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men are showing up In fine form now, and
will put up the race of their life on the Fourth
of July. The programme for the day is:
Junior single sculls, junior barge race, senior
single sculls, senior outrigger skiffs, senior
barge race.
The junior baree crew of the Athletic Asso
ciation Is now being selected, and from the
men that are now "being tried out there is
every prospect of a "hot" junior crew being
pitted aeainst the various representatives from
San Francisco on July 4.
The great sport i Ust now about Stockton is
shad-fishing. For the past week there has
been a run of shad up the San Joaquln River,
and dozens of parties ore out every night with
scoopnets and brine back big strings. Some
net as many as twenty or thirty big shad in an
hour. Parties drive out to a spot on the river
near the chickory factory, where the fish seem
to run best.
Preparations are now being made for the
great field aay and boxing tournament on July
4. it has been decided to have nothing but
professional goes for the boxing tournament,
ana Billy Armstrong is now engaged in secur
ing some of the best men in the .State to par
ticipate. Jim Corbett will be asked to officiate
as referee. Craig.
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Santa Rosa Sporting News
bAMTA KObA, Cal., June 12.— The Santa
Rosa Wheelmen will make aclub run to Sonoma
Saturday to witness the Bear Flag celebration.
On Sunday the wheelmen will visit Glen
Kllcn for a day's outing. The finishing touches
have been put on the new three-lap track here,
and the recreation grounds have been rolled
into fine condition for football and baseball.
"Chick" and "Nixey" Koonan, who captured
seven prizes during the carnival meets here
and in Healdsburg, have commenced active
training for the Fourth of July races at Peta
luma. Williamson, a fast and gamey rider oi
this city, has been overtaken by en attack oi
laziness caused by the extreme heat, which
will interfere with his training for the Peta
lunia event.
City Attorney O. O. Weber and ex-City At
torney W. F. Cawen spent one day this week
whipping the streams of Knights Valley. They
report McDonald and Unacoinos creeks over
run with suckers, bullheads and catfish from
Russian River. They also visited the Kellogg
fish preserves in Knights Valley. They re
turned with eighty tine large trout, using for
the larger part of the catch 16 to 1 bait.
The reservoir of the Santa Rosa Water Com
pany, which is known as Lake Ralphine, ia
well stocked with black bass. They will run
from one to four pounds in weight and make
a game fight when hooked. "A cloudy sky
and a westerly wind" is absolutely necessary
for success when after the black bass and a
permit (which can generally be ootained from
Colonel Mark L. McDonald) is also requisite.
Virgil .Moore.
Portland Sporting News.
PORTLAND, Or., June 12— The Willamette
Rowing Club and the Portland Sailing Club
have crews in training for the Fourth of July
regatta on the river. The Portlands will give
an exhibition model yachtrace in the near
future.
The All-Orepcon Cricket Club and the Victoria
Club propose to visit San Francisco this season.
I'ortland will have its first professional cycle
meet of the season Saturday, June 20. All the
f«st riders, including Freeman and others from
the Southern California circuit, will compete.
The Northwest horse-racing circuit begins to
day (Saturday) at Irvington Park for one week.
A large number of California horses are in the
A proposition that has been suggested to give
a Pacific Coast bicycle relay rece, starting at
Portland and finishing at *an Diego, taking in
all the important cycle towns, meets with much
favor among local wheelmen.
The proposition to build a cycle track to Riv
erside Inn is meeting with success, and money
has been subscribed to begin work at once.
The cinder path will cost between ifl-iOOO and
$5000, and will be nearly six miles long. It is
picturesquely located: 0.
BASEBALL FEVER.
It In Running High in Anticipation of
the Imperials' Game With the
California* To-Morroiv.
The San Francisco City League cham
pionship season is fully on and the teams
are getting down to training in earnest.
The Pacifies have one scalp already, giv
ing them a percentage of 1000. The Caii
fornias, having lost one game, their per
centage is 000, but they say, "Lcok
out for us when we go up against the Im
perials to-morrow." Each team in the
league is trying to get the strongest play
ers in hopes of pulling down GO per cent : I
the gate receipts. Already quite a rivalry 1
exists between the managers, the players'
friends; and the players themselves are
practicing every day, leaving nothing un
done that will help them to get hold of
the large end of the gate receipts.
The grounds are getting in elegant shape
for fine work and in a few days the lovers
of the great National game will see some
fast playing.
Following is the make-up of the com
peting teams:
IMPERIALS. CALIFOEXJAS
Green Catcher Bodie i
Monet Pitcaer Chasa
i.ong First base Mnllie
Creamer. Second base Shea
Bodie Third base Klopp
Ullss Shortstop McCord
Bhlble* 1,- ft lteUl lianley
Crowley Center field Buckley
Ixmghran Klght lield Camrou
This will be played at the Presidio ath
letic grounds, Sunday, June 14, at 2:30
p. m., being the second game for the City
League championship.
The Calls and Itincons will play at the
Presidio athletic grounds at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning. This should prove a
great game in an amateur line. Tne Calls
will come out in their new suits which
they won by beating the Examiners last
Sunday. ' The make-up will be:
CALLS. . BINCOKS.
o orham Catcher a lien
Whaley Picciu-r ilcJDonaid
fcnleld-s iirst base Clark
Carter l-econd base Devlin
IHnley Third base Dullyhau
Malioupy Short'top Cunningham
McCormick Lett field H. .McCaffery
o'ioole Center field. ...J. JlcCaffery
Brannan Hight field Daley
JOINT FIELD DAY.
Entries for the First Annual Inter-
scholastic Athletics of the Lowell
and Polytechnic Schools.
Tlie first annual interscholastic field day
of theLowellandPolytechnicHigh Schools
will be held at the Olympic Club Grounds
to-day at 2 p. m. Following are the entries :
100-yard dash— First heat: Anspacher, L. H.
B. ; Crocker, L. H. S. ; Cuttea, L. It. S.; Mau, P.
H. S.;Gay, P. 11. B.
Second heat— Riccomi, P. 11. S. ; Dykes, P. 11.
P. ; Smith, P. H. S. ; Taber, L. 11. S. ; Titus, L.
11. s.
440-yard dash— Hammer, P. 11. S.; Smith, P.
H. S.; Hanley, P. H. S. ; Dvkps, P. H. BL: O'Con
dor, L. 11. S.; Cutten, L. H. B.; Sobey, L. H. S. ;
Caglieri, L. H. S.
120-yard hurdle race — Taber, L. H. S. :
Mau, P. H. S. ; Montgomery, L. H. S. ; Grant, P
H. S.; Pope, P. H. S.; Bretchrick, L. H. S.
880-yard run— Shaw. L. H. S. ; Whaley,
1.. 11. 8.; Duncan, L. 11. S. ; Pitchford,
P. H. S. ; Hammer, P. H. S. ; Smith, P. U.S.;
W. Healey, P. H. S.
Two-mile bicycle— First heat, Russ, Ruste
mever. Second heat, Woeiser, Joost. Third
neat, Rudolph, L. H S. ; Flinn. P. 11. S.
220-ynrd dash— First near, AnspacUer, L. H.
S. ; Titus, L. 11. S. ; Cutten, L. H. !?.; Dykes, P.
H. 8. ; Gay, P. H. S.
Second heat— Hammer, P. 11. S. ; Smith, P. H.
S. ; Riccomi, P. H. S. ; Taber, L. H. B.; Caglieri,
1.. U.S.
One mile walk— Walsh, L. H. S. ; Shaife, L. H.
8. ; Gardiue. L. H. S. ; Aitken, L. H. S. ; Pope,
P. H. S.
One-mile run— Duden, P. 11. S.; Kroenke, P.
H. S. ; H. Healev. P. H. S.; Smitn, P. 11. S.;
snaw, L. H. 8.; Whaley, L. EL tf.; Kidd, L. 11.
8.; Duijcan, L. H S.
220-yard hurdle— First heat: Taber, L. H.
B.; i;retheric:k, L.H.S.; Grant, P. 11. S. Sec
ond heat— Mau, P. H. t-.; Pope, P. H. S.; Mont
gomery, L. H. 8.
High jump — Moller, L. 11. P.; Montgomery,
1.. H. 8.; Hara, L. H. B.; Mau, P. U. S. ; Grant,
P. H.S.; Pope, P. H. S.
Sixteen-pound shot put— Hara, L. H. S.:
Carter, L. H. 8.; O'Connor, L. 11. S.; Taber,
L. H. S.; Mau, P. H. .«.: Xathan, P. H. S.;
Dudeu, P. H. S.; Pope, P. H. S.
Pole vault— Mueller, L. H. S.: Hara. L. H. R;
Jansura, L. H. S. ; Gram, P. H. S. ; Mau, P. H. 8. ;
\V. Healey, P. H. S. ; Pope, P. H. S.
Sixieen-pound-hammer throw— Taber, L. H.
S. ; O'Connor, L. H. S. ; Montgomery, L.H. 8.;
Crocker, L. H. 6.; Nathan, P. H. S. ; Duden,
P. H. S.
One-mile relay race — Six men from each
school; first place fi,ve points.
Death of Daniel Conboy.
Daniel Conboy died at the City and County
Ho.-pital yesterday from injuries received
June 8, while attempting to stop a runa.way
horse on the corner of Stockton and Washing
ton streets. Conboy was 52 years old and a
brother of Sergeant Conboy, for a long time in
charge of the California-street station.
CIVIC SOCIETY
WON'T INTERFERE.
It Decides That Corbett and
Sharkey May Give an
Exhibition.
COMMITTEE TO ATTEND.
Sharkey Says If He Hits Cor
bett the Champion Will Go
Down Before Him.
HE WILL PUT UP MONEY.
Corbett Working Harder at the Olym
pic—Sbarkey Walked Eighteen
Miles.
'•If I hit Corbett he'll go down just the
same as the rest of them."
Thomas Sharkey said this yesterday af
ternoon. He had just emerged from the
Thomas Sharkey Is Training in the City of Churches. Everywhere He Goes He Is Followed by a
Curious Crowd Anxious to See the Man Who Is to 3leet Corbett. When the Crowd Is So Dense.
That There Is No Chance of Seeing Their Idol They htand Around and Wait, Contented Even to
Walk the Same Street as the Sailor. Everybody in Oakland Is Wondering Where the Crowd
Comes From. It Is Supposed to Come From the Neighborhoods of Joe Dieves and Ike Bottomley.
shower-bath, and stood with his brawny
arm* locked over the top of his head -while
the rub-down artist, Tim McGrath, pro
ceeded to get in his work with a rough
towel.
"How tall is he— six feet one or two?"
And then without waiting for a reply to
the question, he continued: "That don't
make any difference if he is taller. If I
hit him he'll fall like the other bia: fellows.
Why, the shortest fight I ever had was
with a big tall fellow. That's Dunn at
Yailejo. It was over in 27 seconds ; he was
asleep then."
'.'What are you going to look out for in
particular in your light with Corbett?"
"Well, in particular 1 am eoing to look
out for Sharkey," was the reply. "I'll look
out for everything. You can't tell what's
going to happen. Of course, I'll look out
for my jaw."
Wnile the sailor lad lay naked on a
couch face downward undergoing a rub
down with alcohol and camphor to
toughen and invigorate the skin, his arms
were bent and his face rested on his
hands. It gave the admiring spectators
an exceptional chance to note the big
shoulders and the ropes of muscle that
extend to the bicepa. The prominence
of the muscles and breadth of the should
rs are something to marvel at. There is
strength enough there to fell an ox with
one blow of the heavy fist that will try to
find a solid landine on the world's cham
pion.
As he lay perfectly quiet Sharkey sud
denly raised his head and called to the
reporters. He had been called a marine
m one of the newspapers and he didn't
like it. "Don't call me a marine," he
said. "Tnat's wrong. I'm no marine.
A marine is a wooden man."
Aboard a naval vessel the rrarines are
the men who do the parading on such
holidays ashore as Decoration day and the
fourth of July. They are sea soldiers
trained for duty in the navy and are not
seamen in any sense of the word
They are usually the butt for the jokes
of the sailors aboard a naval vessel, owing
to their supposed ignorance of all things
marine. Hence the familiar expression,
Go tell that to the marines." This is
why Sharkey does not like to be called a
marine. He is a trained seaman of lone
experience: *
SharKey took an 18-mile walk yesterday
morning -over the hills and faraway/
back of Oakland. He started out with
McGrath about 8 o'clock and got hack
about noon. He said yesterday that he
was getting into ship-shape and was feel
ing as though he would be able to make
the battle of his life with the champion.
Sharkey is eoing to back himself on the
side with his own money in the coming
contest. He said so yesterday. He is re
ported to have a $5000 sack tucked away
in a sayings bank, but when asked if he
was going to put it all up he declined to
say how much he would wager. He was
reticent about discussing the subject, but
it is understood he will take even
money that he is on his feet at the end of
the four rounds. So if anybody is looking
for any of Sharkey's coin they can find
him and Needbam at the Acme Athletic
Club in Oakland every afternoon till the
24th inst.
When asked what colors he would wear
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1896.
in the ring he aaid: "The red, white and
blue, and green trunks."
He took the usual exercise yesterday,
punching the bag, playing handball, skip
ping the rope and tossing the medicine
ball. Thers will not be any sparring till
next week, when Needham intends to
vary the training in several respects.
It is a safe proposition also that if Glad
iator Jim ever lands squarely on Sharkey
with that battering-ram right or that hard
and elusive left of his it will be all
over with the sailor lad right then and
there. The arm that laid Sullivan low
and caused him to wake up some seconds
later with the query, "Did that young
feller lick me?" can do the same thing for
the brawny Sharkey.
It does not require a sledge-hammer
blow in the prize ring to put the best man
out, provided it is landed in the right
place, and there is something of a possibil
ity that Sharkey might touch the spot on
California's pride. When memory turns
backward and locates itself for the mo
ment at Jacksonville, Fia., and on Charley
Mitchell, who stood up before the cham
pion only three rounds, the idea will come
to the front that he is likely to do to the
pride of the American navy the same thing
mat he did to the English champion, who
thought he would be in it for a much
longer time. But what a jury will do is
not more uncertain than what is likely to
happen on a resin floor inside the ropes.
The invincible Dempsey in his prime went
down before a chance blow by La Blanche
the Marine after a Jong list of victories
were hanging to his belt.
Summing the probabilities up in a sen
tence the man who lands first good and
hard in the right spot will win the contest
a week from next Wednesday night.
Sharkey will go into the ring with gritted
teeth and well keyed up to the oppor
tunity, and he says that Corbett must
look sharp. To this the champion laconi
cally replies, "Well, if he 6hya so I guess
it must be so." And then the champion
smiled a broad, easy, good-natured, but a
significant smile, and let it go at that.
Corbett took his usual turns with the
sweat-raising apparatus at the Olympic
I Athletic Club yesterday afternoon, and
j the usual limited number of spectators
looked on with interest. His chief exer
cise was handball. Members of the club
joined in this. Corbett thinks there is no
game as good as handball. At any rate he
has not found an athletic exercise more to
I his liking.
Besides pulling the neck of George Green
I and making him wheeze for wind the
champion also sparred wuh "Young Cor
bett" a moderate number of rounds. He
had plenty of this kind of exercise yester
day, for Billy Delanev also put on the pil
lows with him. Corbett receives blows in
a friendly bout, and some pretty stiff ones
too, that would never touch him if he was
in earnest. But even in his friendly spar
ring matches the wonderful activity of
the big fellow causes people to admire him.
He is beyond compare the shiftiest heavy
weight that ever danced on a resined floor.
Sharkey is said to be quick for one of his
weight and build, but Corbett is much
quicker. When they got tired sparring
Corbett had his neck pulled by the other
fellows in order to strengthen its muscles,
and they also shoved one another around
over the floor by the hands and .shoulders
in the fencing-room. Corbett is slowly
increasing the degree and intensity of his
training.
WON'T STOP THE MILL.
Civic Federation so Decides If It
Keeps Within the Law.
The Civic Federation will not interfere
with the Corbett-Sharkey contest— that is,
they will make no effort to stop the mill if
it develops into nothing more than a sci
entific exhibition of skill and training,
such as Manager Groom of the National
Athletic Club yesterday assured them it
would be.
With this assurance the federation felt
it sbonld be satisfied for the present, rely
ing on the promoters of the affair as men
of honor to stand by their words. Never
theless they though it proper to warn the
Chief of Police to watch carefully for any
infringement of tho law. It was decided
to send a committee of their own to see
that the nice distinction between r. contest
of skill and a prizefight is maintained.
There was just an even dozen of the
federation's members present at the meet
ing, which was held in the assembly-room
of the Mills building yesterday afternoon.
Tney were: I. J. Truman, president;
James L. Case, secretary; Stewart Men
zies, D. Gilbert Dexter, George T. Gaden,
Rtv. J. Cumming Smith, Rev. Thomas
Filben, A. G. Towne, Wallace Bradford
Charles Wesley Reed, Piev. H. N. Bevier
and C. B. Perkins. The meeting was ex
ecutive.
The comine boxing contest was the
principal matter discussed and the meet
ing was one of the most interesting held
for some time. A number of the mem
bers spoke earnestly in favor of taking
steps to prevent the contest. It was re
ported, however, that the law in regard to
the matter had been submitted to six at
torneys and they could see no possible way
of preventing such an exhibition as was
proposed. The following letter was re
ceived from Manager Groom:
I. J. Truman, Esq., President of Civic Federa
tiun—Dear Sin: Permit me, representing the
National Athletic Club, to present a brief
statement to your meeting set for 3 p. m. to
day. Mr. Corbett has consented merely to go
on for four rounds, and he will give to the
public an exhibition of skill and training, not
a slopging match. The entertainment will be
conducted strictly within the pale of the law
under the supervision of the Chief of Police.
The directors of the club are all gentlemen of
standing in the business community, and
would not for a moment countenance a viola
tion of the law. Mayor Sutro and acting Mayor
Taylor can bear us out in the cairn that our
exhibitions are conducted with the utmost
regard for the law. Furthermore, we always
contribute a reasonable sum to charity. From
four of our exhibitions we have given to the
Cuildrens' Hospital $1333 33, and we have
aereed on this occasion to donate the sum of
$'.250 to the Little Sisters' Infant Shelter.
Trusting that you and the entire Federation
will take the view that we merely propose to
give an exhibition, not a prizefight, I am very
respectfully, J. J. Groom,
Manager National Athletic Club.
P. S.— l would be pleased if it meets your ap
probation, that you appoint a committee to
attend our exhibition, and judge for yourself
as to the character oi the same.
J. J. Gkoom, 942 Market street.
After considerable discussion it was
decided that the Federation should
take the directors of the club at
their word, and rely on them Keeping the
contest witnin the law. Rev. Thomas
Filben, who had spoken in favor of pre
venting the contest if possible by law,
then introduced the following resolution:
Whereas, It has come to the notice of tne
Civic Federation that a so-called boxing bout
between professionals is about to be held in
this City; imd whereas, we fear that this exhi
bition is but the entering-wedge for introduc
ing again in this City a reign of slogging
matches under a false guise, such as disgraced
this City a few years ago, demoralizing our
youth and resulting in the permanent injury
of many persons and the death of one,
Sesolved, That we deplore this exhibition be
cause it is likely to nave pernicious effects;
that we call for such amendments to the law as
will prevent exhibitions of this sort between
professionals; that while we believe the acting
Mayor has acted entirely within the bounds ol
thediscretion given him by the law in grant
ing the permit, we request the Chief of Police
to see to it carefully that the law is not vio
lated by these parties, and that our committee
be requested to call on Chief Crowley to that
end; that acommitteeof this federation be ap
pointed to attend the exhibition and Bee to it
— — -o
[ that the promises made in this case be not vi
lated and the law be not overridden.
Resolved, That if a felony is committed in this
instance we pledge the Civic Federation to fol
low up the prosecution of all guilty parties.
The resolution passed unanimously and
C. B. Perkins, Charles Wesley Reed,
George T. Gaden, A. G. Towne and James
L. Case were appointed to attend the exhi
| bition.
On invitation of the Merchants' Associ
ation a committee consistine of I. J. Tru
man and Charles Wesley Reed was ap
pointed to attend the convention to be
held in the interests of the new charter.
A HERO IN OAKLAND.
Sharkey Is Followed by Admiring
Crowds Wherever He May
Choose to Go.
Oaki-axd Office, San Fbancisco Call )
"JOB Broadway, June 12. )
Oakland at present harbors a hero.
Whenever he appears on the street a crowd
follows him and when he enters a barber
shop policemen have to keep clear the
sidewalk.
This hero is a man of muscle and his
condescension in paying Oakland a short
visit lor professional purposes is greatly
appreciated by the sports and small boys.
They have declared him their idol and he
is welcome to the best that they can give
him. It is true that sports and small
boys do not thrive within the territory
governed by the city ordinances, but the
coming of the hero seems to have given
birth to a new clas?. They seem to have
come from nowhere and the average staid
Oaklander passes by on the other side
when he sees them.
Oakland is not nsed to gazing upon men
who wear the fore part of their hats on
their noses; who wear check pants tight
from the knee down, and who say "See?"
and talk about such illegal things as bets
and prize-fights. Neither is it accustomed
to see small boys carrying on all manner
of impromptu prize-fights to the unmiti
gated delight of crowds of other small
boys. But these things are here now, and
they have come with SharKey— Thomas
Sha'rkey of the United States navy, who is
now training at the Acme Club.
If there is a big crowd anywhere in
town, Sbarkey is the cause of it; if outside
a saloon, Sharkey is drinking lemonade;
if outside the Acme Club, Sharkey may be
exuected to appear within a couple of
hours after punching the bag and wrest
ling with his trainer— and two hours are
nothing to the crowd that now "occupies"
the city if a positive view of Mr. Sharkey
be the reward.
The interest in the man who will ex
change blows with Mr. Corbett is not
however confined to sports or small boys.
To the surprise of the residents cf this
city Mr. Sharkey is an object of interest
to women also, and whenever there is a
crowd around the sailor boy part of it is
always composed of natty summer cos
tumes the wearers of which are shaded by
parasols.
Mr. Sharkey is not unmindful of the in
terest he is creating. In fact he rather
enjoys it. A sailor's life is a thankless
existence and an honest son of the briny
is almost as much a stranger to society as
an exile. When attention is shown it is
so unusual that it is invariably pleasant
after the marine bashf ulness has worn off
and Snarkey, although very gentlemanly,
has long ceased to be bashful.
The Acme Club has not been so popular
with its own members for months as it
has been since Mr. Sharkey went there
to put imaginary Corbetts to sleep and
prepare himself for evading the spirit of
the law of California and of morality.
Should Sharkey win, the Acme Club will
be able to get out of debt instanter. The
bags that Sharkey punched; the razors he
was snaved with, the copies of the paper
that he folded with tbe hands that floored
Corbett, tbe sponge his trainer is using,
the planks of the floor on which he trained
and indeed a series of things as long and
having as much connection with the fight
as the rat to the marriage in "The house
that Jack built," all these would be sold
in Oakland on the night of Sharkey's suc
cess at prices that would enable the Acme
to lease tbe Reliance building as an annex
to their own clubrooms.
These statements are not exaggerated.
They make a correct story of life in Oak
land.
ALONG THE WATER FRONT
First Sugar Cargo From Tope
lobampo Arrives en the
Coos Bay.
H. S. Scott, a Relative of President
Colnon, to Be Made Assistant
Chief Wharfinger.
The Coos Bay, whicii arrived from
Mexican ports yesterday, will not run on
that route again for some time to come.
Trade has fallen off and Goodall, Perkins
and Co. have come to the conclusion that
there is no necessity for two boats on the
run.
On the way up the Coos Bay stopped at
Topolabampo and brought up 450 tons of
sugar. The Aguila Sugar Refinery is now
in full blast, and this is the first consign
ment it has turned out this year. The
raw sugar is of good quality and compares
favorably with the Hawaiian article. Cap
tain Jansen cf the steamer, reports that
there is a fine harbor there, but that the
place is a barren desert. Water has to be
brought from the ocean ten miles-pway.
Strange to say within ten feet of saltwater
a hole can be dug and pure fresh water
bubbles up.
"Out of all the American families who
went to the much-advertised Topolobampo
only three remain," said Captain Jansen
yesterday. "One is a Mrs. Patrick and her
13-year-old daughter, and they only remain
because they cannot raise enough money
to come back to America. They went from
Vermont, and the husband was a hard
working man. While on a trip inland one
night he fell asleep in bis wagon and some
of the peons cut his throat and stole the
horse and everything in the vehicle. One
of them was arrested and hanged, but that
did not help the widow. Mrs. Patrick and
her daughter are sometimes without food,
and yet they have plenty of furniture and
thincs that would bring good prices in
San Francisco. Her husband was a Mason,
and some of his old comrades should do
something toward releasing her from her
penal servitude.
"When the colonists first settled at
Topolobampo everything went well. A
young graduate from Vassar started the
Topolobampo News, and it paid its way
for a time. Ttien everybody began to leave
the place, and finally the young adven
turess was brought to sore straits. She
could not raise money on her plant, and
finally she married W. Duncan, the man
who edited her paper and set up the type.
They are now keeping the only store in
the vicinity, and make a good living by
selling mescal and cigarettes to the In
dians. Everybody lives on beans and tor
tillas down there, and the Americans in
the interior assured me that they had not
seen butter for ten years. While the Loos
Bay was loading I rode ten miles inland,
and for the entire distance I saw nothing
but rock and sand. Finally I reached a
Mexican ranch, and that was the only
place within thirty miles where fresh
water could be found.
"Tne sugar came down the river from
Aguila in boats, but the peons who loaded
it into the Coos Bay marched the thirty
miles to the landing in six hours. They
had a meal of tortillas on starting and an
other on their arrival. As soon as the
steamer was loaded they had another corn
cake and started on the tramp or run
back. It is hot enough there to roast the
skin off a man, but it did not even make
the Indians sweat. The sugar industry
may revive Topolobampo, but at tbe
present time it is a God-forsaken country."
Billy Moe, the boatman, started for
Santa Cruz in a steamlaunch, with his
Whitehall in tow, a few days ago. His in
tention was to carry passengers to and
from the Philadelphia and Monadnock,
and also act as bumboatman. During tbe
night the launch ran on Pigeon Point and
the Whitehall stove in. Billy is now tramp
ing it back to San Francisco.
Four of the Sharpshooter's crew deserted
Thursday and stole one of the vessel's
boats. They filled the boat up with sand
and sank it under Selby's old smelting
works. It was recovered to-day, but no
sign of the men can be found.
The men from the Philadelphia had an
other drill on Lombard-street wharf yes
terday preparatory to the exhibition drill
in Golden Gate Park to-day.
The schooner Lizzie Vance will get new
masts in at Kureka. and then load lumber
for Sydney, N. S. W.
The Pacific Mail Company's Acapulco
arrived from Panama and wayports yes
terday. The storm that prevailed last
Wednesday night kept her back six hours.
The following cabin passengers came on
her:
Miss Maggie \V. Kenna, Mrs. J. A. Joyce, D.
Ames, Francisco V. IVralta, Benjamin Baruch,
E. Brens, Pedro Jaminaz, J. A. Pacas, Maximo
Martinez and two sisters, L. Eichenberger, F.
G. Mortimer, Dr. David Luno and brother,
Major Killibrew and wife, F. Romero and fam
ily, R. W. Deutsch and family, H. K. James,
Captain J. M. Dow, Mrs. Ygnacio Aritza and
boy, George Melendez, Salvador Sol, J. A. Mar
ti nero, Miss Concepcion Esguivel. Miss Ytabel
Rodezno, A. Coronado and wife. W. C. Kaelri,
Mrs. M. de Felichee and fmnily, James Otis, E.
Tatillion and wife. W. J. Morgan, Miss C. Hem
beran, Francisco Escolon, E Castillio and two
brothers, Eulalia Morales, William Alici, An
ton i a Bado and family, J. D. Cripe, Mrs. W.
Sullivan, Mrs. M. de Mendoza and two daugh
ters, Miss M. Butler, Carlos G. Cuno, Fred
Grannis, Fred Likins, Levnarde Mena, M. Ulla,
Miss E. Castellano and sister. Francisco Olloa,
C. V. Lemus and brother, J. M. £amajoa, F. W.
Wittenbrock, Jose Calra, Francisco Herrera,
Mrs. H. Harrison, F. Codillac and wife.
Lumber dealers are afraid of glutting the
marxet. Although they have all com
bined still they are afraid of some one
member breaking away and starting a rate
war. At the present time there are three
schooners in Mission. Bay awaiting a
chance to discharge, and there are twelve
more on tne way. In consequence the
freight rate has dropped from S3 50 per
1000 feet to $2 75, and the tendency is still
downward.
Edward Short, wharfinger at Mission
street wharf, who has been for the past six
months acting as assistant chief wharfin
fer, is to return to his old post on July 1.
[. 8. Scott, a relative of President Colnon
of the State Board of Harbor Commission
ers, and collector at section 2 of the sea
wall, will probably be appointed to the
vacant position.
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