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then heard one blast of the whistle followed by
two more in quick succession, which was the
signal to get the boats ready. The ship was on
her beams end and I got out on the outside of
the ship, and while there a heavy wind came
Riid blew the deckhouses right off the ship; I
saw that myself. I saw the whole deck blown
off the ship myself; I mean the houses, boats
and all.
When I got into the water the water was
filled with wreckage of the deckhouses that
had been blown right out of the ship. I tried
to get a piece of lumber from the deckload
that was on board, but I could not do bo, be
cause it was fast. The lumber was laid just as
it was originally stowed.
"Did the chief engineer say what he wanted
these coal-passers foj;?"
"The chief engineer sent for the coal-passers
in order to have the tools put away — those
that had got adrift in the storeroom. "
"Was the chief engineer nervous at all?"
"No, sir: quiet as can be; not even beared
when he saw the water on deck. He just sim
ply said 6hut this door, shut that door, etc."
•♦lt blew the worst hurricane I ever saw after <
we got into the water. If we had not had the sec
ond hurricane more people would have been
caved."
"Did you hear anything about the cargo of
that ship being badly stowed V
"No, sir; further, before I came on deck I
stood at the door of the fireroom and saw the
coal there and there was no sign of its shlft
.ing."
"What do you think was the cause of this
ship going down I"
"I believe it was the wind. I saw the wind
blow the hurricane deckhouses and all right
up into the air. It was a regular hurricane in
just two minutes' time. During my twelve
years' experience at sea I never saw so heavy
a sea or so violent a wind as at this time."
Raymond Avilks.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixth
day of June, 1895.
[Seal.] George T. Knox,
Notary Public for City and County of i-an Fran
cisco.
FOUGHT ON A RAFT.
Survivor CushJng's Thrilling Ex
perience With a Maddened
Sailor.
C. H. Cushing Jr., one of the survivors
of the wreck, was seen at his home, 870
Adeline street, Oakland, last evening.
Though cruelly cut and bruised by his ter
rible struggle in the water dur
ing the twenty-four hours which in
tervened between the sinking of
the Colima and the time he was picked up
by the Saa Juan he seemed to feel well and
said that beyond the bruises and cuts
which he had received while being buffeted
about amid the debris of the wreck he felt
no ill effects. His graphic story of the
sinking of the ill-fated steamer is as fol
lows:
"We left Manzanillo at 4 o'clock on Sun
day night, the 26th of May. About 9 o'clock
that night we began to see that a big storm
was coming. I was on the upper deck
with Mrs. Whiting, Professor Whiting and
Miss Phelps. The spray began to dash up
to us, and very soon all retired to their
cabins. My brother, George S. Gushing,
and 1 had a stateroom on the port
Bide of the vessel. We went to bed and
slept in spite of the rolling of the vessel,
which was very severe all night. The next
morning the pitohing of the steamer in
creased to an alarming extent, and we did
not go to breakfast. The waves were going
over the vessel and invading our state
room. Our trunks were afloat on the floor,
and things began to be decidedly un
comfortable. Some time between 10 and 11
o'clock, about 10:30, I think, a terrible
wave struck the vessel and listed her far
over to port. I heard a grinding, roaring
noise that came from the bowels of the
ship and I thought we had struck a rock.
I was afterward told that it was tbe coal
shifting. Previous to this time my brother
and I had made preparations, each tying
a life preserver on the other. All the
clothes we had on were our trousers and
undershirts.
" When the noise came I said to George,
1 It is about time we got out of this,' and
we made our way through an adjoining
stateroom to the deck. I looked through
the rear of our stateroom as we left and
across the dining-room to the starboard
side. The waves were tearing the state
rooms on that side away and
the vessel was listing more every
minute. I saw few people about and
heard nothing said about boats. We had
just gained the deck and got hold of the
rail when another big wave struck the
ship and tore us away, throwing us upon
the deck. That was the last I saw of my
brother.
"This seemed to complete the work of
destruction, for the cabins and upper
works collapsed and the ship began to
sink, starboard side first, and in a few sec
onds she was gone. I was drawn down in
the water with an immense mass of debris
and thought I should never come to the
surface again. Suddenly, when my
power of holding my breath was
gone and I began to take in
salt water, I felt a tremendous
force from beneath and was shot with
great power toward the surface. I think
it must have been from the bursting of the
boilers or decks, for I was actually thrown
into the air and the wreckage seemed to
part to give me a way.
"When I went down I had on my shirt,
trousers and the life-preserver; when I
came up only the tattered remains of a
shirt remained. lam a fairly good swim
mer, and in a few seconds I had hold of a
piece of wreckage with which the sea was
strewn large enough to support my weight.
"It was no trouble to rind pieces to hold
on to, the great difficulty being to prevent
being crushed by the others which the
mountainous waves were thrashing about.
I had hardly recovered my breath when a
piece of timber thrown by the wind or waves
struck me on the bacs of the head, stunning
me for a moment. I let go my hold and
sank, but came to again, and on rising to
the surface seized another piece. This
happened several times, and on more than
one occasion the waves overturned my
frail raft, and I was compelled to seek an
other.
"I saw a number of people struggling for
life as I was, but all were men. I saw no
women after I gained the deck and the
vessel began to sink. I think I saw two
boats, one containing a number of people.
By this time I was cut and bruised
from head to foot from the blows
received from the debris, and was
growing exhausted. About three hours,
as near as 1 could judge, after the steamer
sank I saw another m an, a sailor who had
been discharged from the Olympia and
was going to New York via Panama, on a
large piece of the deck, and as I had just
been thrown off .the piece I was floating on,
I swam to his raft and climbed aboard.
"The storm had abated somewhat, the
waves were not so high and the water felt
warm. The debris also seemed to be much
more scattered.
"Just after I reached the man-of-wars
man's raft, a small cask came floating by
and he suggested that we get it as it might
contain water. I recognized it as a cask of
wine I had seen in one of the staterooms, and
told him so, but he said we had better
secure it anyway, as it would brace ua up
during the night. We pulled it on board
and then we saw another man, one of the
sailors on the Colima, floating by on some
wreckage. He wanted to come to our raft
and after some parley we allowed him to
do so.
"This act nearly cost me my life. As
soon as he saw the cask he began to beg for
water, and when we told him that it was
wine he said that did not make any differ
ence, for he was dying of thirst. He seemed!'
to be a little out of his head and talked
queerly. calling me captain and mumbling
to himself. We finally decided to open
the cask, and did so by smashing in one of
the staves by knocking it against the side
of the raft. The man-of-warsman held the
cask while he drank, and we had to take it
away from him, for he did not want to
stop swallowing the wine.
"The other sailor and I each took a little.
Soon the sailor of the Colima wanted more
wine. We gave him a little, but he de
manded a larger allowance, and we then
refused to give him any more. I was sit
ting on the raft with my back to him when
he suddenly struck me a terrible blow on
the side of the face with his fist, almost
knocking me into the sea.
"Before I could recover he had struck
me again, and I saw that it was time to de
fend myself. I swung around and seized
him, and after a short struggle succeeded
in throwing him overboard. He swam
back to the raft and we pulled
him on board again, telling him
to be quiet and he would not
get hurt. He was entirely naked, and as I
had secured a piece of sack wLich had
floated by nailed to a piece of timber I
covered him up with it as best I could. He
began acting queer again, and a little later
I saw him edging toward the side of the
raft.
"The man-of-warsman had taken enough
wine to make him sleepy ana paid no at-
ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THE COLIMA.
tention to either of us, so I tried to get to
the sailor to keep him on the raft, but he
jumped into the sea and began swimming
away from the raft. I called to him to
swim back, but he did not seem to hear and
sank. He came up near the raft again and
once more swam away. The next time he
sank was for good fo- we did not see him
again. I feared that the man-of-warsman
might drink more of the wine and fall
overboard or make trouble so I threw the
casK overboard. All during that awful
night we floated on clinging to the raft to
keep from being thrown into the water and
it was a great relief when the day began to
dawn. We didn't suffer much from cold and
I do not know what we would have done,
naked as we practically were, had the
temperature not been so high. The sun
never seemed so bright or beautiful as
when it rose on Tuesday morning and dis
closed the fact that we had floated within
sight of land. I wanted to go to sleep, but
the daylight showed us the fins of numer
ous sharks cutting the water all about us,
and I kept awake for fear that I might be
washed overboard and be eaten by them.
"I think they must have been man
eaters, for they kept close to the raft and
seemed to be watching us. Several hours
after sunrise we sighted the San Juan and
hope began to dawn in our minds. The
sea was still running high and we feared
that we would not be seen.
"I thought at first that she was at
anchor, and that we would float by with
out any one discovering us. Soon we saw
that she was moving our way, but in a few
moments our hopes were dashed again,
when she swung around and we saw her
stern pointed our way. The man-of-wars-
man tore up the remains of his shirt and
stood up, waving it and shouting,
while I held him by the waist
so as to enable him to keep his
balance. Being much exhausted he could
not stand it long, and I took a turn at the
signal, while he held me. Again and
again the steamer turned toward us, oniy
to recede again, and we began to despair of
a rescue. I could see a man high up one of
the masts. Finally to our great joy I saw
a boat lowered and pulled in our
direction. We could see it for a moment
high on the top of a wave and
then it would disappear from
view for quite a time. The man-of-wars
man could not see it at all, and would not
believe that we were to be saved until the
boat was close to the raft. No more wel
come sight ever met my eyes than that
boat as it came alongside the raft and we
were hauled into it.
"We were soon on board the steamer
and provided with clothes, and our dan
gers were at an end. I can hardly express
the gratitude I felt toward the officers of
the San Juan for the manner in which
they treated us.
"We were given every possible attention
and care, and the ship's doctor spent day
and night attending to our hurts and
bringing us back to health. My
chest is badly bruised from being
crushed between two pieces of wreck,
age soon after the ship went down, and it
will be some time before the cuts on my
lower limbs heal so that I can be com
fortable. lam thankful to be safe ashore
and with my family and friends once
more."
HE DIED SUDDENLY.
A San Juan Passengrer Succumbs
on the Way to the Receiving
Hospital.
F. Thompson, a passenger on the steamer
San Juan, which arrived from Panama
yesterday, was taken seriously ill shortly
after the steamer had made its landing.
He procured the services of Andrew
Pryne, a hackman, to remove him to the
Receiving Hospital, but he succumbed on
the journey and Pryne took the body to
the Morgue.
An autopsy will be held to ascertain the
cause of death, but it is the supposition
that it was from natural causes.
He boarded the vessel at Guatemala as a
steerage passenger and occasioned consid
erable alarm among bis fellow-passengers
by the serious symptoms of "coast fever,"
which is similar in its nature to "yellow
jack," but it was not deemed necessary to
take him to the ship hospital, as he ap
peared to be well most of the time, and it
was the supposition that malaria was the
malady from which he was suffering.
BOYD FOUND COMFORT.
Made the Most of His Lot and
Company tn Warm
Sea Water.
One of the most obstinate to talk at first
was Harry William Boyd, the English
jeweler. When, however, he saw how
freely Mr. Oriel communicated his version,
Boyd warmed up and wrote the following
statement.
It is a characteristic one, as showing the
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1895.
peculiar presence of mind enjoyed by Boyd
under decidedly disagreeable circum
stances. Evidently he made the most of
his lot:
The weather was fine when we left Manza
nillo about 4 or sp. m. The wind commenced
about "and increased with more violence until
the climax was reached and the ship could no
longer stand it.
The cargo shifted over to the starboard side
about one hour before the ship sank, and the
ship never righted herself. The majority of
those drowned never left the ship.
When all hope was gone I ran down the
weather side of the ship and jumped into the
sea. It was some time before I came to the sur
face. I first caught hold of a bundle of shingles
and held on until I got onto a raft. In the
meantime I had my shirt ripped off my back
by the floating mass of lumber and was attired
from that on only in a pair of trousers.
After several severe knocks from the flying
lumber, and many narrow escapes, being
washed away from pieces of the ship several
times, I joined company with Ramos about 5
p. m. We picked up an orange, a cocoanut and
two onions, which we shared.
I also picked up a cushion and the back of a
plush-covered chair, and made the two of us
as comfortable as possible. The sea water waa
warm, and we had fresh landward breezes all
night. We were picked up at Ba.m. by the first
raft.
I couldn't converse with my companions, as
our languages were not familiar to each other.
PITTS WAS SILENT.
No Answer to the Charges That
Have Been Made Against
Him.
Captain William G. Pitts was closeted all
the afternoon, after leaving the San Juan,
with Manager Schwerin and General Agent
Center at the Pacific Mail Company's
offices, and heard the sworn statements of
Messrs. Hansen and Richardson and the
Mexican Aviles, given.
He point blank refused to make any
statement himself when requested to do so
by a Call representative. He gave as his
reasons that he had talked all he wanted
to and hadn't gone home yet. The "talk
ing all he wanted to" must have been done
during the secret audience with his supe
riors.
He was very blunt in his refusal to make
any explanation whatever, to the charge of
the passenger Oriel, as to his leaving the
scene of the Colima's wreck so hastily.
Neither would he permit any opportun
ity to discuss his refusal of Captain Long's
request for a life-saving boat.
Third Officer Hansen was almost as loth
to discuss the disaster as Captain Pitts
when the San Juan arrived in harbor, He
boarded the company's tug, Millen Grif
fith, with Mr. Richardson as fast as he
could. Subsequently he made a very vol
uminous sworn statement when at the of
fices of the company.
THE DOCTOR'S VIEWS.
Shipwrecked Ones With Broken
Bones Perished From Their
Inability to Move.
Dr. Robertson, surgeon of the San Juan,
told about the first knowledge he had of
the Colima's loss.
"I was in bed," said he, "eariy in the
morning— l think it was about 6 o'clock—
when the purser called me.
" 'For God's sake, doctor, get up,' he
cried at me. 'The Colima is lost.'
"I hurried upon deck and saw a man
standing on the top of a hatch shouting
The Surgeon of the San Juan.
'Colinia!' 'Colima!' and waving his hands
frantically. That was Morel, the Mexican
who escaped on a raft.
"Soon afterward we came across two
shipwrecked men on a raft, and further on
we sailed right into the wreckage. The
captain cruised around while a watch was
kept on all sides for survivors of the wreck,
and after it appeared useless to remain
longer he continued on northward.
"Now, about those shipwrecked people, I
believe that those who got broken bones
were lost. There can be no doubt what
ever that the pitching and bearing of
wreckage in such masses as at the scene of
the disaster killed a great many of the pas
sengers and crew."
THE WATCH'S ACCOUNT.
What Seaman Thomas Fries Saw
While on the Last Deck
Watch.
The seaman who was on duty "watching
deck" and whose watch was never finished
on the fatal Colima, told his story with
much simplicity as he lay against the rail
ings of the San Juan. He is Thomas
Fries, a sailor employed by the Pacific
Mail Company.
All Fries had in the world yesterday was
a borrowed suit of blue jeans overalls, a
pair of old shoes and an engineer's cap.
The cap was light and soft around his
ugly scalp wounds, which poor Fries ap
pears to regard as a matter of course taken
in connection with a disaster which parted
him from many of his companions.
"I was watching deck from 8 a. m. on
Monday, the day of the wreck," he said,
"and I was told specially to look out for
the bad weather that was coming. I was
standing alongside the rail till 10 o'clock.
Then Chief Officer Griffith said to me,
'Tackle on the rudder.' I tried to go for
ward, but three boats were carried away all
at once. I lay down and was pitched into
the smoking-room by a big sea. The wa
ter hurt my arm, but I got my feet again
and started to get the canvas cover off a
boat.
"It was then I heard three whistles— 'all
saye themselves.' I was busy on duty up
to then, and the whistles startled me. The
ship turned over, and I don't remember
what happened then.
"There was a boat near me in the water,
but it was swamped, so I jumped and
swam off for a raft and got on a bit of a
deck house. Three minutes from the time
I heard the three whistles I could only see
the bow of the ship out of water as she
went down. She sank stern first, but
about the time she was sinking and the
deck houses were carrying away I was un
der and over the water and saw nothing
till I got on the raft and looked around
me.
"It could not have been the deckioad
that wrecked the Colinia. I'm sure some
thing burst in the hold ; it may or may
not have been the boilers, though I think
the explosion came from lower down."
"How long was it from the time she
listed till she sank?"
"About ten minutes. If the best ship in
the United States navy was in that hurri
cane it would sink her in five minutes if
she got into the trough of the sea that was
then rolling. The captain poured hundreds
of gallons of oil upon the water, but it had
no effect except for an instant. The oil
was no good.
"I got badly cut and battered about in
th^ wreckage, my arm and side are still
very sore, and here is what a piece of the
wreck did on my head," he said, taking off
his cap to expose an open wound devoid of
a bandage. "I held on to the old deck
house, anyhow, and am glad to get off
with my life."
THE SAN JUAN'S QUEST.
J. H. Neill Describes How She Came
Upon the Wreckage and
Went Away Early.
J. H. Neill, a passenger on the San Juan
from Guatemala, who is now staying at
the Occidental, stated last evening he be
lieved the captain of the San Juan was
rather hasty in leaving the scene of the
disaster.
"We were asleep at 6 a. m. and were
called up. A mailbag for Guatemala had
been picked up," said he, "and that
seemed sufficient proof of a shipwreck.
This incident was the cause of some ex
citement, so a lookout was sent up to scan
the sea. Soon after he saw people on rafts,
and presently we were in the midst of
wreckage. Spars, bits of deck, lumber and
such things began to bob up like bottles.
They were strewn all over the sea for
miles as far as we could see.
"The captain steered for the rafts and
picked up those people we have on board.
"Then he circled around, and every one's
eyes were scanning the waves for a sign of
life."
"When did you leave for the northward
journey?"
"About 4 p. m. we steamed away. The
captain circled round a large area beyond
the driftwood, and as he could see no more
signs of shipwrecked people on the ocean
he started off.
"I am not positive about the exact hour
of starting, but I should say it was about
4 in the afternoon."
THE FIRST NEWS.
How Captain Pitts Was Informed of
the Wreck of the
Colima.
Jose Moril, one of the steamer Port
land's firemen, was the first one to com
municate tha news of the wreck to the San
Juan. He was on a piece of wreckage,
and stark naked, and, standing up, yelled
"The Colima," in reply to a question from
Captain Pitts.
FAILURE TO LAND CARGO.
The Liability of Ship-owners In th e
Absence of Limitations
Absolute.
Charles Page, the well-known admiralty
lawyer, gave the following statement to a
Call reporter last evening concerning the
liability of the steamship company for the
loss of life and property :
The liability of ship-owners for failure to
deliver cargo in the absence of limitations
created by JLhe bill of lading is absolute, un
less the loss is caused by the act of God or a
peril of the sea. Unseaworthiness of the ves
sel, if it contributes in any way to a loss, is
ground for holding the ship-owner, even
though the unseaworthiness be caused by a
hidden defect. The rule is that any neglect
creates a liability. The burden is upon the
ship to absolve itself by proof that the loss was
due entirely to tlie- accepted perils—that is, the
act of God or perils of the sea. The maritime
law of the United States and the statute of
1893, known as the Harter act, make void any
stipulation whereby the ship-owner attempts to
protect himself against his own or his ser
vant's negligence.
This liability of the ship-owner is qualified
in one way by the Revised Statutes of the
United States, sections 4283-4284, which limit
the liability of the ship-owner to the value of
the ship and any collected freights, provided
that the loss, though caused by negligence,
was not done or suffered "with the privilege or
knowledge" of the owner. And in another
way, by the Harter act above referred to,
which says that if the owner shall take rea
sonable means to make his vessel seaworthy
neither he nor his ship shall be liable for er
rors in judgment or faulty navigation on the
part of his servants. In the one case the owner
may surrender his vessel to answer for the
neglect of the agent (to which the owner was
not privy), and on making the surrender all
claimants must look to that for a fund to re
imburse them, though it be a total loss, and in
the other the owner goes free.
There is some question whether the act of
1884 (United States Statutes) does not absolve
the owner, even though he be personally guilty
of negligence, provided he surrenders his ves
sel or give* bond in an appraised value.
Whatever the courts may hereafter decide on
this point, it is undoubtedly the law thai if
a vessel be lost through the neglect of the
master or of the agent (not the general agent
m charge of the affairs of the corporation) the
owner may limithis liability for the goods or
lives lost to the value of the wreck, which may
be nothing at all, He is not even required to
contribute insurance moneys which he may
have collected.
The general agent of a corporation is neces
sarily the corporation, as a corporation can
act only through agents; consequently, knowl
edge or privity through such agent is the
knowledge or privity of the corporation, which
would then become liable for the neglect thus
brought home to it.
At the maritime law no damages are re
coverable for death caused by negligence. The
State statutes providing for such damages
have sometimes been enforced in the Admiralty
Court against vessels, but the point remains
undecided by the Supreme Court of the United
States. Such statutes would be inoperative to
create a liability for a death caused on the
high seas.
Suicide of a Sacramento Musician.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 6.— An old
musician named Emile Berltnger left his
home yesterday and took a room in a hotel
where, after going to bed, he swallowed
about flity morphine pills. He was found
d*ad to-day. He left a letter stating that
he was too old to be of any more use in the
world. Chagrin over hia defeat for the
secretaryship of the Musicians' Union ia
believed to have been the direct cause of
the act.
SANTA CRUZ IS GAY
The Decorations Will
Exceed Anything Ever
Seen There.
ALL IN WHITE AND GOLD.
Nota Business House That Will
Not Show the Carnival
Colors.
SOME VERY PRETTY FLOATS.
Several Unique Conceptions to Be
Added to the Already Long:
List.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., June 6.— The
decoration of private residences and busi
ness houses is being done in this city to a
greater extent than was ever done before.
Every painter and decorator in town is
working night and day so as to finish his
work. Many of the business houses are
placing fir and redwood trees in front of
their stores, which give a sort of fresh and
frostlike appearance.
The decorations in most cases are quite
artistic, and some are very unique and of
every conceivable design. By the com
mencement of the week there will not be a
business house on Pacific avenue that will
not have its front covered with the yellow
and white. The houses all look pretty
with the graceful festoons and draperies.
The decorations of the poles on Pacific
avenue will be finished in a few days and
with the evergreen twined around them
and the yellow and white yards, like those
of a 6hip, they look very neat and give the
street quite a Venetian appearance.
To-day strings of Japanese lanterns were
stretched across the avenue at the red
wood arch, which is now completed. The
decorators were at work on the tribunes on
the banks of the San Lorenzo to-day, and
hundreds of yards of bunting is* being
used. The hundreds of flags with yellow
and white streamers floating in the breeze
make a very picturesque sight in this part
of the town. The many restaurants, soda
stands, etc., which have been built in the
vicinity of the carnival arena for the
benefit of the throngs who will attend are
made of redwood boughs, and look quite
arborlike.
The electric fountain has been tested,
and is in the finest of working order, and
exceeds the expectations of all. It was a
beautiful sight as the stream issued forth,
and the electrical display was grand.
A beautiful float for floral day is one of
pure white and yellow, being made for the
daughter of ex-llavor Bowman. On a
bed of pure white representing water is a
large snow-white swan, where the pretty
little girl will be seated. Surrounding the
float will be some beautiful white pond
lilies.
The California Powder Works have built
a barge and will have a unique float for
the water carnival. It will be typical of
the industry which it represents. On it
will be a cannon, which will be fired. Illu
minated powder, which is also manufac
tured at the works, will be burned in great
quantities. When completed they will
float it down the river from the powder
mill, which is two and a half miles from
this city.
The Grand Army float is to represent a
picket post, with veterans on guard. A
field piece will be one of the main features.
The Native Sons' and Daughters' float
will represent the trial scene in the "Mer
chant of Venice." The room of justice in
the palace of the Doges is pictured. Portia
and Nerissa, Antonio, Bassanio and Gra
tiano, the Duke and the relentless Shylock
will all be there, to say nothing of Sena
tors, guards, soldiers and other attendants.
The parts are to be taken by members of
the local parlors. Miss May Linscott and
Miss Agnes "VVUkins have been selected to
take the parts of Portia and Nerissa.
The cierks of this city are to have a mag
nificent barge for the river pageant. It
will be a large gondola of graceful chape,
painted in the carnival colors, white and
gold. One of the features of it will be the
illuminated dial of a clock. The hands of
this clock will be set ht the magic hour 8
p. m., at which the clerks dejire to see the
business houses closed. Above the clock
will be a giant figure "8," a transparency,
surrounded by a bell. This bell will toll
the hour of 8 at frequent intervals during
the river parade, and each time the trans
parent "8" will show four color transfor
mations, red, white, blue and yellow.
There will be in tbe center of the gondola
a glittering crystal fountain and a ereat
white and gold shell, within which sits the
Queen of Beauty in a lovely Greek gown of
white trimmed in gold, attended by
guards, who will be members of the Clerks'
Association. Miss Standacher, a beautiful
young lady, will be the queen. The barge
will be propelled by gondoliers attired in
Venetian costumes.
Besides the floats from the Santa Cruz
schools, there will be floats from Hazel
Brook, Aptos, Soquel and Valencia.
The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will
arrive on Saturday evening and will be
entertained at the Sea Beach hotel, which
is in the hands of Turkish decorators, who
are decorating it in the Oriental style of
their country.
On Saturday evening a grand ball and
banquet will be given at the hotel to the
Snriners and invited guests. On Sunday,
at the Bangs Grove, in the Big Tree Grove,
a grand bullshead dinner will be served.
Most of the Shrine rs will remain over to
witness the carnival.
W. H. Lamb, who is grand marshal for
the civic and military parade, has chosen
for his aids: J. F. Cunningham, F. M.
Swanton, W. D. Haslam. B. F. Dickinson,
Professor J. W. Linscott, L. "Wessendorf,
Professor D. C. Clark, M. S. Patterson,
Robert Cardiff and George Shedden.
The dam that holds the San Lorenzo
River in check is a success. This morning
there was- three feet of water in the river.
On the dam much of the success of the
Water Carnival depends.
Last evening hundreds of people were
on the river front to see the illuminations
which are being experimented with. All
of the incandescent lights are in place so
all that remains to swing across the river
are the Chinese lanterns, thousands of
which have arrived.
So great is the demand for seats that
eighteen more boxes have been added.
The grand stand on each side of the Queen's
throne is to be enlarged so as to accommo
date the grand marshals and aids, who will
appear in Venetian costumes.
It is probable that the grand marshals
and aids will meet the Half-million and
Union League clubs at San Jose and es
ca*t them here. The only question is as
to whether a special train can be secured
for the purpose. As every train attainable
will be used it is doubtful if that part of
the programme can be carried out.
Several boats have been set aside for the
use of local singing clubs, which will form
a pleasant feature of the procession on the
river.
Last evening the executive committee
ordered 1000 more cots purchased, so as to
be prepared to accommodate the overflow
from hotels and boarding-houses. Mayor
Sutro has telegraphed Mayor Effey to en
gage accommodations for him. The indi
cations are that Santa Cruz will have an
immense crowd next week, and ample
preparations are being made to take care
of it.
OX THE X LATTERY REEF.
An Effort Will Be Made to Recover the
Mogul's Engines.
PORT TOWN SEND, Wash., June 6.—
Tides now being favorable, an attempt
will be made at an early date to rescue the
machinery of the tug Mogul, now on Flat
tery Rocks, where it was beached after a
collision with the British bark Darra, off
Cape Flattery. The hull of the tug has
been battered to pieces, but the engines
and boilers are still on the reef.
Lieutenant Francis Tuttle, commanding
the revenue marine service in the Puget
Sound district, was to-day promoted to the
captaincy. He will probably be trans
ferred to the Eastern coast shortly.
The steamer Evangel from Sequim this
morning brought news of the suicide of
John Brown, one of the oldest and best
known settlers in that vicinity. There
was no apparent cause for the deed. Brown
had a large family and was comparatively
well off.
SANTA ROSA CONVENTION
The Epworth League Closes a
Three Days' Interesting
Session.
A Proposition to Hold County Meet-
Ings, but No Definite Ac
tion Taken.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., June 6. — The
third annual convention of Epworth
leagues of the Methodist Episcopal
churches in Napa district met in the
Third-street Methodist Episcopal Church
here this week. The edifice was beauti
fully decorated with flowers and bunting.
On Tuesday evening the convention was
called to order by the president, Miss May
L. Dickson of Petaluma, and a half hour's
devotional exercise was held, followed by
the usual addresses of welcome from the
church by Rev. William Angwin and from
the local leagues by Miss Marshall and
Clarence Drysdale.
The Rev. Dr. D. A. Hayes of Napa
preached the annual sermon. The reverend
gentleman took for his subject, "The
Cherubim, their manifestations, their
meanings and the lessons drawn there
from," and selected as a text Ezekiel, i:10.
Rev. Dr. Hayes divided his discourse
into four parts— first, human sympathy
and kindliness; second, lion-like courage
of conviction ; third, ox-like spirit of con
viction; fourth, eagle-like aspect to spirit
ual things. It was a scholarly effort and
the large audience was greatly interested.
The entertainment committee, composed
of Miss Hattie Allen, Mrs. W. Angwin
and Miss Marshall, were successful in
pleasantly locating the large delegation on
its arrival.
The officers of the convention are: Presi
dent, Miss M. L. Dickson; first vice-presi
dent, A. T. Henibre; second vice-presi
dent, Miss Dora Warren; third, Mrs. L.
Haford; fourth, Ford Oliver; Rev. C. J.
and Mrs. Coy, honorary vice-presidents;
Rev. F. R. Walton, recording secretary;
Mrs. Blanche English, corresponding sec
retary; Mr. Warren, treasurer.
The session Wednesday was tfvery inter
esting one. At 6 o'clock in the morning a
prayer meeting was held, which was
largely attended. At S:3O o'clock there
were devotional services. At 9 o'clock the
president called the convention to order.
The roll call showed 170 delegates in attend,
ance. The president then delivered the
annual address and appointed the follow
ing committees :
Credentials— Rev. W. 'Angwin, Mr. Rob
bins. Rev. W. Lloyd.
Nominations— Rev. E. R. Willis, C. L.
Coy, Mrs. A. L. Walton.
Resolutions— Rev. T. H. Woodward, Dr.
Hayes, Mrs. Kuykendall.
The president's report showed that there
were thirty-eight leagues in the district,
with a membership of 1169.
The question of forming separate county
conventions was discussed. The district is
a large one, extending from Yolo County
to Del Norte, and it was thought these
meetings would facilitate the work in the
outlying districts. The matter was after
ward referred to a special committee.
Reports from the various leagues were
then heard. They were all of an interest
ing character, showing that a good worn
is being done.
At the close of the session the delegation
was entertained at lunch by the local
leagues in Temperance Hall.
The afternoon was taken up with the
discussion of the Junior League work and
in the evening the Rev. Dr. J. N. Beard,
president of the University of the Pacific,
delivered an eloquent address on "Educa
tion." The church was densely crowded
and the lecturer was warmly applauded.
Thursday's session opened with a sun
rise prayer meeting at 6 o'clock, followed
by a devotional exercise at 8:30. At 9
o'clock business was transacted. The elec
tion of officers ensued with the following
result: President, Miss M. L. Dickson;
vice presidents— Miss Hattie Allen, Santa
Rosa; Miss May Wells, Ukiah; Fred
Wilson, Napa; Miss Ida Tolraan, Green
Valley; recording secretary, Rev. F. . R.
Walton; corresponding secretary, Miss
Taylor; treasurer, William Irvine; super
intendent of Junior League, Miss B. Gor
don.
The closing services took place at 8
o'clock, when the Rev. Eli McClisb, D.D.,
pastor of Grace M. E. Chnrcb, San Fran
cisco, delivered an eloquent address. Sub
ject: "The Coming Christian." The
convention then adjourned.
Treano District lipwovth league.
VIS ALIA, Cal., June The third
semi-annual convention t of . the Fresno
District Epworth League closed a three
days' session here to-night. The district
comprises all the counties south of Madera
to f Banta Barbara, and embraces about
1200 \ members. Delegates were present
from all parts of the district. The next
convention will be held ,at Tulare ■ next
November. Rev. R. A. Johnson of Selma
was elected a delegate to the national con
vention to be held at Chattanooga, Term.,
on the 27th inst.
Los Angeles liraketnan Killed.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 6.— A
epecial to the Evening Express gives the
details of the horrible death of
Brown, a freight brakeman. He was
coupling cars and stood between a car of
lumber and the tender of the engine when
the lumber which protruded beyond the
car crushed his head against the engine.
SAN RAFAEL'S BRUTE
He Makes a Deliberate
Attempt to Murder
a Woman.
ACTUATED BY REVENGE.
She Was the Principal Witness
Against Him in a Crim
inal Case.
HER CONDITION QUITE CRITICAL.
The Culprit Tried to Escape, but
Was Captured and Is Now
In Jail.
SAN RAFAEL, Cal., June 6.-A brutal
attempt was made by Victor Calzacia, an
Italian laborer, to murder Mrs. Bravo ol
the Bravo House here to-day.
It seems that some time ago he was ar
rested and convicted for putting powder in
the range of the hotel and damaging it to
a considerable extent. Mrs. Bravo was
the principal witness against him and on
that account he 6aid he would revenge
himself upon her.
When he was released from the County
Jail this morning, he collected a few dol
lars that were owing h;m in town and
went on a spree. He called at the Bravo
Hotel and asked for Mrs. Bravo. He was
told Mrs. Bravo was at the residence of E.
M. Skinner a few blocks away. He went
over to Skinner's and found Mrs. Bravo
coming down the front stairs. He grabbed
her, threw her down the stairs and into
the street.
He was about to draw a pistol when
stopped by passers-by. He tried to escape,
but was captured by Marshal Healy and
lodged in jail here. Whan searched his
revolver was found on him. He refuses to
talk about the matter. Mrs. Bravo's con
dition is quite critical. Her face is badly
battered, her nose broken, and it is feared
she is hurt internally.
XEXO'S UyiTEJtSITY.
Its Conunrnci meat Exercises and Award
ing of Diplomas to Students.
RENO, Nev., June 6.— University com
mencement exercises were held here to
night in the opera-house, which was
crowded. On the stage were seated the
fourteen graduates, the faculty, board ol
regents and board of visitors.
The old method of listening to orations
from all members of the graduating class
has been discontinued here, and the exer
cises consisted of music and an address by
Judge Deal of the board of regents, after
which the president of the university
conferred degrees upon all members of
the graduating class of the university,
consisting of Elbert J. Flood, Winfield
Flood, Samuel C. Durkee, Frank H. Sax
ton, Lemmon Osburn, Joseph .Durkee,
bachelors of science; William North, Mary
North, Peter P. Fransden, Mabel Stana
way, Stella Linscott, Grace V. Ward,
Louisa Blum, Theodora Stubbs, bachelors
of arts.
The graduates from the commercial
course were then called upon the stage and
received their diplomas. The class con
sisted of Herbert Maxson, William Wright,
Walter Lamb, Lizzie Longley, Annie Fos
ter, Nellie Wright, Florence Lamb, Gabri
elle Delmas.
Dr. Patterson has offered a prize of $100
to the student in the three lower classes
who maintains during the next year the
highest degree of scholarship, and this
was officially announced this evening.
This is the last act before the curtain falls
on the drama of college life here for 1894
--95. To-morrow the faculty and students
separate for the summer, each to pursue
some special work.
Crushed to Death.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 6.— Lloyd
Divver, a 10-year-old boy, was run over by
a heavily loaded truck thi3 morning and
so badly crushed that he will probably die.
His father is now in San Francisco.
Portland Smuggler* Want a, Xe%o Trial.
PORTLAND, Ob., June 6.— James Lotan
and Seid Back, recently convicted in the
United States District Court for conspiracy
to land Chinese unlawfully, to-day filed a
motion for a new trial.
The Mohican to Visit Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, B. C, June 6. — The
United States steamer Mohican is expected
here Saturday. The object of her visit is
to test the anthracite coal obtained in the
northwest territories.
For additional Pacific Coast newt se« Page 5.
A NOBLE BENEFACTOR.
Hundreds Will Reap the Benefit of Bis)
Munificence.
The benevolent man is always a pleasant
theme for the pen of writer and historian, and
this was what the late Mr. J. C. Wilmerdlng
proved himsetf pre-eminently to be. Few thera
are who have not beard of his magnificent be*
quest to the State of California, amounting to
$400,000 to build a mechanical school ; but
not all are, perhaps, aware that he amassed hia
fortune selling Peruvian Bitters. Wilmerding'a
generosity in founding such a college, while
great, is not greater than his services to man-
kind in giving to the world the celebrated
Peruvian. Bitters, for these stand prominently
forth as the greatest benefaction to the public
health which Is known to modern science.
The Peruvian Bitters are a certain remedy
against loss of appetite and all forms of ner-
vous troubles. They are a pleasant, invigor-
ating beverage, not a physic, and their usa
speedily corrects disordered functions, restores
wasted energy, repairs lost nerve force, induc-
ing regular sleap. and healthy, natural appe-
tite, and tones tip the system generally to its
normal condition. They are better than whisky
or brandy, for they accomplish ail that either
could without running the risk of creating an
appetite for stimulants, since the principal
ingredient— Cinchona- Bark— an antidote for
■dipsomania, as well as a remedy for colds,
coughs and all malarial diseases. Peruvian
Bitters by their large sale, no less than the
wholesale cures they have effected, have dem-
onstrated themselves to be the finest nerva
tonic and good appetizer, producing a healthy
stomach and cheerful brain.
Mack & Co., San Francisco, and all Druggist*
and Dealers.
f riiirs Man Vegetable Pills
Grossman's SBBcillc Miitnre
•^wJ.'H'h re , me<J y Persons can cure themselves
without the least exposure, change of diet, ot
change In application to business. The medi'cin,
contains nothing that ii of the least Injun? tith!
consUtmiOß. A.kyaur druggist far it. Prlc. *l .