The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1896. PRODUCERS NEED MORE PROTECTION Manufacturers Give Their Views to the House Committee. Wares That Require a Revision of the Tariff in Order to Survive. Cotton Men Cannot Compste With the Cheapar Lzbor of Germany and Egypt. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—The second day of the tariff hearing before the Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives was taken up with the discunssion of schedule 1, cot- ton manufactures. Tne firstsection of the schedule relates to the duty on-cotton thread and carded yarns cr warp yarns. The gentlemen who were present to en- lighten the committee in regard to those manufactures were Andrew B. Sanford, R. C. Kerr and W. D. Howl, representing the Cotton-spinners’ Association of Fall River, Mass., and J. A. Campbell, J. C. Young and H. J. McNally of Manayunk, Pa. Mr. Sanford stated the views of the Cotton- spinners’ Association, and was subjected to close questioning on the part of the two Democratic members. Mr. Sanford said that the provisions placed in the tariff bill had practically made it an ad valorem measure. It was simply impossible, he said, for the spin- uers of this country to putoutany fine | yarns, and the mills bad been compelied to stop the making of tine yarns. Rovert Pilling of Philadelphia, a maker of stockings and underwear, said the pres- ent not satisfactory and especially | on foreign fashion goods. Referring to labor, he said that bhere it was paid four times as much as in Germany, the great comnpetitor in the st ng trade. H. B. Chase of Fall River, Mass., spoke for the makers of cotton cloth. They were not ently protected on the fine end of the business, he said, and would ask for a few amendments to the present | law in this direction. They wanted a new classification for cloths exceeding 300 threads to the square inch; otherwise they were satistied with the present duties. He also desired to have goods known as “figured weaves’’ specially provided for. He complained of ad valorem duties and the undervaluing practiced upon them. R. W. Cooper of Olneyville, R. L., a| manufacturer of the fine ;rades of stock- ings, asked for a tariff of 40 cents per dozen and 30 per cent ad valorem on all goods costing $1 50 per dozen and under. His company bad been doing business for twelve years and had never passed a divi- dend. It was beginning to get on its feet | under the McKinley law, but under the | present tariff bad just managed to exist. W. R. Craig of Mississipni, on behalf of producers of ‘‘extra staple,” cotton of the | Mississippi Valley, asked for protection | against Egyptian cotton. This cotton, he said, came into direct competition with the domestic product and to « large ex- tent had driven the domestic growers out. The commission adjourned until to- | morrow, when the sugar schedule will be taken up. OF INTEKES! TO THE COAST. Monteith’s Charaes igainst Distrist At- torney Foote ive Filed. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. —The charges made Attorney George Mon teith against United States District Attor- | ney Henry S. Foote were received at the Department of Justice to-day. It is un- derstood that they bave been referred to an inspector of the Department ot Justice (tiow in California) for investigation. Ac- | companying the chargs made by Mr. Mon- | teith, acting as attorney for Alfred h-‘ are certain exhibits of obscene let- alleged to have been written by George Stierlen to Mrs. Isson. Pensions- have been issued as follows California: Original—Brandt G. Cattlin, | Veterans’ Home, Napa; Cuyler C. Cheva- lier, Redlands; Wiiliam Neyland, Los Angeles; James 8. Baldwin, Santa Cruz. | ‘Additional—Benj-min F. Salsbury, Brush Creek. Increase—Daniel Moore, Niles; Patrick Riley, Requa; James Donohue, San Francisco. Original widows, etc.— Helen L. Uhlee, 8an Francisco. Oregon: Increase — William Palmer, Portiand. ‘Washington: Reissue and increase— Robert A. McNair, Olympia. — Civil Service Extended. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—The Presicent to-day amended the civil ser- | vice rules so s to include in this service all emploves of Government penitentiaries in tbe United States who are subject to classification. e —— Bald’s Spredy Riding WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—The close of the second day—10P. M.—of the international six-day bicycle race left the score standing: Waller, 291 12 laps; Mad- dox, 291; Ashincer, 2 Lawson, 283 8 Japs; Hunter Deil. 286 2 laps; Foater, 236 1 lap; Ba 5 laps. Linton e ——————————————————————— NEW TO-DAY. H 2 son, ters, Still louder rings and ever louder the fame of Jrophy bak- ing powder. - Tillmann & Bendel, Mfrs, rede three miles in 7:06, breaking the rec- ord by 6 seconds. Eddie iald made a quarter of a mile in 29 seconds, reducing tue record by 4 seconds. - Swutton Beats Hatley. CHICAGO, Irn., Dec.29.—Sutton and Hatley were the contestants in this after- noon’s game of billiards in the Bensinger tournament. Sutton (260) won by a score of 260 to 1:0 Averages: Sutton 8 26—30, Hatley 4. High runs—Sutton 46, Hatley 15. Hatley’s handicap was 260. In the evening game Frank Mageiol (300) defeated Hatley (‘lfi()} by a score of 300 to Averages: Maggioli 13 1.93, Hatlev High run: Maggioli 68, Hatley 11. The tournaments close to-morrow with a game between Sutton and Capron. Sut- ton and he will tie for first place. A b Convention of Economists. BALTIMORE, Mp., Dec. 29.—Levering Hall of Joins Hopkins University was well filled with economists from all parts of the country when Professor Adams, president, called the ninth annual meet- ing of the American Economic Associa- tion to order at 8 o'ciock last evening. President Daniel C. Giiman of Johns Hopkins University welcomed the visitors and guests in a few well-chosen words. The convention will close Thursday. g A Spanish Steamer Founders. SANTANDER, parx,Dec.29.—The Span- ish steamer Carranza Martinez bas foun- dered in the Bay of Biscay, off this port. Of the crew of twenty-two men twenty were drowned. The Carranza was an iron screw steamer of 1458 tons gross. sy Death of an Aged Cireus Clown. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 29.—Lan- sing W. Bancker, who was the oldest liv- ing circus clown with the exception of D=n Rice, died last night at the Philadel- phia Almshouse. He was 75 years of age. e g Deatti of Beriram Wodehouse Currie. LONDON, En~a., Dee. 29. — Bertram Wodebouse Currie, a member of the bank- ing firm of Glynn, Miils, Currie and Com- pany, died to-day from cancer, at his London residence. TACOMA PELIKEMAII SHOT. Fatally Wounded by Burglars, Who Arein Danger of a Lynching if, Captured. TACOMA, WasH., Dec. 29.—Policeman Mine Erotton was sbhot by two burglars early this morning and lies at the point of death in the Kannie Paddock Hospital. He discovered the men robbing a second- hand store on Pacific avenue. The oficer ordered them to surrender, and received a buliet in the head in reply. Before falling he fired at his assailant and woanded him, but both men escaped. Detectives tracked them to the southern | part of the city by the blood drippiug irom the wounded man. Brotton is expected to die. There is loud talk of lynching if the men are caught. The man whose store was robbed fl $100 reward for their capture and conviction. Steps are being taken to or- ganize a vigilance committee to string up the men when captured. Brotton is one of the bravest men on the force, and has been in the service eight years. ———— S4ANTA ROSA DAMAGE SUIT. Elder Simmons Complains That He Was Arrested Without Cause. SANTA ROSA, Car., Dec. 29.—Elder T. J. Simmons declares, in a complaint | filed to-day, that he has been damaged in name and fame to the extent of $50,000 by Mr. and Mrs. J. A Mec- Croskey; that the defendants caused his arrest on the 13th of. last March at San Benito on a charge of forcioly abducting Annie MecCroskey and compelling her oy duress and menace to marry him; that they had himsentto a common jail at San Jose for sixteen hours, thereby caus- ing him great mental anguish and physi- cal discomfort; that . efendants had an accountof his misfortunes published in the San Jose Mercury and other papers, and that they wrote to divers persons telling them ot the affair, damaging his name and fame as a phrenologist and reader of character and injuring him in the eyes of the Association of Baptist Ministers, of which organization he isa member in | good standing. He aileges that the charge of abduction brought against him was dismis<ed the day after his arrest, and that $50,000 and costs will alone heal his wounded feelings. e MEDICAL L+KE DISASTER. Explosion of Two Boilers at the State Jusane Asylum. SPOKANE, Wasu, Dec. 29.—The State Asylum for the Insane at Medical Lake was thrown into a state of terror last night by the explosion of two of four boil- ers, which wrecked the boiler-house and partially destroyed the wing and the west side of the main building, besides break- ing every window in the large institution. Turee hundred inmates made mad efforts to leap from upper windows, and were prevented from being dashed to death only by the iron bars restraining them. Many were injured by flying glass and in fiehting to escape. Fritz Thielman, a fireman on duty, was found in the ruins anconscious. . He will die. The building was dameged to the extent of $25,000. — | Data for Tariff Kerisionists. FRESNO, Car., Dec. 29.—In respouse to a request from Congressman W. W, | Bowers, the Chamber of Commerce and Hundred Tnousand Club have called a meeting of the raisin-crowers of the county for to-morrow afternoon in this city. The purpose is to get daca from the growers {0 be supplied to the energetic Congressman, who proposes to make an ' effort in behalf of the industry in the framing of the new tariff bill. Congress- man Bowers wants the information im- mediately. - Santa Rosa Charity Conmcert. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Dec. 20.—A concert in the interest of charity was given here to-night by local talent and proved a great success, both as a musical treat and a substantial financial benefit to the poor and needy. Almost every seat in the Athenaeum was taken, and the large audience was more than pleased with the entertainment. Miss Claire Hope of Sonome, Miss Edith Brown of Petsluma and other well-known Sonoma County singers assisted. S Drowned Near Garberville, EUREKA, Car, Dec. 29.—A letter re- ceived here from Garberville to-day brought news of the probable death of another mail-carrier, E. 8. Dammers, who has been missing since Thanksgiving. Dammers was emyloyed by the mail con- tractor at Kenny to ferry mail across the south fork of Eel River during the high water. No mail bas been lost, but itis supposed he was drowned in attempting to cross the river. He was an old resident of southern Humbo!dt County. Pyt Fatal Shooting at Dimie. WALLA WALLA, Wasm, Dec. 29— Miss Celia Strahm of Dixie was mistaken for an old enemy in darkness last night at the home of her brother-in-law, Eden Burok_er. who shot and fatally wounded the girl. On account of threats made against Buroker he has been keeping a pistol under his pillow, and when he saw Miss Strahm standing at the door he sup- posed her to be some one who wished to harm him and fired. i i Bakersfield Will Mot Incorporate. BAKERSFIELD, CaAL, Dec. 29.—The election to decide on the incorporation of Bakerstield resulted in a majority of 71 against the proposition. Little interest was taken and a light vote was polled. QUEER CURRENTS IRE SAN PEDRO'S Huntington’s Retained Men Evolve a Marvelous Theory. One Insists That Floating Ob- jects Move Against Ocean Streams. D:clares a Southern Pacific Map Of- fered as an Exhibit Is In- correct. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20—It has long been proverbial in this part of the State that the ingenious irrigationist ‘“’can run water uphill.” The Southern Pacific peo- ple are not lacking in similar knowledge. They have made a good many demonstra- tions before the Harbor Commission which have been original and unique, but it remained for this day’s hearing to build up a principle which should eclipse all their former efforts. The first witness for the Santa Monica side in rebuttal was a Captain Salmond. Captain Balmond is no ordinary mariner. He is a scientist and genius combined. Notwithstanding the fact that he is ultra- British and has been on the waters along this coast but precious little, he knew all about local waves, currents, fogs and any- thing else, important or unimportant. His learned disquisition todk the Commission- ers almost off their seats. Nou content with displaying lack of marine knowledge be came inland and explained ail about the currents of cold and hot air traveling to and from the snowclad Sierras and the about, and that “science makes no mis- takes.” Having established the fact that debris and detached material float against the curreuts along this strange coast it follows that a deep-sea harbor at San Pedro, where it will undoubtedly be located, is liabie to fill up and, as Corthell put it, *require constant dredging,”’ owing to the inflow of large guantiiies of these things from Wilmington Slough, which is east of the proposed harbor site. At the close of Salmond’s scientific evi- dence in rebuttal Engineer Moore of the San Pedro contingent asked the English gentleman to step up to the big Hunting- ton map and read aloud some words which were printed by the side of an arrow in- tended to indicate the direction of the currents, He did so, and discovered that the direction was almost opposite to that which he had been trving to establish on scientific grounas. The wtness looked around in a bewildered way when Moore inquired: **What do you think of that?’ Salmond "quickly responded, to the great amusement of the spectators: “The map is wrong.” X Here was a Huntington witness giving a black eye to a blg Huntington map. This is a fair sample of the case the Hunt- ingtonians are putting up in this fight. The map has been condemned time and again by witnesses for San Pedro be- cause of its fraudulent partiality in favor of everything Huntingtonian, but this is the first instance where a Southern Pa- cific witness has jabbed the oid thing vut of countenance. Engineer Moore of the Terminal Com- pany resumed his remarks this morning in favor of 8an Pedro. He said that since the last meeting he had sketched several rough plans for a breakwater for San Pedro harbor. He placed one breakwater between the seven and nine fathom con- tour, keeping close te the latter. This proposed breakwater is connected with the reef at Point Firmin. The east dyke might also be extended to the bell buoy, which is in seventeen feet of water. The available area for a harbor beiween the six and seven fathom contour would be thir- teen acres; on the nine fathom contour there would be an area of 175 acres, witu a depth of water of 42 feet. The sketches offered to the commission by Mr. Moore for an outer harbor admit of an extension of limits if necessary. The angle of the proposed breakwater is not normal with the swells. He believed this an advantage. In fortifying this osition Mr. Moore quoted from Engineer tevenson, who is eminent in his profes- sion. An angle with the prevailing swells is an advantage, continued Mr. Moore, and all the authorities confirm the propo- sition. In a southeast sea, he contended, mariners would no doubt avoid both pro- posed harbors. This last remark was made in answer to a question by Engineer Corthell. 1f experience should suggest it, the opening of the harbor might be made narrower, thus affording greater protec- tion from the effects of southeast winds. Engineer Corthell—If the harbor is made according to your plans what woula be- come of the detritus? Engineer Moore—I should say it would | be carried out to sea. The water issuing i from the Wilmington lagoon would have THE RIVAL HAREORS. The above map, taken from the United States Coast Survey charts, shows the direction of the coast line at San Pedro and Santa Monica, tive exposure of each harbor to the force of th the depth of the indentations and the compara- e winds and waves. On this section of the coast, as is commonly known and well emphasized in the testimony before the Harbor Commission, the greater proportion of the winds, and by far the most severe, come trom the southwest and west. To these winds and the heavy ssas called ap by them the so-called harbor at Santa Monica is fully exposed, and in the opinion of those who have had long experience on these coasts and the fullest opportunity for observation, ship captains and others, no amount of expenditure on artificial protection can so alter the natural as to make Santa Monica a permanentiy safe harbor. At Ban Pedro, on the other hand, the high mountain to the west of the place, with Point Firmin running far out into the sea to the soutn, give ample protection from the western winds and waves, and Santa Catalina Island. directly to the southwest, forms & natural bulwark over twenty miles long in that direction. Against the far side of this island the waves, which have had an uninterrupted sweep for thousands of miles across tho deep waters of the Pacific, expend their force, and S8an Pedro gets none of it; while Santa Monics, out of the range of this protection and having no other, is exposed to their full fury. sea, and from Biskiyou to San Diego. The members of the boara smiled at vari- ous times at the entirely irrelevant disser- tation, but Captain Salmond did pot un- derstand the smiles and so went on. Now, this genius, through the careful manipulation of Engineer Corthell, estab- lished the new and startling principle that debris, coal and human bodies will stem ocean currente, i. e., will, when precipi- tated into these strange waters, float in the opposite direction to that of the cur- rents. This is not just what Captain Sal- mond said in so many words, but it was the inevitable conclusion to be arrived at from what he did say. He stated it as a positive and incontrovertible fact that the currents south of Point Conception were all toward the west. This is a contention which the Hunting- ton people have been endeavoring to veri- fy from the outset. The allegation has received so many jabs about .the eyes by both land lubbers and a score of old sea- men that it has been much disfigured. Captain Salmond cleared the whole thing up to-day in a manner so scientific that the opposite doctrine ought to be aban- doned. The citizens of Long Beach must now construct a new theory to account for their being supplied with coal from colliers discharging at San Pedro. Here- tofore these simple folk have thought that their marine coal supply came to their humble dwellings with the currents, not against them. Moreover the bodies of geveral sailors, fishermen and bathers who lost their lives in the treacherous under- tow at L'ng Beach have invariably been found eas. of the town. Usually these bodies bave cume ashore near the mouth of Alamitas Creek, one mile east of the Long Beach wharf, where most of the drownings have occurred. In the case of the unfortunate sailor, Alexander Flood, who was drowned there last Saturday and whose body was recovered yesterday, the body was carried to Devil's Gsate, nearly three miles east from where it entered the water. Captain Salmond told the board that there could be no mistake about his theory; he knew what he was talking velocity sufficient to carry off all the ma- teriai that might accumulate. Engineer Corthell was not satisfied with the conclusion reached by Mr. Moore. He thought the sediment would drift into the pocket created by the proposed break- water. Mr. Moore was unable to give au estimate of the area of the watershed or the amount of water that naturally finds an outlet at the San Pedro harbor site, but he was satisfied the sediment would never interfere with the efficiency of the proposed harbor. Atter Eugineer William Hawgood had filed a profile of the harbor at Plymouth, England, Vice-President Thomas M. Gib- bon of the Terminal Railway began his summing up on vehalf of Sar. Pedro. His corporation had so far expended over $3,000,000 in the development of the har- bor facilities at that point. He confined his remarks to the transportation features of the pending controversy. Mr. Gibbon traced the growth of Los Angeles from the early '80’s and reviewed the harbor contest. The selection of Sunta Monica would mean, in the speaker's opinion, a commercial dependence of Los Angeles upon the Southern Pacific Rail- road. He quoted Senator George C. Per- kins in the upper house of Congress, whose claim hes always been that the Southern Pacific built its wharf at Santa Monica as a business investment, and not because C. P. Huntington at that time expected tne Government to assist in the construc- tion of the harbor now proposed. Mr. Gibbon called attention to the alleged fact that if the proposed harbor was loc: ted in Santa Monica the board of trustees of that town would absolutely control its entrance and exit. Mr. Gibbon, summing up, was brilliant. He was listened to with wraptattention by every member of the board. At his conclusion Engineer Hood took the Ter- minal’s vice-president in hand. The two fenced, sparred, thrust and parried, not unlike a couple of boxers battling for a championship beit. Mr. Hood acknowledged during the bout that it was he who had sent to Washington the telegram to Senator Frye last spring saying that the anchorage at 8an Pedro was bad. Mr. Gibbon had in bis main argument not mentioned Hood by name. Mr. Gibbon said it bad been unfortunate erroneous reports had been extensively circulated to the effect that there was no holdng-ground at San Pedro. This state- ment was emphatically made by Senator Frye in Washington, and based on that theory, it was asserted, the Southern Pa- cific abandoned its $3,000.000 worth of property at San Pedro and expended $1,000,000 on a wharf at Sania Monica. Continuing, Mr. Gibbon went into an elaborate argument against build- ing a deep-water harbor at Santa Monica. He reiterated the statement, many times made, that the land along the water line at Banta Monica was owned either by the Southern Pacific Company or the Jones and Baker estates. Mr. Gibbon argued that the holding on this frontage was a virtual monopoly that was thoroughly protected by the laws of California. If & harbor were built at Banta Moenica, no company could beon an equal footing with the Southern Pacific. It might be possible for a rival company to gain 2 iand approach to the harbor by condemnation of a small strip; but it was evident that r.o private individual would ever attempt to construct a wharf out into the proposed harbor. The expense would not be undertaken, Mr. Gibbon argued that the building of wharves at Banta Monica sufficient to haundle any consideraple business would cost as much as the proposed harbor it- self. He pointed out the advantage the Southern Pacific gained by constructing its wharf at Santa Monica. A great ceal has been suid,” he remarked, ‘“of the advantage gained by the com- paratively short distance between Los Angeles and the proposed harbor at Santa Monica. The figures, however, show that Ban Pedro is but 170 miles forther away than Santa Monica, and this extra dis- tance is equalized by the grade that favors the former place.” s Mr. Gibbon derlared that the railroad facilities at San Pedro were far superior to those afforded at Santa Monica, and this condition could not possibly be changed. The records of the holdings of property at San Pedro proved the Southern Pacific did not and could not monopolize harbor frontage. The topography of the country around San Pedro Bay precinded any possibility of a monopoly. = The railroads now doing business in this vicinity and those that might hereafter come here, save the Southern Pacific Company, felt that it would be to tbe best interests of commerce that the deep-see harbor be constructed at San Pedro. Mr. Gibbons paper closed the formal presentation of San Pedro’s case, TO ADVERTISE CALIFORNIA. Scheme to Rear an Arch of Fruit in Washington Before McKinley's Inauguration. STOCKTON, Car., Dec. 29.—Colonel Henry G. Shaw of this city has originated a unique idea for paying a delicate tribute to the office of President of the United States, and at the same time advertising in an artistic and effective manner the re- sources of California. Ay least 500,000 people will witness the inauguration of President-elect McKin- lzy, and on March 4 next Washington City will be in winter gala attire. Colonel Shaw’s novel project, toward the cost of which he has already raised nearly $500, is tae erection of a California citrus arch on one of the principal ave- nues of Washington. Thedesign, a rough sketch of which bas been prepared, pro- vides that the columns, four in number, shall be completely enveloped by oranges and lemons. The bpases are to be faced with California onyx and marble in astyle similar to the front of the Stockion Free Publ.c Library building, the invention of Architect John Pelton. The arch itself is to be of dressed Califor- nia redwood, trimmed with other Cali- fornia woods such es the laurel, orange and tamarack. On lop, on either side, will be exhibited fuil bearing orange and | lemon trees and in the center a California grizzly bear rampant. Suspended from the arch will be a number of crystal globes, to be filled with_different varieties of California wines. In each of these an incandescent light will illuminate the wine. Legends devoid of any party sig- nificance are to be cut on each face of the arch. By means of incandoscent lights concealed within the arch the letters are to beilluminated. As electric lights are to be blended with the fruit on the columns the effect at night is certain to be very beautiful. Palms and pampas plumes are also to be used for decorative purposes. BOLD ROBBERY AT PAISLEY. Thugs Tie a Blacksmith to His Anvil and Leave Him There to Freeze. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 29. — Charles Campbell, a Paisley blacksmith, was the victim of cruel robbers Saturday night. He was despoiled of $700 and narrowly es- caped alive. Late at night Campbell finished tbe shoeing of a team of stage horses and was returning from the barn to his shop, when two men seized him. He struggled vio- | lently, but was thrown on his back by the thugs. The smith succeeded in arising and with powerful blows he felled both robbers. Their recuperative forces were as great as his and tbey succeeded in floor- ing him a second time. Recognizing the strength of their victim the thugs proceeded to fasten one of his hands to the anvil and the other to a ring in the wall. Then he was gaggea to pre- vent him from making any neise. This done they searched the premises, finding the $700, in gold coin, recreted 1n the shop. The robbers evidently were acquainted with Campbell’s habits, else they would not easily have found his treasure. Campbell was not found until about 10 o'clock the next day, when some one beard bim kicking the floor, and ne was rescued from his trying position, nearly frozen to death. AT N L L HERDS BESEYI BY COYOTES, Farmers Lose Heavily in Sections of Frewno County. FRESNO, CALn.,, Dec. 29. — The sheep- men are complaining bitterly of the depredations of coyotes in the foothills. Thousands of the pests are reported to be scouting the hillsides for food, and mak- ing serious inroads in the sheep herds. Their nightly choruses are also becom- ing a great nuisance. Ever since the bounty on coyote scalps was repealed the animals have increased in numbers at an alarming rate, and it is understood 1hat the sheepmen will apply to the Legisla- ture for relief agamn. Trouble is also ex- perienced in the western portion of the county. On one ranch a few days nlgo coyotes devoured three new-born colts and even foaght the frenzied mares which endeavored to protect their young, RS R DEATH AT EUEEKA. Passing of John W. Traverse, an Old Time Composi‘or. EUREKA, Can, Dec. 29. —John W. Traverse, an old-time San Francisco com- positor, died here from consumption this afternoon, at the age of 62. Traverse came from 8t. Louis in 1855, and first worked on the Alta Californian, receiving a $50 slug for his first day’s work. He after- | ward at different times worked on THE CaLn, Bulletin and Examiner and was probably one of the best known old-time rinters in San Francisco. At one time e was proprietor of the State Democrat, published at Albany, Oregon. He had resided here for the past thirteen years and worked at_his trade until about six months ago. He died poor and will be buried b, the local Typographical Union. At s g Big Fish Caught at Monterey. MONTEREY, Cat., Dec. 29.—Manuel J. Silva, a fisherman of Monterey, harnooned alarge tunny (giant mackerel) near the Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s wharf Sunday afternoon. 'he big fish was a fighter and dragged the boat some dis- CAPTAIN GEORGE CALEB STRICKEN Death Claims the Veteran Navigator at San Diego. Was the Only Surviver of the Wreck of the Cara R. Suttil. Served Time in a Memc‘m Prison for an Alleged Infraction of Revenue Laws.. SAN DIEGO, CAL., Dec. 29.—A queer old character died this morning at the County Hospital. He was George Caleb, formerly captain of a Pacific Mail steamer and a man with an excellent war record. His age was 62 years. In 1860 Caleb landed in California and engaged in shipping. He was the owner of the bark Clara R. Suttil, wbich foundered off this coast twenty-one years ago. Captain Caleb got away in 2 small boat with four sailors and suffered terrible pri- vations. Their food and water gave out, and Caleb, being smaller than the others, was fixed upon asa victim whose flesh sbould keep the others alive. He got up in the bow with a revolver and said he would kill the first man who crossed a certain mark. Later two of the men became crazy and jumped overboard, and the other two suc- cumbed. -Caleb, reduced to a frightful extremity, dined after they had aied. He was picked up by a steamer, more dead than alive, and was the only survivor of the wreck. During the war Caleb commanded a sup- ply-boat in Southern waters, most of the time under Farragut. At the battle of Mobile he did gallant service and was in- jured by a shell. He served for three years and then returned to California. He ran sailing vessels down the lower coast and made money, but through un- scrupulous associates lost 1t. In 1884 he was arrested at La Paz and his schooner, the Adriana, confiscated for an alleged infraction of the revenue laws. Caleb served eighteen months in prison and afterward entered a claim against the Mexican Government, which is still pending. Caleb in 1888 sailed the brig Tropic Bird, of which he was owner, to Ensenada and there lost it through a series of misfor- tunes and swindles. The old man saw many adventures during his thirty vears of seafaring, and was engaged in writing his avtobiography when he died. BOLD PORTLAND THUGS. Rcb a Woman and Her Escort at a Revolver's Point on a Thickly Peopled Street. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 29.—For bold- ness, and daring aadacity a holdup last night at the corner of Thirteenth and Jefferson streets eclipses anything that has yet occurred during the present epidemic of lawlessness that is sweeping over Portland. On a thickly peopied thoroughfare under the broad glare of an arc light and immediately in front of a Jarge boarding-house, at the early hour of. 7:30. two people, a man and a woman, who have so far failed to report their identity, were halted and relieved of their valuables. The inmates of Mrs. Perey’s boarding- house, directly across the street, were witnesses of the deed. The woman's shrieks brought them all to the door in time to see one man thrust a pistol toward the face of the woman and seize nher watch. This he passed to his com- panion, at the same moment turning the weapon upon her escort. They both started to run. On nearing the corner of the street, ‘he man with the watch turned and shouted to his companion. ‘*‘S8heot him! shoot him!” The rear man turned but did not fire, and soon they were lost in darkness. NEW TO-DAY. It Makes The Man| Apparel of our tailoring pro- claims the wearer a man of taste in dress, and a good judge of values. 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