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Shipping News and Gossip
or the Water Front
Barkentine Tropic Bird Goes
Ashore at Perula Bay.
The well-known barkentine Tropic
Bird Is ashore at Perula Bay, according
to advices received yesterday from
Manzanlllo. She. was loading logs at
that -place when she was driven
aground. The Tropic Bird is proba
bly one of the best known vessels on
this coast. For years she plied be
tween this port and Tahiti and in her
company were the barkentine City of
Papeete and the brig Galilee. These
boats all ceased to run in that trade
whr-n the Oceanic Steamship Mariposa
rwgan to touch at the South Sea
islands. The Tropic Bird went Into
the lumber trade, while the -City -of
Papeete became a. codnsher.
The wrecked vessel Is commanded
V>y Captain Barron and is owned by
Mrs. L. Schmidt. She sailed from here
on November 7 for Eureka, and from
that port on November 30 for Man
zanlllo. She was built at North Bend
in Iff 2. She is of 347 tons burden and
Is valued at about $20,000. \u25a0'"\u25a0\u25a0':
Transport I.ocnn Arrive*
The United States transport Logan
arrived early yesterday morning from
the Philippines. Her voyage seems to
hay« been an unusually lively one.
Christmas day was celebrated in an
up-to-date fashion. There 'was a great
Christmas tree Tor the children in the
main saloon, presents for everybody
on board, both big and small, and a
(Treat Santa Claus, impersonated by
Lieutenant Edison I. Small. The lieu
tenant is next to the tallest man in
the army. He is 6 feet 3^ Inches in
height and weighs 2<o pounds. There
were two New Year eves for those on
board, as the Lncan crossed the lEOth
meridian on December 31.
The weather was unusually One all
the way across and the passengers
virtually lived on derk.
A wedding added zest to the voyage.
It took place at Honolulu and was
what would have been termed in the
social world a "runaway match." The
principals were A. H. Peterson, a
wheelwright In the quartermaster's de
partment,* and Slgnorita Vlctoriana,
who was the Filipino servant of Mrs.
C. R. Trowbrldge. The couple Flipped
away at Honolulu, and when they re
turned to the vessel they were hus
band and wife. The secret was kept
until Just before the Logan reached
port.
The Lnenn was thirty-one days from
Manila, twenty-four days from Naga
saki and seven and a half days from
Honolulu.
There was one death on board, Ben
Harrigan. a sailor, succumbing to tu
berculosis on December 31.
Among the Logan's passengers was
Colonel Joseph B. Girard of the medi
cal Ftaflf. The vessel brought lSO.Btcor
apre passengers — enlisted men, dis
charged soldiers, twenty-nine general
prisoners and one, insane person. She
brought the following cabin passcn
gor*:
Colonel Jrveph I». Glmrd. Captain Jacob E.
Bloom. Captain Charles W. Farr. Captain Wil
liam 11. Cook. Lieutenant Joseph Übrtg, Lieu
tenant Edison I. Small. Amistant Paymaster
T». <;. Mrliicliie. Lieutenant C. F. Williams. J.
T. Hurley. Frank tiarrey. Hdwnrd I*reli<rtnp.
B. F. Treiitline. Mrs. Frank C. Jewell. I>eonard
Mnirli, Mm. Jnsepn T'hriK end infant. Mbs* J.
Thru. Mrs. F. <i. Kellnnd and Infant. Mrs.
H. H. Biwwil. Mm. n. 11. BIsm>!1. J. T. Crai*.
Mrs. J. T. CralK and infant. Mr«. <5. C. Pool
«nd daughter. Mrs. J. C. rbllUp*. Mrs. J. P.
Brust, C. A. SJleox. Mr*. A. W. Ferjrtwa, Mrs.
J. A. Gammlir. Wendell GinmllL C. C. Pyle,
Mr*. C. «'. Pyle. Tnerewi Pyle, Charles Pyle,
If. E. Wallace. W. S. Wasbbura. Mrs. M. H.
Itiehle. . Mrs. C It. Trowbri«l»re. Rustwll Trotr
hridfr*. Marion TmwhrMre. Mrs. C M. \u25a0 Barer,
H. 11. Talbott. Miss Delia V. Knisrht, Mlm
Nelle Moore, G. C. Tool. C. L. Tripp. J. C.
Phillips.
From Nagasaki: First eabln— Mm. E. P.
Boiler. Mies Lillian Waddell.
From Honolulu: First cabin — Captain of
F.naineer C«rr* J. E. Slattery, Mrs. f. K. Flat
tery. Captain P. T. Robinson. Mflf. I>. E. Rob
inson and three children. Mrs. T. T. Lnnpd»n.
Marvelous Eatcape From Death
Itusuke Maskojt. a sailor, fell forty
feet from the emokestack of the Hong
kong Maru yesterday, landing on the
fidley, and the only injury he Fuffered
was a broken collar bone. He was
painting the huge smokestack and
missed his footing.
I.nhorer'* Spine Fractured
Charles \u25a0Vnderson, a laborer living
at 935 York street, had a fall yester
day that resulted in the fracturing of
his spine. He was working on the
Beconfl story of a building: at the 'cor
ner of Kearny and Union' streets and
Joet his balance. He fell a distance of
thirty feet. His fellow-workmen car
ried him to the Harbor Emergency
Hospital. It is not likely that he will
survive.
Come From Quarantine
JThc crew and steerage passengers of
the steamship Coptic, who have- been
In the quarantine station for the last
ten dp ye, were released yesterday and
brought to the Mail dock in the tug
Arab*. Besides the crew there were
sixty-six Chinese, five Japanese and
nine Sikhs. The tug also brought the
body of a Chinese, who fell dead at
the Island whue playing a game of
baseball. He was a victim of heart
disease. "
Hit b.r Belt Llnr Car
George Minor was struck by a belt
Mn« car while wandering down the
water front yesterday. He was rolled
over end over, with the result his ribs
were crushed in and forced Into hi*
lungs. lie »a? taken to the Jlarbor
Emergency Hospital and operated on by
Dr. M. E. Magnus. Later be was re
moved to the City and County Hospital.
He lived in Stanley place.
Ventura to Sail Friday
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
steamer Ventura will sail on Friday
at 2 p. m. from her dock at Pier 7, Pa
cine-street wharf, for -Sydney, via
Honolulu, Pago Pago and Auckland.
Lumber Arrivals
The lumber arrivals yesterday from
northern points totaled 2.140.000 feet
COAST SHIPPING NEWS
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific
SAX PEDBO, Jan. 15.— Tlie barkentine John
Smith, Captain Nellsen. arrived, this morning.
ten dare from Tacom*. bringing WiG.OOO feet of
lumber eonitiirned to the Kerchoff-Cuncncr-Miller
Lumber Cum|»acjr.
The BCbooner Columbia, Captain Jlunscn, ten
•lv.vi. from Ererett. has arrived wltb t&O.OOO feet
<>f lumber for TarioiiK wholesalers at this port.
The stfwtuer Kouita. Captaiu Alix-rtK. is due
to «rrir« tomorrow night from Kid Francinco
r«d war 'port* with <-areo unsigned to the Pa
«".fi<- Coast t^teiimsblp. Company. .
Tlif steamer* U'«»p. Centralia and Norwood are
«luf to arrive from northern pvru with full ear
tro«* of luialx-r. The vchooncr XV. H. 8m lth.
Captain Uenson. tins nrrlrod at Redondo from
lacoma wiU> WtO.GUO re** of lumber consigned
to ttie Montgomery & Mullen Lumber Company
ef Vua Angeie*.
The M»-«tii<-r MersLneld. Captain Dittmers,
buttbd frutallardx Creek for >«» iJlcpi wliii a,
cargo of lumber,* ret!«d at tliis port today for
oil. After SiJcinc fuel she prtx.-i-ed<Hi.
The sobooni-r Irene. Captain Mitchell, flaished
«i*r».«rpinF li«T lumber rust and Mailed today
far Tueoniß to reload. Captaia Mitchell eared
\u25a0bout $2(iO /for bis oR-oen on the trip, as he
IK-rformed tli<- onu*ual feat of sailintr into the
Larbor and going «s*ii> today with the assist
if n'-»- of a tup. ;
The barkentine Joseph L. Evirton, Captain
Menwn. arrlTed, neren flaya from Grays Harbor,
with i&O.OOO feet of lumber consigned to the Con
solidated Lumber Company.
The steamer Mandalay. Captain Sanford, called
«t this port tixinj, bound nurtb frum San Diego
for Ran Vranclwo.
AtiTOKIA. Jan. 15.— The, uteamer AlHsnff
«rriv«i today from Eureka, via Cooa Bay, wltb
freljrht «nd passengers. f
' The Uritii-h •teamablp SuTerle arrived here
tod« 7 from San Francisco. She left up the
nver Tor Portland, where «he will load cr«ln
for the Orient.
The nchooner F. S. Redfleld left today for
San Fr*ncUeo with a cargo of 515.000 feet of
lumber.
The British Bteamer Strathord left up the
«ver today Tor Portland to commence loading
Cra'n tor Europe.
The schooner Churchill errlvod here today
irom San Francisco. She comes to load lumber
for that port.
The steamer San Mateo bat arrlTrd here
from Portland with a lumber cargo for San
1 ranclsTO. v
Tbe BritiKh timrk Irorna le/t out thlg after
noon for the L'nltwl Kincdoni for orders. She
ban a carffo <if li.uoo barrels of flour. J 03.003
bushels of vrheat and cUrlit and a. bair tons
of canned fruit. Her cargo is valued at
$107,202. t
The steam Bohooncr Northland. Tt'Mcn arrlTed
«t thl» port yesterday, is looklnK for a lumber
charter, as she is unable to make Portland on
account of the See. The local mills are stopped
at present by the serious freeze and a lumber
carjro could not l>e piven her Immediately.
Captain Joneph I v ruler, mu eter of the nchooner
Alice Mr Hun aid. Bled a wreck report this morn
lng of the stranding of bis Teasel on Clatsop
Spit on the. ciirht of December 29. The report
fays the resscl went ashore during a Know
squall and assistance vras offered by the Point
Adams and Cape Disappointment Ilfe-saTlng
erewa; also that the schooner was floated on
January 14 vrlth the assistance of cables and
tURs. The Talue of the vessel is placed at
J30.000 nnd the damnfre she leeelred at $4000.
Captain Bender said today that he felt extremely
grateful to all who had rendered aid while the
•schooner was «shore and in floatinj; her,
es|teclally to Captain Wickland and the mem
bers of "the Point Afiams life-saving crew, who
did every tbinjt in their power to assist In sav
inc the vessel. Captain Bender will send a
letter to the Department in Washington, ex
pressing his appreciation of the excellent work
performed in his behalf by the life-savins
service.
•Ilie Overdue Ll«t
British bark Netbcrby. 2<O days from Mary
Point, for Talcahuano. SO per cent.
Trench euip Daniel. 1!K) days from Bclllngham,
for Delagoa Bay, 90 per <*«»*• „ ,
French Heel bark Hautot, 19C days from Tokio,
for Glasgow. 92 per cent.
French bark Marie, 208 days from Newcastle,
England, for Seattle. 3" per cent.
British ship <Jueen Margaret, 137 days from
Cardiff, for Jnnin. S per rent.
British bark Astnria. 345 days from Adelaide,
for Kurope, 8 per cent.
Russian nhip Fennls. ISHS days from Tyne, for
Port Los Angeles, 15 |wr cent.
Army Transports
Tbe BurtiFide Ik at Seattle.
The Buford in in port.
The Crook Is in port. Out f>f commls«i«n.
Tbe Kirkpatrlck is at Newport News. Va.
Tbe Ix>gan arrived from Manila yesterday and
is at the transport dock.
The I rum lls Is at Newport News. Va.
Th« Sheridan is in port. Out of commiwion.
Toe Sherman sailed January & for Manila.
Tbe Thomas aiTircd January '1 at Manila.
Tbe Warren is in port, being ttted to go Into
commission.
Wheat for Europe
The 'British bark St. Mary't* Bay wa« cleared
yesterday for QueenKtown. for orders, with 40,034
»fntal«< of wheat, ralued at $r>o.lo<.». and 13,000
feet of lumber as dunnajre. rained at $4^5.
Tonnage Ijocajtement n
The French Khlp General de Sonts, on Tujret
Sound, is chartered for wheat thence to Europe
at 2tte 3d, while the British eaip Dudbope, pre
viously reported for the same bnclnes* and roy
epe. is free, ber charter harlnc been canceled.
Tbe IMtißh ulilp Brodick Castle, at I"ortlan4.
Is cbartei-ed for lumber tbenc* to Valparaiso, fnr
orders, at f>2s <sd; the BiiMslan *bip Fennla. at
Tort i/os Angeles, was chartered prior to arriral
for »!)<\u25a0 Kame tntsinefs from Portland to Valpa
raiso, for orders, at 50k. with option of Innlque
at \^* 3d, or any otbT direct port at 48s 'M.
Movements] of Steamer*
TO AKKIVR
9 Steamer . Trom j Due
Actec Portland t Astoria.... Jan. Iff
Ar£» Humtwldt .....Jan. Iff
Maodalay San Tedro Jan. 16
D. Mitcbfll Wlllapa Harbnr Jan. 14
Acme Orayn Harbor- J«n. 1«
Kalatlr Hambur? & Way Ports Jan. lA
Vancaard Ilcmboldt Jan.* 19
F-ureka Htimboldt Jan. 16
Nome city.... Portland & Aetorla.... Jan. 18
Pomona Hmnboldt Jan. 17
Ontraiia...... Grays Harbor ........ Jan. 17
Santa Rosa.... S. Dfepo & Way Ports. Jan. 17
P0m0.... Pt. Arena & Albion Jan. 17
Telius Oyster Harbor Jan. 18
Aim-tun N. Y. via Han Diejo. Jan. 1%
Tmatilla Pupet Round Ports Jan. IK
City Para New York, via Ancon.. Jan. 19
Columbia Portland &-. Attoria Jan. 19
Neradan Honolulu ie Kabulni... Jan. 1»
Acapuleo New York, via Ancon.. Jan. 20
Alsroa China & Japan Jan. 20
City Topeka... Humboldt Jan. 20
t>ea Foam Mcodoctno tc Pt. Arena Jan. 'JO
BonlU Han Pedro & Way Pt* Jan. 20
O. W. Elder... Ran Pedro Jan. 20
Itoanoke Portland & Way Ports. Jan. 21
KtateCal Jv Diepo &. Way Ports. Jan. 21
Alameda Tlonolnin Jan. 22
Bnckman Beattle tc Taeoma . Jan. 22
City Pnebla... Pnpet Konnd Ports Jan. 23
Am. Exclmans. Japan via Honolulu Jan. 2.1
Rainier Seattle & Bellincbam.. Jan. 23
Newbunt Grays Harbor Jan. 23
TO BAIL ~~
Kteamer Destination Balls Pier
Jamtnry 18
North Fork.. Humboldt »am Pier 20
Coronsdo.... Orays Harbor .... 3 ptn Pier 10
M. F. Plant.. O«o» Bay ' 4 ptn Pier 11
G. W. Elder. Ixw Annies Ports. Ipm Pier 13
A.rgn Humboldt 5 pm Pier 10
J. Higgins... l>os An?clcw Ports. 10 am Pier 2
Hathor Hamburg «c Way.. 12 m Pier 19
ftra Fotin)... point Arcnt 4 pm PUr 2
Enterprtfte... Honolulu & Hilo.. 4 pm Pier 10
CityToprla. Uomboldt l:3u p Pier 0
January 17
Wastiinßton.. Keattle & Blakcley 3 pm Pier 10
Coptic <"i,iua & Japan 1 pm Pier 40
Central's.... I/cm Anccleu Ports 10 am Pier 10
KtateCal.... Kan Diego 10 am Pier 11
Senator.... Pup-t Si.tmd Ports 11 am Pier 9
January 18
Coos 8ay.... Ran Peilro 4 Way ft am Pier 11
Knreka Hnmboldt 9 am I'ier 13
Acme ««rays Uarttor \u25a0»,
Breakwater.. Ooon Bay 4 praliMer 8
D. Mitchell.. Wlllapa Harbor ... 3 pm Pier 2
Ventura Sydney & Way.... 2 pmlPicr 7
January 19 j
Pomona TTuniboldt 1:30 p; Pier 9
Vanpuard.... Hutuboldt 5 pm Pier 2
Porno Pt. Arena &. Albion 0 pm Pier 2
City Para... N. V.. via Ancon. 12 111 Pier 40
Wntfcnn..... Seattle A Tacoma. 1:30 p Pier 20
G. Lindauer. Grays Harbor r.ih n.
January 20
G. W. Elder. Portland & Way .. 1- pm Pier 13
Eanu Boei.. San Dlcgu & War. 10 am Pier 11
January 21.
Roanoke Los Ancelcn Porta. 5 pm Pier 13
January 22 .
Columbia.... Astoria i Portland 11 am Pier 24
fniatillH.... I'iiif.t Sound Ports 11 am Pier 9
Nome City... Astoria k Portland 4 pm Pier 2
80nita...... Newport tc Way... 9am PJcr 11
January 24
11. K. Mara.. China and Japan .. 1 pm Pier 40
. - TO SAIL FROM SEATTLE "•"" "
Steamer Destination Date
Baratoca VsJde* & Seward Jan. 16
Jefferson ftkaicway & Way Ports. Jan. 17
CottapeClty... Kkapway & War Ports. Jan. 17
I'cnnt-ylraaia.. Valdes & Seward Jan. 24
Nun and Tide t
United States Coast and Geodetic Burvey—Time
and HeTirht of Tides at Fort Point. For City
front (Mission-street wbarf) add 25 minutes. \u25a0
, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10
Kun rises 7:2 i
Run Kftk 6:J5
ITlme (Timel ITlme Time
Jan Ft Ft I Ft Ft
JH W |L W| |U,ff |L Wj
19 1:68 5.4 C:SS 2.8 12::« 5.7 7:25 —0.8
37 2:40 B.& 7:40 2.7 1:30 5.2 8:10—0.3
lg , 8:21 5.5 X:4? 2.5 2:33 4.7 fc:sl '0.4
l» i:<C, 5.4 8:4» 2.3' X:44:44 4.2 8:40 1.0
20 4:4» fi.4 11:02 2.0 &:Wi 3.0 10:25 1.5
21 5:37 5.8 12:12 1.7 «:26 3.9 11:10 2.2
t:. S. Branch Hvdrogrnphk' Office :
A branch of the United States Hydrop-aphlc
Offlce, located at the Merchants' Exchanffe, l«
maintained in Ban l-'ranciwn for the benefit of
niariiicrt>. without regard to nationality and free
or expense. Narlmturs »r» cordially lnrlted to
visit tbe offire. where complete »ets of chart m
aud calling directions of tbe. world are kept at
band, for comparison and reference, aud .tie
latest information 1 can '.always be obtained re
fanii.iß lifrbts, danger* to navigation aud all
matters of interest to 000*11 commerce. .The
time ball .' service . bas been suspended pending
tbe reconstruction of the tower of tbe Ferry
lmtldlng. , J. C. BURNKTT,
Lieutenant V. S. S., in Cbarpe.
SHIPPING I.VTKLLIGK\CI-:
ARBIVED
Tuesday, JtaiiMi.v IS.
Btmr PrpntiM.Schilllnsky, 2" boors from Eu
reka.
Ktmr G C Liudnuer, TO hours from Grays Har
bor.
THE; SAN v FRANCISCO /GALL, /WEDNESDAY; JANUARY 16, 1907.
The Went her Report
United - Stales Department of ''Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, San Francisco, - Cal., January
15. li»07.
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STATIONS 5 sgs3 : M^M "
• • C c '- • - • B
• M i • . .
t (» .. ' •
. - '-. . . " \u0084• -- • # * . - \u25a0 *
Baker 00.02 H! S N Clear ~102
Bolt-e ........-.-.29 J9S .*!0 '24 NB Clear T.
Flagstaff ..^..2a.70 »l 2S Sff Cloudy T.
Fresno 21.d8 4S 38 X Clear .00
Independence ..20.78 40 SO N Pt.Cldy .00
Kalispell 80.12 0-00 W Clear .00
Los Angeles...iSt.S»2 S6 46 -SW Clear .16,
Modena '.'9.74 'M u'BW Cloudy .04,
ML Tamalpals.3o.oo 38 29, 8W Cloudy .00
North Head is'-
I'ocatello '. 29.94 32 16 SW Cloudy .O4
Pt. Iteyes Lt.29.04 47 .. SW Cloudy T. !
Portland l!».0»J 20.14 SE Cloudy T.
Phoenix 29. »0 08 48 SE Cloudy .00
Reno i».o>i 2t) 12 8 Clear .00
Red Bluff ....30.00 ?A 30 SR Clondy .00
Kooeburg 29.X« 30 24 NW Cloudy . T.
Sacramento ...»0.004<» 34 SW Clear ...
Salt Lake ....29.R8 38 28 N Snow .16
San Piego 29.04 CO 48 \u25a0 W Cloudy .01
San" Francisco.«o.oo 44 38 NVV Pt.Cldy T.
San Jose 29.98 48 38 SK Clear .iKI
S. I* Oblspo. ..29.08 00 .40 W Clear .00
S. E.Farallon.3o.oo 49 38 S Pt.Cldy T. ;
Spattle 29.94 28 10 NE 'Cloudy •<*>
30.12 10 4 S Cloudy T.
•Summit ...... 37 !» 8 Pt.Cldy .11
Tatoosh ...... 2!>.84 28 22 X Cloudy T.
Tonopah ..... .2S>.W 26 26 W Cloudy .14
Walla Walla. .30.14 14 4 NW Cloudy T.
Winnemueca ..29.JU 30 10 W Cloudy .00
Yuma :...'J9.90 <;2 40 SB Clear .00
•Snow on ground. 142 Inches; 42 last year.
RAINFALL DAiA
Past Seasonal
Stationo. 24 hours, to date. Normal.
F.urcka -20.63
Red Bluff 0.00 12.27 13.87
Sacramento 0.00 12.25 9.46
San Francisco 0.01 -11.7 ft v 11.C7
San Juse o.Oi» 10.in '-\u0084'\u25a0,
Fresno 0.00 , 6.17 ' 4.07
Kan Luis Obispo 0.00 13.25 9.92
Los Angeles 0.16 13.04 :10.81:10.81
San Diego ...0.01 C.84 4.02
SYNOPSIS
The Btorm ban innv.-i slowly eastward and is
now over the Talley of the Colorado. Rain has
fallen in Southern California and conditions are.
favorable for heavy frosts Wednesday morning.
Citrus fruit grower* xhould Ik? ready to smudsc.
"She pressure distribution Is such that a new
storm may move In rapidly on the northern coast
and extend southward.
FORECAST ,
Run FrsnciKoo and vicinity—Cloudy, unsettled
wrathfr. with frosts In the morning and prob
ably shower* by night; light north winds chang-
Ing to southerly.
Sacramento Valley —Cloudy Wednesday, with
frost in the morning and rain at night; fresh
m.hili winds.
SanJoaquin Valley —Fair Wednesday; hcaTy
frost in the morning: light north winds.
Los Angeles and vicinity —Cloudy Wednesday,
wltb heavy frost in the morning; light north
wind: citrus fruit growers *hould b# ready to
smudge. a. O. McADIB.
District Forecaster.
Ptmr Point Arena, Fosen, 16 Lours from
Alhinn.
Ktmr National City. Frederlckson. 14 hours
from Fort Bragz.
Stmr Samoa, Madsen, 14 bmirs from Caspar, up
river direct. "~ \u0084. \
Stmr Breakwater, Maegenn. 37 boors from
Cow Bay.
Ktmr George "W Elfler. Jessen, 4 days from
Astoria, via Eureka 19 hours.
17 S Ktmr I.osnn. Ktlnson. 31 days from Ma
nila, via Nagasaki 24 days, via Honolulu T<4
days. . '.
Stmr Watnon. Cann. 67 bourn from Seattle.
Schr Santiago. Madison. 14 hours from Mon
terey, in tow tug Relief.
Stmr Ssn Pedro, Anflndsen. 30 hours from
Santa Barbara.
Schr Mable Gale, Mattson, 4 days from Colum
bia River. -
Power pchr Oakland, Kroger, 6 day« from Ta
coma. /
Stmr Acme, Captain Weld, 82 hours from
Grays Harbor.
Monday. January 14.
Sent Omega, Nyman. 3 days fr»m Coos Bar,
CLEARED
Tuesday. January 15.
Br ship Farflllan. Arthur. Newcastle. Aus.;
Me.ver. ',Wilson & Co.'
Br bark St. Marys Bay, McLaren, Queens
t«wn; O. W. McNear.
Tng I>anntJeps. Darragb. Portland, via Mon
terey; J. D. SpreckeU & Bros. Co.
SAILED
Tuesday. January 15.
Schr Mary IVidc*>, Olkmi, Grays Harbor.
Stmr Santa Maria, Lane. Port Harford.
Ktmr Jim Butler. Olsen. Grays Harbor. \u25a0
Stmr Fulton. l.Hr-"-n. Grays Harbor.
Stmr George W Blder. Jessen. San Pedro. -
Stmr Alcazar. Fagerlund. Greenwood.
Stmr South CoMt. Paulsen. Caspar.
Br stmr Dakotah. Ross. Shanghai. ,
Seb^ Roderick Dhu, Anderson, Monterey, in
tow tug 11« nntless.
OUTSIDE BOUND IN—MIDNIGHT •
55ehr Advance, schr Advent.
TELEGRAPHIC .
rOINT I>OBOS, Jan. 15—10 p. '. m. —Weather
clear; wind f>'W; Telocity 10. miles per hour.
DOMESTIC PORTS- .
PAN PEDRO—Arrived Jan 13—Stmr Chehalls,
from Grays Harbor. \u25a0 . . \u25a0
\u25a0 Arrived Jan IS —Schr Columbia, from-Everett;
t>ktn John Smith, from Taeoma; Btmr Mtrehfield,
trom Hardy Creek; stmr Mandiliy, from Stn
Diepo.
bailed Jan 15 —Schr Lonlf*. for Cmpqua Biver,
and not «alled on Jan 13, as before reported.
Arrived Jan 15 —Bfctn J L Eviston, from
Grays Harbor. \
Sailed Jan IS —Stmr Mandalay. for San Fran
cisco: ' stmr Marehfield, for ' Kan Diego.
PORT HABFORD—Arrived Jan 15 —Stmr
Delhi, from Everett; atmr Norwood, bence
Jan 14.
Sailed Jan 15 —Stmr Norwood, for San Pedro.
ASTORIA—SaiIed Jan 15—tiehr F S Redfleld,
for fian Francisco.
VENTURA—SaIted Jan 15—Stmr Whittler, for
San Franciwo.
PORT LO.S ANGELES—SaiIed Jan 15—Stmr
Czarina, for ; stmr Alcatraz, for San Fran
cis™. ...
COOS BAT—Arrived Jan 15—Stmr F A KII
born. bence Jan 11. via Eureka.
SIiATTLE —Sailed Jan 15 —Stmr Umatilla, for
San Franclm-o.
Arrived Jan 15^-Stmr City of Puebla. hence
Jan 12.
Arrived Jan 15 —Stmr Cottage City, from Skng
way, , -
Arrived Jan 15—Stmr Buckman. hence Jan 12.
WRANGKL— Sailed Jan 15—Stmr Dolphin, for
roOH 'BAT— Sailed Jan IS—Stmr P A KU
burn. for Astoria. > '
ASTORIA —Arrived Jan 15^Br stmr Suveric,
hen»v» Jan 12.
Arrived Jan 15 —Stmr Alliance, from Eureka.
Jan 14—Br stmr Strathford. from Guaymas.
Arrive*! Jan 15—Stmr Northland, hence Jan 11.
JSallrd Jan ]s—Br Itnrk Items, for U. K.
REDOXDO—Arrived Jan I.V-Schr w ll Smith,
from Ballardf schr 11 Turner, from-Port Blake
ley. .
Sailed Jan 15—Stmr Tamalpais, for Snn Fran
cisco.
POINT I^OBOS—Passed Jan 15. S p m—Stmr
Despatch, from Eureka, for San Pedro; stmr
San Gabriel, from Umpqua Blver, for San
Pedro.
SAN DlKOO—Sailed Jan 15—Stmr Mnndalay,
for San Francisco; fehr Okanogan, for Port
Gamble.
lIOQUIAM—BaIIed Jan 15—Stmr Nushagak,
ctmr Carmel and Btmr Aberdeen, for San Fran
cisco.
Arrived Jan 15 —Stmr Quinault. hence. Jan 12.
ABERDEEN—SaiIed Jan 14—Stmr Centralia.
for San Francisco; schr X X Wood, for gan
Franclwn; schr Meteor, for San Pedro. ° - .
Arrived Jan 15—Stmr Qninault. hence Jan 12.
Sailed Jan 15 —Schr Muriel, schr Ensign,-atmr
Kanta Monica, stmr Carmel and . stmr Nushag.
for San Francisco. "* ~*, \
PORT LUDLOW—Sailed Jan 14—Schr- W U
Marston, for Hllo. >'¥:.\u25a0'
EASTERN PORT
NEW YORK—Sailed Jan 15—Stmr Panama,
for Colon. . . . _ • •
Arrived' Jan 14—Bark Adolpb Obrig, from
Port Blakeley. Wash.
Sailed Jan 14 —Stmr \u25a0anama. for Colon.
FOREIG.V PORTS"
VICTORIA—Arrived Jan 15—Stmr aty of
I'li-lilJi. bence Jan 12.
Sailed Jan 14 —Nor stmr Tellus. for San Fran
cisco: i>tmr Franklyn. for Queelistown.
Sailed Jan 15—Stmr Umatilla, fur gan Fran>
ciaco.
Arrived Jan 13— Br stmr Agapanthus, from
Callao.>
COMOX—Arrived Jan 15 —Br cable Btmr Re
storer, from Midway Islands.
MELBOURNE —Arrived prior Jan 15—Br ship
Houjromont. \u25a0 from Philadelphia. S
PORT SAID —Arrived Jan 15—Ger etmr Al
benga. from New York." for Hongkong. "> . .
RIO DE LA PLATA—Arrived prior Jan 14—
Br ftmr Charcas, from New York.-for Valparaiso
HONG KONQ—Sailed Jan 15—Stmr Siberia, for
San Francisco.
Sailed Jan 12—Stmr Lyra, for Moil.
ANCON—Sailed'Jan 15—Stmr Peru, for San
Francisco.
SHANGHAI—Arrived Jan 14—Br stmr Bewsle
Dollar/ from Portland.\Orr
KOBE —Arrived Jan 14—Br* stmr Hazel - Dol
lar, from Hongkong, .to - sail Jan 15, for Ban
I'rsn'-ificti. i
'•SHIMONOSEKI— Sailed Jan 13—Br stmr Win
nebago. for S«n Francisco, - .
VI^ADIVOSTOK—SaiIed Jan 9—Stmr Hyades
for, Dalny. /^A|HfpM*(MMBM|MM|'
ISLAND PORTS -
SailedrJan 15—U S stmr-Sher
man, for Manila: Br ship Doric, for Yokohama *
OCEAN STEAMERS ' *>'— *'
"-' NEW YORK—Arrived Jan 15- rSttnr Kron
Prlnz Wilhelm, frum Bremen.
. GIBRALTAR—Arrived Jan 14 —Stmr! Cedrlc'
from New fork, for Genoa, Naples, etc., = and
proceeded. .v. v : • \u25a0 \u25a0 . ,• :'
- HUU^—ArrlTed Jan 14—Stmr Stratuyrc, from
San Francisco, rla St. \ Vincent and London'
ST.' VlNCENT—Arrived prior Jan - 14—Stmr
Otta. from Taeoma. for . .
Sailed Jan -14—Stmr Selsdom. from San Fran
cisco.- for Hull ''lQ''ri!p*«WtlU>iflMllljrtliti _i j.
Sailed prior Jan 15—Stmr Sheik, from San
Francisco and Montevideo.,. for Ipswich.
•j HAMBURG —Arrived prior Jan 15—Stmr Penn
sylvania.-from' New; York. - - , •
: BREMEN —Arrived Jan-15—Stmr. Kaiser tVH."
helm 11. from New - York.VKfljSMHo - \u25a0
HONGKONG—Arrived" .prior" Jan 14—Stmr
; China, from , San Kranciwo, via Honolulu, Yo
i kobama, "etc.:; stmr SLyria, - from .Taeoma arid
Seattle, via Yokohama, for Manila. \u25a0
WELLINGTON—Arrived Jan 14—Stmr - Brain-
ASKS THAT TRUST
BE DISSOLVED
Garret t McEnerney I Tells
University;: Regents \u25a0 That
Hopkins InstituteisDead
FINANCES OF COLLEGE
According, to, a resolution; introduced
before the Board -of; Regents- of the
State University at ;'ts"meeting yester
day afternoon by Regent « Garret Mc-
Enerneythe'name of Mark Hopkins in
all. probability will jbeleliminated from
any Association with* art and with let
ters in this city Or\;state. .." -
. McEnerney's- resolution is : to the ef
fect " that as the ; lire : swept away the
famous' Mark Hopkins house, on Cali
fornia street hill, the trust 'which im
posed the culture of art and of letters
in that building should be" destroyed: as
well, for: the trust /was made Invalid
by the fire, inasmuch as there is how no
place in .which ,to it: He
therefore proposed that the trust be de
clared, void and. that the grantor, E.F.
Searles, execute a new trust, 1 giving
over the property without reservation
to the Regents .to do with it as they
choose. Th?n the. Regents, with the
money thus derived, should establish a
new school of art, to be under the; di
rection of the. San. Francisco Art Asso
ciation, but ta.be under tlie^lmmedlate
control of the; Regents and be called '<
the San FranclscojArt Instlthtei'
This matter came up for] discussion
in executive sesipn. but after the lapse
of an hour Secretary Henderson report
ed there was no action -taken in the
; matter. It is understood that the rep
resentatives of -Searles are ready to
turn over the property to the Regents,
;so there will be no opposition on his
part to the plan. The legal aspects of
the case were being, considered in .the
executive session, was the. explanation
made by Dr. 'Wheeler.
-Interest was given to the meeting by
a discusion as to the closing of the
gates of the university grounds.
President Wheeler is apprehensive
that with the growth of Berkeley the
people of that town will look upon tho
grounds as belonging to them, and he
suggested a system by which gates
can be closed during stated hoiirs, to
accustom the townspeople | to"' the idea
that the university: grounds were not
"commons." \±
Regont Snook took the view that the
regents had the right to close the
grounds, as the land was given by the
State to the university and not to the
people of Berkeley, v , \
PRESIDENT'S IIKPORT
president's report was a lengthy
one. It dealt with the details of the
management of the university, and it
spoke of the desire of John Galen How
ard,to be giveo a leave of absence from
the university without pay till:? June,
as he wished to be the chief architect
for the' Seattle exposition.". The leave
was granted, and Arthur Brown *Jr. was
appointed- to take. Howard's place for
the half-year at a salary of $1000."
-Dr. Wheeler also told of .'the: follow
ing gifts received by the- university:
Five hundred dollars from General
George Stone for the hospital fund: an
other $500 from the New York National
Exchange Bank-Fund, also" for the use
of the hospital: another $500 from Dr.
K. C. Moffltt fori'the hospital fund.
Janet C. Haight presentod the univer
sity with JOO standard. books which
were formerly partof the' library' or ex-
Qovernor Halght.YfLevl; Strauss &\u25a0 Co.
gave ; $9750 to cover • the expense of the
Levl* Strauss scholarship .to] June, .1907.
'.» The «o/| cash rfftcGlpts ; from
Jiily^ltto. December 31; 1906,; ts- as*fol
lows: .United States,: $39,250; "State of
California, , $354, 492.76;;> ; investments,
$82,596.26; miscellaneous,'. $6,666.86; : do
nations, $90,953.68; university extension.
$2000; Wilmerdlng School. 12467.50; ex
amination of schools, f 80; flre losses,
$158,354.87; student Jfees not; subject \to
rebates, $16,236.05; student fees subject
to partial \u25a0_ rebates, $14. 183.95;' medical
department .fees,: $7696.10; symphony
concerts, ; $7755.65; choral fund,'. $1663;
music and '\u25a0; dramatic fund, $6674.30;
turning over of funds,. $218,972.63, mak
ing a total of $1,010,043.60. *.
DAN CUPID TRICKS
REFUGEE WIDOW
Romance in a refugee camp resulted
disastrously for Mrs. Rebecca. Johnson,
a .widow, who since the fire lias been
residing at No. 36 Columbia Square.
Because of her faith In Fred 'Spears,- a
marine- fireman, she Is minus - $400 ;of
her own "savings, besides various con
tributions madn by the Relief Corpor
ation. Ordinarily Mr«.: Johnson is em
ployed as a cook, but according .to her
own statements, while sh6 was enjoy
ing the .leisure of the camp her tlmo
was taken' up mostly In listening to
the protestations of undying lovo'made
by. the marine. •> --
Under the" promise of marriage she
not .only gladly gave up the; gifts from
the Relief Corporation, but "supple
mented "this.; with her. savings. The
money advanced was to go toward the
purchase of a cottage for two. '. >,'.'*
A week ago rumors that 1 Spears -was
spending . his money on other women, 7
particularly, in the red light' district,
reached the' ears of the.refugeo.widow.'
Investigation proved; to -her.:satisfac
tion that her earnings. Instead. / of 'going
into a home, were being spent: in : riot T
ous living. She communicated. hei^ sus
picions; to the police, with :the result
that .'. Detectives Ed r ; Wren ; and Harry
Reynolds arrested', gears' yesterday
afternoon and. charged him with obtain
ing' money, under false pretenses. : When
searched Spears had only $15. ; -
WILL REBUILD ON THE
. ' : .; ' ELLIS STREET SITE
Temporary' Y. . M. ,C. A. Structure la
Geary Strf et reading , Const rucl lon
'm of Half Million Dollar Home
.-•\u25a0. At the annual meeting of the San
Francisco. Young Men's Christian' Asso
ciation' Monday afternoon , It \u25a0\u25a0JwasJ offi
cially ; reported that: more; than half a
million dollars had been: donated for
the,new-building. : of the association to
be erected; 'on ' the jEJlis >and Mason
streets ' si te,\plans^ for which have; not
yet been perfected.,? A temporary struc
ture is -being built at 1220 Geary street
to . accommodate t the • growing of
the physical and .educational J depart
ments. J i\u25a0" ; '
-,", At" the > meeting^ Monday.the follow
ing directors, to. serve for a term of
three years, -.were 'elected: -Edward
Coleman. L Robert Bruce,: RollalV; Watt;
A.' S. " Johnson. . AI P. Black. \ Ct.W. : Pike
and John* F.; Merrill.; The /fifty-fourth
pubiic'annivereary , exercises 7 •will be
held in Episcopal iChurchSun
dayjafternoon, March 12/^ "?; •
ley, from Sydney,, NSW, t!« Auckland, , for
San . Francisco. - \u25a0" • ' —
CHEiEBOUBG— ArrUed. Jan 14-|-Stinr 1 Kalaer
Wilhelm ; 11, from New; York, for Bremen,', and
proceeded.' '\u25a0;.-?'. .\u25a0'\u25a0..' ' :' ' .-'• \u25a0•-\u25a0•\u25a0,----;\u25a0•\u25a0-.•
Memoranda
COMOX, Jan.? 15.— 8r cable Blmr. Restorer ar
rived- here - today -;tritn^ crew vof -the -^wrecked
bark i Camillton, - from'; Mid way ilslands. :. ..;-,<
- ST. THOMAS. Danish West Indies;; Jan. 16.—
The -\u25a0 cable ? staUon at Holland « Bay; :; Jamaica;
reports ! that "'a' »cry aercre ; earthquake ' occurred
there , at 3 :30 p. m. : on Monday; - cable < offlce
Pacific Grove Little Girl
Springs a Surprise
Late Meturns Show She Has Won
Third Place in Gold Contest
The- announcement .of the final^score
for tfie flrat period of The Call's $10,000
goto prize contest must be delayed; for
at least \u25a0 one" more - day. .Verifying and
counting all the ballots Is a bigger task
than tvan expected,' and the work has
been \ further '.'-delayed by ; the • slowness
of the mall* of last Saturday In; arriv
ing' In San . Francisco, owing ; to 'wash
outs .'on the railroads. .: Before the _re-
Hult I* finally announced ' every precau
tion in uit "be taken "to see that nil the
contestants set credit j for all the" votes
they are entitled to. nnsl no more." It Im
hoped In another twenty-four hour* to
have'the llKiiren verified mo that It can
he * definitely " announced In Thursday's
paper .' who ' the. prise-winners are, with
the- amount of the. purse won by each.
"I am going to be. among the high
five," .Was the ' message little Irma
Klaumartn- of Pacific, Grove sent to the
contest editor of, The Call ; a week ago,
with reference to .her ultimate rstand
ing in the score for. the first period of
The Call's; $10.000 :gold^ prize contest.
The contest editor didn't believe it.
He; knew that Miss Irma was a woh
derfullybrlght and active little girl of
whom : great things could be expected,
but he had his doubts about her being
able :to win one of the big purses so
ably and strenuously contested for by
older and more . experienced persons
than she.- The editor thought Irma
was allowing her enthusiasm to get
the better, of her. Judgment. But. one
never knows what these, clever .little
enthusiasts ban do until /they "have
been and gone and done it." t
Most humbly the contest .editor begs
the pardon of the' most popular young
lady in Monterey j County for having
doubted her ability to make her promise
good. The editor had gone so far as
to write her a letter, of condolence be
cause the early returns of the voting
on the closing day of the first period
of the contest made it appear that she
had fallen far short of. her ambition.
He. thought she hfuTdone very well to
finish in seventh "or 'eighth place in so
strenuous a contest. But Miss Irma
made no idle boast when she said she
would be among the high five. She
had a little surpHse'in store for those
who thought a $60 prize was the best
she could win. .
The surprise was a little late in com
ing.'.. When Sunday and Alonday;passed
without ; any mail • for the contest ed
itor from Pacific Grove, he concluded
that Miss Klaumann'a votes were all
i^r-and that nothing further .would be
received from her to count'in the score
for the first :contelrt period. Therefore
it was confidently announced in Tues
day morning's Call that the returns of
Saturday's voting were virtually all in
and that Sacred Heart College, Mrs.
Mary C. Deasy and Miss Emilie Ilay
ward had won first, secondhand third
prizes, respectively, beyond the perad
venture of a. doubt. It also seemep
(settled beyond question that Miss Ger
trude • Briody -of Santa Cruz had- won
fourth place. Reuben Bebergall and
Don Campbell fifth and sixth, and Mrs.
May McElroy seventh. ."/\
- But all calculations as to the outcome
of the first; period of the' contest were
knocked "galley west" yesterday morn
ing when : the first mall for the day
was delivered at The Call office. The
postman;. brought , to; the desk \u25a0 of. the
contest a Vfat registered pack
age from Pacific/ Grove,; the , postmark
plainly showing that it. was mailed and
registered *in the Pacific? Grove "post
office on" January 12 and received: at
the San Francisco postofflce on Janu
ary J4i It was not delivered/to The
Call office until the morning, of the
16th, but. having been mailed on Satur
day, the contents, if votes, -would apply
to the first period. of the contest.
The '. envelope, when opened, '-was
found to contain the largest cash re
mittance \u25a0to pay' for subscriptions to
The' Call received^at any one time from
any contestant since the opening of the
contest The subscriptions, all of which
were new ones, and most of them for
two years, amounted to more than 150,
000 votes, almost . tripling' Miss Klau
mann's former score and taking her
up to third place,^thereby winning for
her the $200 prize -which It was thought
would go jto Miss ' Hay ward of Martinez.
A few thousand votes more. would have
taken/hereto 3econd place, -where she
would pluck the $300 purse, which Mrs.
Deasy seems to have won, according
to the present state of; tho returns—
and there is not much 'danger now that
enough additional belated returns will
come to hand.'.to change., the ' lineup
again.- ••'. _ , ' ' "/^ .\u25a0 , ' .. \u25a0 'i \u25a0
: Miss Klaumann concludes her, phort.
buslnes»-like. letter of transmittal ; of
her block of .votes with the laconic
remark: .
"I also send you a picture of the girl
who wins the high, prize of $500. Now
what do- you think : of ' that?"
• Irma'i evidently "had '"figured that her
jump of 150.000 votes -would be r suffi
cient to. take : her; up ' to first place, but
her pole "was not. quite long; enough
to bring down the big persimmon.' But
she has done very well in' capturing so
rich a prlae as $200, and the largo score
she has made in the first period of the
contest,- added to ;• what she ' will score
in, the ; second and third periods. *will
go. a long <w'ay , toward winning one! of
the biglsweepstakes prizes. .Should: she
win third. prize ln;the : next,two perjods
and also holdthlrd v place 'in the total
scoro for. the '.entire 'contest,, her total
winnings by the. 18th, of -April would
be $1000— a pretty : good winter's work
for an .11 -year-old -girl.
While • all ; will . admire '[ and congratu
late the little; girl- who; has, so unex
pectedly come to ,the .front in the;con
test, the" friends of Miss Hay ward. , Miss
Briody, Mr.. Bebergall, Air. -Campbell
and Mrs. McElroy will regret their mis-*
fortune ..in 'being -forced farther "down
the lino by the little Pacific Grove
business iWoman. It is up to ; them now
/ Date.... .:..../. -190..
Contest Editor, San Francisco" Call:
Find inclosed %.. . ... to pay for the..... .....CALL for
; .months beginning ....;..'.. . . .V. . 190. .. Credit votes in
GOLD, PRIZE CONTEST in favor of thwfellowing
V - ' X«. «f VOTES VVS
named c0nte5tant. ........... .... ;'. . . .. .'.*; ;........_ \u25a0 •
...........................................
Name of 5ub5criber. ........................... . . ..... . . .". . .. ;. a .r
damaged and all land lines to Kinpston were'in
stantly' interrupted. :;» Kingston .. reports*- terrible
erahquake \u25a0• and * city -d?»troyed,"._ with mncU-'loss
of -life. 'Shocks \ continued- Kire started *at * King
ston?, after ..tlie ishakf. : -
<: MANZANILLO,* Jan.i 15.— Bktn Tropic /Bird,
loading :. logs at '\u25a0 I'erula^- Bay,^" I« -. ashore.* No
further - particulars, -v- -.. -.?\u25a0* '':..•. ,••>>>
\u25a0 SEATTLE, ; Jan. v 13.— Stmr Olympla,' . wblle
to show that they do not propose to be
beaten by. Miss Klaumann in the second
heat of the race, which is now in prog
ress and in which many are already
getting busy.
CONTEST PEUIODS
The contest Js divided into three pe
weeks.
THE /PRIZES
FlRST— November 19 to January 13,
eight weeks.
SECOND— January 13 to - March 3,
seven -weeks. .
THIRD — March 3 to April 14, . six
rlods. constituted as follows:
There, are twenty-five prl2es to be
competed for during each contest, pe
riod, consisting of twenty-five purses
of. gold coin ranging in amount from
$20 up to. $500 and making a total of ,
$2000 for each period..'
• There will also be twenty-five special
purses or grand sweepstake prizes for
the twenty.- five contestants making the
best scores during: the entire contest,
the largest of these purses being $1000
and the smallest $40, and amounting to
$4000 in - the'aggregate.
The final distribution of the prizea
will be made on April 18, the first an
niversary-of the great San Francisco
fire.' . . • _. .. -\u25a0 . ' :
The twenty-five,'. purses for each, of
the ; three contest ;periods and the twen
ty-five special sweepstake \ prizes make
a grand total of 100 prizes amounting
to $10,000 to be distributed among the
winners. Each contestant has the op
portunity to win not only one but four
purses aggregating any surt up to
$2500 — bigpay for the amount of work
and length of time required to earn it.
HOW "AWARDS WILI. BE MADE
Subscribers to The Call will have
the privilege of electing the winners
of these prizes by preparing their sub- j
scriptions for any length of time that
may be convenient, each prepaid sub
scription counting for a certain num
ber of votes that may be cast in favor
of any contestant whom the subscriber
may desire to assist in getting a share
of the money. The contestant receiv
ing the highest number of such votes
during any contest: period will receive
the largest purse; the one receiving the
second highest number "of votes the
next largest purse, and so on until the
number of prizes allotted for that pe
riod is exhausted. The same rule will
apply to the final distribution, of the
larger prizes given for the highest ag
gregate scores.,
VOTKVG POWER OF" SUBSCRIPTIONS
The following table shows the sub
scription rates of The Call and the
voting power of subscriptions for any
period paid for:
DAILY CALL, rVCLUDIXG SUNDAY
Subscription Rates
Time. By Carrier. By Mail. Votes.
One Year *9.00 > ?8.00 25OO !
11l Montli!i 8.25 7.50 2250
110 Montlm... ... 7.50 6.75 2000
O Mouths...... «.75 6.00 . 1750
8 Months.. 6.00 5.50 1500
7 Months.... .. 5.25 4.75 1250
6 Month* 4.50 4.00 1000
5 Month*.. . ... 3.75 3450 750
4 Month*.. .... 3.00 2.75 500
i' 3 Month*:..... 2.25 2JOO 300
:S Months...';.'. 1 I^H) 1.50 150
"l Month.. ..... .75 .75 ' 5O
SUXDAV.CALL
One, Year !.... .S2JM)- $2.r.a . 500
Six :' Months . ... 1.25 , lJt5 f -00
WEEKLY CALL
One Year J ... v . ..$l.OO 200
Six Months .50 50
\u25a0-,- For- periods of. more .than one -year
the voting -power of the subscriptions
will be as follows: Daily Call, 3000
votes for 'each year; Sunday Call, 750;
Weekly Call, 500. \u25a0
;, Use the following coupon in remit
ting, price of a' subscription in fav,or of
some contestant:
shifting docks, struck apron at Morans shipyard,
tesriiiß hole amidships. -It was necessary tc
ground < hor.-*3lBg2BqMr^taugß^£k4BMHHjls£aaSa
* NEW YORK." Jan.% 14.— Bark Adolph Obrljr,
from .; I'ort ; Blakelej, > while coming ; np . the ba j
In , tow, ; gronnded . on east ban k ; \u25a0 expects . to floa t
at ihiijh vtlde. Stmr Panama, from thlrf '\u25a0 port,
for - Colon. \u25a0 is \u25a0' anchored in GrarescnU \u25a0 Bay on
account , of thick fog.
UNDERWRITERS IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Insurance Men Discuss the
Future of Business in
the San Francisco Field
PRESENT FIRE HAZARD
"The Present Fire Hazard of San
Francisco," by Adam Gilliland. and
"The Effect of Fire on Class A Build
ings," by George, N. Robertson, were
the most important papers read at the
opening session of the Fire Under
writers* Association of. the Pacific In
the ferry building yesterday. Gilliland
was optimistic in his views of the
future of the Insurance business in this
city. Robertson discussed in detail. the
result of his studies in his'capacity'as
chief engineer for the Board of Under
writers, of the effect of the flre on the
big buildings of the city. He called
attention to detects in structures In re
gard 'to flreprooflng * and illustrated
various points by stereopticon views'
furnished by Professor Derleth, civil
engineer of the University of Califor
nia.
Ornamental stonework and architec
tural embellishments were. In the main,
so badly damaged, said Robertson, that
it was necessary to replace them,. the
tearing down and replacing causing an
actual loss greater than the original
cost. He illustrated the effect of Jjeat
upon steel and iron columns, .calling
attention to tho manner in which they
softened and collapsed, this damaging
portions of the building above them
which might not otherwise have been
damaged.
Concrete and plaster partitions fared
even worse than those of tile, the en
gineer explained, mainly because the
loss of alignment was greater. Floors
were generally more fortunate than
partitions because of the protection af
forded by ceilings underneath. The
flre which destroyed the majority of
the large buildings was rather a lazy,
determined fire than a hot one.
LOSS OX DIG BUILDINGS
Robertson asserted that fireproonnsr
of the future was more a problem of
excluding than controlling flames with
in a given area. He laid particular
stress upon providing windows with
shutters to exclude" flames." He gave
figures as to the sound value, salvage
and loss of several of the most prom
inent buildings, as agreed upon by the
adjusters, as follows:
Rialto building — Sound value. $832,
980.20; salvage. $106,022.74; loss. $54,
897.45.
Hotel St. Francis — Cost of buildinar.
$1,57^5714.80; cost of repairing, $1,188,
372.90.
Grant building — Cost of building,
$237,043.36; cost of repairing. $173,738.
Slyeve building — Sound value, $545,«
552.81; loss and damage, $350,935. ,
Gilliland outlined the measures that
have been taken and that are being
taken to protect' the city; in future,
calling . attention to the needs for fire
protection in the "Western Addition and
in the unhurried section of the Mission
District. V', .
President F. R Kellaxn. In his ad
dress, also took a very hopeful view
of the situation for the coming year.
Although $175,000,000 has been paid
out in losses by the companies since
the flre, financial conditions of the
country have not suffered. Ho said
that although forty-three companies
had retired from the San Francisco
field, thirty-six from 'California and
thirty-two from the Pacific Coast, and
that although six had failed and were
in the \u25a0 hands of receivers, a f great
showing had been made in the. progress
of Insurance In the United States. In
the Chicago fire thirty-six years ago
one-half of the companies doing busi
ness there went into bankruptcy, while
here, with two and a half: times the
loss. 955 of the companies have weath
ered the storm.
NEAV LAWS NOT NEEDED
President Kellam took occasion to
protest against the framing of more
insurance laws, taking the stand that
the fewer there were the better it
would be both for the companies and
the policy-holders. N
A letter from Edward F. Beddall.
general attorney for the Royal Insur
ance Company, was read. He wrote
that the flre in San Francisco had swal
lowed up a century's profit In the In
surance business. He declared '- that
this was mainly due w the faulty con
struction of buildings and that .the
cities of olher countries were not so
liable to disaster from fire as those of
the United States. He . advocated a
salt water system of protection and
deplored the practice of some coast
cities in allowing tanks for petroleum
to be built on the water front.
-"G.". A. R. Ifeuer read a paper, on
"Simple Electrical Inspections," with a
warning against the dangers; of the
transformers, and R. W. Osborn deliv
ered an address on the subject .of
ri The People vs. Insurance Companies — \u25a0
Argument for the Defense Before Judge
Horsesense."
The members of the association will
meet again today at 10 o'clock for
the hearing" of more papers, reports
of committees and the election of of
ficers. . ' '-,
The, annual banquet will.be held to
night at the Palace Hotel at 7 o'clock.
ADVANCE IN RATES
ON INSURANCE
Owing to the impassable condition of
streets the Board of Flre Underwriters
has raised insurance rates on all build
ings except thtose of class A in the
burned district 33 1-3 per cent. The
change was made several days ago.and
will continue in effect until the Board
of Works cleans the thoroughfares and
makes them passable for the fire en
gines.
In an interview last night one of
the officers of the board said the raise
in Insurance rates was due solely "to
the neglect, of the Board of Public
Works in riot getting the streets
cleared. He said that a few nights
ago one of the big fire engines ' was
stuck in a mud hole at the foot of
California street and was removed with
difficulty. "
.". It. is expected that the action.. of the
insurance' men will- incite .the Board
of Works to some action toward lm-r
proving the city's thoroughfares.
VALENCIA CASE IN COURT
A suit for $50,000, resulting from the
destruction of the steamer Valencia ;of
the ' Pacific • Coast , Steamship Company.'
which went on the rocks 100 yards of
the southwest coast ''of . Vancouver
Island on January 22, 1396. was. filed
yesterday by \u25a0 Mrs. Jennie M. Holmes.
Mrs. Holmes sues the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company for damages for
the death 'of her . husband, William
Holmes, who was first mate of the ves
sel. The complaint alleges that the
vessel was improperly manned; that
half the crew .were new and Inexperi
enced and had never, been given boat
drills; that'the steamer carried an In
sufficient number of 'life preservers;
that it . was unseaworthy. and that the
bulkheads and davits were In poor
condition. • ..
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