The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1896 MAIL STEAMER IO NOW SAFE, Ran Short of Coal and Made for the Hawaiian Islands. WO00D USED FOR FUEL. Spare Spars and Deckhouses Thrown Into -the Furnaces. NINE DAYSTO REACH HONOLULU After Taking In a Supply of Coal Captain Russeil Made An- other Start. The Pacific Mail Company’s steamer City of Rio de eiro has at last been heard from. She had not broken down, as wat surmised, but was simply short of fuel and had to run for Honolulu to replenish her stores. Heavy weather was experi- enced from the outset of the voyage and & heavy - head sea was encountered from February 6 to February 23, but why a mail steamer should run «out of coal in that short space of time is something the agents of the vessel cannot or will not answer. The Rio de Janeiro reached Honolclu on Marec and at that time the Alameda was in port. Captain Russell atonce began a rch for coal, out as the Pacific Mail Company does not keep a supply at Hono- Iulu he had to borrow from W. Irwin & Co. Two days later she was ready for sea again and sailed for Yokohama the same day the Alameda started for San Fran- cisco. The fight of the Rio against the elements was a terrific one and was only abandoned when Captain Russell saw there was no hope of reaching Yokohama. He was then only a thousand miles from his destina- tion, and it was over two thousand back to Honolulu. It was blowing a gale in the direction of Hawaii, however, and that de- cided the master. The ship was put about, sail set and the Rio started on a journ all that took her nine days to accomplish. | There were only 300 tons of coal in the bunkers, and to eke that out doors from sof the deckhouses, sev- terooms, p eral spare spars and part of the mizzen- | nce | mast were used. Even with this assist only steam was kept on one boiler, and had it not been for the gale that howled behind her the Rio might still be adrift in mid-ocean and out of the track of all traders. Among the passengers of the Alamed was A. Bodelson, a young man from Chi- He left here on the Rio to take a position in Yokohama, but in order to ob< tain it he had to reach his destination be- fore the end of February. When, there- fore, the Rio put into Honolulu on March cogo. 3 he concluded there was no use goingany | further, so he returned to San Francisco and will go hence to Chicago and resume business. “The officers of the Rio were not a bit worried,” said he yesterday. “Captain Russell knew what he was about, and there Was no uneasi or crew. It blew a gale rig ht in our teeth almosi from the first day we left San Francisco and the old steamer made awful slowtime. The day we were due in Yoko- hama we were still 1000 milesaway and the coal had run out. Captain Russelland his officers held a consultation and decided to put about and run before the storm. When they began to tear up the deck- houses for fuel we got scared, but it came out all'right. When we reached Hawaii 1 had got all I wanted of the trip, so I made arrangements and came back here.” Besides a very valuable general cargo the Rio bad rearly a million dollars in treasure aboard. She was well insured and the underwriters were so scared over her long voyage that 25 per cent rein- surance was offered on hull and cargo in London yesterday. The Rio should reach Yokobama about this day week, but the full particulars of her adventires, as Captain Russeil will relate them, will not be known here for some time. FOR THE WILITAY AOLL New Duties Imposed Upon the Local Deputy Assessors by Law. Gathering Data for the Information of the Adjutant-General of the State. Taxpayers are having their curiosity considerably aroused by the questions that are being asked by the deputy assessors who are now engaged in making their rounds preparatory to making out the reg- ular annual taxrolls. These questions are asked in conformity with the law passed by the last Legisla- ture, but which was not approved until March 28, 1895, too late to be carried into effect last year. It readsas follows: [he Assessor or his deputies must, be- fore the first Monday in June of each year, in counties and cities and coynties visit each house and placa of business in their districts, and enroll in a field-enroll- ment book, in such form as may be re- quired by the State Board of Equalization, all male persons residing in said county over 18 years of age and under 60 vears of age on the first Monday in March of that ear. 7 “On such field-enrollment bo hall be stated whether thie person enr d is lia- ble to military duty, where his residence is, occupation, by whom employed, * * % State or county of nativity, whether nat- uralized or not. From such field-enroll- ment books the military roll as required by Section 1897 * * * shall be made.” Heretofore the military roll has been made up from the great register of voters, but as many failed to vote or register the data was always necessarily incomplete. Under the present system it is expected that a much fuller and accurate record of the available military strength of the State will be secured. The additionai work that has thus been imposed on the Assessor of this City has necessitated the employment of 150 field men this year instead of 100 men as in other years. & No ‘difficulty is being experienced in securing the required data, except in places like the Union Iron Works or the rolling-mills, where large forces of men are ess among the passengers | employed, for whom it would be difficult to stop work and give the required infor- raation. For this reason special efforts are being made to secure all the data possible at the residences of people. It is expected to have these rolls finished by the end of May. In this County the roll will be turned over to the Tax Col- lector, and he will turn it over to the Board of Supervisors, who will forward it to the adjutant-general &f the State militia. In the interior counties the roll will be sent direct by the Assessor to the adjutant-general AN ART LECTURE. Willbur A. Reaser Describes Painting in Paris. An interesting lecture on “Art in Paris” was given yesterday by Willbur A. Keaser for the Channing auxitiary<in the parlors of the First Unitarian Church. The de- scriptions of localities in and around the. French capital were illustrated by some clever sketches and paintings made by Mr. Reaser. A bright. chatty account was given of the two salons and the men whose names are most associated with them. Purvis de Chavennes, one of the leaders of the new salon, was alluded to in most enthusias terms, though the hearers were told th his name is but little known in America, or even outside of France. Quoting from Theodore Child, Mr. Reaser said: “This man has accomplished tranquilly, but not uncombated, the grandest and most con- siderable work of the present century. A great decorator, a grand colorist, he has placed upon the wails of the public build- ings of France new compositions which stand alone in the art of this century. A tender, misty colorapproaching the wonder of Corot’s grays, state'y symbolical figures, at once human and yet above the petty cares of life; dim, primeval woods, the iargeness of mother earth.” Ei An amusing account of the peculiarities of Whistler made ihe audience laugh. The painter absolutely reused to speak of art with fellow-painters, but showed every picture in his studio to his dentist, bestowing upon him, as a parting gift, a ticket to the Vernissage. IS THIS HER SECRET? A Suggestion as to How Somno- lency Is Performed by Amna Eva Fay. Possibility That It Is a Combination of Carbon Paper and a Very Re- tentive Memory. Miss Anna Eva Fay, who hae been doing | cabinet tricks and ‘“reading other peovle’s minds’’ by mental telegraphy, ¢ invites in- | vestigation into the manner in which she | produces results. In the part of the performance given un- derthetitle of **Somanolency”’the announce- | ment is made that any oneinthe audience | can write a short question, sign his or her name to it and then put it away until called for. Young men move through the audience with half a dozen paper-covered boards, that have the appearance of card- board. These are distributed to the au- dience with a small piece of white paper, one placed near the top of the board, and when passed to the nextindividual the other piece is placed near the bottom. The person receiving the tablet usually writes where the paper is placed. After quite a number of questions have been written and signed and the bits of white paner siowed away in pockets, the | young man and the tablets disappear and a man comes on the stage and gives a per- | formance that lasts hali an hour. When | his portion of the show is over Msss Fay appears, takes a seat, has her eyes blinded with a colored handkerchiet and she pro- ceeds to ‘‘read.” “I see,” she said the other night, *‘the name Jacob P. Bogardus, and he asks, ‘Can Miss Fay give me a test of her powers? The answer is ‘yes.’” Mr. Pingree, who acts with her, asked if Mr. Bogardus was in the house, and if so to present his paper. That gentleman arose and gave his paper to a messenger | who handed it to Mr. Pingree, who read: | “Can Migs Fay give me a test of her powers? JacobB. Bogardus.” The mind-reader gave a number of names and questions, and each succeed- ing one was a repetition of the first in manner of announcing and reading from the paper, the names and questions in each case differing, of course. Suddenly Mr. %’ingree makes the an- nouncement that Miss Fay does not un- dertake to answer every question, for if each required only one minute it would extend the seance too late into the night. | He adds that she usually answers about 40 per cent of the questions asked. He also states that people may bring with them questions written at kome. In explanation it js saia that the boards handed around have under the outer cover a sheet of carbon paper laid on one of whité paper, and when an 1individual writes a question itistransferred by means of the carbon to the white paper, ang, in order that there may be no confusion, the white paper banded to the individual is placed, one at the top and the other at the bottom, the tablet turned over and the pro- cess repeated, so there are four questions and names on each tablet. Twenty tablets so distributed would furnish noless than eighty questions. ‘When the half-hour performance is given by the man who makes up in imitation of other people, Miss Fay receives the tablets, tears off the outer covering. sees the ques- tions and names and, as they are all short and simple, she has in that half-hour an opportunity to memorize them and, of course, has no difficulty in “reading other people’s minds."” Sometimes during the performance she gives a question and name, but no one an- swering or producing the paper, Mr. Pingree says: “It the party does not want to make himself known we'll pass to another, as we have no time to spare.”’ Sometimes Missfuy will declare thata gentleman is thinking a question but will not write it, and she will say, “The gen- tleman is thinking ‘Who will be the next President?” I will tell him, William McKinley, Jr., of Ohio.” Then Mr. Pingree asks, ‘“Is there any one who has been thinking that question ?” and one in_the audiehce rises and says, “Yes,and I just told the gentleman on my right that it would be strange if she could discover that my mind was running on who would be the next President.” The explanation of this is that there are always several in the audience who set their minds on so popular a topic, and Miss Fay being a shrewd persf , an- nounces such a tovic, and eenerally finds some one willing to admit that he had beer thinking some such question. Ifa ques- tion written at home is not announced it may be classed as one of the 60 per cent the laay does not answer. —————— Another Cut in Eastbound Rates. In order presumably to meet the recent cut on eastbound rates made by the Panama route, Join Rosenfeld’s Sons, acting &s agents for the Dispatch line of clipper ships, are quoting a rate of 25 cents per 100 pounds on beans, mustard seea, canned fruit, salmon, dried fruit, asphaltum, borax and ores, as against the 30-cent rate put in a few days ago by the Panama people. On_brandy and wine in wood, in lots of 500 barrels or more, & 3-cent per galion rate is guoted, and on lots of less than 500 barrels 315 cents per gallon. The Edward O’Brien isnow loadingand is expected 1o be ready to leave on the 1st of April. - Infringement of a Patent. The casc of Earl against Graham was decided in favor of the plaintiff in the United States Circuit Court yesterday. Judgment was given for $1 and costs. The plaintiff brought suit to enjoin the defendant, who is the local agent of Armour & Co. of Chicago, from using a_device for refrigerator cars and patented by the plaintiff. ALONG THE WATER FRONT Harbor Commissioners Object to Vessels Discharging in Mis- sion Bay. WANT WHARFAGE CHARGES. The Ship America, Bark Skolfield and Steam Whaler Orca Saved Money. For vears past lumber vessels and coast- ers have been discharging their cargoes into lighters in Mission Bay, and in this way saving wharfage. Almost every day in Cooks Inlet direct, and many will go by tbem. Their rates are high, however, as the fare is $50, and by the Pacific Coast Steamship Comnan{’s line and the steamers of the Alaska Commercial Com- any Cooks Inlet can be reached for $2550 rst class. The whaleback City of Everett was in collision with the schooner Twilight terday. She was moving from Folsom 2 to Horrison-street wharf, when a_hawser parted, and she swun: down on the Twi- lignt. The latter lost part of her railing, but was not otherwise damaged. The German bark H. Hackfeld, which left here last month for Honolulu to load | sugar, .will niot be seen here again for some | months to come. She has been engaged to carry guano from the Lysan Islands to Honolulu, and will probably maie at least four trips. The Consuelo sailed for Hilo yesterday, but before she got away there was con- siderable fun “on Green-street wharf. Twenty mules were being put aboard, but before the job was completed two of them got away, and it took the combined efforts of halt a dozen vaqueros to secure the brutes. | The British ship City of Madras sailed for'Capetown yesterday. When the ves- | sel was about to get under way Captain ~ The Ship America, Bark Skolfield and Whaling Steamer Orca, Saving Wharfage Dues by’ Discharging and Receiving Cargo in Mission Bay. the week a coaster could be seen at anchor between Mission Rock and Channel street discharging her cargo at a saving of from §15 to $30 a day. Lately the deep-water ships have got “onto the snap,” and they have also been saving dock dues. America got in from Nanaimo with a load of coal. The steam whaler Orca is ready to sail for the Arctic, and all that she was waiting for was her coal. The bark George Skolfield was also ready to sail for Alaska, but she also was waiting for coal for the canneries. As the America had coal to disburse and the others were in urgent need of it, all three vessels moved into Mission Bay, and thus saved wharfage. The America came to an anchor and the Orca and Skolfield moved alongside of her, and after the transfer had been made the ship, bark and steom whaler were moved back to their original berths. The saving in time and money must have meant at least $1000 to the various owners, but the State authorities are out and in- jured. Some time ago Chief Wharfinger Root was instructed to look into the matter of vessels discharging their cargoes in Mis- tion Bay wittiout paying tolls, but he bas not as yet made his report. He tinds that at least a third of the lumber brought into San Francisco is dischargad into lighters, and that no wharfage is collected. The Harbor Commissioners will probably take ! some action in the matter in the near fu- ure. Captain William Diedrich, or “Father Bill,” as he is known from one end of the iront to the other. celebrated his seventy- fifth birthday yesterday. He is still hale | and hearty, and spent the best part of the day in breaking up a smokestack which had outlived its usefulness. One of the first tughoats ever run on the bay was Captain Hawley of the Spreckels line and Caqtain Grey of the Shipowners’ and Merchants’ line were taking their first les- sons the old man was an expert at the business. Captain Diedrich still considers himself in the prime of life, and anybody who saw him yesterday cutting rivets out of the old smokestack would think so also. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s Ala- meda arrived from Sydney, N. 8. W., via Auckland, New Zealand; Apia, SBamoa, and Honolulu, H. 1., yesterday. She was a little behind time on account of the weather, but there were no accidents. The cabin passengers were as follows: Sydney—Colonel and Mrs. Kilgour, Mrs, H. White, Commander R. Yonge, R. N., Miss Mc- Millan, A. Anderson and wife, J, B. Olcott, Dr. E. E. Sniels, E. Mills, John Husten, W. H. Skiliman, W. Terry F. Case, N. im Thurn, J. W. im Thurn, Mr. and Mrs. Millan and two children, Mrs. White's maid, G. W. Dickerman. Augkland—Rev. Pastor Birch, W. McMena- men, H. A. Martin, Hon. W. McCullough, M. L H., E. W. Fage, Mme. Edweard Moore, R. K. Burgess, G. L. Ross, A. Well and wife. Apia—August Frings. Honolulu—A. 8. Orr, J. Fusier, T. O. John- ston and wife, H. G. Allen, G. C. Goodall and wife, R. Abercrombie, wife and child, Hon. Paul Isenberg, Mrs. Taylor and two children, Mrs. Mason and son. Dr, C. E. Munn and wife, Miss A. Widemann, Mrs. A. Hur, Captain G. C. Broome and valet, Lieutenant O. M. Lissack, J. L. McLea, Lieutenant W. P. Newcombe and wife, Lieuienant C. Treat and wife, C. Reu and wife, E. H.Shirk and wite, Dr. G. Frederi, Mrs. 8. C. Rounds, G. T. McLean, wife and child, €. J. Koebele, Mrs. A. Lisle, L. Kaulbaum, J. Em- meluth, B. K. Denbragh. * The Alameda brings the news that the sealing schooner Mattie T. Dyer went ashore on “French Frigate shoal,”” near Honolulu, and became a total loss. She was on her way to the Japan Sea, and Cap- tain C. Mockler (“Long Charlie’’) must have been driven out of his course by the three men was saved, and are now on their way to San Francisco on the United States steamer Bennington. The men lost every- thing, but thought themsélves lucky to escape with their lives. The Dyer was owned in San Francisco, and was one of the most successful of the fleet for several seasons past. The gold fever is even worse on Puget Sound than it is in San Francisco. Purser Campbell says that new steamship lines have been organized, and men are leaving Seattle and Tacoma by the hundreds. The Yukon - Transportation Company has chartered the steamer Utopia, and another concern has the steam schooner Lakme. Both these vessels will carry the miners to A few days ago the | commanded by Captain Bill, and “when | heavy weather. The entire crew of twenty- & | Griffiths made a search of the ship and located two young men stowed away in | the forecastle, They bad the gold fever, | and wanted to reach Kimberley by hook or by crook. They were at once put in 4 Whitehall boat and sent ashore, but vow | they ‘will yet reach the goldfields and make a fortune. 3 BEAUTIFYING THE AVENUE {How Van Ness May Be Con- verted Into a Splendid Boulevard. Street Committee of the Supervisors Listens to Arguments on the Subjzct. H.E. Law, president of the Van Ness | Avenue Improvement Club, gave the Street Committee of the Board of Super- | visors a glowing description yesterday of | the advantages of reserving a strip twenty- | one feet wide through the center of Van | Ness avenue to be planted in trees and shrubs. He called attention to the fact that in nearly all the large cities of the | Union magnificent boulevards are main- tained, with ornamental trees and plants growing on either side or in the center, as is proposed in the T of San Francisco’s wide avenue. | Chicagoand Washington were mentioned | as places where boulevards served to make | the cities beautiful. Supervisor Spreckels asked regarding the expense of doing the work proposed | by the club and Mr. Law answered that | Superintendent McLaren of Golden Gate Park had told him that the improvement would not cost over $2500, and that the cost of keeping the plat in order would be about $160 a month. Mr. Law stated that as there were six blocks north of Green street that had not been bituminizéd $6000 could be saved the City by reserving the strip and placing the bitumen on the sides. Mr. Spreckels asked who the club thought should bear the expense of beau- | tifying the avenue, and Mr. Law replied that he thought it should be done by the City, as the people would all be benefited by the change. e said that he had seen General For- syth, commandant at the Presidio, and the wilitary man had informed him that he would ‘do many things to beautify the grounds at Fort Mason. Thus a drive to the Presidio and from there to the cliff, and return by way of Golden Gate Park, Golden Gate avenye and Van Ness avenue could be made a trip of which any city might be proud. The committee was evidently impressed by the arguments presentea to them, but Chairman Spreckels said that the propo- sition had been in the hands of the com- mittee so short a time that there had been no opportunity to give it proper consid- eration, and that a careful investigation would be made before a decision was reached. ——————— Alameda County Hibernians. Division No.1, A. 0. H., Board of Erin of Alameda County, was organized this week in Berkeley. It is believed that there will be seven divisions in all in this county. The or- ganizers were State Delegate Charles Whelan, assisted by State Secretary John McCartney and State Sergeant-at-Arms McGivney. The following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Thomas McGinnis; vice-president, M. O’Connell; recording secretary, William F. Teazur; financial secrewary, 1. G. O'Brien; treasurer, J. F. Murray; sergeant-at-arms, A. F. McGee. McGinnis was elected as the county delegate. ———————— A Big Lot Sold. In the suit of Michael Anson against the administrators of the estate of Mary Anson, an action for a distribution of property, Judge Seawell has confirmed the sale of a lot, 120x 120, on the southwest corner of Larkin and Geary streets. The property was bought by Jonas Schoenfeld for $70,000. The adminis- trators claimed that the lot was worth $80,000, and that if it were held a while longer that sum could be obtained. MINING COMMISSIONERS Names to Be Suggested to Cleve land When the Mineral Act Is Passed. SENATE AMENDMENTS TO BILL Tirey L. Ford Has Wired for Instruc- tions—Gold Exchange Recognized in the East. Expecting the speedy enactment by Congress of a law providing for the Gov- ernment examination and classification of all mineral lands in California, the presi- dent of the State Miners’ Association ap- pointed a committee of four yesterday, whose duty it will be to recommend to President Cleveland men whom the Min- ers’ Association consider able to act as commissioners under the mineral act bill that has already passed the House and has been slightly amended by the Senate, preparatory to being referred back to the House for final approval. At the last meeting of the Miners’ Asso- ciation President Neff was empowered to appoint a committee of recommendation, which he has announced as follows: Charles F. Hoffman, John M. Wright, Kdward Coleman and Charles G. Yale. This committee met for organization last night. According to the proposed law California will be divided into four districts and each district will have three Commissioners, one an actual resident and a practical miner and the two others appointed from anywhere the President may see fit. x-State Senator Lirey L. Ford, who is in Washington for the Miners’ Association in the interests of the bill, has wired for instructions as to what course he shall take regarding the Senate amendments as printed in yesterday’s CALL in the tele- gravhic dispatches from Washington. President Neff sent him a return mes- sage last night asking for more details. Speaking of the amendments Julian Sonntag, secretary of the association, said: The Senate’s” amendment making a oner’s pay $10 a day and allow- ng extra for expenses I think is a good idea. For myself I believe in pay- ing men good salaries, but I think that good, competent men can be secured as Mining Land Commissioners that are not looking just for the emolument. It ought to be a meansof attracting men of standing to take an interest in the mining industrv. But the pav isnot to be so much considered. Think of the magnificent opportunity the Commissioners will have in_ inspecting mineral lands to strike something rich for themselves. What is to prevent them from getting a patent on a big mining in- terest if they come across it ? ‘‘As to the other amendments they are not in any wav detrimental to the purpose of the original bill.” A copy of Tirey L. Ford's speech on March 4 before the House Committee on Rivers and, Harbors was received from Washington yesterday by the Miners’ As- sociation. He has acked the Government to dupli- cate the §$250,000 appropriation made by California for the improvement of her rivers and the removal of the debris. Af-| ter reviewing the debris question in this State, and asserting that it would be cheaper to collect the debris washed from the hillsides before it could reach the rivers than it would be for the Government to dredge the rivers after they had become obstructed, he concluded by saying: *I would suggest the following item be in- serted in the river and harbor bill when | finally made up: ‘For the construction of works for the protection of the Sacramento and S8an Joaquin rivers in California, $250,- which has been taken by the Kurds and Turks during the massacre described in the letter below. He will thien bring his mother .and sister, the only survivors of his house- hold from that great massacre, over here. Mr. Ohannessian speaks English quite well for a person who, has picked it up during two years’ travel in this country. e is from the historic ancient city of Palou, in Armenia, on the banks of the Euphrates, not very far from Mount Ararat, a city which, during the reignof Armena, and Tigranes, the Armenian Kings. was of great importance, with its strong fortifica- tions, the remains of which are still to be seen, and are of great interest on account of the many inscriptions. Palou, a few years ago, had a population of more than 33,000, while now, the inhabitants do not number over four or five thousand. Before the great massacre, there were more than 3000 Armenians, while now hardly five or six hundred are left. The letter referred to is as follows: Parov, Jan. 26, 1896. My Dear Son Pilibos: You are lucky indeed that you are away in these times, for we are having & most terrible time here. It was only a few days ago that we had our comfortable home life with dear ones around us. Itseems likea dream, for now all are scattered in great poverty, wishout home shelter and anything 10 eat or wear. Your-brother (who was only two years ago married) and your brother-in-law end their. children have been killed, and I do not know et who have been left and where they are. I ave with me only your sister, Takouhi. Some three weeks ago once the Kurdsattacked two or three Armenian houses and killed sev- eral of the occupants. This caused a great fear among us, but the Pasha assured us that noth- ing more of the kind will be permitted to oc- cur agaj But a week after suddenly all the Mohammedans rose up and killed all the Armenians they could get hold of. There was hardly one out of ten Armenians left alive. We "all ran out of the house towards the mountains. our escape. 1know not what happened to the others or where they are. Harroutune, our neighbor, who' also escaped, told us that Ara- kel, your brother, and Bedros, her son-in-law, ‘were killed before getting out of the house. 1do not like to write these things to you, for 1am afraid you will harm yourself with mucn thinking of ‘us, but I could not help it, for we are now destitute and want you to send us money through the missionaries; otherwise we will surely starve to death. I pray you.my son, do not delay to send help tous. Your lovfng ‘mothe: DALLITA. CAPTAIN BUSHNELL DYING, He Was the Pioneer Comman- der of the Ferry Steamers. I and Takouhi were first to make The Railway Company Shows Its In- gratitude Toward Its Oid Commodore. Captain William Edward Bushnell, late master of the ferry-boat Piedmont and commodore of the Southern Pacific ma- rine fleet, is confined to his bed witha fatal disease. The name of Captain Bushnell is well known by the masters and crews of the coast and river steamers, who for years have.loved and respected him as no other man and officer about the City front, and also by the hundreds of thousands of pas- sengers who have crossed the bay on ferry- boats commanded by him during the past forty years. It is said of him that in all that time not one human life was sacrificed through bis carelessness. On November 5, 1849, Captain Bushrell ran the Senator, the steamboat that plied between Sacramento and San Francisco. This was the beginning of his service as a bay and river captain. Since that time he has commeanded the steamers Julia, Antelope, Confidence, Wilson G. Hunt, Alameda, El Capitan, New World, Oak- land and Piedmont, the latter from the time she was launched until the 16th of December last. when he notitied the South- ern Pacific Comvpeny that ‘‘he would lie off fora day to rest.’” He has been “‘rest- ing’’ since and it is feared he will never again take command of the Piedmont. From the day that Captain Bushnell CAPTAIN WILLIAM E. BUSHNELL. [From a photograph.] 000; such works to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary ot War and in accordance with the provisions of sec- tions 23, 24 and 25 of the act entitled, “An act to create the California Debris Com- mission and to regulate hydraulie mining iln 1‘8}19?«38’!’?“ of California,’”” approved March 2 iz The Gold Mining - Exchange of San Francisco, lately organized’ in this City, has been given a rating in New York flnancial circles which is not only very complimentary to the integrity of the California enterprise, but could hardly have been expected at this early period of its existence. Application has formslly been made bv the New York Mining Excharige for the listing of the properties of the Gold Min- g Exchange upon the New York board. More than this, the New York Exchange is willing to accept the action of the Gold Mining Exchange in passing upon mining vroperties. This will avoid the necessity of having the owners and vromoters go through the routine of compl{}ng with the requirements of the New York Ex- change. A. B. Porter, president of the New York Exchunfie. in a letter addressed to General Turnbull, writes: *“We feel that our ex- change can receive. the action .of such a board as yours as being prima face good.” MURDERED BY TURKS. Pilibos Ohannessian Will Ask Govern- mental Aid to Recover His Property. Pilibos Ohannessian, an intelligent, bright-looking young Armenian, from Palou, has arrived at this City from the north, and intends to go to Washington to ask Government protection to go home to regain property amounting to $35,000, notified the office of his desire to “lie off for a day’’ until now not a single inquiry has ever been made by any official con- nected with the railroad company. No message of regret or sorrow has ever been conveyed to Captain Bushnell. No in- quiry came from the office or the head of any department under the control of C. P. Huntington as to whether Captain Bushnell’s wife had sufficient or any money to buy medicine, pay doctor’s bills, hire a nurse or get the necessary comforts of life. His pay was stopped on the very day that be sent his message to the office that he *‘wished to iie off for a day.” In the montn of July, when the strikers had absolute control of the com- pany’s engines, yards and sheds. The steamer Piedmont naver fell into the strikers’ bands—not that they did not want it, for trial after trial had been made at the Oakland mole to board the boat and prevent it from making regular trips across the bay. But this dying man, who is now forgotten by the raiiway company, stood on the deck of his hoat and pro- claimed, “that the first striker who stepped aboard would be thrown into the waters of thfi bay."” is determination and firmness suc- ceeded and the steamer Piedmont crousel:i the bay at pleasure, with - nell at the wheel. " " C°Ptain Bush — . Olivet Social Postponed. Out of respect for the death of Miss Lelia E. Arnold, the public librarian of branch No. 2, Olivet ‘Presbyterian Church postpaned its 4 maticand literary entertainm vas to have been given at the Polrere(:. S to-night, till Friday eventng, Hen the 20th inst. —e T Beck Held to Answer. Emil Beck, the ex-waiter at Stanford Uni. versity, who was arrested last week for de- frauding jewelers and hotel men by means of forged checks in the name of John T. Euller, treasurer of the Students’ Boarding Ciub, ap. fore Judge Conlan yesterday for hid pr:lrlemdll:lenry S <xamination. He waived an ex- Pination, and the Judge held him to answer before the Superior Court in 5000 bonds. Beck has informed the _pollge that he will plead guilty in the Superior Court iu the hope getting a light sentence. - Christian Endeavor Reunion. 1t has been determined to have a reunion of the Christian Endeavor societies of the City, either this month ar early in April, in the rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion, which_have been freely offered. for the purpose. The gathering will take the form of & sociabie, and will be under the auspices of the Golden Gate Christian Endeavor Union, which has intrusted the arrangements for the affair to a committee consisting of C. M. Whit- ney, Donald McKenzie, Miss Sasie A. Ward, Robert Lynch and Miss M. E. Speakman. NEW TO-DAY. 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