The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1896. AMUSEMENTS, BALDWIN THEATER.—“The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown.” Cari¥oRNTA THEATER—Primrose and West's Minstrels. COLUMBIA THEATER—“Faust.” L_'.uuupco'l Orera-Housk—"The Cross Roads of ife 1:v011 OPERA-HOUSE.—“Fra Diavolo" OxPEFEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. Marx HOPKINS' INSTITUTE OF ART.—Sprin exhibition of Paintings. s £UTRO CONEY ISLAND—Bathing and Perform- ances. SHOOT THE UHUTES—Daily at Haight street, one tlock east of the Park. 2 g 4 }4C131cCoast JocKEY Crus.—Races to-day. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. Ho! For THX SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.—The First Anpiversary kx.ursion and Family Picnic of the Union_ Printers’ Mutual Aid Society will be held on Thursday, May 21, at Glenwood Park. “r;xrcnuoy TO RUSSIAN River—Sunday, May AUCTION SALES. BY F. T. KEELER—This day (Wednesday), Rare Oriental Curios at 419 Kearny street, at 2 P. M. BY 8. Bascu—This day (Wednesday), Clothing, etc., at 319-321 Sutter sireet, a: 11 0'clock. BY SULLIVAN & DovLe—Thursday, May 14, horses, etc., at 220 Valencia street. at 11 0'clock. BY O'FARRELL & Co.—Thursday, May 14, Real Estate, at 11 Montgomery street, at 12 0'clock. BY WiLLiax J. DINGEE—Saturday, May 18, Real Esiate, near Dwight Way and Telegraph avenue, Berkeley, at 2 o'clock. BY EASTON & KLDRIDGE—Tuesday, May 19, Real Estate, at 638 Market street, at 12 o’clock. BY SHAINWALD, BUCKBEE & Co.—Wednesday, May 27, Real Estate, at salesroom, 218 Mont: gomery street, at 12 o'clock. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, The use of the copper cent as & local medium . of exchange seems to be declining. Fair and warmer weather with usual winds are promised by the Weather Bureau for to- day. Governor Budd prefers Pattison ss a Demo- cratic candidate for Presidentof the United Btates. Transcontinental passenger to-day to discuss rates to the di conventions. arborough, Peru, George Miller, Belle Boyd, e and Sea Spray were the winners at Ingle- side yesterday. The granite Bedes\‘ul for the Grant statue in Golden Gate Park was carved by convictsof Folsom Prison. The Government has just completed a new life-saving station at Cape Disappointment costing $12,000. J. W. Warboys of Santa Rosa, department grand master, 1. O. O. F., is among the recent arrivals at the Ramona. The preliminary examination of John T. Fiynn, charged with the murder of baby Browning, was resumed before Judge Low yes- terday. The wedding of Walter Scott Hobart and Miss Hannsh Williams was & notable society event yesterdsy. It was quietly celebrated i San Rafael. Beatrice Weill of 37 O’Farrell street swore to acomplaint yesterday charging Louis Weiser, & bogus Spanish nobleman, with stealing all her jewelry. Tne Howard Club indorsed the action of the State Convention in electing John D. Spreckels delegate-at-large to the National Convention last evening. The Ashley-Baldwin case went over from noon yesterday until this morning. The com- piaining witness broke down on the stand and conld not go on. Mayor Sutro has sent a letter to the Board of Regents of the State University allowing an extension of time for beginning work on the Affiliated Colleges. Rev. P. C. Yorke lectured at Metropolitan Temple last night on The Noontide of Lib- erty,” under the auspices of the American Woman's Liberal League. The hearing of exceptions to the adminis- trator's account in the Santa Rosa Island estate continues, and the heirs denounce John F. More in strong language. Secretary of Agriculture Morton arrived here yesterday and visited the State Board of Trade’s exhibit at 16 Poststreet. To-day he will go on & cruise of the bay. Tie Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Assocla- tion.will adopt & trademark to be pluced on home-made goods &s & protection against im- ported convict-made articles. The police have been searching for ‘“Count” Von de Leon, who has been swindling numer- ous people in the East and here, but he is be- lieved (o have gone to Mexico. Superintendent Weaver of the Almshouse has made sensational charges againsta num- ber of employes of the institution sppointed by the present Board of Health. ‘Black Diamond,” & colored man, was ar- rested yesterday, and warrants were sworn out for the arrest of three sailors, charged with criminally assaulting three young girls. The cherge of seduction against D. R. Dunbar has been dismissed by Judge Wallace, as the complaining_ witness, Pearl von Schmither, seid she would sooner die than prosecute. The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows’ and the State Assembly of the Daughters of Rebekah, opened their annual convention at Odd Fellows’ Hall yesterdey. A. W. Drew oi Fresno, grand treasurer of the Grand Lodge, 1. 0. O. F., 18 at the Ramona. He arrived here yesterday in order to sttend the annual session of the grand lodge, I. 0. O. F. In deference to the wishes of the heirs, the suit of the executors of James H. Dobinson against the Church of the Advent has been dismissed. The suit was for $60,000 :or money loaned. Porter Brothers, in the fruit business for twenty years unsble to mect the first pay- ment in the extension of time granted, have assigned everything for the benefit of their creditors. The Italian Consul-General, Bruni Grimaldi, has received leave of absence for an indefinite period. In his absence a well-known member of the Italian Colony, Dr. Pescia, will be the acting Consul-General. Judge Hebbard has rendered his decision in & Norcross cases. He allows the 17,683 for the fraudulent milling endants in addition to the $210,- 50 for excessive charges. The Mission Improvement Union will urge the Legislature to authorize the selling of Buena Vista Park and spply the proceeds to the purchase of the abandoned cemeteries in the Mission for public recreation grounds. The Harbor Commissioners have answered . James F. Martin’s suit to compel them 1o use Oregon stone in the ferry depot. They say they have power (o modify any specification or contract, and besides that the Colusa stone is vetter. Golden Gate Union of Christian Endeavorers adopted the poppy as its emblem last evening, and the delegation from here to the State con- vention at San Jose will wear these fiowers, and will also sgitate the project of securing the International Convention of 1897 for California. General George B. Williams returned yester- dey from Japan, where for two months he has been representing the Cramps, Philadelphis, ship builders, in negotiations for the bulrd(ng of bettle-ships for the Mikado. He reports that Japan oes not want any more battle-ships for the time being. General Wililams ex- pressed the belief that the Oregon would do considerably above sixteen knots on her trial trip. LEFT TC THZ DAUGHTERS. The Late W. A, Holcomb Leaves a Large Estate for His Children. OAKLAND, CAvn., May 12.—The will of ‘William A. Holcomb, dated September 10, 1892, was presented for probate this after- noon. Itis set forth that the deceased left personal property worth $40,000, besides real estate of unknown value. He says: I direct that immediately after my death the deed 1o certain lands standing in iy name in Stephenson County, I11., which deed is now in the box occupied by me in the Safe Deposit building in San Francisco, be forwarded to my brother, Alonzo Holcomb 'of Dakota, Stephen- son County, 1L, and I forgive him for any money he may owe me. 1 give and bequesath to my dearly beloved chilaren, Lulie Carr Holcomb and Lydia Susie Holcomb of Oskiand, Alameda County, Cal. all the remainder of my estate, real, personai and mixed, share and share alike, andI ap- point my said children, Lulie Carr Holcomb and Lydia Busie Holcomb of Oakiand, Alameda County, Cal., the executresses of this, my last will and testament, to mauage my estate As they may see fit, and no bonds shall be re- quired ofeither of them. —————————— The quickest and most certain mode of raisiny the mulberry tree is from cumnfis of the old branches. Take a branch in the month of March eight or nine feet in length and plant it in a good soil; the most approved cultivation, however, is from seed.” ents will meet ferent political Say They Will Help to Enforce Civil Ser- vice Reform. Clevand’s New Order Has a Big Effect on the Old Junta. CHECKING GAVIY MeNAB'S AMBITION. The Actlve Buckley Executive Com- mittee Bestows Honors on Dr. Stanton. The Buckleyites are going to help the Civil Service Commission purify and elevate the Federal service in San Fran- cisco. The Buckley Democrats are free to do this. Hardly a mother’s son of them has a Federal job, and as their minds and motives are not warped by the power of patronage jobs they are in a position to extend their interest in gooa government to the Federal service. 5 They think that this late order by Presi- dent Cleveland putting the mints, the in- ternal revenue service and some other departments in the classified list is a grand thing, and they bail with joy its purifying effect in politics. Now the Junta is, as everybody knows, builton the Mint and revenue office largely, with Sam Rainey’s Fire Department as another of the cornerstones, and with the Custom-house, the Board of Supervisors, the ambition of Gavin McNab and a few other little things to provide the rest of the foundation. The City has never seen a political machine so thoroughly con- structed of patronage jobs. Every force that has played to hold to- gether and to operate the machine has been a patronage one. Whenever McNab and Sullivan have wanted to run the machine to grind out something, they bave signaled to patronage powers io ustart,” S Daggett and his Mint, working in com- bination with Sam Rainey and his Fire Department, have been the one big single force at play. Daggett has used the Mint in his political work with the Junta as no boss ever used a Street Department. He has discharged men for not doing his bid- ding in local politics, and has sold posi- tions by the dozen to district politicians whom he needed in his local political work. It is true that the powerful Daggett- Rainey combination has recently been shut out of the control of the Junta, which it so nearly gained by other patronage and McNab combinations, but Daggett and his Mint political power is yet an exceedingly strong factor in the strength of the Junta machine, and it will be a big factor in the State Convention when the Buckley con- testing delegation arrives. In tie Junta and composing much of its political power are politicians holdin, obs in the Custom-house, the Internal }{evenne Office and some other Federal de- partments. These Federal office-holders in the Junta general committee number some dozens, but as each one has his job and bis position in the general committee because he can control other votes a full majority of the committee of 450 may be reckoned as controlled by patronage power. The civil service rules require public servants to avoid ‘“pernicious activity,” “offensive partisanship,” membership in political conventions and so on. So the civil service order putting so many Junta politicians under the benefits and penal- ties of that law is about to work a preat revolution in Junta affairs. Ii the law works as it is supposed to work the fighters of the Buckleyites will soon be shorn of much of their power. A little army of little politicians op- posed to them because they had to be must quit to a large extent. ecoming se- cure in their positions most of them will be glad to do so. That is why all the Buckleyites are in- terested in the operalion of the beneficent civil service law. Cleveland’'s order strengthens them and weakensthe enemy. They have taken fresh hope and courage. Now they propose to see that civil service people oe;ey the righteous law of the land. If those fellows don’t stay well within the bounds they will see that they are made to do so. Politicians who become civil service people will be watched and reported to the Civil Seryice Commission if they keep on inmmdat.infi Democrats, breaking up the party and all that. The fight against McNab in the Junta executive committe¢ was not straightened out yesterday. It may be before the meet- ing to-night and it may not be. McNab will not be ailowed to name fifty or more delegates and boss things gener- ally. A majority are out for the right to run their own districts pretty much, McNab’s ambiticn to name a lot of State Central Committeemen and to control the next State Central Committee in_ partner- ship with Daggett and Sam Rainey is likely to meet a lot of setbacks. Mc¢Nab, it is told, has been going about town meeting nice big Democrats and tell- ing them that he was going to make them delegates to the State Central Committee. There are those who don’t like that. The Buckley executive committee heid a big meeting at the Market-street head- uarters last night. Chairman Donovan, gecratnry Gavigan, Joseph Rothschild, James H. O'Brien, J. C. Nealon, M. J. Nealon, M. J. Fallon and many others made speeches. It was decided that Dr. James L, Stanton, Railroad Commissioner, should be the delegate-at-large to the State Convention, which the local apportionment provides for. From all the districts came reports that many more were anxious to go as delegates than the apportionment allows. 1t was reported that a lively correspond- ence witlt Democrats throughout the State was going on, and that it was found that a great many who will likely be at the State Convention were not predisposed in favor of McNab, Daggett and the rest of the Junta. The Junta, it was said, was making false pretenses to boom itself and that the fn- terior delegates would listen to evidence and do what was fair and for the interests of the party. Nominations for delezates to the State Convention will be made by the Buckley district clubs on Saturday, the 16th inst., at the following places: Twenty-eighth District—Drew’'s Hall, new Montgomery and Howard. Tweniy-ninth—Irisk-American Hall. Thirtieth—Music Hail, 927 Mission. ghth and Fol- Thirty-first—Pheenix Hall, m. Thirty-second—Northeast corner of Brannan ll;\rd Zoe. h ° Thirty-third—Maennerbund Hall, Twenty- fourth and Potrero avenue. bed Thirty-fourth—Harmony Hall, Mission and Erie. Thirty-fiftth—8ilk’s Hall, Precita avenue and Mission. Thirty-sixth—Seventeenth and Noe. Thirty-seventh—Mowry's Hall, corner Laguna. and Ivy avenue. Thirty-eighth—Powers’ Hall,corner Turk and Pierce. Thirty-ninth—Justice Barry’s courtroom, New City Hall. Fortieth—Franklin Hall, Fillmore street, near Bush. v Forty-first—Pixley Hell, Pacific and Polk streets. Forty-third—California Hall, 620 Bush street. Forty-fourth—417 Bay street. Forty-fifth—518 Battery street. Forty-second—To be reported later. Indecent Literature. Becretary Ksne ot the Pacific Coast 8¢ 1t or Suppression of Vice, accompanied by Police- man Coleman,made a tour of the bookstores yes- terdsy and seized a large number of books of an obscene nature. Harry Marks, 331 Bush street, was arrested and booked at the City Prison for having indecent literature in his possession. - Edgar Isenielder, 301 Van Ness avenue, Holmes & Buettel, 107 Eddy street, and N. C. Holmes, Kearny and Bush streets, had seizures made in their stores and msy be arrested also. —————— NOTED GLOBE-TROTTERS. Minister, Baron, Count, General and Member of Parliament Here. United States Minister Edwin Dun of Japan was among the passengers here by the steamer China yesterday. “Iam absent on my regular vacation,” said Minister Dun at the Palace. *That’s all tnere is of it. I shall go to my old home at Columbus, Ohio, and shall aiso visit Washington, and will start tor Japan again about the last of July. It isquietin the land of the chrysanthemnm, and rea- sonably prosperous. 1 will be in San Francisco several days.” Count Nako of Hungary is at the Palace. He has been five times around the world and is known as a great traveler and hunter. He spent a good deal of time in India on his way here and went on sev- eral tiger-hunts. ‘‘There is nothingl so much enjoy as hunting for big game,” said Count Nako, “‘and the bigger it 1sand the more danger, provided 1t soes not get too dangerous, the better Ilike it. Iwas in India, Bengal, Japan and China, and en- joyed myself magnificently in all. 1 won’t go away until after I have seen some of the sights of California. I left Hungary seven months ago.” Hon. E. W. Beckett, member of Parlia- ment from Yorkshire, Eng., was a com- panion of the Count during much of the trip. They met at Singapore. Mr. Beck- ett is a big man, with massive shoulders and a thick reddish beard. He has been a member of Parliament about twelve years. He is traveling purely for pleas- ure, and has been with Sir John Poynder, M. P, in Burmah. Sir John passed through Vancouver, en route to England, a few days ago. Baron Curro and Morio Bocca of Italy are at the Occidental. They came on the steamer China, and were accompanied by Vittorio Serravallo and Pohlutka Fran- cesco, of Trieste. They are going around the globe to see the sights, Dr. Richard Pasquay of Munchen, Ger- many, and Dr. Lucca of Batavia, Java, are in the City. They have been for s long time with their Dutch friends in the queer little island, where every now and then the little brown men of the island revolt and try to throw off the Dutch yoke. They report that things are very serene in Java. General von Thumann of the German army is at the Palace. He says he is traveling around the world for pleasure. MLOKG THE WHTER FAONT Arrival of the 0. and O. Steam- ship China From Asiatic Ports. A Portion of the Crew of the Burned Bark Centaur Come Home From the Islands. The O. and O. steamship China arrived yesterday from China and Japan with 97 cabin passengers, and 18 whites, 38 Japan- ese and 200 Chinese in the steerage. The following are the cabin passengers: A. P. Brown, Colonel Bridges, E. P. Brad- bury, B. Hinley, E.S. Booth and family, J. W. Copman, R. T. Crome Jr., S. Cozat, Mrs. A. Clark, N. Chalker, Baron P. Curro, Mrs.G. W. Dickie, W. Dickie, G. P. Dodge, Mr.and Mrs. dwin Dun, Hon. E. J. W. Hall, H. W, Harris, Hutehinson, J. Kecl . Kirkwood, Mrs. E. Koop, Kohler, W Keay, J. L.G. Laub, Mrs, R, Locke, Mr. aud Mrs. F. L. Loomis, G. H. Lucen, J. E. Lambie, Miss Lother, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Miller, Dr. J. MeacLeans, Count Nako, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Newhall and family, R. Nakay Oma, Miss M. L. Ostrem, Mrs. Pedley, Mrs. Parker, the Misses Parker, W. P. Palmer, Dr. R. Pasquay, C. Piomt, F. Pohlutka, R. H. Powers, J. Proctor, W. H. Purcell, M. L Rocca, Mme. Le Roux and family, A. Simon, Mr. and Mrs. T. Simmons, Dr. V. Serra- vello, A. McVictor Smith, R. D. Tata, Dr. and Mrs. G. O. Taylor, A, Thaler, General and Mrs. von Thurman, Chaplain J. 8. Wallace, U. 8. N, General and Mrs. G. B. Williams, Y. Wadac! W. Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. R. Spreckels, Miss Joliffe, Miss E. Talcott, Mrs. 8. Gielick and family. The vessel was found to bave a clean bill of health, and after a brief detention at the quarantine-grounds was permitted to dock and land her passengers. The following survivors of the bark Cen- taur, which was burned 850 miles to the southward of Hilo, came up from Hono- lulu in the China: Captain Isbester, First Mate John Neil- son, Second Mate Roberts, Third Mate Wainwright, Seaman Leggett and Ap- prentice Boys Johnson, Bland and Sweting. The rest of the crew will return to this port by next steamer. H. Isaacson, Victor Carlson and Fred Bartlett, who were lost in a fog from the sealer Alton on the Japanese coast, also came home in the China. They left their vessel March 4 in a small boat to hunt seals and having lost sight of her; worked their way 150 miles to the nearest land, the islandfof Snoghama. which they reached almost famished. They were taken care of by the friendly natives and forwarded by the kind Jap- anese to Yokohama. The O. and O. steamship Doric sailea yesterday evening for the Orient by way of Honolulu, with the following cabin passengers: For Honolulu—Mrs. Ward Ames, For Yokobama—F. M. Slade, Miss Mabel Slade, N. Isono and two_servants, C. R. Morse, Rey. David Thompson, Mrs, David Thompson, Valentine Blaque, Mrs. Valentine Blaque, Mrs. Captain F. Wilds, h‘i. i‘;h 5 Miss Wilds. For Hongkong celer, Charles E. Grabam, Y les E. Grabam snd child. Treasure-trove means in law money or other treasure found hidden and the owner unknown, it which case it belongs to the crown. Trove is from the French word trouver, to find. JAPAN'S MIND UNSETTLED Her Navy Is Considered Large Enough for the Present. The American Ship-Builders Return Home Greatly Disappointed. TAE OREGON AND INBIANA COMPARED General Willlams of Cramps Makes Excuses for the Eastern Ship. General George B. Williams, represent- ing the Cramps in negotiations with the Japanese Government for the building of naval ships, arrived on the China yester: day and is stopping at the Palace. +Japan has not made up her mind in the matter of & navy,” said General Williams last evening. - “It was understood that she contemplated a big equipment in ships of war, but that does not seem to be true. The Japanese have either changed or not | fully made up their mind about it. At any rate they indicated to us that they were not prepared to enter into any con- tracts in the matter. All we have done, therefore, was to :epresent to the authori- ties having to do with the matter what we could do for them in case they doat some time want to increase their navy. I have been over there some two months. Mr, Dickey, representing the Union Iron ‘Works of San Francisco, was there at the sametime on the same mission, and came back by the same ship, with, I believe, the same report.” R Speaking about his observations in Japan, General Williams said: = “The Japanese people are not atallintlated over their great success in the recent war. A great many persons have asked me if the people were not disposed to be ‘cocky’ as | aresult. It wasto have been expected, but the fact is that it has had the opposite | effect. It has made them thoughtful. All| the notabies 1 came in contact with | seemed to jeel & new and sobering sense | of responsibility in their relationship to | the world. The intellectual and commer- | cial awakening of Japan has been wonder- | ful. I visited the country twenty years | ago. There was then scarcely an engine | in tue country. Now there are smoke- | stacks everywhere and the whirr of ma- | chinery, tovether with quite a system of railways. The people are studying philo- sophy and science, and are reasonably abreast in these things. The spread of their progress has been wondexful.” “How about the much-talked-of Japanese invasion of manufactures in this coun- try 2" “‘Well a good deal of that is rot. Japan will be manufacturing more and more of what she needs as time goes. She will import less, and so Europe will suffer in the matter of trade with ber. She does not buy much of us as it is, and so we will not be injured. I do not think we have anything to fear from her as a competitor in our markets. Yes, she builds ships of her own, too, of a certain class, and very gooa ones.” ) . Then General Williams was asked if he had heard of the recent performances of the Oregon. He said he had asked with considerable interest as to tke trial trip— if it had taken place to-day as scheduled. He had heard of her sixteen knots on the way to Santa Barbara. ‘‘Put to her best, she will probably do much better thap that,” he said. "Our ship, the Indiana? She made something above fiiteen knots on her trial trip. The Oregon, however, has just_been trimmed up, bad her bottom scraped and is in the best possible condition. The Indiana was very foul at the time of her trial.”” “But why was she allowed to make the test in that condition?” “Well, there was no drydock anywhere available at the time.”” “The Cramps have none about their works?” *No. She was slid off the stavs into the water and never came out of it again before the test. Besides, the water of the Pacific is much more favorable for speed than . is the Atlantic. Ithinkthe Indiana would | have done fully half a knot better if the conditions had all been right. Altogether, the Oregon has several material advantages | over the Indiana in their respective trials.” General Williams is accompauied by his wife, and will go East in a day or two. RODE THE WAVE A QUEEN Struggle of the Big Four-Master Achnashie With the Billows. Lying Low on Her Beam-Ends for Two Days in a Howling Cape Horn Gale. Visitors along the water front cannot fail to notice a large four-master lying at Main-street wharf, preparing to discharge her cargo. The vessel arrived from Liver- pool May 4 and was docked a few daysago. She is the Achnashie (Gaelic for ‘‘field of peace”) of Glasgow, and is the prettiest thing in the way of ship architecture that ever slipped into the sea. Her long, grace- ful steel hull, painted outside a light blue, and the steel masts and yards towering on high have not a line that is not beautiful. The British Four-Masted Ship Achnashic as She Went on Her BeameEnds Off Care Horn, Caused In perfect keeping with the prettinessalow and aloft is the splendid appearance along her decks. The inside of the bulwarks, the bulkheads and houses are painied white with panels of light green—a blend- ing of colors so delicate that one forgets that this is not a pleasure yacht instead of a common carrier of coal and general merchandise. The trimmings of the rails are wood, rich and ornamental. There is as much brass aboard 4s on a man-of-war, and it gleams with the polish of gold. How this magnificent craft can be kept in such a condition almost passes the understanding, but one of the officers stated yesterday that at sea and in port she looks just the same. She is com- manded by Captain Edwin Passeful, and her officers are: First Mate John Roach, Second Mate Alex Maxwell, and Boat- swain McGeorge. From her beautiful figure-head of a female form to the grace- ful center she measures 285 linear feet and has a beam of 46 feet. She registers 2333 tons, but her carrying capacity is 4000 tons. Her rig is a four-master, the after- most or jiggermast being bark-rigged. She carries three coarsers, six topsails, six top-gallant sails, three royals, besides numberless fore and aft sails, making a wide spread of canvas, and is manned by twenty seamen and six apprentice boys. During a former passage to this port while off the Horn in a gale the springing of the vessel on the awful seas shifted the cargo. The great ship went down on her beam-ends and hung in that perilous posi- tion with the masts almost_level with the surface of the water. At times when the great billows passed under her and swept to leeward the royal trucks would be drenched. With the deck almost perpen- dicular it was impossible to get fore or aft exclept by crawling along under the upper rail. The lower side was so deeply submerged in ¢he sea that the crew could not get to the lee braces, consequently the yards could not be swung for the purpuse of hell[;ing the ship around on the other tac| In a deplorable case like this, the only pedient 1s to cut away the weather rig- ging-and let the masts, burdened with the weight of sail and yard, snap off and fall to leeward, but the captain would not sac- rifice his great steel sticks. He sent the crew into the bold, where the cargo of coal was lying in the under bilge. Down in that dark place, with the hull swaying and_springing, rising and falhng on the wild Cape Horn waves, they made tempo- rm',:’j bins with the planking found in the hold. Then these strong-hearted British sailors began the tremendous labor of shoveling and carrying hundreds of tons of coal up into those rude bunkers until the weight brought to bear on that aide of the hull Ecgnn to lift her a little toward an even eel. ‘When they could get at the ‘“‘drowned’”’ braces and get a yard with a little rag of sail to act to the wind they wore ship, which brought her around so the wind would help raise her. This brought the deck with its incline to the runnine sea | and the waves, having broken in the hatches, began to fill the hold. Here was another danger, for a short time of this would sink the ship. Fortunately enough coal had been car- ried up into the binsto give the vessela slight lift in that direction, and. the masts lnfi yards being raised a little from the water, the wind blowing under them was helping her up as much as it could. A number of barrels of cargo on the ‘be- tween decks” had roiled down on the lower bilge and by great labor were rolled up into place. This helped matters along and presentiy a harder gust than usual of the gale lifted the masts into the air and the grand ship, after forty-eight hours’ lying prostrate, arose triumphant over the | stormy sea. Through all those two awful days and nights, while almostsubmerged, she never lost a spar, a sail, nor even a belaying-pin from the rail. She warred for weeks with that tempest, but literally wore out the gale and came splendidly into port look- ing as natty and yachtis| came off the ways. BUTCHERS' BIG FIESTA, It Will Be Peculiar Eclat. There was a rousing meeting of the Butchers' Board of Trade A ssociation last night at the Alcazar building. President Sam C. Hammond was in the chair, supported by a representation from all the wholesale and retail firms in this City and Alameda County. The secretary reported that out of 630 houses, wholesale and retail, in the two counties, 600 firms were represented, leaving only thirty un- | affiliated, which had not as yet joined the association. The principal business transacted was the coming picnic which will take place next Wednesday at Shell Mound Park, and in conjunction therewith the Oak- land racecourse, which is close by, has been secured for the outdoor exercises. Tne chairman on distribution of tickets reported that 30,000 tickets have been dis- posed of by the various members of the association. This number is far in excess of any heretofore disposed of for a similar object. This is the third butcher’s day anniver- sary held under the Rus'pices of the Board air to eclipse any- of Trade and it bids thing yet given. The services of the king of butchers, Henry Miller of Miller & Lux, have been secured for the office of grand marshal on this occasion. chief of staff, with the following aids: James Hail, Samuel Soloman, A. H. Brod, T. F. Judge, George Katz, Mark Strouse, James Schrader, T. C. Winters, H. C. Faglollet, George Taffe, Fred Becker, John 8. Ott, Fred Meyer, A. P. Clnybnrg, George Moffat, Charies Robinson, E. P. Clayburg, J. Moocky and Sam Meyer. H'. C. Fagloliet will act as floor director, assisted by R. Haas. The managers forthe outdoor sports and other members of pecessary committees will be named by the executive committee before Wednes- day. ‘The public are notified that on that day all the butcher shops in this City and Alameda wiil be closed. by the Cargo Shifting in a Gale of Wind. |Sketched from a de:cription by one of the officers.] NEW TO-DAY. WHAT CAN @ticura DO FOR US? 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Sold throughout the world. 25¢. ResoLvext, fc.and $1. Porrzs Dave Price, CoTICURA, 8. BOAP, 4xD Cazu. CoRr., Sole Props., Boston, U. 5. A. British depot: ¥. NEWSEET & Soxs, London. PORTER BAUTHERS QUIT as when she Celebrated This Year With The Dried-Fruit Dealers Assign Everything for Their Creditors. = Unable to Meet a First Payment on Liabilities—Twenty Years in the Business. Porter Brothers, the well-known dried- fruit dealers, who failed in January and were l‘en granted an extension of time by their creditors, have given up the struggle, and have put all their property in charge of Wilson & Biddell, as trustees, to liquid- ate for the benefit of those to whom the firm was indebted. ‘When the extension was asked for and granted on the 1st of January it was ex- pected that from the condition of business it would be possible to pay all the habili- ties, amounting to about $120,000, in the time given, an arrangement having been made for paymentsin six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months, but subsequent depression in Eastern prices affecting Por- ters Brothiers alone to the extent of be- tween $25,000 and $30,000 in the value of their stock made it impossible for them to meet the first payment. So on May 7 they | notified the original trustees and decided upon thelr present course. They turned over their books and all the property they possessed, their farms, orchards, crops and the stock in trade, consisting of dried fruits, nuts, honey and beans. “1f the orchard property turns out rs well as we expect,” said D. H. Porter last night, “everything we owe will be paid dollar for dollar. It is impossible, by rea- son of the present condition of affairs, to ascertain just what the liabilities or the assets now amount to. “Qur failure was not due primarily to the dried-fruit business, although prices have been very low for the last two years. It was caused mainly by our investing $100,000 in ranch lands.” Porter Bros. have been in the fruit business for the last twenty years, eight years in Oakland, and the remainder of the time in this City, their salesrooms being 313-315 Davis street. He will be ably assisted by Henry Moffati, whom he sclected as his ST ST, Days’ News IN ONE ISSUE, With Added==== Special Features CONDENSED K N TiE WEEKLY CALL Per Annum = - $1.50 Per Copy = = = .05 R ADDRESS, CHAS. M. SHORTRIDGE, San Francisco, Cal. NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. O!Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEERK MAGNIFICENT NEW ATTRATIONS! arvelous 1 WOOD AND SHEPAGD, 5 o0 i L And 14 Celebrated Artists. Reserved 25¢: Baicony, 10c; Opera cnates and Box seats. R MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE X, o 3 Cor. California and Mason streets. ‘The Annua! Spring Exhibition, Inciuding the James D. Phelan prize painting and 140 examples in ‘oil and water colors by lent ‘artists. also 15 examples in plastic art. is now open dally from 94, to 8 F. ., including Suy s. Organ Recitals Sunday afternoous from Concerta "B hursd Evenls Vel X rada; ing. Waission 500 - NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. AL HAYMAN & CO’S THEATERS =T LAST 5 NIGHTS AT THE i BALDW'N MATINEE SATURDAY, THE STRANGE EDDIE ADVENTURES FOY OF MISS BROWN NEXT |ADA REHAN WEEK | AUGUSTIN DALY COMPANY, SEATS for the Entire Three Weeks NOW SELLING. 1st Week—+Countess Gucki,” “Two Escutch- eons’” and “School For Scand: 2d Week—!‘Midsummer Night's Dream” and “ Last Word.” 3d Week—* Twelfth Night,” “ The Hunchback,"” “The Honeymoon" and “Taming of The Shrew." TO-NIGHT AT THE AND CALIFORNIA | yu1 1i week PRIMROSE and WEST’S BIG MINSTRELS. ENTIRE CHANGE FROM START TO FINISH, INCLUDING THE GRAND PRIZE CAKE WALK! Wil Contest for Cash and Valuable Prizes. All Local Talent Can Pariicipate Free of Entry. Monday, May 18—HOYT'S “A TRIP TO CHINATOWN'® TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. ErNusTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Managee —TO-INNIGET — ——BRILLIANT REVIVAL——— Of Auber’s Tuneful Romantic Opers, “FRA DIAVOLO:” EVERY NUMBER A GEM. ——NEXT WEEK First Time in Operatic Form, “UNCLE TOM'S CABIN ! A Great Scenic Production. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. PRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & Co- LESSES ATIDMAMAGERS -+ Every Evening, Including Sunday ! Matinee Saturday. MORRISON'S Famous Scenic and Dramatic Pro- duction of FAUST ‘Wondertul Scenic Effects. The Marvelous ‘‘Brocken’ Scene. Genuine Flashes of Lightning! Magic iain of Fire! Reserved Seats 25¢, 50¢, 75c. Nextattraction—AMY LEE snd FRANK DOANE MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Leasee and Manages THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Second Week of America’s Leading Tragedian, —EDMUND K. COLLIER— In the Great Melodrama, “THE CROSN ROADS OF LIFE” and 500 ly erv. 10c. Usual Maiinees Saturday und Sunday. EVENING PRICks—250 Family Circle and Gall, TROPICAL FAIRY PALACE. SUTRO BATIES! WON 'ERFUL FKEE MUSEUM ! Largest Swimming Tank in the World, PURE SEA WATER. Experienced Swimming Teachers From European Colleges. GENERAL ADMISSION: ADULTS 10c. CHILDREN 5c. UKIAH EX- CURSION, NEXT SUNDAY, May 17th. Leave via 7:30 A. M. Tiburon I-Wen'g. Tickets for round trip at ferry only, $2. Children $1. No extra charge for reserved seats if secured at 333 O’Farrell st. from 1 to 9 P. M. before Saturday night. Choice of lwgpingn! Pieta 6 hours, Hoj 1and 534 hours or Ukiah 4 hours. Grand Family Outing. Don’t missit. J. E.LOCKE, Manager. THE CHUTES. Open SATURDAY and SUNDAY AFTERNOONS and EVENINGS during Improvements. Free Japanese Kites to children SATURDAY. New Balloon “‘Chutes’” Sunday. PACIFIC CQAST JOCKEY CLUB Track). Sbditec FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. . ADMISSION $1.00. Take Scuthern Pacitic trains at Third and Towns send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 p. x. Fare for round trip, including sdmission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-stree: electric Line direcs 10 track. W.8 LEAKE, Becretary 4. B. SPRECKELS ZFresident.