The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1895 11 M GETTING NEWS FAR OUT AT §EA, DOWN THE DARK HARBOR THE INCOMING ©Obf the many methods of getting the employed by the press. A mail steamer is from a local in nut events transpirin f may 4 “story -that nonde- sScript craft, all huil AN € ne four sizes too 1 for her—is fired up. The newspaper men board a coupe, hurry down 0 per | 5 | the west wall in ore which averages § | outh from i ton. 1750 level—The drift running s the south end of the stope on the fourth floor has been extended 25 feet in a borphyry and quartz_formation, which carries alo ay valne. The ore extracted during & ek came f the thirteenth floor above m mentioned and from the opening made from e south drift from the east crosseut on the 4 per minecar samples ton. -1465 level—The drift running north of the upraise, which wa up 80 feet ubove the sill floor of this level frons a point in the east cros north lateral drift, has be 10 2 total length of 163 fe ay and quart: Have contin i t, the face being which carries & low d jointly with the Company the work of making re- the main shaft from the 1100 pward. Central tunnei—From the south t started from the top of t aha anu ation of ried up 14 fee 1d quartz of low velue, From the end of this south 61 feet. an crosscut has dv feet in porphyry of ‘The morth dri the west crosscut ted from the ym the northwest om the Mexiean shait 2 ove the tunnel level has been ad: 1 feet to a total length of 38 feet and ¢ ed with the winze down from the northwest drift 2§ feet above. The winze reopened down 10 feet 1 s are 1n & pory ing from level the d the west cros Mex s . T On the tunnel running north from the end of eut irom the noryh drift from the can shaft has been extended 30 feet e 30 feet in low-grade quart oM from in | SUTRO DENOUNGES - THE WATER SUPPLY. HE DECLARES DISEASE-BEARING FILTH Is FLOWING INTO LAKE MERCED. arried | | AN INJUNCTION THREATENED THE Mayor THIN THE Cr SxouLp BuiLp Its OwN WATER SYSTEM. Mayor Sutro paid a visit to Laguna de la Merced yesterday and he reports he found its waters in a bad condition. The Spring Valley Water Company has been supply- ing the inhabitants of this city with drink- ing water from the lagoon for several years. Sutro has announced his intention of pre- venting the company from using its waters GATHERING THE NEWS FAR OUT AT SEA. [Sketched for the *“Call” by W. A. Coulter.] t slide down the 1 floor of this level at a)use. In fact the Mayor has found such a d e docks are soon main north lateral | giae of ng in connection with f iron r chzing with ir bows lu is at her i whirling sere t bubbles and shostly dlong the sea, 1 the starboard beam lost Atlantis flitting \stern k smudge lying low, remains of the fadine fold of coast, d is the eternai va v, the awfui »f the ocean. There is a pale sug- moon showing from behind the billows of clond that bank the southeast, and ever 1 a splinter of _light wreathing mass, th points of lid a rift the du: ver. Theé flying scuds of p like wraiths of departed storr in T, sail across the mastheads, and the dark smoke of the steamer bends low down on the sur 3 un | 1 canny visitants of the air. There is a sob in the silence of the sea and a sense of sorrow in the great solitudes that lie limit- lessly around. Afar off on the southwestern line of the | sky a tiny point of light comes, gleams an instant and is gone, and the blank vacancy shuts down where it shone. But the minute spark is enough, and a turn_of the wheel answers to that dim, distant ignal. 5 he Fearless bends her proud neck like a spirited steed and the sharp curve in her bubbling wake tells how obedient is that great mass of steel and steam. She finding, and meeting the incoming steamer and the reading world at dawn will hear the news caught far out at sea. ON THE COMSTOCK. Weekly Reports of the Superintendents of the Various Mines. Vircinia, Nev., March 9.—Following are | the weekly reports of the superintendents of the mines on the Comstock lode: CON. CAL. & VA. MINE—1650 level—On the | feet sixth floor in the ore body ata point 1 north from the vertical winze which connects | with the 1700 level an east crossout has been started and advanced 39 feet ina quartz forma- tion, which assays from $6 to $6 10 per ton. On the twelfth floor the east crosscut has been advanced 40 feet to a total length of 65 feet ¢ grade quartz, the face being in por- On the thirtéenth_floor, which is the tifiecnth floor above the 1650 level, an opening has been made 15 feet in length north an south showing ore 4 feet in width lying-agninst the. _ wi wall_ and assay on the average $30 per ton. In the drift from the e crosscut the main north lateral drm: level, at 8 point 20 fect Bave stope g *outh from on the «ill loor of this n from jte mouth, we out 10 the height of 15 feet along if to shun the white, un- | d 14 fect to o total 1 n hard porp! ut 1, run from 110 feet, passing & total le & Nox level—We have 1 work in tae face of west crosscut 1 and started g_southenst crosscut from the fa z and same. This crosscut has been adva feet; face in porphyry. West crossen from the morth drift from west crosscut 1 was edvanced feet t0o a total length of ¢ face in quartz and porphyry. The ift irom west crosscut, on this level, was extended 10 feet to a total length of 68 feet, porphyry, quartz, and a vielding low assays. In rediate level—Norih drift started from wes 1t 25 fect west of the raise wes advarc s face in quartz and_porphyry. rted opposite this north b d 13 ieet 1o a total length of 18 feet. The small streak of ore in this rift continues about the same. The usual the We have extracted during the {:ual week. north drift nze sunk on the south boundary has been extended 11 fcet, passing through quartz and soft porphyry total length of 106 feet. 800 leve! cut 1 sta in the north drift from the west crosseut_has been ndvancea 18 feet toa total length of 237 feet; its face in soft porphyry. ALTA—On the 940 level we have retimbered the north laterel drift_to the face and are now extending it north. The meterial is quartz of some value, carrying bunches of fine ore. The northwest drift 825 Tevel hins not yet reached { the footwall, and the ore struck continues the | same as when last reported. FIRST BLOW AT T of Adam Wood. The Law and Order League will assail the guild of professional beggars of San | Francisco by causing the arrest of one-of their number to-morrow. Secretary Frank | B. Gibson was accosted by Adam Wood on | O'Farrell street last evening and was | for 10 cents “to geta bed.” Mr. | will swear to a complaint against him. This is Adam Wood’s account of him- | self: Heis 65 yearsold and has lived in California forty years. He I Howard. He served in the Ninth Infan- try, U. S. A., under Colonel—aiterward | brigadier-general—George W. Ride, who founded, with his regiment, the city of Walla Walla. He sometimes sells brooms on the streets, but begs at night. The Almshouse has been his abiding-place on several occasions, but when he applied for admission tne last time, about two months the ago, he was refused admission -on ground that the institution wasfull. Wood is known by the ofiicers on M ket street as a persistent, systemati | beggar. As evidence is secured the prose- | cution of the other beggars will be taken up by the Law and Order League. " ———————— | A Londop firm which has manufactured | eight of the eleven cables linking the | United States to England makes fifty-five | miles of cable each twenty-four hours. nount of repairs has been made in the mine | 00 feet | AT THE BEGGARS.| Frank B. Gibson Will Cause the Arrest | all the water supplies of the Spring Valley Company that he he will use all the time he las to spare after twisting the tentacles of the octopus in securing a water supply for the city free prom polly- wogs and putridity Mayor Sutro was greatly worked up over the discoveries made vn his trip. He seems to have no faith in the promises of the Spring Valley Water Company to fur- nish this city with pure water, and he now favors the pro Francisco to 54 1 abundant supply of water from the Nevada Mountains by a new Sier: system. He s the city should issue bonds to b ystem of its own, s0 as not to be mercy of a corporatior which ca will not furnish pure n abundanc Iy after bis return from Laguna de Mayor Sutro said: “This mat- brought to my notice by Thomas Price, the assayer and analytical chemist, who showed me samples of im- water ta. from the reservoir of the g Valley Water Company. The mat- ter came up officially when the company’s agents made statements concerning the value and resources of the company before the Board of Supervisors. At the last meetihg of the board I told them about the impurities of the waters of Lake Merced. The members agreed that an is of the water should be made by rd itself, and it was agreed to pay 50 to have Dr. Spencer make the official analysis, and for him to report to the board. There w some kicking, as a few of the members believed all the waters should be examined. I told them I agreed with them, but that we should attend to the waters of one place first and the rest afterward. “When the Board of Supervi last Mondaay the question me up. Schussler, the engineer of the Spring VxH- ey Water Company, was on the stand and Iasked him a number of question 1 told him of the results of Price’s examination. cpressed himself as of the belief that Bx was a reliable and honest man, but he said the company was not using the water from Lake Merced, that the water being supplied the city came from Lake Pilarcitos and Laguna Honda. 1 asked him how long it had been since the reser- voir at Laguna Honda had been cleaned. He replied that he did not remember, but that it was about seven or eight years. | I asked him if it was not fully ten years. | He said it might have been. . a reservoir ought to be cleaned ery three months, and the reservoirs should be so arranged that they could be cleaned one-half at a time. I believe the reservoir at Laguna Honda is so con- structed, but it is weak and leaks. I asked Schussler the reason why the reser- voir had not been cleaned. He replied that the company was afraid a big fire might break out in San Francisco at' the time the cleaning was taking plaée and the city would burn down on account of an insufficient supply of water. I then asked him why the company had allowed the reservoir to get into such a decrepid condition that it might collapse if cleaned. He wounld not admit it was in such ors met 3 | a condition, but he did say the concrete was weak on one side. He admitted there were cracks in the west side of the reser- voir. I inquired of Schussler whether it was true that a sewer from the Almshonse and its vicinity ran along the whole line of the lake just by the cracked wall of the reservoir. He admitted this was true. I next inquired if it was not possible for the sewer to break for some cause, especially in an earthquake country, and for the sew- | age to flow into the reservoir through the | cracked walls, | *1 have been told there:is a great ac- | cumnulation of filth in Laguna Honda. The | winds blow freely there, and all sorts of manure from the roads, ranches and | dairies, as well as sand and leaves, are car- | ried into the reservoir. I asked Schussler |if he could deny that such a condi- i tion of affairs was bad for the purity of the water in the reservoir, which had not been cleaned for eight or ten years. His only reply was that one of the reservoirs of the company had once been emptied after many years of neglect and it was found to be clean. “Now I believe it is my duty as Mayor to investigate all the matters pertaining to the welfare of the people and to expose such things. I don’t care how much the Spring Valley people kick, I am going to do what I think right. The people elected me to look out for their interestsand I am going to do so. My investigation to-day at Lake Merced showed a terrible state of affairs. The Spring Valley Water Com- pany makes a statement that its income is 6 per cent on some $20,000,000 or $25,000,000 worth of prop- ert The company owns something like 2000 acres of land in the southwestern )art of this county about Lake Merced. They claim the greater part of this is a watershed about the lake and can be put to no use. There is a great. watershed there. More land than the company owns forms this watershed. Ido not know just what land this company owns, but this cuts no figure in regard to the conditions which make the water in Lake Merced so vile. I went out to the lake with a man whom the Spring Valley people call a_crank because he writes poetry about the filthiness of the water. 1 jound that not only were his reports true, but that matters were really worse than he represented. : “Surrounding Lake Merced are milk ranches, vegetable gardens, dwelling- houses and hog wallows. Manure and refuse of all kinds are carried from these places into the waters of the lake, sult is awful. To the east of the lake there is a big milk nch, where 200 cows are kept. There” are also houses about this hillsidg where cows kens, ducks and hogs are kept. In the wintertime the filth from these places is swept down the hill to the lake. Lakeview is on the northeast of the lake. Here there are a number of houses, none of which are connected with sew All the refuse from these houses runs down into the lake, “To the south of the lake is a large hog ranch. Over 100 hogs are kept here. They have a regular hog wallow in the bottom of the creek, which empties into Lake Merced, only a few steps away. This hog- wallow is in an awful state now, and it will be in a worse condition as soon as the warm weather comes on. The water, or mire, in this hog-wallow is nasty—it is horrible. Just think of the bluish] green- ish and yellow mire, which nearty sickened me with its stench and appearance, being slowly washed down into” Lake Merced, the putrid waters of which the Spring Val® ley {\"ntcr Company will soon attempt to furnish to the people of this city for drink- ing purposes. ‘These S ng Valley V(’oplc are poison- ing us by giving us such water to drink. It ought to make them subject to criminal prosecution. It isa curiosity to me that in a civilized community such men as belong to the Spring Valley Water Com- pany would attempt such_a thing or that the citizens would permit it. The Spring Valley people say they are notpumping up the Lake Merced wafer now. This may be true, but in the summer time when the water will be even more offens will attempt to Kmmp it up, but 1 let them. I will enjoin them from supply- ing such disease-breeding water. cht Monday I will ask the Board of Supervisors to go out to Lake Merced, so as to see for themselves what an important matter this is with which they have to deal. ‘It isa shame thata company which acts as the Spring Valley does should get $1,750,000 yearly out of the people of San Francisco. I cannot understand how the :ople allow the company to act as it does. fl is the duty of San Francisco to procure its own water works. and to get pure water from the melted snow of the Sierra Ne- vada. The credit of this city is good and it could e issue bonds by which it could build own water works system. 1f fifty-year bonds to the amount of $20,- 000,000 ‘and bearing 4 per cent interest were issued, they wonld be sold without delay at a good premium. It would be no burden for the city to raise $800,000 a year for interest and $400,000 a year for a sink- ing fund, or a total of $1,200,000. Why. the city would own its water works and Yny for the bonds before they became due. f° the city would take these steps —and I shall continue to advocate them — there would be no more fixing ates, the water could be sold at cost, the city would save $500,000 a year, and it would own its own water works. The {\'n ple now pay $1,750,000 to the Sprin "xI[ey Company. If bonds were issued $1,200,000 would be all that would be | necessary to raise yearly, and the people would be half a million richer every year. Of course the Spring Valley people would fight the prurosition. They already fear that the people of this city will take the step already taken by interior cities, and they desire to sell their works to this city. But the works of the Spring Valley Com- pany are rotten and the water impure. They are criminals in serving poison to the people, and the people shnulg take steps to secure for the city a system of its own.” THE LAST E&RR-BEEL POP. WILL NOT BE RESUMED TILL NEXT SEASON--AN EXCELLENT PROGRAMME. MRs. CARMICHAEL CARR AND WIL- LIS BACHELER WERE THE SoLOISTS. The last of the present season of Carr- Beel popular concerts was given yesterday afternoon in Golden Gate Hall, a large audience being present to hear the last till next autumn of the popular entertain- ments. The opening number was a trio by Dyorak for pianoforte, violin and ’cello, which was performed in San Francisco for the first time. As the programme explained its name, “Duneky” is an untranslatable Russian word, which means a sort of narrative poem, generally of a gloomy character. *“Duneky”” proved to be a graceful compo- sition, which was performed with true musicianly precision and delicacy by Mrs. Carmichael Carr, Sigmund Beel and Louis Heine. The lento movement was a fine specimen of legato and led up impercepti- bly to the allegro, which was crisp and bright. The second move next gave all the per- formers an opportunity of showing their technique. The vivace, which closed the trio, was most telling. . Willis F. Bacheller's songs an “Elegie,”’ by Massenet, and “O, My Rose,” by Thomas, were rendered with his accus- tomed finish, though marred as usual by some throatiness. Both his solos, how- ever, were excellently received. Mrs. Carmichael-Carr was the pianoforte soloist, and it was evident that her last per- formance for the season left a most agreea- ble impression upon her hearers. She !)lqy'e(] a nocturne and “Sie Tanzt” by irieg, as well as a “Cracovienne Fantas- tique’’ by Paderewski, and each number was received with hearty applause. At the conclusion of the Cracovienne Mrs. Carr was presented with more bouguets than she could possibly carry away. Gm'i's string quarted, op. 27, reminds oneof how the fmbhc taste has changed since the young lady refused to play Men-' delssohn " ‘“‘because there were so many wrong notes in his music.” The weird chromatic harmonies of the quartet might have shocked that now out-of-date young sperson, but they are full of charm for the end-of-the-century hearers, Beautiful themes were also a character- istic of the quartet, the romance being par- ticularly attractive. The march was ex- ceedingly well rendered and was received by the audience with rapt attention. g e A French railway has recently arranged its telegraph lines so that at a prearranged sl?nul the wires are switched from the telegraph instruments to telephones, thus enabling the operators to either talk verbally or to communicate by the tele- graphic code at will. THE FIREMEN AND THEIR PETS. Dogs AND CATS HAVE GooD HOMES IN MANY OF THE ENGINE-HOUSES. ALL BECOME WELL EDUCATED AT SoME oF THE Houses THE CAT Is PREFERRED, AT OTHERS THE Doa. “Dogs, engine-house dogs, eh? Well,” said Captain Comstock of station 1 of the Underwriters’ Fire Patrol, “‘that’s a subject which certainly pleases me, for do you know that some of the best breeds, as well as the most intelligent of the canine species, have their homes, and good ones, too, in the different firehouses in the city, and I needn’t say a word about the genuine T the men, and has in the short time he has been in ‘the country developed into the typical fire dog. “‘Brownie,’” the prize brindle bull, holds down engine-house 3, on_ Cahfornia street, unthistrict Engineer Conlan tells people that of his breed there are none bettef, “We can't keep said Captain Farley of the Governor Mark- ham, “but I have got a cat that beats any dog T ever saw. B f Cnfi him, but he is treated like a prince in spite of his name.” At the Exempts’ home the memory of it is many a long year since he ran to a fire ormade friendsand enemies in and around the old City Hall. So much was the old fellow thought of by the attaches of the fire headquarters twenty years ago_that when he died he was put in the hands of a taxi- dermist, and to_this day he looks as_able quarter of a century ago. And so the firemen learn to love their dumb friends. Even Champions Played a Poor Game Twenty-five Years Ago. ““Young biiliard players have little con- ception how poori played twenty vears ago,” said a cue- handler. “It is scarcely too much to say that an average player of to-day could beat most of the champions of my boyhood. A SOME OF THE FIRE [Sketched from life i DEPARTMENT PETS. by a “Call” artist.] affection that exists between the boys and these pets. “I have four dogs here in the house that have more friends than one could count in a week.” The dogs that the captain is so proud of are two full-blooded bull terriers, with ped- igrees that prove them to be strictly among the four hundred in their class, or any other class. Adonis and Twilight are names that well suit their exclusiveness, and in intelli- gence the men around the firehouse say that these two know as much as they do. The other two of the quartet that have gained such notoriety are little black-and- tan fellows, that in ‘their business are not to be excelled. All matters of engine-house routine are understood by these dogs, and even the horses share in their regard, At engine-house No. 2, on Bush street, near Kearny, Driver Kilcline said that they had recently suffered a great loss in the death of “Ben,” their little fox terrier. “But we've got cats now, and I don’t know but what it is a toss-up which commands the greatest interest, dogs or cats. “You see, cats can’t run after the engine and all that, which ‘Ben’ used to do, but they are a whole lot cuter, and that is why women generally prefer the kitten to the up.” b At this house was found a pair of over- rown kittens that would cause the men to ge envied by every lover of cats. They are pure white and quite large, and very soon, Kilcline says, they will have to find other sleeping quarters, as the old fireman’s hat that they have called home is getting much too small. The menabout the house have taught them numerous tricks, one of which has grown into a habit, which is to jump upon a horse’s back and remain there, sometimes going to sleeg in the position. “We think just as much of Ed and Nellie as we once did ef little Ben,” said Firemen Hayden and Culligan, “and they are just as smart, too.” Engine-house 9, down on Main and Harrison streets, has as a fixture Chjef Sullivan’s old black-and-tan dog Minnie, “She is 18 years old now,” said Driver Hallinan, “and can’t show off very well, but she has taken prizes all over the coun- try, and you couldn’t buy her at this mo- ment from the Chief. She knows all about everything pertaining to a fire, and she would not live a minute where there was not an engine in sight.” Out at engine-house 13, at Valencia and Twenty-fifth streets, exists a fire dog robably as well disciplined as can be ound anywhere. His name is Ned, and he is a Scotch terrier of the finest breed. He will follow the engine everywhere, and has been educated by the men about the house to perform inuumerable tricks. His rightful owner, Driver Connell, says that no circus dog can equal him in his ‘profes- sion. Truckhouse 6, out on Oak and Broderick streets, possesses the famous mastiff King, and King enjoys the companionship of a cat that Is as big for a cat as he is fora dog. Fireman Fay says that King is a true fire- man, and that Crab is a perfect old woman, but that these two never quarrel. The men of engine 6, at Sixth and Fol- som streets, say they have ‘the Skye terrier of the town.” The little fellow belongs to Driver John McGarry of No. 6 chemical and he is called “Peace.” He has been taught nearly every trick known to dog- dom and has secured three prizes before bench shows. The firemen at engine-house 7 prefer fox terriers and they have them by the 33“ dozen. Driver Rudolf is in reality a og-fancier and says that this breed of dogs is the proper thing. He says that the men about the engine-house won’t have any dog but a good one and in the fox terrier everything good can be found. Probably the greatest tramp dog which makes an engine-house its headquarters is the celebrated Irish terrier, “Mike.” that at present hangs out with engine 17, just back of the Mint. ‘‘Mike” has only {)een “over” four months, and in coming from the “old dart” sailed around the Horn. He will not leave the firemen, al- though sometimes he is at one house and in a few dnis will be found at another. He can climb the ladder as actively as any of run of 100 points, with the aid of the push shot, in a four-ball game, was considered large. You may think that the table being large made the game more difficult. It did, perhuRs, for long shots, but not for nursing. The pockets were liable to spoil a run, as a fellow often holed his own ball, despite his best calculations; but in time the corner pockets became the means of | making enormous runs. It was only a | knack to wedge two balls in one of them, on which a plaver could carrom almost indefi- nitel. t was this sort of thing, probably, 3 caused the carrom to be substituted | for the pocket game. “I have given up the game because I play 80 poorly; yet in the days of pockets I u to double discount and sometimes grand discount the average players of that time. I was an infant phenomenon, and played what was considered a good game when I was a boy of 10; at 16 I used generally to have a ‘crowd of spectators around the table when I played in a public hall. I play as well now as I did then, for, funny enough, lack of practice does not seem to == a dog on a fireboat,” | ‘Old Calico’ all the men | +0ld Boxer” was all the dog they had, but | to answera midnight alarm as he did a | BILLIARDS PLAYED BETTER NOW | the game used to be | i | lated the Bible into the Gilbert tongu 'DARING ROBBERY © AT EARLY DAWN. iBURGLARS BLOW OPEN A SAFE WITH DYNAMITE AND TAKE COIN AND JEWELS. FOUR MEN DID THE WORK. THEY ENTER THE BUTTERWORTH | STAINED-GLASS WORKS ON TENTH STREET. The stained-glass works of Thomas But- terworth, at 213 Tenth street, near Howard, was broken into by robbers between 4 and 5 o’clock on Wednesday morning last, the office safe was blown open with dynamite | and $500 in coin and jewelry was stolen. | The case was reported at police head- quarters, and, ‘though the machinery of | the department was at once set in motion, :no“he slightest clew to the robbers has | been found. There were four men, it is | thought, in the gang, and the job was | neatly and quietly executed. | On Tuesday afternoon an eiderly gentle- | man of solid and respectable appearance | | | called at the office of the manufactory and | engaged the clerk, Mr. Butterworth being absent from the city on business, in con- versation relative to the construction of a ! building, which the stranger said he in- tended erecting on the vacant lot adjoining | the Butterworth building. He thought it l,os.«iblo that the driveway separating the ots might be made to serv: purpose, i his pury satisfactory arrangements could be with Mr. ‘Butterwortn. He went away after promising to return, first taking a walk through the glass works and appa ently interesting himself in the workings | of the concern. The suspicions of the clerk were aroused by the incident, as he knew that the lot | was not the property of the stranger. He | had also been thrown on his guard by the visit on Monday of two suspicious-looking fellows on pretense of wanting work, and a third on the day pri ling the robbery. So that night he told the watchman on the | block to keep an especially sharp eye on the glass \\'orizs, but while that functionary ing the rounds between the hours named, he having to take in the eable- house and other places some distance aw: the robbery was committed. It is thought the men who had ted the works on Monday and Tuesday com- | mitted the robbery. Entrance was gained | to the building through a window at the | side. A hole was drilled into the safe at llh(- combination and the dynamite ap- | plied. | P Mr. Butterworth placed his wite’s jewels, | which are valued at $300, in the safe, as he ! thought them in danger of being stolen his house. He very mueh regrets his los: Papers, books and otlLer contentsof the safe were scattered about the floor and the office was generally upset. SCHONER HIRAM BINGEAM | ARRIVAL OF THE MISSIONARY VES- SEL FROM THE GILBERT ISLANDS. No TIDINGS OF THE MISSING Mis- SION SCHOONER ROBERT W. Loc | The little missionary schooner Hiram | Bingham, Captain Walkup, arrived this | morning forty-six days from the Gilbert and Marshall groups of islands. She was built at South Vallejo about three years ago for the American Board of Foreign Missions, which is an organization sup- ported by the Congregational church, The vessel was named after Hiram Bing- ham, a noted missionary of that religions | sect who passed many yearsof his life among the South Pacific islands and trans- also compiled a grammar and dictionary | in the same language. Captain Walkup is also a Congregational minister and his small thirty or forty | ton craft is his parsonage. Her duty is | plying between the missionary stations on | the different islands and she is the means | of transportation for the students of the THE MISSIONARY SCHOONER HIRAM BINGHAM. [Sketched for the “Call” by W. A. Coulter.] make much difference in my game; and vet, as I have said, I have given up playing ecause I play so poorly compared with the average player.” —New York Sun. .——— He Was Not Accommodated. An Englishg’ournal tells a good story at the expense of the Earl of Derby. Whil walking on land belonging to the Earl collier chanced to meet the owner. His lordship imgxired if the collier knew he was walking on his land. “Thy land? Well, I've got no land my- self,” was the repl%‘“nnd 'm like to wafk ?r“‘),,';,",meb“dy”" Vhere did tha’ get it “Oh,” explained from my ancestors.” “An’ wheer did they get it fro’?” asked the collier. ““They got it from their ancestors,” was the reply. “And where did their ancestors get it?” *‘They fought for it.” ““Well, begad,” said the collier, squaring up to the Earl, “I'll tight thee for it.”—The Interior. “his lordship, “I got it e e An apparatus for burning coal dust has been brought out in Germany. The con- sumption of even the most inferior class of coal dust is attended with no smoke, while the heat produced is so intense that the apparatus has been ndngted in Berlin for smeélting works, and with excellent results, Cong{)’egn!iona] Seminary for tive Girls, ow being conducted in the Gilbert group. | The Hiram Bingham is provided with a | naphtha steaming outfit, which makes her ndependent of the variable winds of the nterisland waters below the equator.. She | is so small that one can hardly believe that she ventures with safety intolthe fierce- torm infested regions of the South Pacific, but only a vessel of her light draught | could be used in the shallow waters among | the coral reefs strewn thickly in that locality. The schooner reports that no news has ever been learned concerning her sister vessel, the Robert W. an, which disap- | peared in a typhoon on the coast of Japan ’several months ago. She left the Gilbert Islands with a shipwrecked crew of Japan- ese, #nd after carrying them home to Yokohama started on her return, and that was the last heard of her. She was built at Benicia in 1890, and was 53 feet in length, 17 feet wide and 7 feet in depth, and was about 29 tons burden. There is no doubt that the little mission- ary crait foundered with all on board. The average cost of power for the manu- facture of a barrel of flour in Minneapolis is said to be 214 cents for water and 6 to 7 cents for steam, while at Duluth, where steam is used exclusively, the cost per barrel is 23{ cents to 34 cents a barrel, the coal used being the refuse from the docks.