The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED DAY, MARCH 23, 1898 FRED FRANKS and GUS JOUMIER, the Last of the Tickets for a Passage on the Iil-Fated Go'd-Hunters to Purchase Almy. those who started for the land of gold full of hope may yet return to tell the story of the sunken ship, it is believed by seafaring men th: even if there n attempt to get ashiore in boats ym the fact that | heavy cros: there were Leavy seas and terrible gales, it is now believed that no one will return to tell the story of the | storm. When discovered the bark lay on her the bow s washing over with the starboard side, than the stern, lower | in the slightest danger of turning over until she was half full of water.” The bark Kate Davenport got in from Puget Sound yesterday. Captain Masters reports that.on Sunday night it blew a gale from the northwest and that the wind was accompanied by a sea. The storm continued all day Monday and stayed with the bark from Eureka to Point Reyes. The Davenport was sixty miles off shore {during the storm and saw nothing of | the Almy. A feeling of indignation is very gen- | eral in shipping circles over the fact that the Almy was ever allowed to g0 to sea. The insuranee people would ! have nothing to do with her, and an | | not at all sure of their vi | tickets issued to the twenty-s her. All of the miz: 1mast was out of the water and the stern was gone. The crushe sred timbers showed that heavy s \ad swept over the vessel during the height of the storm. The cabins wel ashed off the deck and some of the planking of the hull was loose, showing that the bark was in 1 condition or that the seas were | s0 violent as to overpower her. On the davits there was not the sign of a boat, though it is not known whether they were swept aw with the cabin or whether the unfortunates aboard the plow their way through the mountain- ous seas to the shore. The last of th been wrecked blackbirders” like the other ve: sels of the fleet, hier loss has been ac- panied by a terrible loss of life. Sunday last the bld bark Helen W. sailed for Copper River with even gold hunters and a crew 1 told aboard. Yesterday ereli the Golden Gate d' there was not a“trace of the forty souls who, with many misgivings, trusted their lives to the old trader. The first of the “blackbirders” to be the brig Tahiti. e was on from the Gilbert Group to with over 300 natives (black- birds) nded for the coffee . plantat ntral America, when she capsized in a squall and everybody on board was drowned. The hull float- ed about for months and finally washed ashore. The next of the fleet to go was the steamer Monts Captain Black- burn took her down to the Southern Seas on a number of trips and she brought hundreds of “blackbirds” to Ocos and other Central American port ‘When all the labor required on the cof- fee plantations had been supplied the steamer was put into the coal trade, and one trip she was caught in a vio- lent storm off Capt Flattery and went down with all on board. The last voyage made by the Almy before this ill-starred one was begun was with a g0 of “blackbirds” from Ocos to the Carolines. When that trip was completed she was laid up in Oak- | land C only to be withdraw.. from retirement to carry miners to Copper River and incidcntally to their death. The first news of the disaster was brought in early +esterday morning by the steamer Santa Rosa. When about nine miles southwest of Point Bonita Captain Alexander sighted the hull of what he afterward described a a double topmast schooner. many remembering the fact that the double topmast schooner Maid of Or- leans had capsized in the harbor some vears ago and that she had sailed for a lumber port a few days ago, set it down to be her. " Later, however, the tug Sea Witch came in and reported the derelict to be the Helen W. Almy. The report of the captain of the tug was that the dere- lict was iying on her starboard side with her bow lower in the water than her stern. The lower yard of the fore- mast.only showed, while the main from the topmast up was in sight. All of the mizzenmast was out of water, and the rudder as far as the lower gudgeon was plainly visible. At that time her stern was beginning to show signs of dissolution, and when the captain of the tug Vigilant saw the wreck later it was entirely gone, the cabin was washed off the deck and some of the planks were working loose from the ribs. Two attempts were made to tow the wreck into port, but the hawsers parted, and the Almy had to be left to her fate. ‘When the Almy sailed last Sunday the weather was fine. and the pros- pects for a speedy voyage were good. On Sunday night it blew 'a northwest gale, and all of Monday the storm continued, and only began to go down with the sun on Monday evening. While it lasted the old bark must have labored terribly, and the supposition is, that when the strain came on the chain plates the top sides opened up and the Almy began to fill “The wind did not capsize the Almy,” gaid Captain Ed MecCoy vyesterday. “When she began laboring her seams opened out and the water poured in faster than the pumps could take it out. She gradually sank in the water until a certain limit was reached, and then she rolled over. She had five boats, and the passengers and crew may have had a fighting chance for their lives. “If any of them were picked up’' on vessels bound north it will be some time before we hear fromgthem, as ev- erything afloat for Puget Sound is making long passages on account of the heavy weather. The Almy was only about 300 tons burden, and as she had 125 tons of ballast in her sheshould have stood up as stiff as a church in a gale. If the tale is ever told, you will find that the Helen W. Almy was not This set | everybody ‘‘on ’change” guessing and | offer of 10 per cent to insure her for | sixty days was refused by J. McCallan Mutual Insurance Com- themselves were | el, and the en men who went away on her read “for pas- sage to Copper City (if possible).” The twelve men from Colgate, Indian Ter- Titory, got scared at the last minute, and on Saturday night last tried to get their passage money back, but failed. of the Home pany. The owners | Sunday morning they went aboard and inking ship tried In vain to | tarted on the ill fated voyage. The Helen W. Almy. ‘was built in| Fairhaven, Mass., in 1859, and was | 208.59 tons net burden. She was 116 | feet 4 inches long, 29 feet broad and 12| feet 5 inches deep. Many years ago she | {was purchased by Captains Freéman | | | | her back almost broken. | It was blowing a nor’wester, and think- | places, and that all over the hull there | and he only pooh-poohed the matter and Robinson, who brought her to San | Francisco and put her into the Hono- lulu trade. She carried sugar for many | a day and was then sold to the Mc- | Collam Fishing and Trading Company. | During the season she was sent north after codfish, and ‘between seasons she carried lumber from Puget Sound. On one occasion she sailed from Tacoma for Levuka, Fiji, with a load of lum- ber, but was dismasted in a gale and | put in here leaking badly, and with | The Almy | never recovered from that buffeting, | and she has always been considered a risky vessel to have anything to do with after that. After being fixed up as well as pos- sible the bark was sold to Wightman | Bros., who sent her to the southern | seas on a trading cruise. She brought back a cargo of copra, but owing to th fact that the vessel could not be kept free from water a considerable portion of it was spoiled. Captain “Jim” Lut trell made a couple of voyages in her and finally refused to go to sea in her again, as he was afraid she would | founder. The waters of the southern | seas had not been very tender with the old bark, as the hull had become worm- eaten, and in order to hold the vessel together it had to be sheathed below | the water line. She was then laid up in Oakland Creek. ‘When the Almy came out of retire- ment again it was to take a cargo of | “blackbirds” she had brought up on a previous occasion back to the Caroline group. Captain Pedersen, now of the | ship Centennial, was chosen to com- mand- her. In talking about that voy- age yesterday the captain said: “T)| never had such an experience in my life | before nor since. Kvery time a_sea | would strike the ofd craft I was afraid | that we would lose our rudder and sternpost. We left San Francisco for | Ocos in January, 1896. When we got outside it was blowing too hard, so I put back. The next day we made an- other attempt and got her off shore. ing the bark might be leaking some I ordered .the well scunded. She was leaking and that badly. The pumps were started, and after three hours’ work T found that we were only holding our own. “The mate had been in thevessel when she was laid up in Oakland Creek, so I turned to him and asked ‘Mr. Mate, is there any bottom to this ship.” His answer was ‘Oh, yes, sir; keep on pumping, you'll find it Well, we kept the pumps going all the way to Ocos, and all the way from Ocos to the Caro- lines, and all the way from the Caro- lines back to San Francisco, and I'll be —— if I ever found the bottom of that craft. “When she came out of Oakland Creek this last time I looked her over and found that the nails that held the sheathing on had rusted away in many were crevices into which I could stick a knife up to the hilt. I told Captain Hogan what kind of a vessel she was, and said ‘I know where all the leaks are and I am going to have them calked up.” Well, he did have them calked up, but there was many and many a leak in that hull that neither he nor his calkers ever found.” When the question of putting the Almy in the Copver River trade was first broached the Wightmans offered to sell the vessel to Mohns & Kalten- oach for $3000. The deal was not con- summated, however, but finally Cap- tain W. J. Hogan purchased a third interest in_her, Henry Mohns a third and John Wightman retained a third interest. 4 In talking about the disaster yester- day Mr. Mohns said: *T am sorry, of course, for the loss of my . ship, but when I think of the passengers and erew it makes me sick at heart. The vessel was old, but was perfectly sea- worthy, and we spent a large amount in fixing her up. She was on the dry- dock and recalked, so she could not have leaked a great deal., A temporary deck house had been built to accommo- | il-fated boat, date the passengers, but it was s and there was no danger from it. Each bunk had a life preserver under it, and we put five new boats on her. Besides the passengers’ outfits there were 125 tons of ballast in her, and that should have been enough to keep her upright | in a typhoon. It is a mystery to me | how the accident happened.” If Captain McCoy’s theory is correct, which it undoubtedly is, then Mr. | street, San Francisco. | Spreckels building. | are to have no incumbrances heard from by this time. The twenty- seven passengers were no doubt below and went to their deaths while asleep. The crew may have been awake, but even if they were they had no time to lower a boat or make any effort to save themselves. It is almost certain that the vessel ‘was struck by a squall, for she lost sev- eral of her spars, her masts being broken off close to the deck. If there should come a strong blow the wreck will go-to pleces in a few hours, for it will be impossible for her to with- stand the action of the waves, and a lit- tle buffeting will line the beach with her material. Even should it get no rougher than- it was Vyesterday the Almy cannot hold together much longer. While the Vigilant was hov- ering about her considerable wreckage tain Silovich and his crew declared in the most positive terms tha from the shape and build of the vessel, as well as from her apparent old age, ‘she was undoubtedly the bark Helen W. Almy. —_————— On Board the Almy. ALAMEDA, March 22.—Among the passengers on board the ill-fated Helen W. Almy, which was capsized outside the heads on Sunday, was Walter .Mohns of tuis city, son of Henry Mohns, one of the charterers of the schooner. Two other Alameda young | men, George Forderer and Lewis Ward, were to have gone on the vessel, but were unable to get accommodations because of her crowded condition. They are thanking their good fortune now. The lost young man was employed as a clerk at his father’s place on Market SIR KNIGHTS AND FAIR LADIES Masonic Festival in Aid of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Home. Meeting of the Heads of the Differ- ent Departments—Success Assured. The heads and assistants of the differ- ent departments of the coming Masonic festival met yesterday in the Claus Charles L. Patton presided and Mrs. Frank Plerce acted as secretary. It is quite evident that the Masons in California are alive to the fact that the Widows' and Orphans’ Home must soon be completed, and now they on this home. Many novel features are promised for the festival, which is to be held at the Mohn's mystery is a mystery no longer. | Captain Hogan of the Helen W. Al- | my was well known in San Francisco, | aving commanded a number of ves- | sels trading with this port. He was/ last in command of the ship Wachu- | ett, but resigned several months ago. | Strange to say, the Wachusett arrived | here yesterday, having made the run | from Seattle in three.days and a half. Probably while the ship was flying| through the water on the wings of the | northwester, the unfortunate men -on | the Almy were a few miles away fight- ing with death in the same gale that s helping the Wachusett to make a | record-breaking trip. It is said that F. R. Cromwell, one of the passengers reported missing, is alive and in the city. At the last mo- ment he refused to take passage on the thereby escaping the catastrophe. In the wreck of the Helen W. Almy, off Point Bonita, on Monday night, whereby her crew and passengers, | bound for the gold flelds, were drowned, | there is recorded another tragedy of the high seas-that i$ criminal in some of its aspects. An old vessel that was good at best for kindling wood, loaded with men bound for the fields of fortune, was swamped about fifteen miles from the | Cliff House—nearly ashore, as it were, | thus making death seem the more hid- | eous, in that the elements stole a| march upon the life-saving station that | was almost in view. The wreck was a silent protest of the sea’s repudiation | of a craft unworthy to ride upon her | bosom. The tug Vigilant, Captain John Silo- vich, left Felsom street wharf shortly after noon to go to the wreck, which was reported to be abreast of Pillar Point, about twenty miles south of >oint Bonita, and this proved to be orrect, as she was found :drifting around near that vicinity. The ill- was first sighted about 2 She was then but a speck upon the face of the ocean, and could only be seen when the tug breasted a high wave. The Almy lay upon her starboard side, with her stern out of the water. Nearly all of the stern had been car- ried away, and from the sectional view of the water-logged vessel, as well as | from her sides, from which the tim- bers could have been pulled with the hands, it could be seen that the bark was rotten to the core and utterly un- seaworthy. She was beginning to go to pieces, especially her sides, while her masts, lying in a confused mass of wreckage, will soon drift away. Her’ mizzenmast and maintopmast were gone. The vessel had been under a heavy head of sail and she was upon the port tack, for she turned over to starboard. From this fact it would seem as though an attempt was being | made to put about for some reason that will never be known. % Captain Silovich managed to get a line to the vessel’s back pin, with the view of righting her sufficiently to read her name, but the pin would not hold. He then made fast to the spanker boom and pulled it free from the wreck. This he brought back to the city with him. He endeavored to get a line fast to the mainmast, but the water was too rough for the tug's small boat, so it was given up, as Cap- tain Silovich was afraid that'it would swamp. The men, however, brought off from the vessel some hlankets and towels, which were entangled in the wreck of the stern. These were new and had evidently been part of the passengers' outfits. Captain Silovich declared that tha vessel was a man trap, and that she was thoroughly rotten. He said: “The Almy sailed on Sunday and ever since we have been having northerly winds. I believe that the vessel sprang a leak or that there was a mutiny on board, for she was bound back to port. I am certain of this fact, for the vessel was sailing upon a port tack, as is proven by her being upon her starboard. She had nearly all of her sail spread, and I presume that a sudden squall struck her and simply tore her apart. You can see the Vi 1 was no good. In fact, she is not worth saving. It is criminal to pack men off in such boats as that one. The Almy had two new yards rigged up before she sailed, and these were found among the wrecked rigging of the vessel. This source of identifica- tion only serves to confirm the theory | that the vessel was the Almy. Captain Silovich was of the opinion that the vessel had foundered Monday night in a squall, although she may have done so shortly after leaving port, and has been floating around ever since, but this is not probable, as she would have been sighted before. There- fore the most plausible theory is that the -Almy met with her | misfortune Monday night as she was endeavoring to get back to port. Captain Silovich entertains no idea | if needed. Mechanics’ Pavilion early in May. Charles L. Pierce, chalrman of the pro- motion and publicity committee, reported active and enthustastic interest of all Masons in California. There are about 19,000 Masons .'ho are active members of lodges in this State, and possibly 14,000 more who have joined lodges in the East and Burope. Hundreds of inquiries from Masonic families come daily, all offering aid or novel projects for the easy raising of money to make the festival & success and get enough money for the Widows' and Orphans’ Home. One enthusiastic member had already a list of some 900 children who are to take part in a wreath and flower march, forming pretty figures emblematic of Masonry, after which a battle of flowers will ensue. Mrs. Frank W. Pierce of Ouak Leaf Chapter of Eastern Stars, who raised $700 last year toward the home, is an_inde- fatigable worker, and showed keen ‘judg- ment in matters intended to interest the | general public. She declared that the mothers and 25 the wives and rela- were ‘all eager to do their share of the work, and suitable work should be found for them. As chairman of the booth committee she has planned a variety of novel and interesting features. One of these will certainly please the ublic, as it is intended to gather all the Rie jewels and regalla and show them in a separate booth. Although this may necessitate the getting of large fireproof safes for their safe keeping after the festival at night, it is thought of so much interest as to warrant the expense. All the children will clap their hands in glee, for if they cannot “ride the goat” their father rode, they will at least be perched on the top of one of the many camels that will walk about in their allotted track. Mrs. Dr. Edna R. Fleld is another Eastern Star that 18 pointing the way to sure success. She proposes to have sew- ing bees, knitting bees and working bees, who will aim to get the “hard sugar” out of the pockets of those who may be found sauntering about the festival. Her plan of a silk May pole is a very interesting one and will certainly be ad- mired by the young ladies and gentlemen of the fraternity. The committee on finance reported several thousands al- ready donated, with a promise of more Chairman Patton now looks forward to the ralsing of all the money needed for the Widows' and Orphans’ ome. CONGRESSMEN BELIEVE WAR IS INEVITABLE Continued from First Page. ing the initiative by the presentation and passage of a bill appropriating $500.000 for providing food and medicive for the suffering Cubans, just as was done with the $50,000,000 national defense bill. The probabilities are, however, that Con- gress will wait for the President’s mes- sage on the genegal Cuban question and that this message will be accompanied by the report of the consular officers. ‘When the Cabinet adjourned to-day it was the understanding that the Presi- dent's first communication to Congress would be the subject of the Maine dis- aster; that he would transmit the full text of the report of the Naval Court of Inquiry with such-comment as the char- acter of the report might make neces- sary and with the statement that the President would communicate with Congress within a very few days in re- gard to the general Cuban question. Viewing the situation from every con- ceivable standpoint. President McKin- ley and his administration and his Con- gressional advisers can see nothing but the danger of war ahead. As clearly in- dicated in the Herald this morning the recognition of the independence of Cuba as one step toward ending war in the island without necessarily involving the United States in hostilities is under ex- isting conditions impracticable. I was authorized by a member of the Cabinet to-dey to say that this proposition is no longer considered in the realm of the possibilities which the President is dis- cussing with a view to definitely forming his policy. The President has reached this conclusion after talking with some of the best international lawyers and has been forced to the conviction that unless Spain of her own accord will grant the Cubans independence, forcible interven- that any of the crew were saved, for if they had been they would have been tion will ultimately become necessary. . The President sincerely hopes that in the shape of planks floated off. Cap-'| belli by Spain and that, pending our ef- fort to ameliorate conditions in the isl- and, the Spanish Government may find some way of giving independence to the Cubaris without involving the two coun- tries in war. Just how- this can be done he does not know. He recognizes that the United States cannot go on indefi- nitely feeding all the people in the isl- ! and, and he believes the judgment of the | ¢ivilized world will sustain him in brings ing to an end a condition which makes such action on the part of-the United §tates necessary. The feeding of starv- ing people he does not consider an act of war. If Spain so considers it, the re- sponsibility is upon her. If war comes the President prefers that it should result from our attitude in regard to' the general Cuban question rather than on account of the Maine dis- aster. President McKinley realizes that the report of the Court of Inquiry will be such as to cast grave suspicion upon Spain in the popular judgment. He already knows that it will not directly implicate the Spanish Government. The report will be here on Thursday. Its general conclusions are already well | known. It will be transmitted to both | houses of Congress on Monday. In| the House it will be referred to the | Committee on Foreign Affairs and in | the Senate to the Committee on Naval | Affairs. The latter committee has al- ready been authorized by resolution to | begin a Senatorial investigation as to | the responsibility for the disaster, and { by the reference of the report to thati | committee hasty action of any kind will be prevented.” The President, in his message on the | general Cuban question, in which the rer | lief appropriation will be asked for, will | make it so plain to Congress that the | island of Cuba is lost to Spain and that the Government aid contemplated is | practical intervention, that he believes Congress will not hesitate to grant the | appropriation asked for without such | conditions as. might justify Spain in considering it an overt act of hostility. | This, at any rate, is.what he prefers. | Whether Congress will make the ap- | propriation without a specific declara- | tion for forcible intervention remains to | be seen. ‘{ Representative Cannon of Illinois is | one of the men who still believes that | war may be avoided. He said to mc: | “As 1 lock at it, every day’s delay is in | the interest of peace, for if I understanc the situation every time the sun goses | down it leaves the United States better prepared to fight and it icaves Spain in v:orse condition than on *he day before. The gigantic preparations tlie Uritea States is now making for war may be the meons_of preserving peace.” 10S ANGELES EXPRESS HELD 0P BY BANDITS Continued. from First Page. | tained of the robbery and started in | pursuit of the robbers. i COMPEL THE FIREMAN TO KILL ENGINE. It Is Evident That the Robbers Were | 0ld Hands, Who Knew Their Business Pretty Well. TRAVER, March 23.—Northbound | passenger train No. 18 was held up at | Cross Creek bridge, four miles south of ; Traver, last night about 10:55 p. m. by | two train-robbers. The men boarded the train at Go- shen, and soon after pulling out climbed into the engine and compelled the fireman to cease firing the engine. ‘When the train reached Cross Creek the steam gave out and the train stop- ped. The express car was then blown up with dynamite. It was completely demolished. The mail car was then entered and the mail pouch containing the through San Francisco registered matter was cut open and all contents taken. No | one was injured. | The robbers had a buggy in readiness | near the scene and they left in this, go- | ing north. They were heard golng by | Harry Burk’'s saloon in Traver at a | lively pace. The trainmen hurried to Traver with the engine and mail car. Southern Pa- cific Detective O. J. Meade was onboard | and he notified the Fresno and Selma | officers, and posses were sent out on a | special train, leaving there at 2:45 a. m. | In.the posse were Sheriff Scott, Depu- | ties Henry, Peck and Timmins, and | Constable Con Angel. | A posse was also started from Tu- | lare, led by Sheriff Merritt. The Sher- | iff has with him Daggett and Reed, the | men who frustrated the McCall hold up two years ago, g No special description can be given of the men. Cross Creek bridge is two miles south of Traver, and the men would have had time to reach Traver. They were evidently headed for Fresno. Only two —en were in sight during the hold-up. Sectionmen have been taken to Cross Creek and the wrecked car placed on a siding to allow the train to proceed. There is no means of finding out how much was taken by the robbers from the express box. The train was the local from Los An- geles and as a rule does not carry a great deal of treasure. GRADERS TAKE THE FIELD. JAMESTOWN, March 22.—Oharles Erickson of the firm of Erickson' Broth- ers, railroad contractors, who bullt the Sierra railroad, will leave here to-mor- row with his grading outfit for Stockton, where he will commence ing for the Stockton and Tuolumne County road. A car loaded with plows, scrapers, tools and camp equipments will leave by the early morning lrei{ht and fifty head of horses will start for the trip overland ‘with the wheel scrapers of the outfit. It is expeéted that it will take them two days to reach Stockton, but they will be there in time to commence active opera- tions in grading rext Monday. S——— G ennt— . To Cure a Cosd in Ope Day - Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al refund the rioney if it fails to cure. S6c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on egch tablet. | | { | | is still in progress. | Peter MéHugh, T. L. Jones, George Magoonis, CONS WTHoLT FORTIFICATIONS Novel Plans for the De- fense of Exposed Sea Coasts. Army Engineers so Certain of War That Emergency Steps Are Taken. Instructions Given to Prepare Im- placements on the South At- lantic Coast. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, March 22. The War Department officials "are not going to wait for the construction of fortifications at points where they are needed along the coast and where there has not yet been a beginning, but they have already taken steps looking to the placing of a number of heavy coast defense guns without any fortifications whatever. In a general scheme for fortifying the seaboard fortifications come first and guns afterward, but so certain are/ the officers of the army that war is to be the outcome of the present crisis that they have determined upon an | emergency plan for'fortifying the coast which is unique in the annals of mod- ern warfare. There are several points along the .-tlantic¢ seaboards where the need of proper fortifications and meth- ods of defense is very great. To-day in discussing the plans for coast defeise with a Senator who |is particularly interested, General Wilson stated a step has been taken looking | to a still more effective defense. Un-| der this plan coast defense guns are to | be erected without waiting for the for- | | | tifications which usually precede their ave been instructed to prepare the ‘way at once for the necessary implace- | ments for a number of big coast de- fense guns, which are to be put at crit. ical points on the South Atlantic coast. | This explains the large purchases of | concrete which have been made by the | department. The theory on which this | work is being done isthat the guns can | shoot just as well and just as effect- | ively with no fortifications around The fortifications will come later. WAS HER FATHER. | Mrs. Mann, Though Ill, Comes Into! Court to Claim the Miser’s Estate. STOCKTON, March 22.—The legal | struggle over a division of the wealth | left by George Kasson was resumed in | the Superior Court to-day. Two more | mitted to them that he had a wife and | two children, but the most lnterestingl testimony of the day was that of Mrs. Mann, ‘who, with her brother, is a| claimant. to the big estate, The scene In the court 'room Wheny Mrs. Mann was brought in for the first time, was quite dramatic. She is still | far from well, and, reclining in a chair | and bolstered up by pillows, she swore that she ‘was a daughter of the de- erections. The engineers of the army | them as they could properly fortified. witnesses testified that Kasson had ad- | ceased. During her testimony she ad- mitted that she had been married andi divorced twice, and that at one time | she had led a life of shame. The case b R T RICEMOND SEWER ASSESSMENT. | The Contractor Has Turned Over His Claims on Delinquents to His Attorneys. The contractor who fn 1895 constructed the Richmond sewer for which there is a balance of about $15,000 due has become somewhat impatient and as a_result has | turned the collection of the amounts still | due from the delinquents over to a .aw firm to collect. The Point Lobos Improvement Club to | which is due the credit of having this | sewer constructed feels as if the honor | and good name of the club is at stake and | has in a mild manner urged the liquida- | tion of this indebtedness, as without the sewer the district would never have made the headway it has as a residence sec- s view, the club at i | last night passed the following ;:smfxetfl;x'lg | It having appeared In the daily press of city that the Richmond Tmprovement Club had passed resolutions against the payment of as- sessments for the Richmond District sewer out- ; and, - Whereas, Certain persons have taken I granted that the Boint Lobes Imbrovement Club had passed such resolutions and were against the payment of sald assessments, and inasmuch as the olub was largely Instrumental curing rights of way and vi sewer bullt; be it, therefore; o Sevae e esolved, 'That the Point Lobos Improve Club hereby attest to the error of sueh. re. ports: and be it further Resolved, That we not only. favor the pay- ment of all such assessments, but would re- specttully urge all persons irterested to pay e same at once, thereby bringing c: pon the aistrict: ands be It fucthert 5 credit © Resolved, That in.our judgment, the work Is by far the best sewer outlet ever built in this clty and_county. James H. Dever, J. W. Russell, P. I. Ward, Frank B. Gibson, W. T. Lyon, Edward Ginly, Georse B Flotoher, Wiliiam B” Johnsan. o Before the adoption of this, however, Felix McHugh, a prominent contractor and property owner of the district, ex- | pressed himself as being somewhat op- posed to the club placing itself on record as trying to collect debts for any person. On this proposition President Fletcher of the club ®xplained that the club was not doing anything of the kind, but inasmuch | as the club had succeeded In getting the sewer built it desired to see the contractor aid fotr his labor. And further, as it ad gone abroad that the club had a dif- ferent policy, he thought it no more than | right and pmger that it should set itself right before the public, as the resolution expressed. This satisfied Mr. McHugh and the resolution was adopted. The committee on _more school accom- modation asked for further time to make | its report. The committee on the opening of First avenue into the park, through its chair- man, Felix McHugh, reported that the committee had waited on the Park Com- missfoners, but so far had not met with the encouragement that would guarantee the much-needed work being gcne this year. Another meeting was arranged by the committee, at which it was hoped bet- ter success would be achieved. - ADVERTISEMENTS. ~ After Illness Perfect Health Was Restored by ; Hood’s Sarsaparilla. “I was all run down from the effects of illness. I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and it entirely cured me. I have always had a weak stomach, but Hood’s Sarsaparilla has relieved this difficulty and made me strong and well.” VIOLET GARDNER, 243 Mis- sion st., Santa Cruz, Cal. ' Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America’s Greatest Medicine. $1; six for $5. | sign and through the | third. Time, 1 MOORED OVE A SUNKEN MINE - Such Is Declared to Have Been the Fate of the Maine. Revelations of a Boston Man After an Interview With® Mr. Roosevelt. Declares That the Board of Inquiry Will Give Names of Spaniards Who Blew Up the Ship. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, March 22.—A very promi- nent Boston man, who within a few months held a high Federal office in Massachusetts, has just returned from Washington. While in Washington he spent the greater part of a day with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roose- velt. This very prominent Bostonian has made the following statement to a gentleman who stands high in soclal and business circles in this city: “First—That the battle-ship Maina was deliberately assigned to moorings over a sunken mine in Havana harbor. .“Second—That the sunken mine was deliberately exploded by a Spanish offi- cer who was in collusion in the deed with other Spanish officers.” From other statements attributed to the Boston man in guestion it appears that the NavalBoard of Inquiry knows the name of the Spanish officer who blew up the Maine and has probably the names of his accomplices in the dastardly crime. It is expected in Washington that the first report of the Board of Inquiry will be made public with a statement that the Maine was destroyed by dee explosion of a sunken mine, but will not relate the | name of the Spaniard who is, respon- | sible. It is believed that a second and supplementary report will give the names or evidence pointing to the identity of the perpetrators of this un- paralleled outrag: RETURNING WITH LEAKING LOILERS. VICTORIA, B. C., March 22.—Stll another of the Copper River fleet, this time the Port Townsend steam schooner Reliance, rechristened the Townsend, has come to grief. She was met at Comox this morning by- the C. P. N. steamer Princess Louise, just returned from Wrangel, having her boilers aleak and her machinery work- ing badly, for which reason she was re- | turning to her home port for repairs. The Louise also reports a temporary movement of Klondikers up the Stickeen, a short cold snap having ren- dered light travel possible in the river for a brief time. Eton Jacket Falls l'ead. NEW ORLEANS, March 22.—FEton Jacket furnished the sensation of the day, dropping dead just as she passed-unde the wire in the third race. Weather fine; track fast. AR Selling, six and one-half furlongs—Lady Ellersiie won, Tachur second, Monon 22%, Selling, one mile—Oninoor won, Tole Time, SKTmons sécond, Blitheful third. Six furlongs—Meddler won, Glenmoyne second, Dave S third. Time, 1:14. Handicap, one mile—Elkin won, What Next second, Judge Steadman thi Time, 1:42. Mile and one-eighth—Pete Kitchen wi Dorothy 1II-second, Bizarre third. Time, Selling, one mile—Lulu Fry won, Nero second. Kallitan third. Time, 1: Man's health depends altogether on the sort of life that he leads. It may be regular, or irregular. If it is the former he is always full of vigor and proud of his strength. If the latter he is always weak and ashamed of himself. From youth to the age of 35 or 40 he should sleep eight hours a day to be in normal and good condition. How, often does he leave the beauty sleep alone altogether and get to bed in the small hours of the morning. This invariably re- sults in weakness that he does not under- stand, and then he is in search after health again. There is only one way in which lost strength can be regained. It is by the use of the specific “Hudyan,” which is the sole property of the Hudsonian specialists, and from them only can it be obtained. The work it does may be briefly described thus : f-3etatetatatetotaiataateiaiatutetatetatal First symptoms of decay. The system fails. Help comes. The system rallics. The glow of health. Wnfififimflfififlfifififlflflfifig 3 3 o 2 3 b = These are the regular courses of those wie get the assistance of “Hudyan" when they need it. It seems not to matter how severe the case, the relief is as prompt and effective “as could possibly be expected. Life is re- gained, and the whole body becomes fresh and bright. The decay ceases at once and the confidence, with the return of health, is again apparent where 1t was dying out. But it is “Hudyan”" alone that brings this precious help. It has restored confidence to some 20,000 people, and it will always remain the friend and helper of those who wish to re- gain lost power and vitality. Circulars and testimonials telling all about its great work are sent free fo every inquirer. If you are at all weak write and learn how to restore " LIFE. HUDSON NEDICAL INSTITUTE, STOCKTON, MARKET AND ELLIS STS., San Francisco. houses, billiard-tables, BRUSHE B wers, bookbinders, candy-mak. Jyers, (wumn'h, :o\:laflu, laundries, D ers, inters, shoe faci stablemen, tar-roofers, 'annumn tailors, etc. » FOR BARBERS, BAK ers, bootblacks, bat! Hood's Fills S5, G055 o Sporaie o2 :EC B b M IIANA‘N 0S.. ‘Sacramento St