason for delay now in mounting
these guns i- that the hydraulic carriages
are not quite ready. •'-■..-.•.
.When finally mounted these rifles will
: '■'■ '* an£^ r ' i^^^^^( J^f^ i^^^^
•—■.•'*:..;.'• •■ :. yy-.-.-yy:. vy- - ■
___TCCAV.iTIOXS ron THE moht.iji -BATTERIES.
'orm a splendid Vanguard for the batteries
at Fort Point. Approaching the point from
the ocean one sees only a long line of green
hills that slot naturally and in broken con
tour to Ihe shore line. They lack Ihe smooth
ness and regularity of artificial hills and are
most deceptive from an exterior view. ,
Indeed the greater portion of tliese grass
crown. . hills are as nature mads then;,
though -behind them will soon be hidden
'Immense ..magazine stores and half a score
of very formidable guns. In making tho
concrete magazines and 'gun-emplacements,
tire engineers have beet) careful not to dis
turb the outward/ contour of the hills, and
to-day they are covered with a luxuriant
■growth of yellow poppies, blue Hags and
.'green grass that is a foot long.
■ : Not only the magazines but the guns will
be -.hidden from view. They are to be
mounted on the latest design of hydraulic
power depressing carriages. When at i eace
the guns will rest several feet below the
embankments. When loaded and ready for
filing the hydraulic carriages are set in
motion aud the guns raised above the para
pats. ' .:..
When fired the guns sink automatically
back to their natural position. A cloud of
smoke can be seen, and perhaps the shot
felt, but to the enemy the gun itself is hid
den. ..'■"..
:. A great deal of pains is being taken by
the Government : to keep the position of these
fortifications and their arrangements as
secret as may be. The grounds about them
are.- inclosed by the deadly barbed wire
fencing and guards patrol them constantly.
; Photographs are strictly prohibited. While
the Japanese cruiser was in the harbor one
of its officers tried to take some snaii shots
of the Fort Point guns for the Information
of the Mikado's war department. Ho drove
out to the point With a couple of white men
and-;aligl_tcd at a favorable spot to take his
snap shots and Jot down some data.
He was caught beloie he pressed the button
THE : MAGAZIXJZS AND Iliri.E ISaiPLACEMESTS AT PORT POINT.
: mid politely but firmly requested to absent
himself from the reservation. Ho obeyed
orders without a murmur.
: : Down at the new works where the em
placements for the mortar guns are to be
built, the men are digging four big trenches
that will unite in tbo center and make a
huge crjss, 400 feet long, and about 100 feet
wide.
This Is not actual measurement, but judg
ing by the lengths of some timber that lies
near tho trenches and by pacing off the
length and breadth, a tolerably safe esti
mate was made by the visiting Call re
porter.
Engineer C. __. Thomas the foreman in
charge of the men, was delightfully uncom
municative regarding facts anij figures
about the trendies and works in general,
and Lieutenant Flagler himself, though a
brilliant conversationalist when discoursing
en Horn an circuses or athletic sports, or
even the weather and the latest play,
evinces a disposition toward reticence when
questioned abctit the batteries.
However, there are a great many inter
esting facts about the new mortar guns nnd
their emplacements that cannot be kept
secret.
There will be sixteen of them In this set,
four in each tight angle of the cross, and in
tho arms of the cross will be the concrete
magazines. Bolh ends of the cross broaden
out and will form solid concrete parapets.
And when they are all finished these
parapets and magazines will be covered
with nice sloping lawns, and will look from
a little distance children's playgrounds.
A huge wooden tramway is now being
built in two sections. both of these slope
from the ground and run together at an
elevation of about forty feet. This is for
■ ■: ?7^* .*~^1, - Jl^^iifc.i*'^ ''-"£•'< ,1-5. ♦^
TUB fTRASI WATS FOR THE. CONCRETE WORK AT THE NEW MORTAR
■ '. . BATTERIES. ' "
the rock, gravel and *. Portland cement to
ascend to the big usher and mixer, which 1
wilt stand under tho center of the tramway. ,
.'■Tho crusher-will mangle 300 tons of took
: a day if need be, and the mixer has a ca
pacity for turning out 200 yards of concrete
in tile. same length of. time. -
The rock is quarried on the reservation.
The gravel comes from Lime Point and the
..sand used is taken from the beach near the
life-saving station. . .Only tho cement and
-the labor come from an outside source.
It will take years, at the. present rate
of progress, to complete the contemplated
batteries at Fort. Point. At present' the
harbor .is most inadequately guarded by
about a score of old smooth-bores, which
were erected In 1876. They are obsolete and
almost worthless as against the latest pat
tern of the modern steel cruisers and their
iuin-.-1-itigi' guns. _'■ . -.7
Very soon, however, ten of the breech
loaders will bo mounted behind the const
parapets, and when the work now laid out
for the point Is all finished the coast guns
will be backed up by ten complete • mortar
batteries, making a. total armament of 170
guns. ;
The Cycling Season.
The San Francisco Bicycle Club held its
try-out races on tbe Alameda track yester
day. . There was some good ' racing, the
events being very well contested. A half
mile handicap was win by* Gsorgo \V.
Simpson with 00 yards start, K. Battle, 40
yards, being secoud, and Hurt Peru hard, CO
yards, third.' Time; 1 minute 17% seconds.
A half-mile scratch race was won by J. F.
Hancock, K. S. Battle coming ,in a good
second. Time, 1 minute seconds.
-•■-. The third race was a mile scratch race, la
'which five competitors started. J. F. Han
cock won again, with J. H. Hutaff second
and G. W. Simpson third. Time, .> minutes
49 seconds. The Inst was a two-mile handi
cap, six starters. Burt Bernhnrd, ISO yards
start, won in 5 minutes _±\', seconds. E. S.
Battles, To yards, was secoud, and M. J.
Ballard, 200 yards, third.
Considering the condition of the track all
the times made were remarkably good. -
AT OCEAN VIEW.
Fast Hounds Pursue the Patent Hare
Over the Course.
There were no live hares al Ocean View
Coursing Park yesterday. Pat Canavan.
the proprietor of the park, sent for several
hundred from Kern and Tulare counties,
but they did not arrive on time.
It was thought better not to postpone the
regular stake run on this account, and to
meet the difficulty the patent hare
machinery was brought Into requisition. ..
Notwithstanding the absence ol the lively
little animals with long ears, me very good
sport was had with the substitutes provided.
The following was the result of the tun:
Judge Morrow beat Pride of the Park ; John
beat Biley; Snow flake beat Pride of the
Village; Mission Star beat Swift; Trip beat
Moore; White Rustic beat Lady S; Clever
ness beat Frisco B; Home Rule beat
Clara B.
In the first ties Judge Morrow beat John
W; Snowflake beat Mission Star; Clever
ness beat Trip, and Home Utile ran away
with White Rustic.
In the second ties. .ludga Morrow beat
Cleverness and Home Kule bent Snow Hake.
The final run between Judge Morrow and
Homo Rule resulted in a victory for tin;
former, the hound taking first prize.
During the run belting was very lively.
but the lavontes were generally on top, in
some of the races tba. odd? given were as
high as 4to 1. -
Mr. Kanavar, In speaking of the proposed
iron fence around his place, for which
Superintendent Noble of the Union Iron
Works is considering plans, said that be
would probably employ Michael Geary as
superintendent of construction.
HOUSES AND LOTS.
Real Estate Prospects Are
Brighter.
Marked Improvement Shown by
Recent Sales Rates of Interest at
the Savings Banks.
Thomas Magee's Real Estate Circular
for the month of April shows the num
ber of sales made during the month of April
to have been 406, of the value of $1,2t*7.010.
Actual and prospective retail properly,
especially the latter. Is In cool demand.
The money market likewise shows up
well. The tendency of interest is said to
be unquestionably downward,- and it is said
that for the present and for the future the
bulk of the money of savings banks in Califor
nia must be loaned on real estate for lack of
other satisfactory securities. The statement,
oft-repealed, that there are too many houses
in San Francisco is shown to be absorb, as
desirable lots and dwellings will always
command a sale. Also that prices, for any
length of time, will not be less than at pres
ent, upon the average. "Faith In the future
is a chief factor in financial success. The
pessimist sits still and escnpt-s disaster— 'ha
optimist develops and achieves success." So
says Mogee's circular.
Savings banks of the city are said to tend
moie and more to accommodate borrowers.
In proof of that, figures are quoted showing
that the deposits in the San Francisco sav
ings banks are proportionately much
greater than those Of New* York. This Is
due to the high Interest paid on deposits.
The banks being overloaded by large deposi
tors must bring about a result in favor of
a reduction in interest rates.
Notes are given on the Supervisor Rogers
controversy, showing that II it be true that
that the Mayor's veto is Inoperative on
Supervisors in the matter of water rates, it
can be proved Inoperative also in other
cases » hero corporate inlerests are opposed
to its honest exercise. From this Spring
Valley is said to be making a mistake in
thus assuming an atlltude of defiance to the
city, and Mr. Rogers has not gained much.
Tno opening of streets through the La
guna survey and the construction of a
sewer for Pacific Heights will serve to Im
prove property in those directions, espe
cially as ihe cable lines will be extended.
Poor street work is to be stopped. Also ihe
Institution of an opposition line tn New
Tor!: via Panama will have the effect of
relieving San Francisco from exorbitant
rales of transportation.
Among some recent sales In San Fran
cisco the following will attract somo atten
tion:
The property on the southwest corner of
Battery and Commercial streets, 73:8 on
Battery by (14 on Commercial has been sold
for 540,w0; not yet of record.
The property on the west side of Jones
street. C4:'J south of Chestnut. 27:6 by 137:6
in size, has been sold for $2800; not yet of
record.''
The property on the north side of Lake
street, 30 feet west of Twenty - fourth
avenue, CO by 100 in size, has been sold for
$1700; not yet of record.
The property on the north side of Mc-
Allister street, 70 feet' west of Hyde
50 by 13" in size, has been sold for £30 400
--not yet of record. •-.-.-.-■- .'
The property on the west side of Mission
street, 195 feet north of Twentieth, sbv
90 In size, has been sold for £0000; not yet
of record.
Speedy Track-Laying.
Twentieth street has been reached by the
graders for the new Mission-street electric
road. Tno new rails are laid to Twenty
third street, and in a few. days the bob
tail horsecars will again succumb to the
march of progress and the new order.
The Twentieth-street terminus will be
vacated, and cars run. only to the City
Kailroad Company's stablss at Fourteenth
street.
. In less . than six weeks two miles of
double-track road have been laid, and the
promise that the lino will' be in operation
before autumn bids fair to be realized
Broke His Arm.
Richard Qaedens, a boy living on Twenty
fifth street, fell down and broke his left
arm at the elbow while at , play last even
ing. * '-*..- ■'*
No one hb'Ul I return from New YorK nil th »;
have inspected the linportau" Jewels am! silverware
or Howard & Co., 'Jet nttu Aveuue. The best as-'
nrtmeut in America. •
IN HER MACHINERY.
The Monterey's Troubles
Not Ended.
UNWINDING THE FISH NET.
Rumors That the Big Ship's Machinery
Grinds and Overheats When
Run at Full Speed.
■ Some new sidelights were yesterday
thrown ut on the mysterious miliars regard
ing one of our battle-ships.
The coast defense vessel Monterey Is
still anchored oft Mare Island light, and
Big Betsy Is sticking her nose through her
revolving turret in a very offensive manner
at any one who dares to approach her de
fenseless transport.
When ihe Monterey struck the nets she
coiled one of them around the hub of her
propeller so forcibly that tho screw was
farced out of place an 1 jammed so tightly
that all the horse-power of the ship's big
engines could not move it.
It is not the fishnets that are bothering
the big steamer hail so much as htr ma
chinery; nor is It even her boilers that are
giving her all the trouble.
When the Monterey star'.ed for this city,
it is learned on good authority, her
machinery did not work so smooth ly a«
might have been exoected of a vessel just
from one of the nation's repair shops.
It had a tendency to grind, ami the war
ship shook fearfully when an attempt was
made to push her. She was slowed down,
and an examination made of her cylinders
and boilers.' It was found that soma parts
of her machinery had heated, and that it
would be better to make the balanced the
trip under half-steam.
A leak Is said to have been found in one
of her boilers, which does not amount to
much, but there was something radically
wrong with her shafting and other parts of
her working-gear.
While contemplating these miseries which
had befallen the "Pride of the Pacific," the
officers got her tangled up in the fishnet.
This of course was not their fault, as
the nets were floating where it Is not cus
tomary for them to be stretched.
With a grind and a jar the hundred feet
or more of yarn, rope and leaden attach
ments wound securely around the unfortu
nate propeller, pulling tauter and tauter
with every revolution of the screw until it
bound up the shaft' so lightly that it could
not move. . •;*•.'■.
The story ol her boilers leaking so badly
as to unfit them for use is denied by an au
thority.
This person said : "The vessel's machinery
is not In perfect running order, binding and
overheating when worked at full speed.
"There Is a perceptible trembling of the
vessel like that caused by grinding running
gear when under steam.
"1 think it more than likely that the Mon
terey would have had lo return to the island
even if she had not got tangled up id tho
nets. 1 uudeistand that several parts ot
her machinery were badly heated colore she
met with the accident assigned to the
seines."
BELLAMY'S DREAM.
A Demand for Uoverment Telegraph
Lines.
Shall Uncle Sam's name ronlaco that of
the Western Union and the Postal Tele
graph companies on the little blue sign
boards in every city and village throughout
the country; shall he own the thousands ol
miles of wire and the millions of poles now
the property of the two great corporations,
and shall the hello girl become an employe
of tho Government 1' 3R_P_K
These are questions which the labor
unions, socialists,' nationalists, single-tax
men, allied farmers and all sorts and con
ditions of reformers hope the next Con
gress will answer in the affirmative.
Government ownership of the telegraph
and telephone Hues is favored by three of
California's representatives in Congress and
Senator White is looked upon by thoso who
are clamoring for the cbaugo as a true
friend.
The first bill Congressman Maguire of
this city will introduce will be a measure
providing for government control of tele
graph and lelephono lines. He will be
aided by organizations of reformers
throughout the country, who are industri
ously circulating petitions to Congress In
favor of this step.
One of these petitions, which lias already
received a multitude of signatures lv this
city, is as follows: MSB
To the Honorable Senate and Bbui. of Reprc
Bentalins In ~ Congress assembled: Your pr'.i
tloneis. ihe undersigned residents of lie state of
California, respectfully repieseul ih.it Hie tele
graph seivlce of Una country lias become a
liiiuiciisotiie monopoly in Hie bands of a com; any
exioillua iv charges .more than twice as much as
the people of otber countries I.ivcii <1 with gov
ernment lines aie obliged to pay— a company
that uses to Ihe utmost its great ranual to
eradicate all lair conipetliloii anil exerts a bane
ful control over the I'iest, upon which the citi
zens are forced to tely tor information.
We also represent thai on the expiring or the
telephone patents cow soon to occur a similar
monopoly in thai nirtlind of iraiisinliliiig Intelli
gence is likely to be established as grievous to
the people as that of the lelegrapli.
We therefore petition your honorable bodies
to pass laws esiab ishliig a Government lele
giapb and telephone service.
Petitions similar to the foregoing are be
ing circulated by the American Federation
of Labor, the members of which assert that
by the time Congress assembles at least
1,000, signatures ill have been secured
throughout Ilia United States.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Rev. E. A. Cobttrn, D.D., of Boston is at
the Baldwin.
Charles Aull. warden of Folsom Prison, is
a guest at the Grand Hotel.
C. 11. Hoffman, the banker of Merced, is
a guest of the Palace Hotel.
J. P. Darling, the wealthy mining man of
Jackson, is in town and is quartered at the
Grand.
E. 11. Cuthbert, a largo coffee planter of
Guatemala, is staying at the California Willi
his wile.
S. L. Jones, the mining superintendent of
Gold Hill, Is making a short stay at the
Falaco.'^isfgg^
J. Bade, a successful gold miner of Mex
ico, is registered at the Lick llouso from
Tapachula.
J. P. Sweeney, a maker and inventor of
mining machinery, is registered at the Bald
win from Carson, JNev.
E. L. McKeiles«, a prominent rallr man
of Ogden, Is in San Francisco ou business
and is stopping at the Baldwin.
Peter O.irrlssere, the well-known mer
chant of Salinas City, leaves for Chicago to
day .with his wife to attond the World's
Fair.
Tahiti's New Administrator.
M. Paul Certonciny ad wife are at
the Hotel G.iilhard. They leave to-day "on
the City of Papeete for Tahiti. M. Certon
ciny has recently been appointed General
Administrator of. the French Government
at Tahiti end the neighboring islands. Ho
has filled the same position at Gmdaloupe,
West Indies, Cayenne, Guiana, Martinique
nnd St. Pierre Mlguelon, Newfoundland.
He left Paris three weeks ago. The au
thorities nt Tahiti do not know that M.
Certonciny has been transferred to that
station. To a Call reporter that gentle
man stated last evening that his Govern
ment contemplated inaugurating a progres
sive policy on tho Islands with a view to
developing their agricultural and commer
cial resource;. A number of changes would
be made by him In matters of administra
tion as soon as ho had had a chance to look
over bis new field.
A Carpenter's Bad Fall.
Michael MeCorruack, an elderly carpen
ter living at 55 Natoina street, was admitted
to the Receiving Hospital yesterday morn
ing, with his left leg broken below the knee
and a long gash over his forehead. lie was
only half conscious, but explained- that be
had "fallen off the roof of the Mechanics'
Pavilion." It was subsequently learned
that the old man was at work on a scaffold
ing with a number of others, tearing down
the fittings of the Circus Maximus. fie
actually fell about seven feet, but is quite
seriously injured.
General Bamberger's Pen.
: S. S. B.imbergei's latest triumph with bis
pen is a copy of President Cleveland's in
augural address written With an ordinary
pen and with no aid to bis natural vision
in a space 1%. inches wide and two inches
long.- In a good light the address can be
read by the naked eye. It. is lincribed on
cardboard in an tnclusure of ornamental de
sign and above it is a beautifully executed
design containing the title and date of the
work. * He has just sent tho work with his
compliments to Airs. Cleveland.'
The Would-Be Murderer Dies.
•V Jacques Lavlgne,- who > shot himself and
attempted to kill Eugene aud Celine Cercait
on Friday night in the laundry at 918 Lurk in
street, died at the Receiving Hospital about
4 o'clock yesterday morning. The body was
removed to the Morgue,' where an inquest
will be held to-day. Cercait and his sister
are still doing nicely, and their speedy re
covery is assured.
HUNDREDS * CONFIRMED.
Archbishop Riordan Holds Confirma
. tion Services in Two Churches.
Archbishop Ricrdan was yesterday pres
ent nt the confirmation services at St.
Joseph's Church lv Oakland in the morning,
and in the afternoon he was present at St.
Patrick's Church in this city on a similar
mission.
St. Patrick's Church v.as crowded to the
doors yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the
relatives ana friends of the applicants for.
confirmation. The children,- numbering
over 400, occupied the body or the church.
The girls, who were a Utile in the majority,
presented a beautiful picture in their white
dresses of different materials, long white
veils, wreaths -and white gloves. The boys
wore black suits, or very dark oat and
white gloves.'- .; ...'•-' ..*... ;. -..':.
The altar was- beautifully decorated for
the occasion. There were a large number
of candelebra besides hundreds of gas jets
labia/.", tho latter being shaped in crosses
and crescents. Father Brenuan was cele
brant. Father Gray master of. ceremonies
and Fullers Foley and Duffev assistants.
The choir was re-inforced and contributed
Sumo special music. ;.*-."
At the close of ihe ceremony the bishop
delivered an impressive sermon to the young
people, who had just received the most Im
portant indulgence of the Roman Catholic
Churclu - ■ ■••' •*-.----
MAYDAY IS HERE.
The Grand Army's Festival
To=Night.
A Vacation at the Schools and Special
Music at the Park Will Con- . .
tribute to the Celebration. 7 7
The ancient festival of Mayday will be
celebrated to-day with several special feat
ures.
Among other things there is a holiday in
the public schools, the Grand \ Army will
hold a grand entertainment in the evening
at the Grand-opera House aud there will be
special concert music at Golden Gate Park. ■■'•
The occasion will thus be duly honored, .
but not In the fashion of ancient Utile's. In
the days of yore It was ; . customary for the
lads and lassies to arrive early in the morn-'
ing and bathe their faces in May dew; which;'
was supposed to have 'magic... beautifying
projerties. Later in tiie day they would
dance about a Maypole -festooned -with,
flowers. .*".-■- .-.'7 7;.••■:•••7--.
--. But in modern times the young folks
manage to meet without the pretext of May
dew magic and its attendant early rising,
while the ballroom canvas Is voted a better
dancing floor than the village green. '•'.'::•'*.,
Still something of the briskness of the
ancient "opening day" of summer remains
and the observance of Mayday festivities in
this city will doubtless partake of this
traditionary exhileralicn.
All arrangements for the Grand Army
Mayday festival to be held at the Grand
Opera- house to-day wart, perfected at a
meeting of the general committee of Grand
Army posts held yesterday at 2903 Mission
street.
The G. A. JR. Mayday festival and
Columbian Spectacle as it Is called is for the
benefit of the relief fun of the James A.
Garfield, Colonel Cass and George G.
Mende costs and Sons of Veterans, ami will
include variety performances both in the
afternoon nnd evening. Professional and
local talent till the bill as well as pupils
from the public schools. W. \V. Stone is
if- iif-r.il superintendent aud Captain John
Jack stane director.
Alias May Stone has been selected as May
Queen, Miss Juanita Davis and Miss Edith
fleers as leaders of the court of faries. Forty
little girls have been trained, and will doubt
less prove a pretty feature ol the pro
gramme.
The programme for the matinee rends as
follows: Overture by the -South Cosmopol
itan Grammar School orchestra, various
songs, dances and recitatii ns, among others
Joaquin Miller's "Shenandoah" by Miss
Ethel Brandon (Mrs. L. IJ. Steckweli). The
piece de resistance will be the quarrel scene
from Sheridan's "School for Scandal," In
which John Jack will play Sir Peter and
Annie Finnan Lady Teazle, The morn
ing's entertainment will wind up with the
coronation if the May queen, dance of the
fairies and final tableau.
An entirely different programme will be
submitted In the evening, and will take the
nature of a ballad concert, with the excep
tion of certain scenes t.y pupils of Mission
and Horace Mann Grammar schools. A
Columbian hornpipe will be introduced by
Miss Shaen and pupils from South Sau
Francisco. -t . ' -
Toward the close a scene from "Romeo
and Julel" will be given, with Annie Fir
nan as Juliet and John Jack as Friar
Laurence. A scene from "Fairyland" and
a grand tableau will close the day's gayety.
All seats in tho house will be free, with
the exception of the boxes, and Sons of
Veterans have been detailed to act as
police in the gallery and dress circle.
A popular Mayday concert will be given
in Golden Gate Park this afternoon, as
follows:
* Ovciture, "Jolly Bobbers." Suppe; "Otlen
bacblana I'ot-puurrl," C'onradl; "Uansa de
Satyrs." Tlilrle; Idyl, "Koine In me Forest,"
l-iic-nells; builesqiie londo. Godfrey; American
overture, Collin; grand selection. "Enianl,"
Yeidi; "i'osiilic-] Waltz," Kahrbacb; . descrip
tive, "War Memories, or a Day lv Cam,,"
Beeves; vocal polka, "The Jolly Blacksmith,"
Tuckly.
TO KEEP EYES BRIGHT.
How a Midnight Worker Strengthens
Hers With Salt and Water.
Mew York Itecord.
"Your eyes always look so bright and
strong; you do so much writing at night.
too. llow do you manage it?"
The woman addressed was a literary work
er who burns a good deal of midnight oil,
or, what is worse, gas, and who lias beauti
ful eves. •
"Well," she laughed, "It is very simple. I
take care of them, that is all,"
"Put how?"
"To begin with, I were a shade covered
with black silk if I am going to work very
long. You know the sort that bank clerks
wear. It is easily made— a little crescent.
shape piece of pasteboard covered with silk
and apiece of elastic cord to go over your
back hair and hold It in place.
"Then I always keep on my washstaud a
li l l lo cup of salt and water, with a cover
over It to keep out the dust," she went on.
"I renew It as often as I thiuK of it; but
salt water keeps, you know, and I never
forget before going to bed to dip mv fingers
Into the salt water and bathe my eyes. It
is best to hnve it warm, but if you are tired
and sleepy you are not likely to stop to tu*s
in preparing it each time, and as it stands in
a rather warm room it is never very cold.
"The salt water is very strengthening to
the eyes and will not burn them, no mut
ter if they are inflamed. If your eyes
begin to blur, smart, or feel as if the lids
were made of sand-paper, you have no idea
how much good the salt-water bath will do
them.
"1 never rub my eyes more than I can
help. Do you know that rubbing the eyes
.from the inner corners out to the temples, if
much practiced, will impair or age the
eyes? Well, it does. It flattens the ball
and makes spectacles necessary. On the
other hand near-sighted people might find
a good deal of benefit from rubbing the
eyes this way, as their trouble is too much
convexity of the ball.
"You can keep the eyes young— that is,
the sight— by gently rubbing them in from
the i user corners. This also enlarges the
ball or seems to do so by making it more
prominent."
The eggs of Insects have greater powers
of vitality than any others.
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BUILT IN CALIFORNIA.
The Champion Cruiser of the United
States Navy.
New lor* Sun. April 24.
There is rather a noticeable fact about
the San Francisco, tiie American cruiser
which 111:11 '.;• a coniu.ein sweep of the hon
ors in last week's rowing regat.asi of all.
nations in. the Roads, First she wen on
Wednesday tho slx-oared gig race over the
English lilake, a Russian crew,' and our
own Philadelphia and Chicago; the twelve
oared cutter race was over the iiritisli Tar
tar and our own Chicago, Atlanta, Newark,
Charleston and '-Philadelphia"; the "six-pared
wha.ehoat race over the Knglisli Aiiatralla
and Partridge and our own Atlanta and
Charleston: finally the four-oared dingy
race over our Baltimore, Chicago and..P_Jll-'.
adelphia. Then on Saturday she -won ■an-;
other race over the Britons, the Frenchmen
and >oiue American crew.s.:-*The*.Britl3h ; ;
tars of the Tartar-forged ahead at first, and 1
it was thought the victorious San Francisiip.
had caught a Tartar:.* And It was so, in the
literal hut not metaphorical sense. She
caught and .overhauled - the leaders, aud : .
C»wo;honie'a\wfe_iveiiv'--;v'vy '_7v, -,"-::- -i-*.*-- •'•'.:,•.*■.'-
We recall: a*'. statement printed about the
time when the Saii Francisco wait titling out,
and '.alien a -special draft of 150 iin-n was
sent across - tl.e continent to; I. it from tho.
Brooklyn yard,. that "a finer crew never
manned a ship of Hi.' new navy. 'It- is esti
mated ha . about '-. 80 per : cent .of -Mlie ', new
draft are native-born Americans, while the
remainder, to a man, declised their
Intention of. becoming :cl'^*n?\'.' The, San
Franc scois the: fastest cruiser welur.e in
eciiiiuiissii.il ti.-dav. and it is fitting thai bier
boats too should be the fas;:-- : She has
done well in tier first visit to Atlantic '*'■
waters. ■.■.••'•'..'.*.. - *>.'- ■■■ : . -'.,-'*. '*.■.'■•.*•.•.*' .':■
The Time of Year for This Thing.
. '-_."; - I etliletiein .liiiK-s. ;"; fy_.
'-. Now is the Accepted time tffn«e li -lift* as. a.
disinfectant and for the piittlicatioii of
premises, as well a-, A* protection for trees:.
There is lib disinfectant as cheap as lime or
: more; tffectlvo. when spread in. cellar-; which
have been : -tlidro^kliiy:-,cleaneii; putting the
material- d-.wn close td the edges -oi-t.be
ground. next to the foundation wails, wlieie
it acts as an exterminator of snails, a coun
teractive of mold, and a corrective, of foul-■'.
ness gathered there; . Basements should not
only, be supplied with: slack .-lime at this
season, but they slimilil also have applied
to their walls and ceilings generous coats of
whitewash. ' .These- processes, overcome
dampness and produce a purification greatly .
needed. There is not much expense.in this :
process of purification, but there is practical
effectiveness in it, as well as an economy
which enables every housekeeper to. adopt
it with benefit. .-'•_.'■ ; v- ..
l-.111.-ir -iiii'iiM. I.i i , . M-,. '
"'"■: *, -. ■> :-- Arrived. - -
:'. ■'-*: ■••:*.' ■-,*.. •-:•:■■..*'.'- '■■:-- : ---- ;•.■*.. S.rNpAY-,-*Aprll 30. .-.
*. Sctr Jessie .>Mn.nr.-'.-Whltii«v, 58 bourn iroin Eu-
rota 3iQ MrtlunSberVtoJ X HaniTy- : . : -.
llnTeineiiU: of Trail.- AtlHiiiia Stoaraors ...
I.lZAKU— Arrived Apr 30— Stiar Elbe:. from New
.York.' - __.-.-*.-■'.'- .'.' - : -' ■-- ■: =.- .'." -y .--:■-■".''
II \v*.i;-.a,rrive.l Apr.3o— ijrmr l.a Champagne
Vi: EEV.STOW.Y— :_. r ri a-.1 -.. A ft- lii) -Slmi _ Arizona'
aval A lirahia. fro.ln Liverpool- ■....--. ; .
.: mis in a-Air.vo.i; aur 30-stiiir Bothui-t, . from .
Llveri[.o_;l; ■■''■..*.'."* .
1 i M.'.v VilliK-Arrlven AprHO— Stmr Lii llretaeiie.
from Havre; slmr liiine^ia; from '.; .,< •. >■ ktujr
AlMkB, from L|veipoo.l_;. slmr Suevia, from Haiui
hur_, •_- . ■ ■-.*_,-•. ■ .-.--.-'-- ■.'.-■'*.--.,--.■■'.-,-. ■ .-• ■■..__■ "...
„. BIRTHS— MARRM^-DEATHS.^ \
■ Tioiiivi" ' :7. - : 7 -....:- ;-7 '■'■
BMITH_rn th.is.clty; April -30.; 1893; the wile of -'-.
* we. Smith a SO '■'. v -„: : .,- '■<■'.- : "■*'*. .-- ';'-'.-'
WtEDEN-lirthlsclry. Ajrll 29^:1833; to the "wiTe
or H. B, Weeded, a -.on „,-_•'.,,' ;.,-!,, : i'
QUI in this c.tv-. April 30, 1893; to wife ol
Ousts v Gnjj, adaugliier. • --:-'■•'-:-.'■. :'■■■:■- ■:
WAIXAf F-tn this : city, April 29, 169_r, to tho
wife of Albert Wallace a sou. ' -' - 7.J.
READ April 70, 1893, to the wlte of H. L. head, a
aaughter:-.* l ; --..—:•:.-.' ?''-'•:•-. --~-' •' :^:':. y.x. ■'■■*.- "h_^.'. ---•*-* 7
W ILIARD— In Sun Jose, to the wlfa-ot _ Jiiies Wii-
lard.ason. *" =- ■ -.-;-*■ , ,■,
MAItKIED.
UOHANNOX— In this city. April 29, 1893.
by the Key. Father Foley. Hamilton - uiiissi-iahd
Nelllo k Bohanaon, >otd of Ban Francisco. •-.-• ■'%•■■''■
LIND-FYFK-Aprll 26, 189% by. the- Rev. Dr.
Gray, Henry .1. I.lii't of St. Louis and Nel.ie 1..
lye of San Francisco.
•*-. JDIKJ>.' ■; ; : .*...*.'-. *..; ■'.•-"*..-.•.'-';
Cohn, August* . .. Hardle; Msgiie J. .
Croon.Annle '.'lngell, Mrs. Km ma J. > *
Core 'ran. Timothy: King. Fdward 11.
Dwyer, Mrs. Auu . King, iSraak
Oavts, William - Mtenanx. Elizabeth M.
Ellis, Johanna Mulvln. W. H.
Ueush, Constaatln .-' Peterson, Sophia *•.■ •.-.
Haavkes. John Shone, Gladys ■ '
Uorrigae. Mr-. Mary- Wright, William.--; .
SHONE— In this city, April 23,' 1593. Gladys,
daughter of -I. li.and Clara Shone, azed 9 months.'
9S^ Friends and acanatntaaees ire resoectruiiy
Invited tuaii.-iiii the rnneral THIS Dai (Mon-
day), at 2 o'clock r. n. from the residence of
her parents, 3 Pearl street. Interment Masonic
Cemetery. .' *• -
COHN this city. April 31. IS 13. Auguste Cohn,
beloved mother of Morris, Simon and Leopold
l-ehn, Mrs. S. Herbst or New York City. Mrs. J. H.
Herbst or iiueneme, and Mrs. Marcus Kujosky or
New Jerusalem, a native of Kern pen, iru,'.-l»,
a^ed To" years.
A^ Friends and acquaintances are respectfully
Invited to attend the rnneral THIS DAY (Mon-
day!, at 10:30 o'clock a. m.. rrom Iter '-if-* resi-
dence, __ Shipley street. Interment Ban Mateo*
DWYKlt— In this city, April 28, 1893, Mrs. Ann
Dwyer. a native of Ireland.
J6"o~ Friends and acquaintances are respectfully
Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY (Mon-
day), at "J o'clock p. jj., irom the undertaking
parlors of .'as. McMenomy _c son, 1047 Mission
. street, mar Seventh. »
BARDIE— Ia Berkeley. April 28. 1893, Maggie J.
Uardle (nee McCone;, beloved wire or J. s. Har-
dle. and stater of Mrs. C. Caldwell, Mrs. Sarah
McKedwn, Kittle and John McCone, a native of
New York City, aged 26 years.
eyi'he runerel will t.i^e Dlace THIS DAY.
(Monday), at 2 o'clock p. it, from St- Mark's Epis-
copal Church, liancrort way. Interment Mountain
View Cemetery. ••
PET EKSON-In this city. April 29. 1833. Sophia,
beloved wile or Aaron Peterson, and mother ot
Mrs. J. ii. Marvin, Mrs. F. Hunter and John
l'etrrson. a native ot Sweden, aged 63 years 10
months and 29 days. (Chicago papers please
copa*. |
Hi-Friends ana acquaintances are respectfully
Invited to attend the funeral TO-MOKKOW (Tues-
day), at 2 o'clock p.m., rrom her late residence.
31 Holt ft Vienna, off sixteenth street, between M s-
a'.o.i and Valencia. lnteiment I. O. O. F. Cem-
etery. ••
CROON— It) this city. April 30. 1893, Annie, wife of
Frank Croon, a native of County Tlpperary, Ire-
laud, aged 62 years.
t-3-i'he luneral will take place TO-MORROW
(Tuesday), from her late residence. 313 'ireen
street, be ween Montgomery anal Kearny, thence
to St. rancts Cnurch for services. Interment
Mount Calvary Cemetery. ••
HEUSH-ln this city, April 28. 1893. Cnnstautin.
beloved husband of the late Sarah lieusii, a ua-
tiv* or Germany, aged 70 years.
j9B" Friends and acquaintances are respectfully
Invited to attend the luneral to-morrow (Tues-
day), at a o'clock p. m., Irom the undertaking
nariors of J. c. O'Connor A- Co.. 767 Mission
streo:. between Third and Fourth. Interment
Laurel Hilt Cemetery. *•
MCLVIN-In this city, April 29. William n„ be-
loved sou o! William and Mary Mulvln. a native
of san Francisco, aged 19 years 3 months and 25
days.
Cm* Friends and acquaintances are resnectfnlly
Invited to attend the rnneral TO-MORROW (Tues-
day), at 9:30 o'clock a. m*., from the res'denee
of toe parents. 22 800 dell place, betaventi six-
teenth and Seventeenth. Mission and Valencia
streets, thence to Mission Dolores Church, Six-
teenth and Dolores streets, Interment Holy Cress
Cemetery. *•
WRIRHT-In this city. April 30. 1393, William,
beloved husband of Catherine Wright, a native
of County Cork. Ireland, aged 134 years and 2
months,
C v-1-rlcndsand acquaintances are respectfully
Invited to attend the funeral To-MOKKOW (Tues-
day i. at 8:30 o'clock a. «.. from his late resi-
dence, 117 M. Hay street, thence to St. Francis
Church, Valla-jo street, between Hupuut and
StocKtnn; requiem mass at 9 o'clock a. m. Inter-
ment Mount Calvary Cemetery. •>
CORCORAN— In this city, April 30, 1893. Timothy,
beloved husband of Annie Corcoran, and beloved
father of Alice M.. Maggie and Lily Corcoran, a
naive of County Tlpperary, Irelaud, azoa ...
years.
Art" Notice of funeral hereafter. 1
BOKKICAN— In this city. April 30, 1893, Mrs.
Mary Horrlgan. dearly beloved mother of Mary
James. John and the late Elena Horriga ». a na-
tive or the parish of Cullen, County Tlpperary
Ireland, aged 78 yean.
aarNotlceof funeral hereafter. 1
INGELL— In this city. April 30. 1893, Mr*. Emma
J. Ingell, a native of boston, Mass., aged 43 yea-s
6 mouths and 9 days.
ELLIS-In this city. Arnl 38. 1893. Johanna be-
loved wife of William . I. Kills, aud daughter of
James Dougherty, a native of New York, ased 27
years.
KING-In this city. April 30, 1893, Edward H
King, brother or Frank King, a native of County
Monnghan, Ireland, aged 56 years.
KINU-ln this city. April - Frank, beloved son of
Joseph and the late Josephine King, a native or
San Irrancisco, aged 17 years 2 months and 17
days.
HA WKKS-In Oakland. April -29. 1893. John.be-
loved brother of the late Robert 11. Hawkea a na-
tive of Ireland, aged 54 years and 4 months.
MICHAUX— In East Oakland, April 29. 1893 Eliza-
beth Mabel, beloved wire or E. W. Mlchaus a na-
tive of Oakland, aged 29 years C months and 29
days.
DAVIS— At Nevada Dock. April 28, 1893, William
Davis, a native of New York, aiced 59 years.
lUNITKI) UNOKKTAKKKS' n
EMBALMING PARLORS. I
£vcr>tniu^ Kequlsltefor First-clai*- r'u.aarAli 9
at Keaajuable lutes.
Telephone 3167. 27 aud 2J Fifth street ■
I—.— McAVOY & GALLAGHER,
= McAVOY & CALLACHER,
FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS.
I SO Fifth St., Opp, -Lincoln School.
I Telephone :iuHi>. sua tt
CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY.
IN BAH MATEO COUNTY; NON-SECTARIAN;
laid out on the lawn plan; perpetual caro; beau-
- 111 ii). permanent and easy of access; see It before
luylbg a burial place elsewhere.
City oince, 9 City Hall Avenue.
■ delo
TO THE UNFORTUNATE.
S~\ DR. CISBON'S DISPENSARY,
IffAJk *33KEARXYST. KstahlMntl hi IN3-I .
a tk ' DR. treatment of DISPENSARY,
flaa KKAHNY ST. Established In 1H34
I ! I -■ treatment of Private Dtefcasesi
•Vgs*39H Ma: i hood. Debility or disease wear-
oiK&gara ing on body and mind and skin Diseases
v>____s&«r.?-l permanently cured. The doctor has vis-
ited the hospitals of Europe and obtained much
valuable Information, which he can impart to those
lln need of his service*. The doctor cures when
■v others fall. Try him. No charge unless ii" effecti
. a cure, rersons cured at home. Charges rva^on-
I able. Call or write. Address, r '^;«»^VrJ**>^'
Dr. J. F. UIDBON, D»x 1997, San Fraccisca
!LvuH»ihbi'- -i-rt-*"-Tr_ii--__iii___r.'''*-*i'i.__ Jills ■__*in____--iiir_rT. , r ie« vi f__»__t **___.■___*_______■£
MISCELLANEOUS. _»
HAVE YOU
A CHINA
CLOSET?
It is one of the most useful of
all pieces of dining-room furni- '_
ture. Not only does; jit preserve
your valuable china and glass, but
it forms an added charm to any
room7--:;V:;.r777''*- ,'- '-. J": ' ZZZj^y':.., ";
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IN SOLID OAK, d? _—
GLASS FROST A^j'.'T.OO
AM) ENDS - .'*-.- *+^ **. M
'"'. This a splendid pattern at the "
". price. The ; rich oak is - prettily
carved. The .trimmings are of \ '
brass and the large bottom drawer [fj.
gives valuable extra room. ./ We .*;.
have the same style of closet, j
somewhat smaller and without 7,
the drawer, for $20.00. Scores of
other patterns, too. ■■■-. /7a 7 %
CALIFORNIA t'y-'l^
FURNITURE COMPANY
x (N. P, Cole & Co.) - / **_•*:-
'■--iy- 117-123 Geary Street ' 7 ;/ "-7
"'■ : " -: ■ »*-7 '".-'■•'J''- 1 -'777.,"' .7 jxixyy.
THE PICKET IflDB
Of health Rfaould be doubly <uir<i.'j at this season. ,
i ti-- alrreeHsavltli f hliiy moisture, tie weather .*
7'tl_'Xiiiiciib yt nn'l . ii.'irwr; i1n...; . ' :■*'.■*' -
l : heso-cbii<l*atiOiis *aro:.v\ y'y:yr .:*;;, : \;/tfy_ ..--Vy-:'
TERRIBLE DANGER POINTS
fr the liihj»iau.t pipes..;, Beware' -'ol!' the"' aA'd&tira' '". ;
Cvugh. the liieat -piin, the . lDliaiiimatlOu- .
THE DEADLY PNEUMONIA,
-thr raci.e-1 I tin jj.- t*ie-flrea_lod roninmptloa. V- * :'
1-ut i.'ii -ii-iity o'liy-tlie strongeit guard,, tae oldest
.aDdiQost (altniulataud-by, _ -.-'.•
DR. SCHENCK'S
PULMONIC SYRUP.
Break up y.nr-.rnlii az once.Sop your cou_t_iL-" -*
Prireout that Inflainin&tloh in time, tie/y that
l'oeuiiloula. V Jre that Consumption.
THE PULMONIC SYRUP
*<*:i qnlckesl -nl ''.ir^: of alt remedies on th« I'
lungs. . rii^ oldest aiiU beat approved, staudard- '.tor:-- :-■:''.':
every luiifttro'_ill.e. ■■ „ ".-,"-.-.;■'*-..--.:.. .:*:-*': v> a- ;
Dr. -.ehenef* Fi'ttftlcnl Trenltte on JHit ■-■■/•i of -
.Luna., hte-iMeh ami l.ivti matlt.l f re •':_-,-■ nil .ftf : ;. . -'"-_
cant*, hr. J. It -icVrit-t £ .-om: I'hilaiclp'ilti- :-Pa.Z7-_^
- .- -- dice tt trMoWyrp , .;■'-..
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427 KEARNY ST.
TOP HAVE liRFKC'IIVE VISION. -IT Wltti
1 ! 0 well to remember. that.l make a* specialty of I ''--' '■•
examining and mcajurin? all Imperfeiiioai of: fin ■'■$■■■
•ye where giaases are r'qii'.re'l. and jrlaiilinj siichlt?- "~ '•
Q«resaarr. No other sUineiitir-aa got th6.a-n»-:'-*- : 7.-
-lupcrl^ir faciiltiei as are found hero, for tbe lattru- ?C-'l
■ mears ..rid methods used aro ray : dl3ooverie'4:-.-i<l : -r'- 7y.
lons and are f»r in tae lead of ftaj now ln'aji_f ; <* -■*
Sail. faction guarantead.. '-.' . .;..•*.'*. --•; ";-.- •■'*;,>:-,-,;':'; '■;'-"'":■''.■;
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g|^^^^^ OFFICE, BANK
J|JJ||^^M I. H. ANDREWS.-
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la? tf tod 8p ' \.'y.
PROVIDENCE WAREHOUSE AND
FORWARDINC CO.
FOB GJi.NKItAL, MtBCHAXDISE.
rroaridence. It. 1., a fsrorsbl* distributing point
for the East. Hoods consigned to the caro of thia
Company will receive our best attention.
Correspondence solicited.
Most Approved Method of Jleclianieal COLD
STORAGE for Perishable tioHiils. -i
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Kates of storage as low as in New York or ltoston.
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invoices {,^- -' t « 0 } Freight line,.
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