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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1896. CHINESE EVADE EACLUSION LAWS, Cunning Devices Employed to Get Into This Country. OFFICIALS OUTWITTED. Parents and Witnesses Produced With Most Successful Results. ABUSES NEEDING CORRECTION Fraudulent Admissions Equal Deporta- tions—Congress Will Be Asked to Legislate. WASHINGTON, 0. C., Aug. 10.—Chief Crowley of the special agents’ division of the Treasury Department is gathering some interesting statistics on the Chinese question, which will e incorporated in his forthcoming annua!l report to the Sec- retary of the Treasury. Secretary Carlisle is expected to transmit this information to Congress, calling the attention of that body to, abuses of the Chinese exclusion laws, due to the discovery of weak points in them, and urging Congress to pass remedial legislation. Strange as it may seem, there is little Chinese smuggling now. Reports which have reached the Treasury Department indicate that there are a large number of Chinese who secure admission, but it is obtained by perjury. According to Crowley’s report, the pro- gramme usually followed by a Chinaman desiring admission is to appear before the Collector of the Port at Burlington, Vt., and swear that he is 18 years of age and was born in S8an Francisco. Under the law he is r ired to produce a parent. T might seem difficult to a Caucasian who is an orphan, but it is easy for John. v from hinaman who swears to his aims to be his father. Two amen swear to the father’'s i the chain of evidence is com- b ave become "convinced of the hopelessness of attempting to con- ev: e. Some months ago s declined to admit certain 1less they could produce e witnesses. to the Superior Court, that that body handea e aut It iry Department duoring the s of Congress asked legislation the abuses that existed, but no ken. ics now being collected y Carlisle and Mr. Crowley hope w Congress the necessity of taking ate action to procure the results xpected the so-called “Geary was enacted. The s also intend to show Con- drain the Government is suffer- f that feature of the deportation of within the f the United States. It is t the Treasury Department that ment is put to an average ex- )0 for the deportation of each to the department the namen each has arrested d this will be laid before n the Secretary’s annual re- The number deported during the cal year was comparatively large, arly made up by the hundreds who " admitted into this country. tment may suggest to Congress some means of getting rid of the obnox- amen 2t a smaller cost, but the as not yet tak¢n definite form. FRANCISCO SHIPPING. SAN Great Increase in 1his Port’s Business During the Past Year. ASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—There een a great increase in the shipping Comn ier William M. Gwin, stationed at last fiscal year reached the Treasury De- partment to-day. Mr. Gwin states that the total number of men discharged by vessels in that port was 12,519, ot whom 8674 were by foreign ships and 3845 by do- mestic crafts. The number discharged by foreign merchaats was 150 less than the number discharged last year. In the case of domestic vessels it was 600 less y I number of men red as having shipped at San Fran- 7812 received compensation and the re- meainder reshipped without compensation. The total number of men who registered at Mr. Gwin's office was 2 Of the men shipped gave America as the place of their nativity. Last year 4130 of those shipped were Americans. Th i f these na- ; German, The total expense in- cond shipping office was $11,402, “The only conclusion to be drawn from the fizures Mr. Gwin bas submitted,’’ said oner of Navigation Chamber- ce is becoming ners and sailors an é)oxmlar with an increasing busi- AUGUST CRUP REPORT. Corn Condition Improves, While Spring Wheat and Oats Fall Of. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—The report of the statistician of the Depart- 2provement in the condition of corn over tbat reported last month of 4.4 per cent or from 92.4 to 96. The averages of the principal States are: Ohio, 105; Ken- t v, 102; Indiapa, 105; Iliinois, 106; I 103; Missouri, 85; Kansas, 109; aska, 108. . The condition of spring wheat has fall- en since the July report from 93.3 to 78.9, adecline of 14.4 points. The conditions by States are as follows: Michigan, 83; {llinois, lowa, 94; Kansas, 55; Nebraska, 77; So Dakota, 83; North Dakota, 70; Washing- %0; Oregon, 90; California : he condition of oats has fallen since eport 19 points, or from 96.3 to 77.3. 1% rve condition is 88 against 86.6 in The average of buckwheat is given at99.5 per cent of last year’s area; condi- tion of same, 96. Condition of Irish pota- toes 9 against 99 in July; tobacco 86.5, against 915 in July. Reports on the European grain crops San Francisco he has | The Chinese : on against the requirement. has instructed collectors of | ness of the port of San Francisco. | is shown by the reports of Shipping | an Francisco, whose report for the | r. Gwin reportsas13,344. Of these, | Norwe- | t of the San Francisco | who receives the reports, “is that the | ship- | nt of Agriculture for August indicates Wisconsin, 82; Minnesota, 80; | 7; South | are generally favorable. The wheat crop promises to be up to the average. Forage crops will be short if drought continues. g PRESIDENTIAL NEGLECT. The Gray Gables Vacation Causes Incon- venience and Loss to Many Army and Navy Officers. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—Presi- dent Cleveland’s faiture to act on promo- tion and retirement cases is not only causing inconvenience to a great many officers, but is keeping them out of a good many dollars. Bince his departure for Gray Gables there have accumulated at the White House as many as twenty-eight of these cases, twenty-seven of which will undoubtedly be approved. So faras can be learned tbese cases are still at the executive mansion, and will probably re- main there for some little time before being forwarded to Gray Gables: in fact, it may be that they will be held until the President returns. The officers whose promotions are before the President are: Commodore Charles E. Clark, now on duty in command of the receiving ship Independence at Mare Island; Lieutenant-Commanders Giil, Pathick and Richards,Lientenants Purcell, Harper, Poundstone. Bemadin and Acker- man, Ensigns Coontz, Ebebly, Fenton, Tarbox and McCormick, Paymaster Cowie, Passed Assistant Engineers Parks, Willits and Denig, and Assistant Engineer Beach, Assistant Naval Constructors Bankson and Tawresey. The remaining cases are those of Lieutenants Richard Mitchell and Bradbury, Paymaster Machette, and Gun- ner Henderson, who were recommended for retirement by the board that met at Mare Island. S STEWART'S STRAYED SPEECH. A Silver Peroration That Was Inoluded in a Treasury Circular. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—Treas- ury officials were thrown into consterna- | tion to-day by discovering that many | copies of circular 23, recently issued for | collecting financial information, had cor- | porated in it a silver_speech by Senator | Stewart of Nevada. In some way, when the circular was bound at the Government printing office, the speech of Senator Stewart zot mixed up with the otber pages of the circular. How many of the 30,000 copies of the circular already sent out con- tain the Stewart speech is not known, but each copy of the circular now being sent out is carefully examined. A new edition of the circular is being printed with the Stewart speech eliminated. S Pacific Coast Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—Pacific Coast pensions have been issued as fol- lows: Californi Original—Jobn A. Wilson, Kelseyville. Widow, Indian wars—Lucia A. Cook, Inglewood. Original—Jobhn B. Carr, Althouse. Additional—George S. Tarbell, Baker City. Washington: Original—John J. Dickin- son, Bissell; Amasa A. Randall, Fisher; Amiron E. Bidgood, Springdale. DSCOUNT DOLLAR BILLS Take American Notes at Ninety Cents. | United States Silver Not to Bz Accepted for the Payment of City Taxes. TORONTO, Oxrtarto, Aug. 10.—A com- bined effort is about to be made by city banks to decrease the circulation of Ameri- can bills in this city. At vresent the city is flooded with American silver certifi- cates. The following notice is posted in the Standard Bank io-day: On and after Saturday, August 15, American $1 bills will be received only for 90 cents. It is understood that other banks will decreased circulation of American bills in this city. In regard to American silver | it at all. Some will accept American silver | only from customers, but only in small amounts. The railway companies refuse to handle it, and departmental stores are | discussing the advisability of refusing it | as money. | HAMILTON, Ost., Aug. 10.—Following the example of the Toronto banks the and silver certificates. can bills and currency have been accepted by the merchants. United States silver or silver certificates will not be accepted in payment of city taxes. This action is not due entirely to the silver agitation in the United States, but to the fact that at in circulatiown in Canada. e —— ARMY RETIKING BOARD MEETS. Officers Destined for ‘he BShelf Make Fierce Resistance. CHICAGO, ILn, Aug. 10.—The retiring | board of the army, called by the Secretary i of War for the purpose of inquiring into { the reports of medical officers and taking | physical disability of certain officers, was | called to order this morning at depart- | ment headquarters in the Pullman build- | ing by Major-General Merritt. - The roll' of officers called before the | board was read as follows, each one being | present: Colonel R. E. A. Crofton, Fif- | teenth infantry; Lieutenant - Colonel | James H. Bradiord, Seventeenth Infan- | try; Major Alexanaer S. B. Keyes, Third Cavalry; Major John G. Turnbull, First | Artillery, Fort Hamilton, N. Y.; John Francisco; Captain Horace B. Carson, Second Infantry; Captain Johu J. Hasen Ninth Infantry; First Lieutenants, H. J. j Goldman, Fiith Artillery, and Robert Wattkins, Ninch Cavalry. In nearly every | case, notably that of Colonel Crofton, | commandant of the post at Fort Sheridan, | LiL, the officers slated for the retirement are opposed to such action, and are pre- pared to resist with counsel and witnesses. et | LONDON AMUSEMENT SYNDICATE. I Has Its Fyes on Hammerstein’s Olym- pia, New York City. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 10.—The Times says: Itis stated that the man- | agers of the Alhambra Theater, one of the | largest and most famous theaters in Lon- don, have their eyes on Hammerstein’s lympia, and that a representative is al- | ready on the way to negotiate for it. Hammerstein is reported to have said that he refused an offer of $3,000,000 from the Empire Company of London last May. The liberal bids of American managers have brought over many of the best per- formers from London music halls, and it would seem that the managers had de- termined to retaliate by having a theater of their own in this city. The Olympia was opened last Novem- ber, and it is the largest building in this country devoted exclusively to amuse- ment. It comprises a roof garden, music hall and a theater, and cost $2,500,000, Culifornia Postmasters. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 10.—M. E. Renz was to-day appointed postmaster at Frazier, Tulare County, vice J. Daggett, resigned, and F. A. Rutledge at Woody, Kern GCounty, California, vice T. Hooper, resigned. The Canadian Banks Will Only | follow the example of the Standard Bank. | This action will probably result in a much | most of the city banks are not accepting | | merchants and local banks here have de- | i cided to refuse to accept American silver | | For vears Ameri- | present there is too much American silver | other testimony bearing on the alleged | Major | Darling, Fifth Artillery, San | FLYERS ON THE WILLOWS TRACK Glenn County’s Annual Race Meeting Will Begin To-Day. FAST HORSES ENTERED. W. Wood and Baywood Are to Contest in a Pacing Event. M'NAIR TO WIELD THE FLAG. The Running Division Represented by a Collection of Fast Ones. ‘WILLOWS, CaL., Aug. 10.—Everything is in readiness for the opening of Glenn County’s annual race meet to-morrow. The town has taken on a holiday air and lodgings in the hotels and private houses will soon be at a premium. Men with har- rows were hard at work on the track all day, and some fast quarters were stepped off by the light harness brigade. Starter McNair is on hand ready to give the horses the word. Whitehead & Co.’s crew arrived this afternoon, and to-night Dave Eiseman began selling pools. ‘Jack” Perkins, Ben Chaboye, Ed Lafferty, Mack Saunders, Walter Maben, *Jimmy’’ Sulli- van, P. W. Hodges and J. M. Nelson, the well-known reinsmen, are all here, mah- ing the air lively with horse talk. ~ W. Wood and Baywood will be the starters in the free-for-all pace on the last day of the meeting, the other two starters, Waldo J and Silkwood, being in the southern part of the State, The running-horse division is well rep- resented. Among the thoroughbreds quartered at the track are Howard, Blue Bell, Faro, Zamloch, Sea Spray, Seaside, Clara Johnson, Toro del Sierra, Gladiola, Juan Bernardo, Pricelle, Rose Clark, George L, Warrago, and other more or less noted performers, including among them Nevere, winner of the handicap at Petaluma in almost record time. Hen- nessy, Martin, Suiter, J. Brown and Ames | will” furnish some of the riding talent. The card for the first day is made up as follows: Trotting, 2:40 class, purse $500—Wow, Aiki, Goldy, Our Jack, Lena Hawley, Allas, Peter Jackson, Millte L, Twilight, Billups, Teneran, Lochinvar, Conductor, Ben Marr. Pecing, 2:25, purse £500—Earthquake, Neily B, Senator, Benard, Lizzie E, Nick o' Time, Linwood, Palating, Glayds W. Six furlongs, running—Pricelle, 109; Clara Johnson, 100; Sweet Brier, 100; Quarter Staff, | 112; Warrago, 112; Josephine, 107; Rose | Clark, 107; Sea Spray, 108; Howard, 112, piabinii s ON EASTERN DIAMONDS. Standing of the Clubs and Scores of the Games in the National League Yesterday. 8 Per Crums. Poien Won. | Lost.| | Battimore Cincinnat Cleveland | Chicago.. | Pittsburg. { Boston. . Brooklyn | Louisvill BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 10.—For the first | time in several years the New Yorks have won | the series with the Brooklyns. The Brooklyns | conld do nothing with Sullivan's curves, | while the New Yorks hit Daub almost st will. Le Chance was struck by a liner from Buck- ley’s bat and sustained fracture of the thumb, w! | double compound from playing again this season. Score: Brook- | lyns, 2, 7, 2; New Yorks, 7, 13, 1. | tertés—Daub ‘and Grimm; Sullivan’ and Wil- son. Umpire—Sheridan. BALTIMORE, Mp., Aug. 10.—To-day’s con- test was one-sidea and uninteresting. The champions batted McJames almost at will and aided by misplays scored eight runs, when he | retired in favor of Norton in the sixth inning. Attendance 1600, Score: Baltimores, 11, | 15, 0; Weshingtons, 4, 10, 2. Batteries—Pond | and Clark, McJames and McGuire. Umpire— ] | Lyneh. PHILADELPHIA, PA., Aug. 10.—Boston took | Gumbert’s measure in the fifth inning this | evening and in the sixth drove him out of the box, Jordan taking his' place. Attendance 2200. Score: Pailadelphias—3, 9, 3; on<—$, 14, 1. Batieries—Gumbert and Grady, | Nichols and Bergen. Umpire—Hurst. | CLEVELAND, Omro, Aug. 10. — A furious wind and rain storm forced Umpire Emslie to | call the second game between Pittsburg and | Cleveland to-day after three innings had been | played, with the score 3 to 3. The first inning | was & 'comedy of errors, and not a run was | earned on either side. Attendance 3000. | Ecore: Clevelands, 6, 8, 6; Pittsburgs, 10, 10, 5. Batteries—Wilson and Zimmer, Killen and Sugden. Umpire—Emslie, R 52 175 A SADDLE AMND SULKY. Winners and Placed Horses on Eastern Tracks Yesterday. FORT WAYNE, Ixp., Aug. 10.—The annual meeting of the Fort Wayne Driv- ing Club was inaugurated to-day. The Itrack was in good condition, but the | weather was suitry and the temperature | high. The extreme heat culminated 1n a terrific wind, ramn and electric storm, which stoppei the racing after three heats of the 2:20 trot had been decided. Sum- | maries: | First race, two-year-old pace, 2:35 class, | purse $1000, Ed B. Young won, Jeremiah an | Claunde Cour dividing second and third money. | Best time, 2:22. Second race, 2:26 trot, purse $1500, New- burzer won, Valence second, Packet third. Best time, 2:16! | Third race, 2:20 trot, purse $2000 finlshedi,: Derby Princess won, Bessie Wiiton second, Edmonia third. Best time, 2:11}4. BRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y. Aug. 10.— Five furlongs, Runaway won, Hermia sec- ond, Kenuebec third. Time, 1:0214. Five furlongs, Maud Adams won, Venita sec- ond, Valorous third. Time. 1:023¢ Five furlongs, Hasseta won, Hessie Abbott second, Religion third. Time,1:013;. |~ Mile and a sixteenth, Lehman won, Ben Eder second, Aurelian third. Time, 1:49. Five furlongs, Sunny Slope won, Setfast sec- ond, Bastian third. Time, 1:0ilg. One mile, Doggett won, Declare second, Van Brunt third. Time, 13 ST: LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 10.—To-day’s re- sults: One mile, Albert 8 won, Dew of June second, Consuela third. Time, 1:43%5. Seven furlongs, Fasig wou, Agatine second, Charlie McDonald third. Time, 1:30. One mile, Jack Bradiey won, Cherrystone second, Bridgeton third. Time, 1:44. Six jurlongs, Herry McCouch won, St. Au- ifl!flne second, Rex Regent third.’ Time, 5% (un- :slxv'f'mflnnu, Russell A won, Ivory second, The Chemist third. Time, 1:0315. One mile, Squire G won, Chiswell second, Al Orth third. Time, 1:44. BUTTE, MoxTt., Aug. 10.—A perfect day and good track resulted in some good races to-day: ing, 2:15 class, purse $800, Challenger Chiet wes, Eed ghfrgy second, Dan Velox third. Best time, 2:17}%. Trotting, 2:29 ciass, purse $600, Lady Red wor; Steve second, Delbert third.” Best time, 2:19%. 1 B?l’lfnhl.fixhflfll‘l, selling, purse $300, b will prevent him | Bos- | emocrat second, Carno selling, purse 250, e B leconyd, Famous La France wo! third. Time 1:18. Running, half a mile, Joe Cotton won, Labell third. Time, :50. Running, seven furlong, seluns, gnma ), T.az‘r won, Miss Pollard second, Baby Ruth third. WHEELMENS ANNUAL MEET. Time, 1:30%. Preparations for Great Doings om the Track at Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Kry., Aug. 10.—The seventeenth annual meet of the L. A. W. was formally opened this morning, when the advance guard an:ivod and was re- ceived by the reception committee at neadquarters. To-nighta “smoker” was given at Fountain Ferry from 6 to 8 o’clock, in honor of the visitors, John 8. Johnson arrived from Chicago and went into training at the track to con- dition himself for his trials against time, which will be one of the features of the meet, J. W. Parsons of Australia came with him. Other racing m'n who have arrived are Cooper, Bald, Baker, Zeigler and O'Connor. Over 100 racing men are in training at the track, and although it is nearly 100 in the shade, some fast_work is being done on the Fountain Ferry track. ’E)m,h. wants the meet nextyear, and twelve rep- resentatives of the Meet Club of that city arrived this morning to begin pushing things. e OPEN TO ALL BOOKMAKERS. State Fair Betting Privileges Will Not Be “Farmed Out.” SACRAMENTO, Cair., Aug. 10.—The .| State Board of Agriculture to-day received two bids for the privilege of controlling the betting at the State Fair. George Rose bid $16,500 and Fitzgerald & Co. of San Jose $17,000. After some debate the board rejected both bids and will leave the field open to all responsible bookmakers to come in. Rose controlled the betting last year and gave such poor odds that betters com- plained bitterly. The boarc adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late L. U. Shippee. E. F. Smith was chosan&maiding judge of the running and J. W. Wilson of the trot- ting and pacing avents. — - Carson Wins the Relay Race. CARSON, NEv., Aug. 10.—The fifty-mile picycle relay race between Carson and Reno clubs, ten men on each side, yester- day, was won by the Carson team. It at- tracted an immense crowd to the race- track, and the betting was very lively. The winning team rode the fifty miles in 2:30:29. The fastest time made by an in- dividual rider was five miles in 14:003¢, by Rube Kelley of the Carson team. The | Carson Club won by about seven-eighths of a mile. It is believed a return race will be arranged. B Hubback Wins the Medal. SAN JOSE, CaL., Aue. 10.—Company B held its medal shoot yesterday at Scheut- zen Park, the trophy and the champion- ship medal being won by Sergeant Hub- back by a spore of 43. The second score of 42 was made by Private White, the third by Sergeant Wood and the fourth by Pri- vate McClay. HAPLESS SINGLE-TAKERS One of the Dover Prisoners Is Released cn a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The Others Must Serve Their Sen- tences and May Be Put in the Chain Gangs. WILMINGTON, Der., Aug. 10.—Chan- cellor Nicholson to-day ordéred the re- lease of William Keevan, one of the | single-taxers now in jail at Dover,on a | writ of habveas corpus. The Chancellor 3 | refused to release Keevan’s colleagues. They will have to serve out theirsentences | and in all probability will be put in chain | gangs to work on the streets and roads 7 | of thecounty. : | When Keevan’s colleagues learned the | Chancellor’s, decision they cheered and | sang the doxology. Two of the imprisoned | men are seriously ill and will be brought to the hospital in this city. The single- taxers have decided to discontinue their | meetings until after the expiration of the | sentences of the men now in jail. The Dover authorities h ave also notified the | single-taxers that they will make no more arrests, but will not protect speakers from the mob. —_—— THE IRISH LAND BILL, Passes Its Third Reading in the House of Loras. LONDON, Exe., Aug. 10.—There was an atmosphere of compromise in the House of Lords to-day when the Irish land bill came up on its third reading. The Mar- quisof Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War, submitted three amendments which were somewhat in favor of the landlords, and these were accepted. Speaking on the motion that the bill be passed on its third reading, Earl Spencer (Liberal), formerly Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, contended that if the measure was passed as it has been altered it would be a serious damage to Ireland, and would also damage the strength and independ- ence of the House of Lords. The bill then passed its third reading. Lord Salisbury’s silence regaraing the measare continues to be much commented upon. e Treasury Gold Roserve. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Aug. 10.—The treasury gold reserve declined to-day to $107,908,604. The day’s withdrawals were | $418,200. |SPARKS FROM THE WIRE. ‘Willlam J. Bryan is in favor of locating the Democratic National neadquarters in Chicago. He thinks that a better fightcan be directed from that point, and that he can keep in closer touch with the organization if the headquar- ters be there. The battle-ground of the cam- | paign is thought tobe in the Western States. The name of ex-Judge Thomas Morgan is be- ing prominently mentioned in connection with the Vice-Presidential nomination of the sound-money Demoerats. His boom is fath- ered by John P. Hopkins of Illinofs, John 8. Kinney and Edward A. Day, bicycle enthtsiasts of Newark, N. J., have started from that place on a trip awheel across the continent. They expect to reach San Fran- cisco in December. They are provided with tents and a light camping outfit. Acting Secretary Reynolds of the Interior Department has rejected applications for a writ of certiorari filed by Emory H. Marker and eighty-eight others, applicants forlands in O’Brien County, Iows. It was contended by the applicants that the decision of the United States Supreme Court, restoring title to the United States from the Sioux City ana Pacific Railroad Company, made these lands public lands and subject to entry on the date the de- cision was rendered. There were about 22,000 acres involved. Ex-Governor John Young Brown of Ken- tucky, has signified his willingaess to accept the nomination of the free silver Democrats for Congress from his district. A son wasborn to Mr.and Mre. Russell B. Harrison at Terra Haute, Ind., Monday even- ing. Hewill be named Willian Henry Har- rison. The Democratic convenilon of the Ninth Iowa District to-day nominated T. F. Genung of Hastings for Congress. The Democratic convention of the Thir- teenth District, Schuykill County, Pennsyl- vania, has nominated W..F. Shepard for Congress. : ABANDONED TO0 WIND AND WAVE, The Wrecked St, Paul Has Sailed on Its Last Cruise. FAST ON THE REEF. Work of Dismantling Begun After an Investigation by a Diver. LITTLE OF THE CARGO SAVED A Portion of the Livestock Aboard Drowned in the Stranded Vessel’s Hold. ' ABOARD STEAMSHIP ST. PAUL, AsHORE oFfF PoistT PiNos (via MONTEREY, CaL.), Aug. 10.—Already the stranded St. Paul is abandoned to her fate and the crew is stripping the wreck. It is the story of the Pacific Mail steamer Colom- bia over again without even a variation. Like the steamship on the reef off Pigeon Point, forty miles away, the St. Paul is as motionless as when she lay on the stocks before launching. There isa sharp rock piercing into the hold just abaft of the foremast, a little on the port side, and an- other in the afterhold, alse on the port side. On these two pinnacles of reef she hangs. To be freed from her position she must be lifted bodily, but she will never be free until the seas batter her into scrap Iron. There is deep water under the bow and amidships and along the entire starboard side. If she had fisted in that direction after the rocks crushed her bottom on Sat- urday’s dark aad foggy night a number of bodies would now in all probability be washing about in the treacherous coast currents. But she went the other way and fell against a large rock, which has crushed in the plates on the port side. When the engines were reversed in the effort to bazk the bumping steamer off the reef the pro- peller-blades struck the ledge as she fell in the trough of the swell and were broken off. The keel aft is jammed out of lineand the rudder damaged. This is the report of the diver who went down under the vessel to-day. In the clear, biue water he groped along her en- tire length and saw every splintered plate. ‘When the submarine observer told of the wreck and ruin below tbe water line Cap- tain Goodall immediately gave orders to begin the work of dismantling the hulk. As in the case of the Colombia, the crew began with the staterooms and cabins. These were soon emptied and their farni- ture removed in the ship’s boats to the Santa Cruz, which is lying at anchor a short distance away. A heavy sea rolls constantly around the steamer and the labor of loading the boats is adifficult one. If the hull were not hung so solidly on the rock points she would not last twelve hours, even under the present favorable weather conditions. As sheleans somewbat seaward a material increase in the weight of the swell will topple her over to starboard into deep water, where she will sink in a few minutes. The engine and fire rooms beinE full of water, it is impossible to get at the heavy machinery, but everything within that compartment within reach is being re- moved. A small portion of the clrfio in the forward hold may be saved, but aft all jsruined. There are 5000 sacks of wheat, and the water-logged grain has swollen until the hold is as tight as a drum. 1n time the increasing bulk will burst the deck and bulkheads. Last night Captain Downing and most of the officers lodged in Monterey, but the crew camped on the beach, as the hulk hanging on the reef is not a safe reireat by any means., When all hands returned to the vessel this morning they learned that the first tragedy of the wreck had occurred. The lower deck hatch covers had been lifted off by the rising tide within the huil, and most all of the livestock on board had fallen into the deep water. Twenty of the caives had been drowned, and the rest were swimming around and clinging to the floating articles in the hold, bellowing piteously. The survivors were fished out of their involuntary bath and removed to the Santa Cruz. Captain Minor Goodall is staying by the wrecked steamer directing the work of stripping her. He says little concerning the ruin of one of his best boats, but evi- dently his thoughts are not happy ones. “It’is of no use,” said he to a CaLL cor- respondent to-day, as he looked over the rail down at the rocks showing cruelly alongside, “to think of getting her off. The diver’s report destroyed il that hope and she is goner. We will save what we can from her ‘and the sea or the wreckers may have the rest. If she were lifted from the reef, could that be accompvlished, she would only sink, and even if we got her further on the beach, where the breakers could get a fair sweep at her, she would soon go to pieces. 1 do not now re- call what the insurance on her is, nor what she was valued at a few days ago. You know what she is worth now. How- ever, the marine adjuster will be down to- morrow and he will have a little look around. “No, 1 don’t wish to make any state- ment as to the canses that put her up on Moss Beach instead of alongside the Broadway wharf in San Francisco. I can only say she is here, and, I imagine, her stay in the place will be prolonged.” Then the captain looked down at the rocks and lapsed into silence. A CaLn correspondent yesterday rowed from the steamer out over the rolling Pacific swells through the kelp. The fog whistle was sounding its dreary bellow. With its anchor and chbain it weighs ten tons, and the whistle is almost tweive feet above the surface of the sea. A very light southerly wind was blowing, and to windward the whistle could not be heard a mile away. When a storm is on, and the great waves force the air up through its locomotive whistle, its howling can be heard for iles. mln dark, foggy, still nights it is of about as much use to a belated navigator as the pipe of a canary bird. It bears from the wreck northwest, which shows that the St Paul should have been headed toward this point of the compass at the instant she struck the beach, steering due east. It was truly a blunder. The Point Pinos light is the oldest one on the coast. 1t was erected forty-four ears ago. The lighthouse proper is about alf a mile back irom the shore line at Point Pinos, and is of stone. The lamp is ninety-one feet above the sea level. Itisa fixed, white light, and has a 1950-candle- wer light. von is cflled a fifteen-and-a-quarter-mile light, but can be seen on an ordinary clear night for about twenty miles to sea. The light has two circular wicks, the out- side wick being one and thirteen-six- teenths inches in diameter. Itisa third- order light. Mrs. Fish is keeper and hasone assistant and a Chinese cook. These three are the only persons at the lighthouse. Mrs. Fish has occupied her present position as keeper for the last three years. Her hus- band was a lientenant in the United States navy, dying in the service. She was seen 8 CALL correspondent this morning at the lighthouse and freely gave all infor- mation possible in regard to the working of the light. _ “It was the first wreck we had near this light,” said she, “and you know this is the oldest. It 1s ridiculous for any of the crew or passengers to say that the lam; was not burning on Saturday night. It might not have been seen by the St. Paul in such a dense fog, but it was burning as usual. The Point Pinos lightis pot de- pended on in foggy weather by mariners. Neither is any light for that matter. “The whistling buoy, which is anchored three-eighths of a mile off the point, is placed there for just such a night as that was last Saturday, and by its sounds mar- iners are guided through the fog and around the point safe into Monterey Bay. This buoy plays its part well and can be heard far out to sea when the rays from my lumP cannot be seen 8 hundred yards distant.” Some of the published statements of the passengers regarding the demeancr of the crew and the condition of the boats are remarkable. There was excitement and confusion among the former, of course, when the sieamer began to bump into the rocks, but the action of the people belong- ing to the steamer was superb. hey quieted the fears of the frightened and prepared them for their departure from the ship. In the darkness the boats were quickly lowered, each with its officer and crew, and the passengers one by one were skilliully embarked. It was dark, the billows were breaking around the doomed vessel, but not a life was lost and not an accident occurred. One or two of the servants lost their heads, but not a sailor faltered in his work. Captain Downing, with his ship grinding to pieces under him, his profes- sional future ruined, thought only of the lives intrusted to his care, and he sent them all safeiy ashore. The St. Paul, stranded and listed over on her bed of rocks, affords a new feature to the attractiveness of iristoric Monterey, Pacific Grove and Del Monte. Everybody comes down to the wreck in all manner of tarnouts, from phaeton to cart and from bus to buggv. They come through the pine woods to see the melancholy spectacle of a ship which would leave her element for a journey overland. s NO HOPE FOE THE ST. Captain Minor Goodall Do~s Not Think the Vessel Can Be saved. The following telephone message was re- ceived from Captain C. Minor Goodall, who is at the wreck of the steamer St. Paul, by the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- pany vesterday: “The ship is lying easy, hemmed in by the rocks. Doubtful if she can be got off. She is entirely exposed to the swell, which is striking her endwise at the stern. “Landed all hands on board for the night, as the swell was increasing. The steamer Santa Cruz will be unable to get very close to the wreck. Will try and get pumps on board when the Santa Cruz ar- rives Monday. I think the leak is aft and will try and get a diver down to locate it.” Later in the day Captain Goodall tele phoned again, saying that he was about to start for the wreck with three boatloads of men to see what could be done to save the vessel and cargo.. In talking about the vessel and her loss Edwin Goodall said that st:e was valued at apout $100,000 and was only partly insured. A great deal of the cargo is a total loss, but the greater portion of it is insured. The company has owned the St. Paul for a little over three years, having purchased her from the Alaska Commercial Company. For years the steamer ran to Alaska and when General Grant was making a tour of the world the St. Paul was chosen to carry the party to the glaciers of the far north. Later she was chartered to the North American Navigation Company and ran in opposition to the Pacific Mail on the Panama route. The steamer Coos Bay was to have gone to Alaska yesterday, but the company took her off and sent the Yaquina in her place. The Coos Bay will now take up the run- ning of the St. Paul on the San Diego route. PAUL. “Ed” Cashen was at Point Pinos when the St. Paul went ashore. He reached San Francisco yesterday. He states positively thatthe station light was burning brightly at the time. Half an hour after the vessel struck he was aboard and remained by her until 7 o'clock on Sunday morning. *“‘At that hour,” said he, “‘there was not a drop of water in her bold, and it was only when the captain ordered the engines full speed astern that holes began to show in her bottom. The St. Paul went on a broad shelving rock and every wave took her further onit. She was surrounded by rocks, but the one on which she rested was the best one that could have been found to run on. Idon’t think the vessel can now be saved.” Captain Downing has been for years in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. He was formerly mate on the Orizaba and later had command of the Yaquina. When Captaia Green was trans- ferred to the State of Calirornia, a few months ago, Downing was given the St. Paul. DEATH STRIKES IN MERCED. Sudden Passing of Charles E. Fleming, Proprietor of El Capitan Hotel. MERCED, Car., Aug. 10.—Charles E. Fleming, the proprietor of El Capitan Hotel, fell dead in his room at the hotel this afterncon at 4 o’clock. He had not been feeling well during the day, and in the morning had sent for a doctor, as he has been suffering from neuralgia of the heart. He was walking around the room and suddenly reeled and fell onto the bed. His daughter, who was near him at the time, believed that he had fainted, but on reaching his side she found that life had fled. Apoplexy was the cause of death. Fleming was one of the pioneer resi- dents of Merced County, and was formerly under-Sheriff under the late A. J. Meany. He had charge of El Capitan Hotel for eleven years, and at the time of his death was about 51 years old. He wasa mem- ber of the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. Fleming had been one of the most en- terprising citizeps of Merced for many vears, and greatly assisted in the building up of the town. His loss will be seriously felt in the locality, where he made many frienas auring his long residence. i i PUTS IN AT ASTORIA, Typhoid Ferer Reported on Board the Ship Harland. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 10.—The British ship Harland arrived this afternoon, thirty-nine days from Hongkong, with fever aboard. During the passage all of the crew were sick with what appeared to be typhoid fever. Three are still very ill and not expected tolive. The vessel has a clean bill of health from Hongkong. Ths local health officer attributes the sicfi ness to the water taken aboard at Hong- kong. Every man aboard lost from twenty to forty pounds in weight in the last three weeks of the passage. ZE e Reno’s Suspects Arraigned. RENO, Nev.,, Aug. 10.—James Porter and Thomas Halkatt, the men i custody charged with attempted train-wrecking, were given a hearing before Justice Linn to-day. Only about half the evidence on the part of the State was introduced when a recess was taken until to-morrow. Itis understood the defendants claim they can &mn an alibi by a barkeeper in the Palace otel here, who they claim saw them sev- eral times during the night of the at- tempted wrecking. HUNTING WHALES IN PUGET SOUND. Beoming of Cannon Heard Over the Waters at . Tacoma. ONLY A FIN CAPTURED. It Is Carried Away by a Solid Shot, but Its Owner Escapes. HARPOONISTS THROW WILDLY A Lively but Unsuccessful Chase Viewed by Several Hun- dred Spectators. TACOMA, WasgH.,, Aug. 10.—A disap- pointed crowd of whale-hunters and ex- cursionists returned to the city to-night. They had chased a whale up and down Henderson Bay all to-day, had shot at him, prodded him with their oars, and yet the cetecean came off victorious. He did not seek revenge, being content to bury himself in the green waters when his pur- suers came too close or startled him with cannon shots. The hunters claim to’have chipped off a piece of the whale’s dorsal fin with the first cannon ball, but they did not bring it home to exhibit. Soon after 7 o’clock this morning the tug Laurel steamed away to Henderson Bay, followed at 9:30 by the steamer Se- home with 200 spectators aboard. The Laurel carried over twenty men. Soon after 10 o’clock a whale was sighted, when the rowboats were left behind and the tug’s speed increased. Nearly two hours were spent beating about. Then, as the whale rose slowly to the surface a few rods away, the cannon blazed and the whale dived. The new rope did not unwind readily, so that the shot only grazed his back and knocked off a piece of fin. A half hour later another shot was secured, but the aim was again incorrect and the ball entered water instead. Operations then ceased for dinner, after which men in rowboats spent several hours in unsuccessful attempts to harpoon the monster. The harpoonists and rowers alike seemed scared, for invariably they let the whale start to dive before throwing their weapons. They were alongside the whale several time. At other times they rowed rapidly until nearly to him, when ali seemingly experienced that tired feel- ing and their efforts were relaxed antil the big fellow had gone under. The leviathan came up near the Se- home, and now it was the excursionists’ turn to be scared. Some wanted to return home at once. The Laurel approached and the cannon was aimed, but it did not work to suit Gunner Bradshaw. This at- tempt proved abortive, and aiter follow- ing the spouter about a half hour longer the hunt was given up for to-day. NEW TO-DAY. No Sweat Shops! Have you read of the dreadful slavery practiced by the so-called “Woolen Mill” Tailors and the agonies and misery their poor employes undergo ? Do you pa- tronize that kind of business ? 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