The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1895. 3 . SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS FROM THE COLIMA ESTERDAY was a second day of | suspense for those who had friends or kinsfolk on the steamer Colima that is now lying off Manzanillo, Mexico, under 130 fathoms of water. In the morning a dispatch from Arno, Vogel & Co., agents of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company &t Manzanillo, was received here by the company, as fol- lows: MANZANILLO, May 29. Colima foundered at sea fifty miles from Manzanillo, May 27, at 11 A. M. Have sent 2l to her assistance. Will send full par- ticulars as soon as received. Shortly afterward & telegram came to L. R. Brewer, whose wife and children sailed on the lost steamer. It rapidly spread about town, to the Merchants’ Kxchange n into the steamship office, where, the absence of official advices, it was displayed to the anxious eves of weary watchers who kept coming and going all day long. A gleam of hope was given by this dis- patch. To the stricken people there was some consolation in the news, for they read between the lines and found good reason to think that the later dispatches would be good news. The dispatch read: Your wife and children have not appeared. But they are still finding and picking up ship- wrecked people on rafts and boats. For hours the steamship office at Market and First streets and the Merchants’ Ex- change were besieged by friends of the passengers and crew, but not a word came to the company. The suspense grew al- most unbearable as time passed in the aft- ernoon. But in reply to all inquiries the steamship people could only point to a copy of Brewer's private dispatch and shake their heads. “We have heard nothing from Manza- illo,” they would say, *‘but it appears that our agents are waiting for full par- ticulars before sending us further news.” So the day passed until R. P. Schwerin, general manager of the Pacific Mail Company, arrived at his office. He was utterly ignorant of what had been done to save the shipwrecked passengers beyond what has been already told in reply to his instructions to send all available assist- ance. Presently, however, the click of a telegraph instrument could be heard in his ottice, and about an hour later the follow- ing rather depressing dispatches were given out with a bulletin from the com- pany: MAY 30, 1895. Colima sunk 130 fathoms. The steamer we nt last night found nobody alive. Three ssengers and two sailors got ashore at Until now twenty-six per- ARNO, VOGEL & Co. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has wired to ascertain if possible the names of the e cabin and two sailors noted above, as as names of the three steerage passengers tioned in previous telegram. Passenger 1 of ship shows that in all probability of Soliz should be Saliz and the name of wayt nam Morll should be Merel. Carpenter Richardson should be Storekeeper Richardson. LATER. May 30,1895. Colime foundered, going down astern, sinking entirely in ten minutes. No strong wind; only heavy s Same swell caught Mexican schooners Josephina, Albina, and American schooner Hayes. Captains report heavy swells, only entering here for safety. Cabin passengers saved: Ross. RAMON. SoLz. ROLAN. And three more. Crew saved: THIRD OFFICER HANSON. CARPENTER. RICHARDSON. RAYMOND. MORLL. Sent steamer to look for shipwrecked per- sons. ARNO, VOGEL & Co. Then came another protracted spell of waiting for tidings of the unfortunate people who sailed away from here on the ill-starred steamer. The office closed at 5 ». x. and was opened again in the evening, when still another crowd was there anxiously looking for a dispatch. Those who had friends on board the wrecked Colima have more reason for hope than at any time since her loss was re- ported. Word has been received that her missing boats reached land near Point San Telmo, sixty miles south of Manzanillo, and a steamer has been dispatched to the relief of their occupants. It is definitely stated that eight more souls of the steamer’s human freight are safe in Man- zanillo, but their names have not yet been learned. o THE COLIMA’S MOVEMENTS Passenger Agent Avery Talks of Them — Mexico’s Wretched Telegraph Service. “The last definite information we re- ceived regarding the movements of the Colima,” said General Passenger Agent Avery yesterday afternoon, “was from our agents in Mazatlan. The steamer left that port at 5 o’clock in the afternoon of Fri- day, the 24th inst. That being the case she was due at San Blas about 7 o’clock the next morning. We are trying now to get information from our agency there re- garding the business she did there and the hour at which she sailed. ““Our contract with the Mexican Govern- ment requires our steamers to remain in port for at least twelve hours and for as much longer as is necessary to transact the business of the port. Then when the ship is ready to sail the Government reserves ight to delay its departure for twelve more. This is ostensibly because of the mails, but the Government is not re- quired to give any reason for the delay. “‘As the Colima was due at San Blas at 7 o’clock Saturday morning she could not in any event have left that port before 7 o'clock that night. 1t is probable, how- ever, that she was delayed long after that time, for San Blas is the shipping port for the city of Tepic and a large tract of sur- rounding country. I was for a long time purser on one of the steamers, and I know that we frequently lay in that harbor for twenty-four hours, or even longer. If the business of the port required it the ship would stay there thirty-six hours. Assuming, therefore, that the Colima remained in San Blas an average length of time she would sail about 7 A. M. on Sun- the 26th inst., and would be due in Manzanillo about 11 o’clock Monday morn- ing. That is the hour at which she foun- dered, and the place of the disaster is now definitely settled as fifty miles from Man- zanillo. The Colima would steam that distance in about four hours, so that it is It Is Definitely Ascertained That the Loss of Life Will Not Be So Great as Was at First Reported. machinery? Yes, that might delay her, but I am inclined to think that those four hours were spent in freighting in San Blas harbor. “It may seem strange tofone not in the business that we cannot secure definite in- formation concerning our ships. But itis not customary for our agents at each port to report to us direct the arrival or depart- ure of our steamers. When a steamer leaves a way port the hour of sailing is telegraphed to her next stopping place and that is all that is done, except under very unusual circumstances. Then, too, the telegraphic service in Mexico is most unsatisfactory. It often happens that a steamer arrives in a port, stays there a day or so, and even sails again before the dis- patch announcing her departure from the former port is received. During my term of service as purser that happened not once or twice, but frequently. “Mexico is pre-eminently the land of manana. The Mexicans take life easy and are fond of the siesta, and a disaster of this kind sends them completely off their that the Colima called at Manzanillo on Sunday, the 26th inst.—her regular sched- ule date—and that the passengers bound for that point disembarked and are safe. The steamer undoubtedly left Manzanilla Monday morning and would in four or five hours’ steaming be off Point San Telmo. “The accident occurred at 11 o’clock Monday morning. The boats were low- ered and the ship abandoned. That the abandonment was done, if not leisurely, at least in accordance with discipline and good order isevident to any sailor from the personnel of the third officer’s boat, which has been fully reported. The occu- pants of that boat are aistributed among cabin and steerage passengers and crew just exactly as would have happened had they been called off to the boats in the abandonment drill. “For that reason and because the dis- patches state that there was no wind I be- lieve that the loss of life will be very small, | if there be any at all. “In the abandonment of the ship it is evident that the third officer’s boat became GROUP OF J. [From a photograph R. BREWER’S CHILDREN. by the Elite gallery.) heads. That is probably the cause of the difficulty we now experience in getting in- formation.” P THE SAN JUAN’S SEARCH. Possible Reasons Why No More Definite News Has Arrived. In regard to the delay which occurred on Wednesday in giving out the dispatch re- ceived from Captain Pitts, Mr. Schwerin, the manager of the company, stated yes- terday that it wasnot with any purpose of withholding information from the public, but that the dispatch as received was am- biguous, and the company desired to straighten it out. This was done by holding back the am- biguous portion. In the dispatch the word ‘‘crew’ oc- curred, and among the list of saved was a person named John Crew. It was not known what was meant exactly. As for the reason why the company could get no further word from Manza- nillo, Mr. Schwerin said that in his opinion Captaia Pitts picked up the boatload of passengers and went to Manza- nillo, but instead of entering the port he, in all probability, gave the dispatch to the commandant of the place, requesting that it be sent on to the San Francisco of- fice, and immediately put out to sea in search of other survivors. In doing this he would not have to waste three hours with the red tape proceeding of clearing again when he sailed out. He also took out the rescued passengers with him, which, in Mr. Schwerin’s opinion, would account for the fact that nothing has been neard from them. As no word was received yesterday from the San Juan Mr. Schwerin thinks she is still engaged in the search, and, there being no news to the contrary, a strong possibility exists that she may have found other survivors. GOOD NEWS AT LAST. Boats From the Colima Reach Land Sixty Miles South of Manzanillo. Shortly before 10 o’clock last night the gloom which has hung over the Pacific Mail offices ever since the disaster was changed to comparative rejoicing. The cause was a telegraphic dispatch which announced that boats from the Colima had reached the mainland of Mexico and that & steamer had been sent to the relief of their occupants. The dispatch was sent in cipher from the steamship company’s agents in Manzanillo, and, translated, read as follows: ; Received San Francisco 9:35 . M. MANZANILLO, May 30, 15895. Pacific Mail Steamship Company, San Francisco: Having received news that people can be saved Boca Apiza, San Telmo, steamer Romero started newly and will follow steamer Maza(lan to-day with personnel of this agency. Will wire particulars. Steamer cannot be got afloat. Steamer s a total loss. ARNo, VOGEL & Co. “T'll bet 10 to 1 that every soul is safe,” joyfully exclaimed Passenger Agent Avery as he read the dispatch, and then he pro- ceeded to explain its meaning to the anx- ious crowd, to whom it was gs so much Greek. “The expression ‘Boca Apiza,’” he said, “refers to the mouth of the Apiza River, the word ‘Boca’ being ‘mouth’ in Spanish. The river flows into the Pacific Ocean near Point San Telmo, and that name is added no doubt because while the river mouth is scarcely noticea- ble Pomt San Telmo is known to every mariner. The point is sixty miles south of Manzanillo, and it was doubtless in that vicinity that the disaster occurred. “The telegram means that the Colima’s boats have landed at the river mouth, and that the loss of life will be small. A little coasting steamer, the Romero, was started for the scene at once, and the steamer Mazatlan will follow with our agents on bo possible she was four hours behind time. The cause of such a delay? That can be only guesswork as yet. An accident to her ard. “Now that the place where the accident occurred is definitely fixed we have some- thing to go by. There can be no doubt | separated from the others and it was | picked up by the San Juan on its trip north before the steamer reached Man- zanillo. “The others, I have no doubt, kept together under command of the captain, 1 end will all be found at Boca Apiza. This is good news indeed,” and Mr. Avery, who has hardly ate or slept since the wreck was reported, smiled a weary smile of relief. ‘“Would not the sentence, ‘Steamer can- not be got afloat,” seem to indicate that the ship is ashore or on a reef? And counld not the passengers stay on the hull till rescued ?” asked an anxious bystander. “No,” was the reply. “In our cipher the word which means ‘Steamer is a total loss’ signifies also ‘Steamer cannot be got afloat,” and in translating the cipher we have in this case put in both sentences. “There can be no doubt that the Colima foundered. Captain Pitts wired that she foundered, and when a sailor uses that term he means just what he says. If the steamer had gone ashore he would have said ‘ashore.’ “If she had struck a hidden rock he would have said ‘struck and sank.’ But he said ‘foundered,” and foundered it un- doubtedly is. Later dispatches have con- firmed that report, too, for our agents say that she foundered in 130 fathoms of water. “The form of the dispatch is crude, owing to the cipher, but there can be no doubt as to its meaning and I am thank- ful.” i, OPINIONS THAT DIFFER. Arguments For and Agalnst the Probability of Rescues From the Wreck. Theories regarding the loss of the steamer were as numerous as the inquirers for news. There are two advanced which vary to such an extent that extremes fail to meet. One is advanced by an engineer formerly in the employ of the company. He says: “It is evident to me that all the boats got away from the Colima in good order. According to the dispatches received, giv- ing the names of the saved, Third Officer Hansen was in command of his boat. He had the full crew of four men to man the oars and also the full complement of pas- sengers, thirteen in number. Now if there was any excitement there would not have been the same make-up of that boatload. It would no doubt have contained more of the crew, as they would be more apt to be on deck than the passengers. “That the boat was properly manned under its officer is very conclusive evi- dence that strict discipline was observed on board at the critical moment. Were it otherwise and a wild rush was made for the boats it is not at all likely that appear- ances would be so regular in the third officer’s boat.” The opposite theory is presented by a man who knows Hansen and also the vari- ous watches on board the steamer. I believe Hansen was on watch at the time of the accident, and that the four men in the boat were in the same watch,” said he. “He isa very excitable man, as was proven in this City on the trip before the Colima made her fatal voyage. Hansen was arrested the night before the ship sailed for assault and battery by a party he had found at his house when he unexpect- edly went there. During his stay in jail he was as nervous as a cat, and after his release was alwaysin the same condition,when the least thing startled him. “Now, my belief is that when the shock came—and I think it was an explosion—he jumped for the sternboat and succeeded in launching it. Itis more than likely that the passengers who got into it were on deck at the time. ““It has been my experience that it takes six men 35 minutes to swing one of the boats from the davits if it is made fast. The two sternboats are always swung clear as soon as a steamer leaves her dock in or- der to be used in an emergency. This last dispatch says the steamer sunk in ten min- utes. “If that is a fact, it would be utterly im- possible to man the other boats, even if all hands were on deck.” B PASSENGERS’ IDENTITY. Something About Those Who Salled With the Foundered Steamer. Lang Chang, who is reported among the missing, is a prominent merchant of San Salvador. He came here to be married and left with his bride, who is a relative of Shun Yuen Hing, the importer. His friends in Chinatown are anxious about Chang and his wife and have wired all the Mexican and Central American ports to telegraph at once if they are saved. Louis H. Peters, one of the passengers of the Colima who has not vet been heard from, was until recently assistant book- keeper in Dinkelspiel’s dry-goods house. He lived with - his mother at the Russ House, but sailed by the Cclima to go into business with his father in Central Amer- ica. Mrs. Peters, the mother, is prostrated by the shock and is unable to leave her bed. The young man was only 22 years of age. gFoux‘ San Franciscans whose names ap- pear on the published list of passengers of the ill-fated Colima are safe and their fam- ilies have heard from them by wire. They are J. W. C. Maxwell, mining broker of 426 Montgomery street; H. M. A. Miller, president of the California Guaranty [n- vestment Company; Vernon Gray and T. Fred Bell. They sailed by the Colima to inspect some Mexican mines, but disem- barked at Mazatlan before the disaster. An Associated Press dispatch from Val- lejo last night stated that seven persons on the Colima left Mare Island station ashort time ago on their way to Vermont to be discharged from the naval service. Only three were saved—John W. Crew, G. D, Ross and L. L. Zangeree—as far as reports are known. The lost men-of-warsmen are J. J. Moumens, G. A. Mewis, C. Walske and J. H. W. Smith. The unfortunate sailors had many warm friends on the r Olympia. Another dispatch was received by tne Associated Press from Seattle, which con- veyed the following information: “Windom T. Spearin, who was lost with the Colima, wasacivil engineer of this city. He left here five weeks ago, and it is sup- posed that Mrs. Spearin is in San Fran- cisco. He had $2500 for Government sur- veys, and had refused 1o pay assigned | clairns for his men because the claims had been assigned, sued on and had costs | added.” D. Constants, a Belgian, H. Janesco and Charles Romanie, Frenchman, and Peter Galates, an Italian, were among the pas- sengers on the Colima. For several years these young men had been waiters at the Palace Hotel in_this City, and were on a pleasure trip to New York. Romanie is said to have had in his pos- session about $2000. Charles H. Cushing Jr. and his brother, George S. Cushing, were among the pas- sengers bound for Guatemala. They were Surgeon W. 8. Kirby. both residents of Oakland, where they have a wide circle of friends. Their father is Charles H. Cushing, formerly connected with the Investment Insurance Company of San Francisco, residing at 870 Adeline street, Oakland. It was their intention to engage in coffee raising not far from their point of destination. Press information states that one ‘of the brothers was rescued by the San Juan. Alfred R. Alonzo, another passenger on the Colima, was bound for Tapachula, where he was to takea position on the plantation of his half-brother, Mr. Brewer. Jonn C. Stein, who traveled in the steer- age, appears to have been followed by fate. He is a young man—or was—who made up his mind to leave San Francisco and work with his father at San Jose de Guatemala. For some months past he was idle in this City and depended largely on Peter Mach- abee for support while waiting for a remit- tance to pay for Lis passage on the steamer. But the money was slow in coming, as three different steamers sailed from here without him, much to his disappointment, for on each one he had expected to sail. His father is foreman of a carriage-trim- ming shop in the Guatemalan city and lives there with his wife, John’s mother. At last the money came to young Stein, who bought a_ticket and left full of hopes on the Colima. “I had everything packed and was in readiness to accompany him,” said Mach- abee yesterday, while waiting in the Mail Company’s office for news, “but I was dis- appointed the day before the steamer left. This annoyed me greatly, but here I am now, only too happy that I was left.” Stein’s grandfather is C. W. Stein of Stein & Son, carriage material dealers, on Stevenson street. Young Stein was en- zaged to Miss Deitz of 391 Eighth street not long before he left San Francisco. The parents of H. M. A. Miller, president of the California Guaranty Investment Company of this City and a passenger on the Colima, who live at 1264 Union street, Oakland, were much gratified yesterday on receiving a telegram from Mr. Miller stat- ing that he was safe at Mazatlan. He went to Mexico on a business trip, and left the {ill-fated steamer at his destination two days before she struck on the reef, Mr. Miller’s father and mother and his wife, who resides with them, were fearful before the message came that he might be among the missing, but are now reassured. Dr. Crepin of San Diego arrived yester- day and registered at the Russ House. He immlediately visited the office of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to learn the lat- est news about the disaster, as he was anxious about the safety of his brother, A. E. Crepin, and his brother-in-law, Willis P. Haines, and wife. 3 The brother and the Haines family have been in the lower country, and in a recent letter they notified him that they intended to board the Colima at either Mazatlan or Guaymas, Mr. Crepin is in hopes that they did not meet the steamer, but he can- not resist a strong feeling of anxiety. Officers and Crew. 0. Hansen, third officer of the Colima, was well known in this City. He was mar- ried and lived with his wife and brother- in-law at 1834 West Mission street. Han- sen is a native of Norway, 26 years of age. He was considered a first-class seaman, having been a sailor from boyhood, with the exception of several months in the re- tail liquor business in this City. Dr. W. F. Kirby, surgeon of the Colima, is a native of California, 32,years of age, and a graduate of the university in the class of 1886. After a course in medicine he opened an office in the Mission, and after some practice, during which time he applied himself with zeal to his chosen profession, he was appointed demonstrator of anatemy in the medical school from which he was a graduate. After three or four years’ practice he accepted a position | as surgeon on the Colima. He was es- teemed as one of the promising young physicians of the coast. T. E. Berry, freight clerk, was only 21 years of age, though he had been in the service of the company over four years. He is a native of San Francisco and his parents reside in this City. A. K. Richardson, storekeeper, is & na- tive of Massachusetts, 29 years of age. He had been in the service of the company for several years. John P. Ebbeson, chief engineer, is a native of Sweden and about 40 years of age. He has been employed on this coast for several years and was engaged to Miss E. Carlson of 42 Ringold street. E. D. Reardon, first assistant engineer, lived with his mother and two brothers at 132 Oak street in this City. He is a native of New Hampshire and about 27 years of age. gTha second assistant engineer is Harry Finley, about 26 years of age, and a native of California. He resided with his wife at 604 O'Farrell street, and has been in the service of the company for several years. F. Tommerg was the third assistant en- gineer. He was about 24 years of age and a native of California. Among the sailors was Charles Monte, an Italian, formerly a captain in the mer- chant marine of his native country. He is about 37 years of age, married and has one child. His brother is V. W. Monte with a business house at 21 Montgomery avenue. Charles Hagerstrome, the quartermaster of the lost steamer, has a sister, Mrs. E. Thompson, residing at 12 Tehama street, in this City. The latter is prostrated with grief over the disaster, fearing the worst. Many friends of the young quartermaster called upon her yesterday and used their best ef- forts to cheer her up by holding out en- couraging hopes that there were strong possibilities of many other survivors be- ing heard from. A singular coincidence in his career was the fact that a year ago he came very near being drowned off Grays Harbor. Captain Crosby of the McArthur, together with Hagerstrom and seven others of the crew, attompted to cross the bar in a whaleboat. The craft was upset, and the captain and four others were drowned. Hagerstrom is a powerful swimmer, and when one of his weaker companions who was struggling in the water asked for as- sistance Hagerstrom shoved an oar, which he held, toward his comrade and boldly struck out for the shore, two miles away. On several occasions he has displayed bravery of this sort. and his sister fears that he may, in the Colima disaster, have risked his life to preserve some woman or child who might have been in danger of perishing. A shipmate of Hagerstrom on the Mec- Arthur, who is well acquainted with the southern coast, stated last night that the Third Officer Ole Hansen. [From a photograph by Duhem.] sharks would be the main danger which would threaten those who may have jumped overboard from the vessel. The coast waters along Mexico and Central America, he said, fairly swarm with vo- racious man-eaters. Among the anxious ones who visit the company’s ofice is John Hackett, the father of James Hackett. fireman on the Colima. He lives at 541 First street. i A SAVED BY PROMOTION. Why Edward Osborne and Paul Rossiter Were Not In the Disaster. Two men who were employed on the Colima up to the last trip have good rea- son to congratulate themselves on being promoted in the Mail Company’s service and as a result of promotion being trans- ferred to other vessels. One of them is Edward Osborne, son of Homer Osborne of Brown, Craig & Co., insurance agents. Osborne was freight clerk on the Colima, and was transferred to the steamer Pekin, in the China and Japan trade, as purser. Paul Rossiter, who was assistant engi- neer of the Colima, was promoted to the rank of engineer and transferred to the steamer Peru, which is on the Panama route. But for these changes both men would have had anxious relatives inquir- ing for their safety. SRR AN ALARMING RUMOR. The New York ‘““Herald” Says the Steamer Was Driven on a Reef. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 30. —The Herald’s Manzanillo correspondent tele- egraphs: The latest advices from the scene of the wreck of the steamer Colima, which was lost on Monday near Cayutian, indicate that of the seamen and passengers on board only twenty-nine are known to be saved out of 214. Every craft for miles along the coast is out looking for survivors and bringing in many bodies which are being washed ashore. As further light is being thrown upon the circumstances attending the wreck, it is plain that the steamer may have been driven upon a reef and sunk without having been damaged- by an ex- plosion or even crippled by any extraor- dinary accident to her machinery. It is thought that the killing of the cap- tain and his chief officers must have greatly increased the demoralization among her passengers, due to the storm, by which the steamer was buffeted, and that there must have been excitement which greatly inter- fered with any attempt to utilize the boats with safety. As yet the official announcements made by the company’s local agents are brief, being simply to the effect that the Colima foundered fifty miles from this place. The Colima carried one hundred thou- sand silver dollars, which she took aboard at San Blas. Professor Harold Whiting and his fam- ily, who are reported lost, were Bostonians. Mr. Whiting was the professor of physics in the California University for three years, and was on bis way back to Boston with his wife and four children. — INSURANCE ON HER CARGO It Is Scattered Among Sixteen Com~ panies for Small Amounts Each. The following companies carried risks on the cargo: Swiss Marime, $11,000; United States Lloyds, $140; Gutte & Frank’s Agency, $25,000; Fireman’s Fund, $21,202; Canton, $1800; Standard Marine, $80; British and Foreign, $12,028; New Zealand, $6500; Thames and Mersey, $680; North China, $1010; Western, $141; Voss, Conrad & Co.’s Agency, $2600; Mannheim, $142; Trans- Atlantic Marine, $1320; Sun, $250; Ocean Marine, $240. This makes a total of $84,133. In addi- -tiom to the companies named the On Tai and Man On Chinese insurance companies had placed risks, but no figures could be obtained from them. As far as insurance on the ship itself is concerned the company has none placed. Instead of paying premiums into the various insurance companies the same amount as would be demanded is set aside in a fund of salvage by the steamship com- pany, and when a vessel is lost the amount so credited to each steamer is drawn from the fund. The Colima was valued at $600,000. The customary amounts have been laid aside to her credit and now reach a figure almost equalto the sum which would be paid by insurance companies. “There is one thing about the loss of the Colima which the Pacitic Mail Com- pany should take into consideration,” said an old navigator yesterday. ‘“There is not a correct chart of that southern coast on board any ship entering those waters. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company could have a complete and correct survey made at less cost than the value of one ship. ‘Navigation is carried on through the medium of old Mexican charts, which are as inaccurate as any document could well be, and partial American surveys. There should be a new survey.” Sl THE NUMBER DROWNED. A Dispatch From the City of Mex- loo This Morning Makes It 187. CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico, May 31.— The total number of drowned from the Colima wreck off the coast of Manzanillo is now known to be 187 persons. Five more have been rescued from the wreck, making the total number living twenty-six. LA DOWN THE BHTN Why Scheel Went Away in the Middle of a Park Band Concert. And Objected to the Music Made by Men Who Had Not Rehearsed. It was evident that there was something wrong yesterday afternoon with the Park bank. When Fritz Scheel stepped on the stand to conduct the concert a look of dis- appointment and dismay spread over his face as if he had been confronted with an unpleasant spectacle, and when the music struck up the expression of disappoint- ment communicated itself to the faces of many people among the big crowd of listen- ers, for any one who had ears to hear could detect that the music was not of that supe- rior order with which the Park band is gsunlly wont to gladden Sundavs and holi- ays. The concert progressed painfully. Selec- tions from Ogen%::h’s ‘POrpheeylmx El‘i- fers” were lumbered through in a manner that suggested the appropriateness of the title, & Spanish waltz and a march did not Teceive a much better handling and even a fantasia upon the good old *“Trovatore’’ was hy:d llznd‘ l;.;amin? tlhnt made some eople who hac en life-long fri Ehn? they loved it less. o e _All this time Scheel had been showing signs of mental perturbation. When the fourth number was concluded he laid down his baton and walked deliberately away from the stand. Seeing that the conductor had left, many of the audience followed suite, though Some of the audi- tors remained and awaited developments. After a consultation among the musicians, oue of their number stepped to the con- ductor’s stand, and, picking up Scheel’s discarded baton, rapped sharply with it on the desk, and, having called his men to attention, proceeded with the concert. Scheel did not return. When asked yesterday evening why he had deliberately walked away in the mid- dle of a park concert Scheel replied : “I had no choice but to do so. The music was so bad that I could bear it no longer. Indeed, conducting for those four numbers made me ill. I had rehearsed a programme for last Sunday, and as there Wwas no concert then expected it would be performed this afternoon. Well, when L got to the park what was my surprise to find another orchestra than the one 1 had rehearsed with. Scarcely half our men were present. In their places were fifteen to twenty raw recrunits who had never played with me before. ‘I do not say those men were not musi- cians, but they knew nothing about my way of conducting or our music, and how can green hands like that come in_and still make music—it is impossible. When a conductor rehearses with one orchestra, he expects to have that orchestra for con= certs, not another set of men. When I saw the substitution, I would not make a scene by turning my back on those musi- cians. Ttried to lead the concert, but it was too horrible.. T have a musical repu- tation to sustain and seeing that the per- formance was an imposition on the public, Ilaid down the baton, and went away.”’ Al Marks, Scheel’s agent, said that the programme played yesterday afternoon was not the one that had been prepared. It had been chosen at the last moment be- cause it was easy. ““To-day is Scheel's last performance, unless the proper ma. terial is furnished him. These things r flect on him, and he cannot receive all the censure without murmuring.” The fact is that all the trouble springs from the habit of postponing the concert whenever there is the least excuse for doing 0 on account of the weather. The musicians rehearse for nothing and re- serve Sunday afternoon for the concert, and then, as on last Sunday afternoon, they receive notice at the last moment that there will be no concert. This being the case, they do not always care to re- serve their time for the Park Band con- cert. GENERAL DICKINSON'S POSITION. Why He Issued No Orders for Yester- day’s Parade. For the first time in years General Dick- inson’s sword hangs idle on the wall. The inspiring fife and the thrilling drum wake no responsive thrill in his bosom. The good weapon that has so long hung from his hip is turned into a plowshare, the clmFERu is exchanged for the hat of the civilian, the trappings of military life for the plain business suit of the working lawyer. General Dickinson declares that heissued no orders to the brigade because they might conflict with General Warfield’s, and thus place the officers in a disagreeable predicament. *Ihave too much regard forthose gentle men who have served so long with me,” said the general, “to be the cause of any confusion among them. ButI am about to send in my resignation to Governor Budd and surrender my command in this form. I have the law on my side, but there are certain reasons why I do not wish to serve under parties now in power. The story of the Sacramento campaign has not yet been written. There are circum- stances connected with that railroad strike of which the general public is not in- formed. I may, or may not, revive that matter. If I do it will not be at the pres- ent time. There were acts commited there and orders ed for which there was no legal authority. And so for the present ends the briga- dier commandership controversy, but their was a something in General Dickinson’s air that indicated he was planninga campaign for the near future. PICRPOCKETS WERE OUT. Two Were Arrested at the Cemetery by Detectives Yesterday. Pickpockets were out in full force yester- day among the spectators gathered in Odd Fellows’ Cemetery during the memorial services. Several ladies complained to po- lice officers that they had been robbed of their purses. Two of the light-fingered ones were clev- erly caught by Detectives Egan and Silvey. In the midst of the ceremonies Egan’s attention was attracted to the actions of two young men who stood on either side of a well-dressed middie-azed woman. One of them was feeling about her dress in search of her pocket, and after awhile Egan heard him whisper to his companion, “There is nothing in it.” Being satisfied of the character of the men, the detectives promptly arrested them, and at the City Prison they gave the names of James Callahan and Henry Riv- ers. The former is well known to the po- lice as a ‘‘shady” character. Both of the risoners told evasive stories. Rivers said e had been in Victoria for twelve years, but he showed a woeful lack of knowledge about the city across the border. Rivers had in his pocket $19 15 in money, a skele- ton key, which he said belonged to his room, a small gold tooth and ear pick ana a bundle of colored conductor’s trip slips. A LECTURE ON MALAY. Rounsevelle Wildman Will Entertain at Golden Gate Hall. An interesting event is promised for this evening by the Geographical Society of California in Golden Gate Hall on Sutter street. It will be the eighth lecture of the course of 1894-95, the lecturer being Hon. Rounsevelie Wildman, member of the Royal Asiatic Society, late United States Consul-General at Singapore, lale World’s Fair Commissioner for the Straits Settle- ments and Borneo, and editor of the Over- land Monthly. The subiject will be ‘“Johore and the Malay Peninsula,” and an attractive feature of it will be 100 stereopticon views illustrative of the subject. 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