The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1898. LEASE OF THE MAILORS” HO Awarded to the Present Management. FOR A THREE YEARS’ TERM ELONDIKE SHIPS A DISGRACE TQ THEE GOVERNMENT. Supervisors’ Committee to Confer With the Chamber of Com- merce on Inspection of Vessels. The Supervisors met yesterday, the delay of a day being dus to the fact that the intervention of Decoration day, a holiday, made it necessary to | walt one more day for the advertise- | ments which must be printed for fi\-e‘, days excepting holidays. The only subject brought up that | aroused more than a passing interest | was that of the lease of the Sailors’ | Home, which is now in the hands of the Ladies' Seamen's Friend Soclety. The | e of the matter before the board ‘was on a motion to tra + the home to the care of the Women's Seamen's Benevolent and Protective Sociéty, the ladies of which had ac d the man- agement of sectariani, It was the sense of a majority of the board that whatever sectarianism had been detected in the present manage- ment of the home had disappeared and that the manage t now is perfactl ute to the mo- present manage- the lease of the anagement for ed to 1 submitted a reso- the Mayor to ap- of three to confer f the Chamber of vith them to memorial- s which the Klon- 1 brought about. stated that thirteen passengers sailing from that of Seattle had been object of the committee the p and to inspection of all els. The Govern- team vessels now, h on on the committee. s -Tn,nv\nnxw aiany g"d'.ng v. On motion nton the Mayor was | emer T added to the number, 2 § n - § PETITIONS REFERRED TO STR rk of the board was directed | LIGHTS COMMITTER e rtise for bids for the keeping in 5 1 ins Fell and Devisadero—B. E. all streets now paved with | erestion of nclgrl?\“p‘;tfih(n. Fomiko i S ous rock or those that may be | Fell and Broderick—Same. r July 1 REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE ON to hold monthly boxing MATTERS SUBMITTED AT PRE- | was _granted to the VIOUS SESSION. Athletic Club. A similar | san Bruno avenue and Fifteenth street—In nted the California Ath- g Club, esolution submitted by Devany, utro F road Company was re- This | further disasters by | is out of the| line of New Montgomery for a distance of 80 feet—Same, Bryant, Twenty-ifth to Twenty-sixth—Curbs and paving. RESOLUTION OF FULL ACCEPTANCE. Clay street, Walnut to Laurel—Bitumen. Harrison, First to Fremont—Basalt. Clay, Baker to Lyon—Bitumen. Oak, Baker to Stgnyan—Bitumen. RECOMMENDED FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. Taylor and Green—Bitumen. Waller and Central avenue—Sam Guerrero, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Same. Belvedere, Frederick to Waller—Same. RECOMMENDED FOR CONDITIONAL “AC- CEPTANCE. Ivy avenue, Laguna to Buchanan—Bitumen. ORDER CHANGING AND ESTABLISHING GRADES. Boswerth, Marsily, Ceufer and Milton in ‘the De Boom and Spring Valley estead trac cts. Sixteenth to Alameda—Ralsed to the al line. Rhode Island and De Haro—Ralsed line. BIDS ORDERED REJECTED. Sixteenth, Castro to a point 255 feet west- erly from same—For sewering. McAllister, Lyon to Central avenue—For pavin 8. Eighteenth, Ashbury to Uranus—For grad- ng. PROPOSALS ORDERED READVERTISED. Sixteenth, Castro to a point 255 feet from same—For construction of sewer. Elghteenth, Ashbury to Uranus—For grading. PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED READVER- TISED. Easterly line of Willard at intersection of Golden Gate avenue—For construction of storm water inlets. PRIVATE CONTRACTS. Perry, Third 550 feet easterly from same— To property owners, for paving. MeAllister, Lyon to Central avenue—To prop- erty owners, for paving. EXTEN Florida, Twenty-sixth to Army—To Warren 30 days on their contract to grade and pave. Julian_avenue, Fourteenth to P. Broderick, 60 days on sidewall EXTENSIONS OF TIME RECOMMENDED. Market, easterly line of Second to easterly line of Rifth—To City Street Improvement Com- pany, ® days on paving. nyan, Oak to Frederick—Same, ourteenth, Guerrero to Dolores—Same. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COM- MITTE: outh, Railroad avenue to C. Boyan, for extension of contract to grade, etc. e e, Andover avenue to a point 200 feet west of South avenue. Eighth avenue, J to K—Property-owners for grading, macadamizing, etec. Eleventh avenue, L to M—Same. | Eleventh avenue, north line of K to south line of L—Same. | Bryant, Twenty-sixth to Army—John Kels for rejection of bids for grading. De Long avenue and Frederick street—George Graham, for paving. Gates and Ellsworth, Cortland to Eugenia | avenues—Manuel J. Pires, for grading, sewer- ng, etc. Ashbury, from & point 150 feet north from Fifteenth—To ks. Fifteenth avenue N street south—M Eighteenth, to connect with sewer in same— Pipe sewer. Ashbury, ‘Seventeenth to Elghteenth—Prop- erty-owners, for grading, etc. t, Mason westerly to conform to present improvements—Flinn & Treacy, for the estab- lishment of grades District bounded by Cortland, Crescent, San | Bruno and Andover avenues—Property-owners, | for the establishment of a system of sewers. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COM- | MITTEE. Thirteenth avenue, H to I—Property-owners agalnst grading, macadamizing, etc. Brannan, Ninth to Tenth—Property-owners | against paving. | Dorland, Dolores to Guerrero—Property-own- ers against construction of sidewalks. Greenwich, Union and Su on to_Taylor—Same. r—Property-owners against from westerly termination to a m Diamond—Property-owners zing, grading, etc. | y-fourth to Twenty-fifth— ks. h. -fourth to Jersey—Same. h, H to L streets south— favor of comstruction of sewers and abating Lo centh, San Bruno avenue to Kansas— ,_Alameda to Fifteenth—Same. the amount due the | . 'Noe to Castro—In favor of proceed- cent of the gross ith the work of grading. Snchiee ashington, Locust to Spruce—In favor of g - | awarding bids to lowest bidder for paving. - District | C: o Noe—In favor of grading, urveyor, | s to Franklin—In favor of post- or the Su- | PORIng street work for six months. 3 Army o Noe—In fav pervis journed to the committee | sewerin, - ke e room and there in a neat speech Super- | Lombard, Polk to Larkin—In favor of pav- visor Delany f ted to Supervisor Ro handsome presentation | teenth_avenue south. P to O street—In s unted Staft SMborts granting a hearing to property owners which was to Dr. T. A. Rot- fornia Volunteers, the Board of Su- 1898.” Dr. Rottanzi le words, h ch T e STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Week’s Work of the Board. lowing i a complete record of the that passed the t yesterday's ses- CONTRACTS. Curbing and paving, to t Company. me to San Fran- arket, Sanchez to Noe s California—Grad- McCaffagen. TREET WORK. ues—Grading, pipe etc. o0 . to P. g, -Curbing, paving, etc. t to southerly termin: —Curbs, sidewalks and ¥ line of Hubbell—Same. )LUTION OF 1 TION. Dorland, Guerrero to Dolores—Curbs and side- ks rtcenth avenue, H to I-Grading, curbing, ering and pavin Lower Terrace, Serpentine place to Pluto street—Curbing, sidewalking, grading and pav- ng. RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. Page, Baker to Lyon—Curbing and paving. Easterly line of Isis, § feet northerly from Thirteenth, thence southerly along easterly line of Isls for a distance of 80 feet—Sidewalks, Northeasterly corner @ Thirteenth and Ists, easterly along_ northerly line of Thirteenth for a distance of 150 feet—Sidewalks. Dearborn place, Seventeenth to southerly termination of Dearborn place—Curbs and pav- ng. Fourteenth, Church to Sanchez—Curbs and paving. From_a point on_a southwesterly line of First, 75 feet from Tehama, thence southeast- erly along southwesterly line of First for a distance of §0 feet—Sidewalks. One hundred and fifty feet on the northwest- erly line of Clementina, southwesterly along northwesterly line of Clementina for a distance and then | rs for his success | and speedy promotion. | yon to Central avenue—In favor ng property owners permission to pave | by private contract ‘Arkansas, Mari of_postponing pav th, Mi sa_to Eighteenth—In favor g for six months, fon to Rotteck—In favor of g, macadamizing, etc., until stablishment of grades. street, Sixteenth to Alameda—In favor blishing grades. eda, Rhode Island to De Haro—Same. Fulton to Me- line of Franklin, ugenta avenue, Moultrie to 'Anderson—In of postponing grading, sewering, etc., for six_months e avenue, Twenty-eighth to Guerrero r of postponing paving for six months. Third to 550 feet easterly from same— | In favor of paving by private contract. | " Sixteenth, Castro to a point 225 feet westerly m same—In favor of rejecting blds and re- 5 er petitions and protests reported on ad- ly or filed. HOFF WILL NOT HANG NEXT FRIDAY NOTICE OF APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED IN HIS CASE. It Will Act as a Stay of Proceedings, It Is Said, for a Month at Least. Albert Frederick George Verenesenec- kockockhoff, better known as Albert Hoff, who murdered Mrs. Mary Clute in cold hlood some time ago, will not hang for his crime within the walls of San Quentin next Friday. For a time it was thought that the murderer would go to his doom for the heinous crime he committed with- out delay, but his attorneys 'yesterday took advantage of the law and he has been granted a lemEomry respite. Short- ly after Judge Cook convened court yes- terday morning Attorney Schooler, chief counsel for the condemned man, appeared and filed a notice of appeal from the judg- ment of conviction. The appeal to the Supreme Court will act as a stay of execution and prevent the hanging which was to have taken place Friday. The grounds on which the appeal will be made are not as yet known, but in any event it is the opinion of Assistant District Attorney Hosmer that all that can be galned by the move is delay. Ow- ing to the fact that the time for the tak- ing of an appeal on account of errors of 150 feet—Same. mitted during the trial has_expired Northeasterly line of New Montgomery street | O ‘ ¢ distant 80 feet southeasterly from Mission, | Nothing will go to the Supreme Court but thence to south long northeasterly | the information, the plea, minutes of the 1 do not believe there 18 a case of dyspep- sia, indigestion or any stomach trouble that cannot be re- lieved at once and rmanently cured y my DYSPEPSIA CURE. MUNYON. all druggists, 25¢c. a vial ui to Health and medi- cal advice free. 1503 Arch street, Phila, DYSPEPSIA CUR court, charge of the court and the iud;- ment. This will render the labor of the higher tribunal less difficult in reachin a decision, and it is thought that Ho! will be taken to the gallows next month. — e ‘Where Is His Boat? ‘Willlam Clarke, a boatman, living at 1822 Montgomery street, swore to a com- plaint in Judge Low’s court yesterday for the arrest of Eugene Langford, Henry Hart_and “John_Doe” on a charge of grand larceny. He alleges that Sunday morning he sailed to Harbor View and tied his boat to the wharf while he went to get some clam chowder. When he re- turned to the wharf his boat was disap- earing in the distance, and he was in- Fome that Langford, Hart and another man had stolen it. Since then he has been unable to find any trace of the boat, which he values at $150. —— e Surrendered Himself. A. J. Greene, the attorney charged by John Lapique with forging his name to an order on the Public Administrator au- thorizing him to compromise his clalm on the estate of Jean Louis Ader, surren- dered himself at police headquarters yes- terday and was booked at the City Prison. He was released on his own recogunizance y Judge Mogan, WAS AT THE BOMBARDMENT San Juan Engagement by a Participant. A YOUNGSTER'S DESCRIPTION ONE SHELL WHICH CAME NEAR THE FLAGSHIP. Frank A. Kinne, a San Franciscan, Gives a Graphic Account of the Second Important Naval Battle. Frank A. Kinne, a San Francisco youngster, graduate of the High School here, and the son of Colonel C. Mason Kinne, is acting second lieutenant of ma- rines aboard Admiral S8ampson's flagship New York. His description of the bom- bardment of San Juan, Porto Rico, writ- ten to his father, is a vivid account of the engagement of the Spanish batteries. The Call is permitted to make these ex- tracts from the letter: U. 8. 5. New York, Key West, Fia, May 15, We arrived here last evening from San Juan de Porto Rico, having been gone since May 4. When we came over from Cuba hurriedly on May 1 and began coaling ship, stores and ammunition for a long cruise, of us thought that when we left have some fighting to do and it proved true, . was the daring of that little spitfire of & tor- pedo boat Porter. While reconnoitering close in shore she drew the fire of some rifiemen upon her. What did she do but turn her stern to the enemy and commenced firing her little one- pounder into thelr mfdst; of course amid the roar of the great guns her fire could not be heard, but the continual and steady puffs of smoke from her looked very saucy. It was comical, indeed. Having withdrawn to a safe distance, we counted noses, as it were, and compared notes, and found that we were all all right save the tew sad casualtics mentioned above. At 5 p. m. we stopped and half-masted our colors, for we on the New York had that saddest of sad rites to perform to one of our comrades who was with us but a few hours before, and now cold in death and to be burfed at sea. The word was passed, ‘Al hands bury the dead,” and if anything makes me feel Creepy and goose- fleshy it {s that. We all laid aft and the chap- lain performed the ritual service. The marine guard presented arms and he that was was de- Tivered to the depths of the sea. ‘‘Taps' (lights out) was sounded and then three stirring volleys given to the brave fellow who died for his country at his post of duty. We then pro- ceeded on for this place for coal and stores and further orders. Take it all through, the men were cool and collected and showed the American spirit. Such was our second fight. FRANK A. KINNE. PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS. Merchants’ Association Fighting for Cleaner Streets and Better Lights. The first meeting of the new board of directors of the Merchants’ Assoclation was held yesterday, and the following di- rectors were present: A. S. Baldwin, ‘Wallace Bradford, Joseph Britton,Charles Bundschu, Joseph D. Grant, Marshall Hale, Hugo D. Kell, D. V. Kelly, George Liebes, John E. Quinn, Hugo Rothschild, W. R. Sherwood and Rolla V. Watt. The THEY ARE NO MORE FRIENDS John F. English at War With Mrs. McCord. HAD TROUBLE OVER WINDOWS. A HIGH BOARD FENCE NOW DI- VIDES THEIR PROPERTY. Both Parties Believing That They Are Right, Refuse to Yield an Inch in the Matter. A thirty-foot high fence now divides the friendly feeling that once existed between John F. English, a commis- | slon merchant, and:the widow of John only absent directors were F. W. Dohr- | McCord of the well known hay and mann, now in Europe, and Vanderlynn | 8rain firm of Scott & McCord. The Stow, now in the East. The following | present unpleasantness is due to a dis- officers were elected for the ensuing | pute over property rights. The result year: President,F. W. Dohrmann; firstvice | of the row is that several carpenters president, A. S. Baldwin; treasurer, V.| have been given employment, and the Stow, and second vice president, HUEO | property owned by the disputants has D. Keil. Acting President Baldwin an- | nounced the appointment of the following | be¢R made unsightly by the high board standing committees: Public affairs—Di- rectors Kelly, Hale, Grant, Quinn and Sherwood; publicity and promotion—Di- rectors Bundsghu, Watt, Bradford, Keil WAS ON THE FLAGSHIP Acting LIEUTENANT FRANK @. KINNE of the Marines, Flag- ship New York, U. S. N. although we did not meet the Spanish fleet. | We lett here at daylight on the morning of | May 4 and proceeded to the Cuban coast and | picked up the battleships Iowa Indiana, | monitors Terror and Amphitri cruisers Montgomery and Detroit, tug Wampatuck, collier Niagara and torpedo boat Porter, With this rather formidable fleet we steamed east- ward, and our conjectures proved true that we were t0 proceed to Porto Rito and tackle the Spanish fleet if we could find them there. We steamed slowly, as the speed of a squad- Ton is the speed of the slowest ship, and the monitors are not very fast. However, we ar- rived about thirty miles north of San Juan at midnight, May 8, and the admiral issued final instructions, although several plans of battle had been agreed upon before. Either to find the Spanish fleet outside the harbor, or to find them inside or not finding them at all, to attack the fortifications. This last what we did as the enemy had withdrawn from that | locality the day previous. We steamed very slowly toward the harbor, feeling our way | and keeping a very sharp lookout for the enemy. At 'a. m. all hands were called and at 3:3) a. m. a light breakfast was partaken of. At daylight we arrived in the offing of the harbor, but not a sign of the fleet. Signals were run up from the flagship and we formed “line of column’ on the Towa; next came the Indiana, then the New York, Terror and Amphitrite, in order named. ~The Montgomery, Detroit and Wampatuck were sent out as flank scouts and to mark the ten fathom Iine with stake boats for turning point. The little Porter was sent in to reconnoiter and the Niagara with the Wampatuck were to recede out of range of fire. The attacking line steamed in a triangle, thus formed by the stake boats, and each in turn as it came in range poured forth a steady stieam of shells that created chaocs in the forts and town proper. At 6:15 a. m. the signal gun for battle was fired from the Towa, to be instantly followed by her great guns and 4-inch battery. The Indiana opened fire with her 13-inch guns, fol- lowed by her S-inch and 10-inch. Then tits New York and the monitors. The cruisers on elther flank had come to a standstill and were pouring broadside after broadside into the fort: When our shells struck the forti- flcations it seemed as if a volcano had just broke forth, with the rocks, dirt, dust, smoke, etc. golng up into mid air. The guns on the Morro and water batteries were silenced in- stantly and the Morro completely demolished. One of the 13-Inch shells from the Indiana cut a steeple of a church in two as if one were cutting butter with a knife. This was only our first round at them. They returned our fire, of course, but did not get our range, and most of the 'shots whizzed over us, bui dropped rather close for all that, and were not at all inviting. We could watch them in the air just before they struck and they looked ltke little bees buzzing along, but I am very much inclined to belleve that their *'sting’ would be of a far different nature than that of the busy bee. The second round was even more fierce than the first, as the ememy had seemed to have gotten our range better and their shells came too confoundedly close for comfort at all, but still none of our ships were hit until we were nearly out of range, when two of their shots told on us. We were drawing away from them, having silenced_and demolished all but thrée guns, when a’shell struck a_stanchion on our port quarter. It exploded, the pieces fiying in' all conceivable directions, through smokestacks, ventilators and decks and wrecking one of our cutters, which we were compelled to throw overboard. It killed one of the gun's crew in- stantly, striking him in the back of the head, and wounding three others. We carried the poor_fellows below and made them as com- fortable as circumstances allowed. The Iowa was also struck once, wounding two men, and these were all the casualties that occurred in our fleet of seven vessels and mearly 2000 men engaged. On the enemy's side the slaughter must_have been fic, as all our shots told, and thirteen-inch shells ~exploding in their midst are not anything to play with, In watching the flight of one of their shells, which was tumbling and raising quite a whir, it reminded me of a duck being shot on the wing and tumbling to the water below, so realistic was the sight. For my part, I don't like those kind of ‘‘ducks" around us. Another amusing incident of the day, if such lthings in such times could be called amusing, and Liebes: trade and finance—Directors Britton, Rothschild, Stow, Bradford and Sherwood, The following parties were elected as regular members of the association: M. C. Baker & Son, Paul P, Bernhardt & Co., Christian Froelich, Pacific Coast Syrup Company _and John Vennekohl. The Board of Supervisors having adopted the plans of the association for lighting the streets of the city, it was decided to of- fer a reward of $20 for best design of an electric light pole to be erected along Market street and Van Ness avenue. The committee upon sprinkling the streets with salt water reported progress. Assayer Thomas Price has been employed to make a report to the board upon the effect of salt water upon bituminous pavements. As soon as this report is re- ceived further action will be taken. Regarding the abolition of poolrooms within the city limits, the following com- munication was received from Chief of Police Lees: “In reference to your letters relative to poolrooms where poois are sold on horse races in this city, I inclose reports from Captains Wittman and Spillane of May 20 and June 4, 1898. Their reports of June 4 show that no poolrooms selling pools on horse racing exist in this city. but are now situated at Oceanside, San Mateo County, and Sausalito, Marin County, where they have licenses and are selling pools on Eastern races.” As the efforts of the board had been exerted toward this end, the report of the Chief of Police was considered as a very favorable showing of its work. The Mer- chants’ Association of New York reported that the efforts made to prevent any re- duction in the free delivery system of the mails had met with success. Answers were received showing that our delegation in Congress had favorably acted upon the telegraphic request forwarded by the Merchants’ Association of San Francisco. —————. DR. OPHUELS APPOINTED. Chair of Bacteriology at Cooper’s Is Filled. Professor Ophuels has been appolnted to the chalr of pathology and bacteriol- ogy at the Cooper Medical College. Dr. Ophuels is a graduate of Gottingen Uni- versity, and for a time was an assistant in that college. He comes to, Cooper Col- lege with high recommendations from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Abtams will confine his attentions to clinical diagnosis, being relieved by Dr. Ophuels. —————— Duelists Arraigned. John Joseph Sehl and Charles Hammer- smith were arraigned before Judge Mo- gan yesterday morning on the charge ¢f assault with a deadly weapon. Their at- torneys sald they were not ready to pro- ceed, and by consent a continuance was granted till Friday. No complaints have as yet been sworn to by either party, and It is the general beliet that each will refuse to pposecute the other and the cases will fall through. The police have been unable to find any witnesses who will say that they saw the shots exchanged between the parties in {the lodging house, 242 Post street. —_—— The Capron Case, United States District Judge Morrow yesterday dismissed the sult brought against Kearney and others of the Ca; ron heirs by Attorney General Fitzgeraid. The action was brought to prevent the distribution of the Capron estate. fence being erected under the direc- | tion of English. | Some three years ago English pur- | chased a piece of property on Fell street, between Central and Masonic avenues, and erected a three-story dwelling on it. At that time the prop- erty on the north side was not built upon, and English took advantage of that fact to get all the sunshine possi- ble in the house. The north side of the house was studded with windows look- ing out upon the vacant lot, and every- thing was satisfactory until a few weeks ago, when Mrs. McCord bought the adjoining property. Acting under the advice of her friends she decided to erect three flats on the land. She intends occupying the lower flat and renting the two upper flats to increase her income and lighten her burden in looking after her family. It “was undoubtedly due to an over- sight on the part of the architect that all of the windows on the side of the flat next to the house owned by Eng- lish are on a level and directly opposite thewindowsof theEnglishdwelling and a three-foot passageway running along the north side of the Engiish property | is all that divides the houses. It would | not require an acrobat to pass from one | house to the other by means of the win- | dows. | _English was displeased when Mrs. | McCord began to build. Her house cut off the morning sun from his house and darkened the rooms. He could not make any objection to the improving of the property, however, but he did ob- ject when he found that nearly all the windows on the south side of Mrs. Mc- | Cord’s building were placed directly opposite the windowB on the north side of his house. English and J. V. Hull, a carpenter and builder, had a consultation with the representatives of Mrs. McCord. While they objected to the location of the windows they said that they would not' make complaint if stained glass, stationary windows were put in the McCord building. The McCord people agreed to the stained glass windows, but would not consent to stationary windows. They represented that the only way of ventilating the rooms on that side of the house would be by movable windows. Then English directed Builder Hull to erect a 30-foot fence to cut off the view into his premises.. The light has been cut off on the south side of the McCord building, and while the fence remains there much difficulty will be found in securing tenants. There is a possibility that the Mc- Cord people will finally consent to the stationary stained glass windows, and then the high fence will come down. ready for the St. Michael trade as quickly as possible. She has been purchased by the Alaska Venture Compan; t the head “‘the Borax of which {s Millionaire Smith, King.” B ———————— The Clarkson Case. The case for the prosecution in the trial of Willlam Clarkson for embezzling gold bullion from the Mint wes closed yester- day and several witnesses were examined for the defense. It is expected that all the evidence will be in to-day and the case submitted to the jury.® THE CHARTS WERE _ VERY INCORRECT. CAUSE OF THE WRECK OF THE CORONA ASCERTAINED. i | Seven Fathoms of Water in the Place Where She Struck on the Reef and Sank. Captain O. F. Bolles and J. K. Bulger, local inspectors of steam vessels, have completed their reports as to the loss of the steamship Corona and the accident on the Pomona. In the first-mentioned case the board found as follows: The Corona, Captain George H. Pierce master, left Seattle Jan- uary 2, with freight and passengers for | Sitka and way ports. At 7:12 a. m. on | January 23 she struck on a reef near the southeast end of Lewis Island, Arthur | Passage, British Columbia. She filled with water in a short time and sank. At the time of the accident the weather was dark and cloudy. Acting Pilot H. C. Kaufman steered the vessel in the same way as is customary in that locality. At the place where the ship struck there is| marked on the chart seven fathoms of | water and no indications of rocks. Cap- tain Plerce had made but one voyage pre- viously as master In these waters. he board found that the actual damage to the Corona, which was afterward raised, was $30,000. The report concludes as fol- | lows: ‘“‘After careful consideration of the case we are of the opinion that Captain Plerce was not to blame in connection with the | accident.” | In the matter of an accident on board the Pomona, being the blowing out of a blind tube, near San Diego, causing the death of Coal Passer Robert McNelll, the board said; e “In our opinion the’explosion would not have occurred had the eight tubes in the starboard bofler not been removed and the, holes in the tube sheets closed with blind tubes about twelve inches long, and which had not been expended inside suf- ficiently to bear the frictional pressure on the blind tube that blew out.” LIQUOR MEN ARE UP IN ARMS OBJECT TO SECTIONS OF THE EVANS BILL. A Strong Protest Sent to Washington | Against Crippling the Small Dealers. The announcement yesterday that the | measure popularly known as the Evans bill had passed the House in Washing- ton raised into a breeze among local li- | quor men. The bill provides that all | packages of one gallon and upward must be stamped by the Revenue Department, whereas up to now packages of less than five gallons have been exempt. The following -protest, signed by forty- four prominent liquor firms, was last night sent to Washington: We, the undersigned merchants of San Fran- clsco, object strongly to sections 4, 5. 6, 7 and § of the Evans bill reducing the bonded period and requiring internal revenue inspection to be made and stamps issued on packages less than five gallons and not less than one galion. Our objections to these sections are that they will not increase the internal revenue receipts one dollar and that they afford no additional protection against fraud. It will greatly de- crease the income of the department by adding to the expenses as a larger force of {nspectors must be employed to make the inspection and collect stamps. To us the bill is objectionable as it hampers us_in our business, delays us in the delivery of ‘our goods sold, Increases our expenses, en- larges the details of our revenue work, sub- jects us to further espionage by revenue offi- cers without reason and without any corre- sponding benefit to the department. We ask you to place this matter bafore Sena- tor White and the Pacific Coast delegation and ask for us that they unite in determined op- position to the said sections. The rest of the bill is unobjectionable. The advocates of the bill, ignoring the extra trouble entailed on dealers and rev- enue officials, ciaim that the sections will minimize adulteration and ‘‘moonshin- ing.” ADVERTISEMENTS. ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIC. The Crew and Steerage Passengers Were Put in Quarantine. The steamer Belgic arrived on time from the Orient yesterday. A case of sus- | pected smallpox was discovered In the Chinese steerage during the voyage, and the Mongol was put ashore at Honolulu. Dr. Resenau, Mederal quarantine officer, ordered all the steerage passengers | ashore at the quarantine station and al- | lowed the steamer to dock. After the crew had been mixing with the people from the shore for about half an hour and the cabin boys had been on the dock with some of the cabin passengers’ bag- gage, word came to send them all to the island. In consequence every Chinese and | Japanese aboard was bundled into a tug | and sent into quarantine, where they will be kept a fortnight. When the Belgle left Hongkong, for the week ending May 10 there had been 246 cases of bubonic plague reported in that city and 220 deaths. Con- trary to all precedent the plague was rag- ing ‘among the white residents. The Belgic brought over twelve Euro- peans, thirty-five Japanese, two Mexicans and 220 Chinese in the steerage, and the following cabin passengers: Mrs. R. Gore, H. E. Tomkins, J. C. Evans, U. S. N., Mrs. S. 8. Robison, Mrs. | F. Wildes, B. H. Graves, Mrs. C. Denby, J. L. Flood and valet, Miss Fritz_and maid, Colonel W. D. Woiverton, U. 8. A., A. da Peufeilhoux, Mrs. McNear, Miss | Verbeck, Mrs. W. A. Youns, Miss J. Hew- itt, 8. W. Mitchell, F. B. L. Bowley, R. H. Swayne, Mrs. E. E. Shattuck, Mrs. Charles’ McCreary, Dr. B. Tomatsuri, I. O'Callaghan, Colonel A. G. Dickinson, "W R. Sewell, Miss Watson, A. Obst, Dr. G. Eilacomb, R. Phelps Jr., Professor Koebele, G. D. Freeth, S.'W. Cowles, Mrs. Isenberg, Miss Frear, E. H. Grossler, W. Prange, Dr. C. P. Kindleberger, U. 8. N., Colonel' G. A. Loud, Miss McMinn, Miss Wildes, Mrs. E. 8. Joseph, Miss Ccltman, Miss C. M. Fiood, W. S, Fritz, Miss Wol verton, 8. B. McNear, J. H. Hewson, E. Young, Paul Balas, Captain 4. Hainil- ton, R. A., E. J. Bates, Mrs. Swayne, Miss M. C. Clark, A. Roders, Count H. Mutso, Mrs. O'Callaghan, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Sewell, Paul Lindenburg, B. Kemp Welch, . B. Wettenhall, Judge G. H. de la Vergne, Rev. T. A. Cruzonne, Master Freeth, O. Harley, Mrs. H. S. Carter and infant, Mrs. A. Herbert, Mrs. Grossler, H. A, Isehberg, Mrs. W. Ficar, Mrs. Dr. Was ters, Miss J. F. Bates, W. A. Young. The steamer Samoa did not get avyy for St. Michael wita the barge Mona’tn and stern wheel steamer-Clara in tow yes- terday. The steamer had more passen- gers aboard than the law allowed, so twenty of them were put aboard the Clara as “a crew.” This was objected to Dby the inspectors of hulls and boflers, and until some alterations have been made in the plans the vessel will be detained in ort, The Clara is being carried on the arge Monarch, so that the latter will be a rather unwieldy tow. The schooner Carrier Dove lost her Yawl last Sunday, and her captain is anx- ous to know where the boat drifted to. It is painted red, and the general impres- sion {s that somé of the bay thieves stole it, and that it will never be seen in the wake of the Carrier Dove again. Another Klondike steamer arrived from the East yesterday. The Professor Morse got in from New Orleans and will be got CASTORIA For Infants and Children, AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM. Mrg W. E. PaxtoN, Youngtown, North Dakota, writes about her strug- gle to regain health after the birth of her little girl: “DEAR Mrs. PoxgEAM:—It is with pleasure that I add my testimony to ! your list, hoping that it may induce others to avail themselves of your val- uable medicine. “ After the birth of my little girl, three years ago, my health was very poor. I had leucorrhcea badly, and a terrible bearing-down pain which gradually grew worse, until I could do no work. Also had headache nearly all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men- struations were very profuse, appear- ing every two weeks. “Itook medicine from a good doctor, | but it seemed to do no good. I was | becoming alarmed over my condition, | when I read your advertisement in a paper. I sent at once for a bottle of Lydia E. 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