The San Francisco call. [volume], July 08, 1895, Page 7, Image 7

About The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
MOX DAY JULYS. 1896
AHUSEMENTS.
Coi.rvfßiA THEATER-"The Senator."
Trvou Opf.ra-hocsi:— "Tar and Tartar."
California Theatkr— "The Old Homestead."
Morosco'6 Opkra-house— "The Prodigal Daugh-
ter."
Osphki'm- Array of Xoveltieg.
Alcazar— "Hamlet."
Bay District Track.— Races.
CITY ITEMS IN BEIEF.
The remains of Ben Butler, the seal, were on
exhibition at the ocean beach yesterday.
Local items, bright and brief, can be found on
this page of the Call every morning.
The weekly resume of news from all the
fraternal orders appears in to-day's issue.
Eighteen black swan from Australia have
been added to the park collection of animals.
Rev. J. B. Ruleout, recently of Marshfield,
Oro., will soon publish several books in this
City.
In the handball courts yesterday several in
teresting and closely contested games were
played.
A fire in Switzer's horse market, on Twelfth
Btreet. damaged the building and destroyed ail
the hay.
Lissak won the sixty-fourdog coursing <URke
at Ocean View. He bent Flying Buck in the
final tie.
Theatergoers have an attractive, list of plays
at the various places of amusement to choose
irom this week.
The rifle ranees at Shell Mound were visited
by National guardsmen from various city com
panies yesterday.
Mayor Sutro will advise the Supervisors to
raise the bond oi the City Treasurer from
£100,000 to $200,000.
The Electric Gnn Club and the California
Wing Shooting Club held matches at the
Berkeley traps yesterday.
George D. Cooper wants good roads and
favors anything which promises improvement
in the 1 ways. •
Time-tabies of the railroad companies are
published fn ■:• of tharge in the Call for the ac
coinrno : u'.ors.
Elder Turner of the Church of Latter-day
Baints .-vening at Pythian Hall. His
subject was '•Christianity."
President Blair of the Reorganized Mormon
Church delivered a sermon last evening at Red
spiration."
The Park Commiraionera stated yesterday
that after thirty days cyclists who ride in the
park at night must have lanterns on their
wheels.
The yacht Guinevere, built by four amateurs,
was launched from the foot of Larkin street
yesterday. She was christened by Miss Annie
Convey. '
S.ime excellent scores were madeatSchuetzen
Park yesterday anil J.l'tschig showed that all
: mpion'shots were not at the Xew York
festival.
Ttie Rev. Robert Mackenzie of the First
erian Church will deliver a series of
lectures, in which he will combine science and
religion.
The seventeenth annual commencement es
• : the California Medical College will
'. at Metropolitan Temple next Wednes
day evening.
George James was the only one of the record
less Olympians to win a gold medal yesterday.
lie made 18 feet BJ3 inches in the running
wide jump.
The barkentine Araeo put into port yrster
day afternoon, bound from the Columbia River
to Valparaiso. Four of iier crew were in irons
for mutiny.
The instructors of the college extension are
taking their summer vacation, but the organi
sation will resume its classes on the 15th of
next month.
Park Commissioner Austin says the public
■will havp to pay tor removing ail the rubbish
left on the Midwinter Fair site by the execu
tive committee.
The associated creditors of San Francisco
have sent a communication to the Supervisors
reminding them of promises recently made to
pay the contractors.
The Hannoveraner Verein had a picnic at
Bhell Mound Park yesterday at which a large
number of members and friends of the organi
zation were present.
Coj:piv-\-m\n Magutre gives an interesting
m the Isttiest plans of the singie-tax
movement upon Delaware, explaining the mo
tives of the campaign.
The latest doings of society at home and in
the country are chronicled in ti>day's Call.
The people who spent the holidays out of town
are rerurnine to the City.
In the cricket cup matches yesterday the
Alamedas beat the Pacifies easily at Aiameda,
and tl is were badly beaten by the
Bohemians at Golden (iate.
Thomas F. ("lark, 007 McAllister street, was
riding a bicycle near the Ingles-ide yesterday
v hen he took a header and sustained a com
pound fracture of the left shoulder.
Mrs. Annie McFadden, who lived in the
Broadway block, died at the Receiving Hos
pital cftrly yesterday morning from arsenic
j.oisoningtaken with suicidal intent.
The establishment of a State plant for crush
ing nx <■•'! by good roads advocates.
They do not think that the convict labor em-
I will injure the working people.
W. w. Hlair, one of the presidents of the
Reorganized Church of Latter-day Saints is
here fnun lowa ami has taken charge of the
n -work in California and Nevada.
The various Pchuetztn clubs will meet next
I night to perfect arrangements for a
"welcome home" to tbe men who represented
California at the Bundes Fest in New York.
Grßce Episcopal Church lias done away with
■ ed <j l::ftrlet a "'l l« now trying & male
choir. At the services yesterday the innova
tion was pronounced a great improvement.
It now appears that the Southern Pacific spur
tracks are to remain in the Golden Gate Park
for an indefinite period, although no authority
has been found for this condition of affairs.
Ber. J. George Gibson announced last night
that Emmanuel .Baptist Church will re-open
July 14, when three services will be held. He
j. reached at Simpson Memorial Church last
usglit.
The cornerstone of the new temple of the
Congregation Ohabai Shalome, hush and La
puna streets, was laid yesterday. Rabbi Jacob
Meto officiated and delivered the address of
the day.
The midsummer cruise of the Corinthian and
Fan Francisco yacht clubs terminated yester
day afternoon. The cruise was one of the
events of the season aiid was a most glorious
euccess.
The Academy of Sciences has adopted
resolutions against the removal of Pr
I >Hvi'lson from tbe Coast and Geodetic Survey
Ofli< c. The memorial will be sent to Cleveland
and Carlisle.
rr.ited States Surveyor-General Green in an
interview explained how the State may ac
quire title to 1,000,000 acres of Federal arid
lauds end derive a profit of millions of dollars
fruiii their sale.
A. K. Maeuire is of the opinion that a little
of the crusned rock from Folsom might be used
advantageously on county roads, but is op
'o having State labor compete unfavor
ably with local labor.
A. I'.'Hansen of Brenhara place was tearing
down a building yesterday morning at Fourth
and Bluxome streets when a long spite pene
hii lefl leg. Tliu wound was dressed at
the Receiving Hospital.
Mrs. Anna F. Smith gave her views of the
FourtJi of July celebration to the socialistic
meeting at tl c Metropolitan Temple last night
i-he presented a lugubrious picture of the pres
ent condition of the Republic.
The semi-annual shoot of Company D, Fifth
Infantry, at Bchoetzen Park yesterday was a
Eucceas. The members of t Ij «_• company are
now prepared to challenge any ten men in any
• ny in the National Guard.
11. N. Morse snd I. W. Lees, two bondsmen of
Treasurer Widber, arc objected to by Mayor
Butro because he think* their estates do not
sufficiently exceed in value the amounts for
they hold themselves liable.
William Cattle from Sacramento was taken
to the Receiving Hospital yesterday suffering
frnm internal injuries caused, he said, by a
blow on the abdomen from ex-r ire Commis
bioner Aliern of that city in a saloon on Sutler
Btreet *nd Grant avenue.
South Side Improvement Club No. 1 will dis
cuss the bituminizing of Folsom street at its
meeting to-night, corner of Third ami Howard
A. H. Maguire will explain how
the entire South Side can be effectually organ
ized in distr:
The Up was quietly circulated yesterday that
*■ bullfight would take place at 2 O'clock at the
n Gate Moose on ten Bruno road. The
■ of Secretary Hoi brook stopped this
part o; the programme, though an excellent
i a oi horsemanship was given,
hart for the North Pacific I
for the month of July shows that Ban Francisco
. • between Brito, the western
the Nicaragua canal, and the
Orient. It is 394 miles nearer to Yokohama
way oi Honolulu and the routi is only
twenty miles In excess of the shortest practi
cable route from Brno to Hongkong.
THE RUINS AT THE PARK
The Commissioners Must Pay
for Clearing Away the
Rubbish.
IT WILL COST QUITE A SUM.
The Executive Committee Does
Nothing— The Southern Pacific
Tracks Remain.
It seems to be a settled fact that the
Park Commissioners ■will be compelled to
remove the ruins and debris of the old
Midwinter Fair buildings.
•'Of course the executive committee of
the Midwinter Fair promised to return
the grounds to us in a satisfactory condi
tion," said Park Commissioner Austin.
"You can see for yourself whether they
have done so, and of course it now rests
with us to clean up things as rapidly as
possible. We have made pretty fair pro
gress already I think. Where the athletic
grounds and the track were everything is
now in good shape. There is tt good deal
to do yet, but we are short of funds and
can only work just so fast at this task."
The Park Commissioner spoke rather
apologetically, as though there mignt be
some blame resting on himself and his col
leagues in the eves of the public.
The members of the executive commit
tee promised upon their honor to return
the grounds in a decent and sat
isfactory condition and that promise baa
been broken. Most of the cleaning up that
has already been done has been performed
by the park management. It has cost the
public a pretty penny already and it will
cost lots more' before* the task is complete.
"It will take the best part of a year yet,
I suppose, to clean up all the ruins and get
things around again to their proper state,"
said Mr. Austin.
"Of course, it isn't right that we should
be compelled to do this work," said both
Commissioners Austin and Rosenfeld,
yesterday. "But we have no legal re
course. It is either leavins things as they
are or cleaning them up at the public ex
. We have chosen the latter course.
c most expensive one and it makes
us pay out money for work that should
have been done by the executive commit
tee, but you wouldn't have us leave the
grounds as they left them?"
git's a shameful sight— (he wreck and
rubbish left by the executive committee of
the Midwinter Fair. Where the executive
building was now there are several piles of
broken staff, lath and plaster, odd bits of
canvas, piping, bricks and rubbish of all
description. "Most of the plaster is in a
pulverized condition and when a stiff wind
Blows over the rubbish heaps the pulver
ized plaster and brick dust wanders off and
covers the green trees with a layer of gray
stuff, covers the garments of pedestrians
who happen to be within reach and makes
life very unpleasant for all.
Rient in front of the ruins of the Admin
istration building are the ruin? of the big
fountain. To the left is the now tumbling
band stand and several old kiosks. To the
right several more crumbling and broken
kiosks; also several piles of lath and
plaster, old bricks, old canvas, bits of
debris of all kinds— and the Southern Pa
cific Railroad tracks.
These have no right in the park now at
all. There is not the semblance of author
ity for keeping these tracks there now.
And what is worse, it is the intention of
the Park Commissioners to permit the
railroad to keep these tracks there. Mr.
McLaren, the superintendent, said yester
day that a portion of his interview had not
been printed in The Call the other day.
"I did say that I would have the tracks
taken away in ten days, but I added that I
would have them relaid in some other part
of the park."
"We pay the Merchants' Association
from $900 to $1200 a month for its street
sweepings." said Mr. Austin. "They are
invaluable to us, and we could not get
them here so cheaply were these spur
tracks taken away. Then there is a lot of
loam we need. There is none to be had
near at hand, and only by the railroad can
we have it brought up from Baden."
So the tracks are to stay there for an in
definite time without the shadow of
authority. If they can stay there a year
without legal permission why cannot they
remain there forever?
In ten days the tracks will be shifted be
low the south drive. There is about three
months' work there, and after that some
body may intervene. Somebody ought to
do so in the interest of the public. If the
tracks are a present convenience or neces
sity to the Park Commissioners the South
ern Pacific ought at least to be operating
under some legal and limiting authority.
That would not interfere with the useful
ness of its tracks.
But the public will always regard those
railroad tracks in Golden Gate Park with
suspicion. Even at the cost of some in
convenience they should not be permitted
to remain there— certainly not without
some manner of authority.
OUR JACK IS HOME AGAIN
End of the Corinthian Yacht
Club's Great Midsum
mer Cruise.
Royally Treated All Along the Route.
A Few Incidents of the
Trip.
The Corinthian Yacht Club returned
from its midsummer cruise yesterday
afternoon, and a most pleased and happy
crowd were the yachtsmen. There was
but one regret expressed and that was that
the days had gone by all too soon.
The amateur sailors left here on Wednes
day afternoon last, and have been on the
water ever since. They expected to return
yesterday afternoon in a bunch, but the
wind willed otherwise, and the little craft
came strangling home to Tiburon in one,
two, three order. The Secret was the hrst
to drop her anchor off the clubhouse, and
quickly following in her wake came the
Truant, the flagship oi the fleet, and then
the Mignon. But these were the early
birds who started from Vallejo while the
sun was yet red in the sky.
The majority of the fleet did not leave
Vallejo until 10 o'clock, and before they
reached home a reefing breeze was piping
through the channel, giving ample scope
for windward work.
The Corinthians had a most glorious
time and the boys will never tire of ex
tolling the merits of the (rood people of
Snisun. The latter took the yachtsmen to
their hearts and could not do enough for
them in the way of contributing to their
enjoyment. A yachtsman's suit was the
open sesame to things most sacred, and
"hands off" signs which had withstood the
storms of years were torn down when the
Corinthians went ashore. A grand hall
was given in honor of the Meet on the night
of the Fourth of July and the entire town
was given over to the yachtsmen's keeping.
On the other hand open house was ob
served on board the yachts and nothing
was too good for the hospitable inhabitants
of Bui«an.
All the yachts were brilliant with colors
and illumination, and the sky was tinged
a deep carmine with the glow of fireworks.
Theie were at anchor: The Speedwell, Ed
Howard; Secret. James Tracy; Truant,
Commodore Pew; Freda, Troy Lyons;
JLolus. W. Morrow; Belle, Jack O'Brien;
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1895.
Elia, Fred Ames, and Pride of the Bay,
Bixby, all of the Corinthians; Frolic, Ld
Bartlett, and Queen, Charley Morrell, of
the San Franciscos, and the El Sueno,
Commodore Leonard, of the Encinals.
On the trip up to Suisun Morrow's new
boat, the JSofus, beat everything:. She has
an immense spread of canvas, and with a
run before the wind no boat was in the
race with her.
The Mignon, Clara and Fen Foillet, of
the Corinthians, went up to Vallejo on
Saturday afternoon to meet the returning
fleet, and all the yachts in the bay seemed
gathered in the straits. ' The Chispa, Com
modore Gutte, and a host of the San Fran
ciscos were there on their return from
Haggin's ranch, and the night was merry
with music, song and story.
POISO"HEinB7~£SsEjnO.
Mrs. McFadden Succumbs to a Dose of
• ' Rough on Rats. "
Mrs. Annie McFadden, who lived with
her husband in the Broadway block, on
Broadway and Kearny street, died at the
Receiving Hospital at an early hour yes
terday morning from arsenical poisoning.
On Thursday she was arrested for drunk
enness and while in the City Prison she
became so ill that she was sent to the hos
pital, where it was diagnosed as a case of
alcoholism. She was sufficiently recovered
to be discharged on Saturday morning.
She went home and commenced drink
ing again. About 9 o'clock that night she
was driven to the hospital in the patrol
wagon. She said she had swallowed a dose
of "Rough on Rats," but as she showed no
symptoms of poisoning and every symp
tom of alcoholism Dr. May did not place
much credence in her story. He, how
ever, applied the usual remedies, but the
poison had already taken effect. The body
was removed to the Morgue.
DAY OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE
Large Crowds at Golden Gate
Park and the Ocean
Beach.
Cyclers Have Lanterns on Their
Wheels to Ride In the Park
at Night.
The bright sunshine and the balmy at
mosphere induced almost everybody in
the City yesterday to leave home and en
joy an ideal outing. The course of the
majority was westward, some going to the
park and others to the beach.
The warmth of the day made it a little
unpleasant for people to move about, so
the great majority stayed in front of the
music-stand.
Many went to Stow Lake and enjoyed
running around Strawberry Hill. Those
who rode in the boats, but who did not
pull the oars, seemed to enjoy themselves
very much.
During the week the Park Commission-
On Stow Lake.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
ers received from Australia eighteen beau
tiful black swans which for the time have
been placed in AJvord Lakelet where they
will remain until they have recovered
from the effects of their long journey by
steamer. In a short time they will be
placed in Stow Lake.
The number of bicycles by night has
of late increased to such an extent in the
park that the Commissioners decided that
lights should be substituted for bells and
issued the following ordinance:
Every person riding upon a bicycle, tricycle,
velocipede or other similar vehicle in Golden
Gate Park, at any time between sunset and
sunrise, must have Rttached to some con-
spicuona plaoe on the front part of the machine
a well-lighted lamp or lantern.
Superintendent McLaren has had a num
ber of placards printed, calling attention
to this ordinance, ana they will be posted
where cyclists wheel, so they may be in
formed. The ordinance will not be en
forced for thirty days from yesterday.
There is an ordinance of the Commis
sioners which declares that no one shall
ride a bicycle in that portion known as
"the concourse" during the hours that the
band is giving concerts. This is the place
where the carriages stand during the per
formance by the band. Yesterday after
noon a*young man, who gave the name of
A. McGreevy, rode up to the concourse,
and the officers on foot who are stationed
there, attempted to stop him, but he waved
his hand and flew past them. Captain
Thomson started in pursuit of the wheeler,
who dismounted and awaited the arrival
of the captain, who placed him under ar
rest for violation of the ordinance.
Commissioner Austin received through
Wells, Fargo & Co., two cases containing
imitations of gems of all kinds. No word
or letter accompanied them, and he con
cluded that they are intended for the park
museum. On the outside of each case is
printed in gilt letters: "Crystalline form
and color of representative minerals.
World's National Science Establishment,
Rochester, N. Y."
At the beach the crowd was immense.
Along the water's edge there wp.s a mass
of people of both sexes'of all ages watching
the many sails seen going and coming.
Ben Butler, or rather the remains of the
monster seal that died last Saturday, were
on exhibition in a striped canvas tent.
PIRE IN A STABLE.
Switzer's Horse Market on Twelfth
Street Considerably Damaged.
A fire broke out in the hay-loft of George
Switzer's horse market, on the corner of
Twelfth and Harrison streets, at 9:45
o'clock last evening, and an alarm was
sounded from box 79. About twenty
horses were in the lower part of the stable,
but they were removed before any were in
jured. The upper part of the building and
the roof were badly damaged and the hay
v.asa total loss. The damageltoas about s2so.
It is believed that the lire was started by
some one entering the loft with a pipe or
cigarette.
The Fire Department was called out at
8:35 o'clock last evening in response to an
alarm of fire from box 327, on Point Lobos
avenue and Boyce street. It proved to be
a false alarm. Several children saw the
steam issuing from one of the ferries and
Cliff House locomotives, and supposing
that it was a house on lire, obtained a key
and turned in an alarm.
Mr. and Mrs. l'ixley Better.
Inquiry at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank M. Pixley yesterday resulted In the in
formation that both husband and wife wore
much Improved In health and considered out
of immediate danger.
Ocean Excursions.
Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon
terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 r. m., due back Mon
days, sa. M. Ticket office. 4 New Montgomery
street. *
LEASE OF CHINA BASIN
All Parties Concerned Will
Meet and Sign the Docu
ment To-Day.
RIGHTS OF THE VALLEY ROAD.
The Steamer Washtenaw Arrives
With the First Rails for
the Roadbed.
To-day the last of the preliminaries
which precede actual work UDon the road
bed of the Valley Railway will be settled
in the office of the Harbor Commission.
The lease of the China Basin will be
brought up in its final form, and the Har
bor Commissioners, the Governor, the
Mayor and the directors of the new road
will ratify it with their signatures.
The ratification will be an incident in
the progress of the road, unassuming from
its lack of direct interest, but important in
its results, in so far as it will within ten
years make Ban Francisco the terminus of
the new line.
The first consignment of rails has ar
rived, for the Washtenaw steamed into the
harbor from New York yesterday, bearing
the iron with which the San Joaquin Val
ley will be connected with tidewater.
Preliminary surveys of the road have
been run over river and plain and amid the
greatest rejoicing the first shovelful of
earth will soon be lifted from the roadbed
in the city of Stockton. The next few
days will be important ones for the Valley
road and the people who so eagerly await
its completion and hope for its success.
The lease, which will be signed to-day,
has been under consideration since last
January. During the session of the Legis
lature it was drawn up and as soon as the
passage of the act, which, for the purpose
of the lease, made Governor Budd and
Mayor Sutro members of the Harbor Com
mission, the document was taken under
earnest consideration by all parties con
cerned.
its terms have been modified in many
ways since the first draft was submitted.
In his anxiety to make it absolutely cer
tain that the valuable privileges which
were conferred upon the new road should
not pass to the control of any other
corporation, Mayor Sutro substituted a
clause which called for the forfeiture of
the lease if the Valley road ever trans- |
ferred the title or relinquished wholly or
in part its contract over China Basin, or
its rights of way. Under this, however,
it was found impossible to bond the road, j
for it practically forbid the mortgaging of
the property, and much discussion was
needed to straighten it out. It was finally
compromised by an agreement by the ;
"party of the second part," the Valley!
road, not to transfer or assign any right j
conferred by the lease, nor the lease itself,
to any other person or corporation, and
that any attempt to do so would amount j
to a forfeiture; that it will use the j
property leased solely for the terminal pur- j
poses, and that the lease shall terminate
at once should the new road come directly
or indirectly, wholly or in part, under the
control of any "person, company or cor
poration having terminal facilities in San
r'rancijco Bay." In other words it must
maintain its integrity as a competing road
or forfeit all privileges conferred by the
lease before they shall come into the hands
of others.
Another clause in the document of con
siderable importance to this City is one
which requires at least fifty miles of the
road to be built and be in operation at the
expiration of ten years from the signing of
the lease, and that one of the termini of
this fifty miles or more shall be upon the
bay of San Francisco and south of an east i
and west line drawn through Pinole Point j
in Contra Costa County.
This is a modification of a resolution |
submitted by Harbor Commissioner Cole |
which required that 100 miles should be
built in five years, with the same require
ment as to one terminus.
For the present it is probable that the j
northern terminus of the road will be at
Stockton, and that from there to San
Francisco a line of steamers and lighters
will transport the freight of the road. Un
der the clause just mentioned, however,
San Francisco, through Oakland| or its
THE GUINEVERE BEFORE SHE WAS LAUNCHED.
[Sketched by a " Call" artist.]
vicinity, or by way of the peninsular, will
be the terminal point.
"The lease has been under discussion for
some time," said Mr. Cole last evening, in
discussing the immediate effect of signing
the paper, "and it has been in shape to
sign for some weeks. It was only because
we could not get all parties together that
it was not done before. It will make no
change in the progress of the road, but of
course it will give a greater feeling of se
curity, as until the lease is signed it is not
binding."
C. Colnon, chairman of the commission,
is of the same opinion. The mere act of
signing is in itself but an unimportant
thing, for the lease has long been agreed
upon, but the signatures will bind all
parties concerned and China Basin will
then, for fifty yearj, become the property
of the road.
Governor Budd says the lease of China
Basin would have been signed before had
it not been for intervening circumstances.
"We passed a resolution to send the
lease to the president and secretary of the
Valley road for their signatures a long
time ago," said he. "The board had made
up its mind on the matter then. Before
the lease could be signed, However, I had
to go away because of my ill health, and
the matter has been pending since."
BRINGS BANDS OF STEEL.
Rails for the Valley Road Come on
the Steamer Washtenaw From
New York.
The American steamer "Washtenaw ar
rived in port yesterday afternoon with the
first consignment of rails and fishplates
for the San Francisco and San Joaquin
Valley Railroad. The vessel was sighted
outside about 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
and she sailed proudly in through the
heads, disregarding pilots, as if she sought
to show the independence of the people her
cargo represented.
The Washtenaw has quite a history out
side of the fact that she brings the first
consignment of metal to sever in Califor
nia the yoke of monopoly. She was orig
inally the British steamer Oxford. Under
that name she was launched in 1887, and
until put under the American flag she was
continually in trouble. She cama to grief
a year ago last February on Molasses reef,
on the coast of Florida, and since then her
good star has been in the ascendant, bar
ring a touch on the soft mud in the Straits
of Magellan.
In February of last year she sailed from
Cuba with 4300 tons of sugar for the
Spreckels refinery in Philadelphia. It was
then that her captain discovered that there
was no affinity between ruolasses reef and
its name. The Oxford laid on the rocks
for thirteen days, during which time she
was pounded most unmercifully by the
seas. She was abandoned but afterwards
picked up and towed a wreck to Newport
News and over two-thirds of her original
cost was expended on her in the way of re
pairs by the Saginaw Steel Steamship
Company, which corporation had bought
her.
The steamer was then taken to New
York and it was stated that she was com
ing to the Pacific Coast. Her name was
changed to the Washtenaw and The Call
published the fact that she had been char
tered by the Panama Steamship Company
to run between San Francisco and Panama
in conjunction with the Saturn and Pro
greso in opposition to the Pacific Mail.
This was strenuously denied at the time
by everybody but the agents of the Pana
ma Company, and events have proved that
the statement was correct.
When the steamer discharges her cargo
for the Valley road she will go to the berth
of the Panama Steamship Company at
Lombard street.
As soon as the charter for the rails wa»
closed Captain Holmes, formerly of the
Uraatilia, was sent East to bring the
steamer out. Holmes is one of the oldest
masters op the coast and has the reputa
tion of knowing every foot on the bar.
That is why the Washtenaw refused a
pilot and came into port a free agent, as
berited the cargo she carried.
Captain Holmes joined the steamer in
New York and sailed her to Philadelphia,
where he took in coal.
At New York she put in 2000 tons of
MAP SHOWING STEAMER ROUTES FROM BRITO TO YOKOHAMA
AND TO HONGKONG.
rails and 200 tons of fishplates and spikes.
The Washtenaw passed Delaware Break
water on Artrii 11, and on May 26 she ar
rived off Punta Arena in the Straits of
Magellan. She ran on a mud bank and
stayed aground for several days. The re
port reached here that she was a total
wreck, but she escaped damage. On June
7 the steamer arrived at Coronel, Chile, up
to which time she had to battle with heavy
gales and high head seas. The work of
discharging the vessel's cargo will be com
menced to-day.
A CLIPPER RACING BOAT
The New Yacht Guinevere, Built
by Amateurs, Launched
Yesterday.
Her Owners Estimate That the
Natty Craft Will Be a World
Beater.
For six long months four young men,
unaided, have been building a yacht, and
yesterday afternoon a trim little craft,
every proportion of which evinced stanch
ness and speed, slid into the bay from the
ways that had been built on the beach at
the foot of Larkin street for its launching.
Fred and John Meyer and Edward and
John Convey are the first young men to
construct a vessel of yacht's class on the
Pacific Coast.
Fred Meyer, who is 28 years of age, and
the eldest of the four, is a draftsman by
occupation, and drew the plans for the
racer. In January the keel was laid, and
the steady work of the builders kept specu
lation alive among the neighbors.
As she stood on the ways yesterday ready
for her christening, the shapely sides, the
sharp stem and pretty bow betokened more
the product of the master ship-builder
than that of inexperienced though enter
prising young men.
Before 1 o'clock the beach was crowded
with people anxious to see the launch of
the unique craft. At half-past 4 Miss
Annie Convey, attired in a neat yachting
costume, took her station on the deck, with
a bottle of champacne in her hand, to
christen the yacht. Then the braces were
loosened and the vessel moved gracefully
into the bay. During her journey to the
ocean Miss Convey broke the Bottle of
champagne over her bow and christened
her "Guinevere."
The builders received the hearty chesrs
and congratulations of their man}' friends
and acquaintances, who had assembled to
witness the launch.
The dimensions of the yacht, which will
be yawl rigged, are: Thirty-five feet over
all, twelve feet beam and twenty-eight feet
water line. She will carry 900 square feet
of canvas. Her sails will comprise a main
sail, jib and jiggersail. When racing she
will carry two flying jibs.
The work of "stepping the mast will be
commenced immediately and the owners
expect to sail her on a trial trip next Sun
day. The first pleasure trip in the yacht
will be made to > T apa.
SEEVIOES AT ST. MAKY'S.
Celebration of the Feast of the Most
Precious Blood.
There was a large attendance at St.
Mary's Church on California street both
morning and evening yesterday. At 11 a.
m. the Feast of the Most Precious Blood
was celebrated, Father Otes being the
celebrant, and Father Clark preaching the
sermon. The service was most impressive.
In the evening Father Wyman cele
brated vespers, and his sermon on the
crucifixion was an able effort and greatly
impressed his hearers.
There is an article on the market seldom
equaled and never excelled— Jesse Moore Whis
ky. Moore, Hum <k Co. guarantee its purity. *
ON THE LINE TO JAPAN
The Route From Nicaragua
Canal to the Orient by
San Francisco.
POSITION OF THIS HARBOR.
Right In the Path of Traffic Through
the Waterway— Distances on
the Chart.
The Hydrographic Office has just pub
lished the pilot chart of the North Pacific
Ocean for the month of July and in it are
some very important data for this port
bearing on the Nicaragua canal.
It has been urged in the East by those
opposed to the projected waterway be
tween the two great oceans that steamers
bound for the Orient could not mate the
trip with profit in consequence of being
obliged to carry too much coal. To stop
at San Francisco, it was said, was imprac
ticable, Honolulu being the only available
point, and this was too far from Brito to
enable a steamer to carry a good-sized
cargo through to the Orient. It has been
shown, however, that San Francisco is
nearly in line with a voyage from Brito to
Yokohama and nearer than by way of
Honolulu by 374 miles.
At the request of the Chamber of Com-
rnerce of this City the Hydrographic Office
has investigated the steamer routes from
Brito to Yokohama and from Brito to
Hongkong via San Francisco and Hono
lulu. The exhibits are made on the pres
ent issue and the distance shown by table.
The North Pacific pilot chart, it is ex
plained, is on the Mercator projection.
On such charts the relative distances
along great circles may be deceptive to the
eye. To make an accurate comparison
either computation or measurement,
according to Mercator practice, must be
used. The table is as follows:
The unbroken great circle from Brito to
Yokohama (impracticable), 7022 knots.
The shortest practicable route from Brito to
Yokohama, 7145 knots.
Brito to San Francisco, 2700 knots.
San Francisco to Yokohama, 4536 knots.
Therefore, the distance from Brito to Yoko
hama via San Francisco is 723H knots.
Excess of route via San Francisco over short
est practicable route is 91 knots.
Brito to Honolulu, 4210 knots.
Honolulu to Yokohama, 3400 knots.
Shortest practicable route to Yokohama via
Honolulu, 7610 knots.
Therefore, excess of route via Honolulu over
route via San Francisco is 374 knots.
The shortest practicable route from Brito to
Hongkong is 8740 knots.
Brito to San Francisco, 2700 knots.
San Francisco to Hongkong, 6060 knots.
Therefore, the distance from Brito to Hong
kong via San Francisco is 8760 knots.
Therefore, excess of route via San Francisco
over shortest practicable route is 20 knots,
BrKo to Honolulu, 4210 knots.
Honolulu to Hongkong, 4917 knots.
Therefore the distance from Brito to Hong
kong via Honolulu is 9127 knots.
Therefore, excess of route via Honolulu over
route via San Francisco is 367 knots.
"This talk shows," said Captain W. L.
Merry yesterday, "how closely the Nica
ragua canal is allied to the interests of San
Francisco. With the canal completed this
part becomes a natural stopping place for
vessels bound from the Atlantic seaboard
for the Orient. It will take a steamer
bound from any port of Europe or Amer
ica in the Atlantic only seven or eight
hours longer to go to Yokohama by way
of San Francisco than the shortest distance
from Brito out. To go to Hongkong the
difference in time will be less than two
hours, as the difference in distance is only
twenty miles. Thin would come near
placing San Francisco right in the line of
vessels bound through the canal for the
Orient, and also those bound from the
Orient. To go to Yokohama by way of
Honolulu 374 additional knots would have
to be traversed and 367 knots more to
Hongkong than by way of San Francisco."
The pilot chart in this issue gives the
best locations for crossing the equator for
the months of September, October and
November. It also dwells at some length
on the influence of atmospheric conditions
on the sound and gives some good sugges
tions to mariners on this head. Manners
are advised to study the principles which
affect .the audibility of fog signals, the
noises upon the ships, the noise of the
wind and the waves and the condition of
the nerves. Tne advice follows:
They should remember that it does not re
quire a very heavy wind to drive back the
found; that a southerly wind generally drives
back the sound more than a northerly or an
easterly one: that about the time of a change
in the wind the sound is not generally heard
as far as usual ; that when the upper and lower
currents of air run in different directions, or
when the upper sails fill and the lower sails
flap, or conversely, the signal is not to be de
pended upon ; that a very heavy wind tends to
break up all sound; that if a vessel is traveling
with the wind the signal will probably be
heard better than if it were traveling against
it; that behind a hill or an island the signal
may be heard better at a distance than nearer
the obstacle ; they should bear in mind that it
is hard to locate a feeble sound, and even a
strong one may appear to come from the wrong
direction i. it is obstructed by objects near it,
even by objects not directly in" the straight line
between the observer and the signal: that
neighboring cliffs and sails sometimes reflect
the sound; that the sound may be cut off en
tirely by passing vessels; that to estimate the
direction of the sound the head should be
turned rapidly from side to side, so that the
sound may reach the ears alternately.
NEW OLYMPIC ATHLETES.
Youngsters Without Records Contest
for Medals With Poor
Success.
Only a handful of the untried material
of the Olympic Club assembled at the
club's grounds near Golden Gate Park yes
terday. Many more had promised to be
present, but most of them had met with
accidents or had been called away from
town on business. The few who appeared
did their best to win the medals offered.
Contests similar to those of yesterday
are to be held each Sunday, with "the idea
of developing unknown "wonders." To
get the new men out gold medals are of
fered for attaining a certain easy record to
those who have yet to make their maiden
appearance in a public contest.
Only one gold medal was won yesterday.
This was earned by George James, who
made 18 feet S l^ inches in a running wide
jump. A medaf will be awarded every new
man who reaches the 18 feet t> inch line.
Leonard and Gill came very near the medal
mark.
Howard Smith was the only one of the
six or eight trying the 16-pound shot who
came anywhere near succeed; tig. To win
the medal 32 feet 6 inches must be covered.
He sent the shot 30 feet 4 inches and de
clares that he will get a medal next Sun
day.
The record to be reached in the r^vaing
hi^h jump was 4 feet 11 inches. There were
three entries. The men showed lack of
training. J. F. Cunninehani cleared 4 feet
-6 inches and his friends expect him to be
wearing a medal for this event before the
fall exhibition.
Contrary to expectation there were no
bicycle races.
TOE THEATEK-GOEHS.
Attractions to Be Presented at the
Playhouses To-Night.
This evening the play that has drawn
such large audiences to the Columbia
Theater will again be presented and will
continue on the boards during the week.
It is "The Senator," and the manner of its
presentation deserves the patronage it has
received.
"The Old Homestead," a genuine Yan
kee play, of which theater-goers do not
seem to tire, will be offered again this
evening at the California Theater, being
the first night of the third successive week
of its presentation. The naturalness of the
players is a strong feature.
A comedy-drama that can hold the
boards at Drury Lane for one year is one of
unusual merit. Such a one, "The Prodigal
Daughter," will be offered to the patrons
of the Morosco Grand Opera-house to
night. It is a representation of English
life and full of interest.
A good variety bill is to be offered at the
Opheum for this evening. No less than
seven new artists will appear, ?mong the
number Miss Kennedy, who will, when
blindfolded, tell the audience the names ol
objects touched by another person. The
Martinettis will also appear.
"Tar and Tartar" has done so well at the
Tivoli Opera-house that the management
has concluded to continue it for another
week. The principal characters during the
week won tiie plaudits of the audience.
This week a number of novelties will be
added to the performance.
This evening Alfred Dampier will appear
as: Hamlet in the Shakespearean play of
that name at the Alcazar. His perform
ance of the great author's play is some
what at. variance with that heretofore
offered here. Miss Nannery will take the
part of Ophelia.
North Beach Improvement).
North Point street, between Jones and Hyde,
is being graded, and the soil removed from the
hill portion has been used to fill in so as to
bring the eastern end up to grade. At Leaven
worth street the hill has had to be cut down
over thirty feet. The filling in will be on the
grade of Jfontgomery avenue, where that thor
oughfare will intersect Koith Point street, and
at thfit point it touches the platform in the
rear of the Dolphin boat house. In order not
to be swept off its foundation, the occupants of
the club house have removed a portion of the
platform. When the filling is completed, it is
the intention of filling in along the line of the
avenue and bringing it up to grade, from
Francisco street to Beach, the terminus.
In wealth, Pennsylvania ranks next to
New York, having an assessed valuation of
$1,683,459,016, owing largely to the enor
mous manufactures carried on within the
limits of this commonwealth.
NEW TO-DAY— AMUSEMENTS.
rROLAfIQI:R.6OrT|.OD« &■ u»tJA:iDrwtAotß4---
WE OF
AKE PACKED
SURE HOUSES
As There is a Great Demand for Seats
for the Second Week. Which
Commences To-night
OF
"ts::e: senator"
Played to Perfection by
THE FRAWLEY COMPANY
DO NOT DELAY
Secure Seats at Once for the Engagement of
MISS HELEN DAUVRAY
Who Will Appear With the Frawley Company la
"ONE OF OUR GIRLS!"
Reserved Seats:
Night l&c, «sc, 50c and 750
Matinee 15c, 25c and 50c
Souvenir Night, Monday, July 15.
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater! America.
WALTER MOROSCO Sole .Lessee and Managse
EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT,
SIXTH WEEK OF THE EMINENT
Author— Manager,
WALTER SANFORD
In the London and New York Success,
THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER !
EVKHXKS Prices— 2so and 50a
Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c.
Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday.
%& YHEHTRii PROPS-
TO-NIGHT BEGINS THE LAST WEEK
DESMAN THOMPSON'S PLAY,
THE OLD
HOMESTEAD!
New Songs by the Double Male Quartet.
Remember — Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Monday Next. July 15— Hoyt's
"A BLACK SHEEP!"
The Latest Farce Comedy Success.
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
Mrs. Ebnestink Kkkliso Proprietor & Manager
THIS EVENING
The Glorious American Comic Opera,
"T^ANDTAI^^
A SUPERB PRODUCTION
IN EVERY DETAIL.
NEXT OPERA
Balfe's Beautiful Work,
First Appearance of MARTIN PACHE, Tenor.
Popular Prices— 2sc and sOc.
ALCAZAR THEATER.
W. R. Dailey Manager
COMMENCING MONDAY, JULY Bth,
if A \/C TIIF- GREAT
"I?.. c DAMPIEH!
YOU The World's Beau Idea!.
ctrtTM 3HC-A-3VEIjET
Ojfc.C,iN With a Special Cast.
No Change in Prices— lsc, 25c, 35c and 50c
ORPHEUM.
O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell.
Commencing To-night, Monday, July 8,
Unprecedented List of New Stars !
Mystery and Novelty Outdone !
KENNEDY and LORKNZ,
THE MUHLK.MANN TRIO,
BLOCK-OM and BURNS,
THE DK FORRESTS,
BARTLETT and MAY,
THE MILLAR BROS..
"MISS SCOTTIE,"
GILBERT and GOLDIE,
LEB FRERES MARTINETTI.
Reserved seats. 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera chain
and Box seats, 60c.
ESr Special Relief Matinee Tuesday,
July 9, in Aid of Needy Sufferers by the Late Fire.
RUNNING ,*3kM5L— . RUNNING
RACES! S&m^i^i RACES
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACS3,
SPRING MEETING!
BAY DISTRICT TRACK.
Knees Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday,
- Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain
> or Shine. . •
Five or more races each day. ■ Races start at 2:30
p. m. sharp. McAllister and Ueary street car* pay
the gate.
7