The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1900, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1900. . WINTRY WINDS PLAY HAVOC ON THE WATER FRONT Training Ship Adams Goes Ashore on Goat Island---Alex Gibson Breaks Away From Her Moorings. Ferry Boats in Trouble---Sehooners in Collision---Australia in Quarant;ne. 4%+%-9 0 0 090 AUSTRALIA jer was F 1s in what, r ame 4 Goat Island the r ent McCoy at onc the tug got over to the e Adams. He had to anch as the anchor chain was paid out. ET8 the y worked up to full speed ah ure. It was a brand going ashore the Adams’ w D N N I e T P P T T T e R L R P e while the wharf had its underp} d. All in all, wind we: I‘ can get back to her berth. @0t te At the mall dock little damage was done, as the stea ners were all well moored. The waves broke over the en ® house officers dock employ amers had a ve as piping along at the rate of s CGIESON RS ANvA S FROM HER MOQRING &7i- e southeaster she dragzged her anc alia eet due f: lulled amer At ¥ one of the fl the or stheast in the night, but lowing a light breeze, but du g >oint Lobos. From miles an hour. nd at own from Mare Island last Saturday boflers she was ashore. phone message nt the Relief to the assistance of the ead. inning damaged to the extent of $i Alexander Gibson broke away from her moorings during the same down on the scow War 1 ht it coming in m northern ports to get in. | the three hours later the wind had in- at time on the wind gained in strength, Up to noon it blew a the southern part of the bay had a lively time. p. m. it was only blowing forty miles an hour. and When the southeaster was at its height her anchors dragged, The United States tug Active tried and then a hawser was passed from the Adams to the Pensacola, it looked as though the Adams would have to remain in her was sent to the Spreckels Towboat Company stranded land Captain Silovich found a great deal of difficulty In getting r the Rellef and allow her to drift down to the stranded vessel A four and one-half Inch steel hawser was put aboard the Adams and then the tug was It was a long, steady pull and the hawser parted under ®¥w rope and the strain upon it must have been enormous. anchor chains had become fouled so it was impossible to get 4 brought up. The barkentine was damaged to the extent of about $50, principally When hawser parted it struck the skylight of the shed on the wharf and tore it clean open. the ship swung around the barkentine’s main boom struck her deckhouse and nearly carried it it will take about $2500 to repair the damage done at the wharves. down the Gibson was hard and fast In the mud. It will be high tide to-day before she of the dock, however, and made things very uncomfortable for the Custom- very heavy of interest. over her. life preservers. further mishaps. , the ferry | from Hono- early morning During the after- anchored off the but warship. about the the Gibson's Then when Morgan, R. B. M. Ansi When the FERRYBoAT N TROUBLE. . A Hurricane From the Southeast Makes Trouble for Shipping. g ship Adams had a narrow escape yesterday from total destruc- and, shifting broad- ht up on the sandy beach near the wharf to which the Pen- was just off Goat Island about the time when the Adams was drifting ashore. She was weather of it and hundreds of people along the front watched her with the greatest All at once she was. seen to broach to and the next Instant an Immense wave broke Everybody aboard made sure the vessel was going down and a rush was made for the The Berkeley righted herself, however, and finally made The Bay City had a lively time of it at the narrow gauge mole. during her plunging and had finally to go to the broad gauge landing to put her passengers ashore It was so rough off Folsom street wharf that the revenue cutters McCulloch .and Rush had to up anchor and run for shelter off Meiggs wharf. The McCulloch’s anchors were being taken In and the vessel rolled gunwales under while they were being got inboard. The gasoline schooner Barbara Hernster, coming in along the seawall, got into difficulties with the scow War Eagle and the scow suffered considerably. The Hernster was trying to make a land- ing at section 4 and the War Eagle was being warped out when the two came together. scow had her ralling torn away and the schooner was damaged about her headgear. The steamer Cleveland went out Sunday bound for Kahuluf, but put back on aecount of the storm. She had a deckload of live stock and Captain Klitgard would not take any chances. Out of a fleet of fifteen steamers due from Puget Sound and way ports yesterday only one the George W. Elder from Portland, made port. At sundown Sound; Coquille River and Newburg from Grays Harbor; North Fork from Eureka; Elihu Thomson and Czarina, from Seattle; Bristol from Departure Bay; Albion from Tillamook; Aberdeen from Portland; Noyo from Fort Bragg, and Crescent City and Aloha from Crescent City, had not been heard from. They will probably make port early to-day. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s mail steamer Australla got afternoon and was placed In quarantine. were brought ashore on the tug Fearless. These fatalities started the plague - Konisog 3 % steerage passenger, a Chinese named Lee Goon. On account of the plague the agents of the vessel Thiie ‘u9. - Xhiy - swise Stoningly SHpel a8 SeOR S & UPR DN, WA Wil sibodd Zrom. the refused to carry any of the half-hundred people who wanted to come to San Francisco second- Belief and then the training ship was towed Iuto a place of safety. Another sef,of auchors were class. The cabin passengers were: J. A. Driffell, wife and two children, A. G. Eames and wife, Dr. then dropped and she rode out the gale in safety. F. H. Humphries and wife, Dr. Keith and wife, W. H. Wallace and wife, T. Smith and wife, A. The Alexander Gibson was lying on the north side of. Fremont street wharf, loading for Lysaght and wife. R. Turner and wife, Mrs. J. M. Whiteman, H. C. Callahan, A. T. Eastland, C. New York. When the storm was at its highest her bow line parted and the big ship at once | O Baker, Miss M. L. Barnard, Mrs. J. M. Johnson. C. J. Chapman, Miss B & Ag: swung around toward Beale street. She struck the wharf and also the barkentine Katle Flickenger | gerson, J. Turner and two chiidren, F. J. Claussen, Lady A Bremley. B. P. ¥ Lowrie, D. H. Rupp, F. A. Dixon, W. Behr, E. M. Brown, S. A. Cutter, Miss G. Cutter, E. C. Macfarlane, Miss M. Ash, F. Brughelli, W. B. Miller, A. Zuckerman, J. rmgn, J. C. Leftwich, Mrs. E. Richards, C. H. Atherton, F. A. Voight, H. P. Eackle, J. Alger, F. 8. Dickens, Miss A. Smith, G. A. Davis, R. H. E. D. Matts, J. R. Stansbury, J. J. Keenan, H. Busch, J. M. O'Brien, Bromley and two children, Dr. V. H. Murray. During the morning the Australia got the full force of the gale and there was not a passen- ger aboard that was not glad to reach port. The steamer will be fumigated and released to-day, after which she will come to the whart. Pat Manning fell down the hold of the transport Tartar yesterday and fractured his forearm The ferry s v lively time of it during the early hours of the day. The and badly lacerated @ Berkeiey was boarded by & sea that broke n all the windows on the lower deck, whils the boate . Pl - @ ©°v the narrow gauge route were unable to make a landing at all for a while. The Berkeley HOT TIME THE VIOLENT STORM Oregon Sends Out a Cold Wave. TROUBLE WAS INEVITABLE “ME. McADIE STILL FLIES A RED PENNANT. e i High above the Mills buflding two pen- pants, rich in danger color, flapped fran- tically all day yesterday. They gave offi- cial indication that the prevalling storm had shown a desire to linger around San Francisco Bay and might be expected at gmny minute to renew its violence. The few sickly rays of sunshine that plerced the heavy atmosphere during the after- poon were only a bluff—a wicked device of the weather director, says Forecaster McAdie of the United States Weather Pureau, to ruin a few New Year's hats &nd costumes. The heavy storm should not have caught anybody by surprise. Long before daylight it was predicted and red flags were at once hoisted at every point along the coast where telegraphic _ wires reached. It was mot a vagrant disturb- ance. As early as b o'clock in the morn- Forecaster McAdie was advised that some guspicious-looking clouds were navigating along the Oregon coast and steering a course that passed directly over San Francisco. This tip, and the barometer, were all that were necessary to inform the local weather sharps that a heavy southeaster would arrive shortly after breakfast and that it would create a use for every mackintosh and rubber in town. It came on time. Between 10 and 11 a. m. the wind howled from the southeast, close on to fifty miles an hour. Although sudden and sharp the storm was not a yery violent one: it was just a lively California midwinter blow, such as the State needs and should expect this time of the year. After the cold 1 of two weeks ago, during which time Oregon was having a comparatively warm, if not a hot time, a storm was to be expected, and #0 it fell upon this part of the State. Such ie the explanation, according to the weather - man, why billboards were blown down, trees were razed. ferryboats &nd cars had to stop and an inch of rain fell within twenty-four. hours in Central Northern California. Even at midnight Mr. McAdie would g've no assurance that the red flags would be replaced with those less omin- ous this morning. “The storm is still with us,” he sald, “and may resume operations at any time. It has not yet gone south of Tehachapi, but I believe it will soon reach there. The Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers are rising, but there Is no damage yet report- ed. At Red Bluff the river is twenty feet high, which is about eight feet above the normal, but that is not a surprising height for this time of year. The seasonal rain- fall to date ie nearly twelve inches, which is @ good average. The State needs every drop of rain that has fallen. This storm was very accurately foretold and with the exception of Eureka, ample notice was given shipping n,long he coast. Eureka could not be reached by telegraph all day. “The rainfall should bring out the croakers of the last two years and force them into an acknowledgment of their folly. These cranks, because there was a dry season, proclaimed that the meteorological conditions of the coast were chi ing and that California would soon be & desert. These fallacies were, of course, made the most of by States not desirpus of seeing California rob them of their prestige. Now, these croakers should be equally vociferous in proclaim- ing that this is not a freak State from the meteorological standpoint, but pre- serves a very beneficlal average.” Around town the storm caused some damage to trees and fences, and the washing out of some gravel on Castro street caused a temporary delay of street- car travel on that line. The peril to life and limb from the billboards that dis- figure the city was made apparent by many narrow escapes from injury. An election booth at O'Farrell and Mason streets was tonpled over. Iowa Official Seriously 'TIL State Auditor Frank Merriam of Des | Motnes, Towa, 1s dangerously fil at Mount | Zion Hospital. He is suffering from ty- | phoid fever and his chance of recovery is doubtful. Mr. Merriam came to this city on a visit about ten days . He stayed at the Occldental Hotel, where he has some friends, and a few days after his arrival he showed symptoms of typhoid. | His friends advised that he go to a ho: advice was taken none too early, as he has now been in a critical ‘ condition for several days. ——e————— Welcomed the Bride. | A pleasant reception and dance was | given last evening by the officers and la- | dies of the Presidio to Lieutenant James 8. Parker and his bride. The young cou- fll' had only recently returned from their oneymoon. Lieutenant Parker is of F Troop of the Sixth Cavalry, and his wife was a Miss Lemiey, daughter of Captain Lemley, retired, at one time a popular officer of the Third Artillery. All the of- ficers nn‘d ladies of the Presldao and the bay posts were present, besides man; guests from the city. 'The affalr was given in the hop room of the club house. WIND SWEPT FIERCELY OVER THE RESERVATION SOME SLIGHT DAMAGE DONE AT THE PRESIDIO. Speculation on the Successor of Colo- nel Freeman as Post Command- er—A Night of Revelry on Angel Island. A few yards of lvy-covered fence behind the officers’ quarters, some broken boughs and trees uprooted and a generally combed-out appearance to the whole post was the record of the storm yesterday at the Presidio. The damage on the whole did not amount to much, the only real wreckage that could be piled was In the campus, but the huts stood up stiffly to the wind and not more than a dozen in all four camps were blown down. New Year's eve ran a bibulous course among the men of the Third Artillery forming the garrison on Angel Island. Some of them got leave to row over to Tiburon during the afternoon, and when they returned about dusk a goodly cargo of strong waters was stowed snugly away under the thwarts and in bow and stern. The stuff was landed without detection, and that night twenty or more of the men held riotous revel. There was a good deal of noise, but no guns were discharged, nothing was said or done about it—or at least nothing has been sald or done so far. Word reached the city that half the gar- rison was raising Cain, and the courts- martial of all kinds would speedily foliow, but it was not nearly so bad as {hal and The overdue ships Jules Verne, on which 12 per cent reinsurance was paid, and Louls Pasteur, on which 2% per cent was pald, arrived yesterday at Portland. OO0 0 0 0 0 0 O T oo NeNe NN NI SN RN LU RNeRe NN+ %% R Rote 20t 20 20200 53025028 4250254 50050 00250 B etie e N Be%e i Californi hed &ith Rain L ZLES S alifornia Drenched &Jith Rain : 64040404040 4040404040404 040404040+ 0404040404 0+ 0+ 04040404 04040+ 0404040404 80 far there seems to be no crop of courts- martial appearing. AH“X gogslp seems determinedly headed towar ‘olonel Rawles of the Third Artil- lery as the probable successor to Colonel Freeman as commandant of the Presidio. Colonel Rawles {s now commandant of the 0st at Angel Island. By those who know hafter's sentiments on the proposition of an artilleryman in charge of the Pre- sidlo. however, the coming of Colonel Rawles is looked upon as something im- probable, unless awles' Washington Wwires can overcome Shafter's objections to his stripes. As a matter of fact the Presidio is an infantry post by order of General Miles, who believed the artillery branch should be where fortifications or arsenals are located, leaving the blf reser- g‘v;(:lnr; to be garrisoned by infantry and A general court-martial has been ap- inted to meet at the Presidio to-morrow to clear up the calendar of refractory “rookies’ fore they sail for Manfla on }he Tartar. The detall for the court is as ollows: Captain Henry C. Danes, Third Artillery. Captain Joseph M. Califf, Third Artillery. Captain E. F. Willcox, Sixth Cavalry. Captain E. V. Bookmiiler, Ninth Infantry. C.Be:?‘!lyd Lieutenant John C. Raymond, Sixth ciecond Lieutenant Wallace B. Scales, Bixtn uficcond Lieutenant Willlam Forse, Third Ar- First Lieutenant James 8. Parker, Sixth Cavalry, judge advocate. The echool for private soldiers opened at the Presidlo yesterday under the super- vision of Chaplain J. 1, Macomber. Private Oliver of Battery I, Third Arti These post schools are for lery, teacher. urpose of Instructing soldiers who the are deficient In education. Acting Assistant Surgeons F. H. Titus and Frederick Pearl, and contract Nurses Cecelia Earhart and Helene Marshall have been assigned to the Tartar for duty aboard and for transportation to Manila. 3 WMMMWMW TABLE OF RAINFALLS. ending at 5 p. m. yesterday: STATIONS. Eureka .. Red Bluft Bacramento San Francisco. Fresno .... The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date, as compared with those of the same date last season and rainfalls in the last twenty-four hours, This Season. Last Season. : B - - Bitgazagiy? HHomoM AR The cabin passengers were allowed to land, however, and The officers of the steamer say that there was one death of a white girl at Honolulu on December 22 and two Chinese were found dead In the Chinese quar- ters on Christmas day. being taken to stamp out the disease when the mail boat left. Long, Mrs. Wyard, W. M. Thornton, ‘;ngna ~ CoLilSton.; making her landing without She carried away the apron fouled while they The the Walla Willa from Puget Mackinaw, in from Honolulu yesterday scare again and every precaution was The Australia only brought one H. Fisher, @R NN ReR e ReNeR 4NN NN NN RN RNeRNE NN ReR e ReRILeN e NeR 150 o D. McNicoll, Mrs. W. -9 900000 DIRECTORY OF MODERN YOUTH BY THE MAYOR Rare Youngsters of Second Childhood. CABINET OF SPECIMENS — TWO CENTURY PLANTS ON THE PARK COMMISSION. —_— The maxim, “old men for counsel and young men for war,” is not to apply to modern San Francisco. Mayor Phelan amends the doctrine by declaring that old men shall not be perpetuated in office. ‘When pressed for his reasons for assert- ing that Esola was a better man for the office of Chief of Police than Lees the | Mayor remarked: “This {s an adminis- tration of young men.” A roster of the youth appointed by Mayor Phelan to administer municipal affairs is worth special study. At the head of the column one finds that lusty youngster Colonel George H. Mendell, U. 8. A., retired. Some years ago Colonel Mendell, having attained the age of 64 Yyears, was retired from active service in the United States army. Perhaps the col- onel is an exception—a modern example of the “everlasting youth of whom age cannot wither nor custom stale his Infinite variety.” Passing from Colonel Mendell the next youngster on the Board of Public Works is Jeremiah Mahoney. And a rare boy he is indeed. Down the line further is Mars- den Manson, who is younger in years than Mr. Mahoney, but as old In office-holding as any man on the Mayor's precious list of young men. . If medals were given for successful achlevements in getting and holding fat offices Mr. Manson’s numerous decorations would entitle him to ride at the head of a Fourth of July procession. Passing along to the Park Commission, one finds some more youthful specimens. There is Jasper McDonald, who was a boy in Kentucky early In the century and has %reuerved his youth ever since. Hap, ily, euben Lloyd, another youth, not l‘asg or impulsive, is on the commission. He may exchagfe reminiscences of the early fifties with . McDonald and rg'.:.u.“ many of the events of anclent San neisco. Further along the line of Phelan’s im- PS up agains oungster James De: ;ouefc‘&l nman, who career by voting ral ORI RIR ARG SRR SRR INIRS RN SRR ENR %R O O | Mayor’, iv | 1s still young. ADVERTISEMENTS. January 1000. During the entire month of Jan- uary we will offer great bargains in all our departments to close out our fall and winter goods. Specials This Week. 25,000 pards FINE W HITE EMBROIDERIES, both Nainsook and Cambric, edoings and insertings, half inch to 7 inches wide. These embroiderie less than similar for at the present 275 PRINTED FRENC ERS, size for thre Prices 5¢ to 50¢ Yard s are fully 25 per cent goods can be- imported time. H SATEEN COMFORT- e-quarter beds, beauti- ful designs, with pure snowflake filling. 300 pairs WHITE CA Price $2.50 Each Worth $3.50 LIFORNIA BLANKETS; extra size and superfine quality. m, u3, us, uT, us, Price $3.75 Pair Regular Value $5.00 121 POST STREET. Jackson and has not yet made an im- provement on his original selection. Dr. McNutt of the Police Commisssion also holds a con!glcuous place in the s army of the young snd progress- 1t is true.that the doctor practiced medicine In San Franeisco appendicitis became fashionable, but he When the water came up to Montgomery street Dr. McNutt and Dr. R. Beverley Cole were the best known hysicans of the town. Dr. Oliver Wen- ell Holmes, the charming Autpcrat of the Breakfast Table, was young at four-score. He gently reproved one for saying that he was eighty years old by remarking “‘elghty years young.” .\E éremblau of the Election Ccm- mission, formerly editor of the German Demokrat, may add years to his stors of vears, but he will always recall his early associations with Horace Greeley and the | elder Bennett. | | mission was Jeremiah Deasy of the Election Com- a youngster more than sixty years ago. He keeps right along acquiring youthful traits as his years in- crease. His best friends say that he has not yet reached the age of discret'on, as he lost his vote at the late election by an Indiscreet change of residence. Possibly the Mayor may place second childhood in the “youth” class and thus account for several of his Azxxflntments. The idea of turning down Lees on the score of age and bringing to the front Mendell, McDonald, Lloyd, Mahoney, Denman, McNutt, Deasy and Greenblatt seems absurd, unless the second childhood theory is presented. Assessor Dodge’s Deputies. Assessor Dodge announced the tempor- ary list of his appointees yesterday aft- ernoon. The men appointed are all old employes of the office. Before January 8§ next _he will appoint his deputies, who will Rold for sixty days until the civil ser- vice clause of the new charter goes into effect. The new list will probably be the same as that appointed to-day, which ir ollows: 8 G entiett, H. L. Blenfleld, R. key, J. Campodonico, F. J. Corbett, H. Dahl, Jobn Fennis, P. J. Fay. Charles Gildea, John Ginty, A. B. Henderson, Otto Moses Heins, E. Howerton, H. 8. E::!ln. M. C. Haley, W. B. Joyce, W. I Kline, J. Lalley, A. D. Miesegaes, A. W. Murphy. M. W. Pratt, F. L. Putman, W. H. Reilly, George Tyroll, W. H. Wiggins Jr, and W. B. Pritchard. ——e——————— New Registration Law. The Smith registration law passed at the last session of the Legislature, which provides for a new registration of voters every two years, went into effect this morning. The Registrar's office will be kept open continuously for purposes of registration except during the forty days immediately preceding any election, when 1t shall cease as to electors residing In the territory within which such election is to be held. same county at any time, except within twenty-five days immediately preceding such election. Registrar Steppacher was the first to register under the new law, and the Mayor was the fifith. —_———————— Internal Revenue Appointments. Two appointments were made yesterday by United States Internal Revenue Col- lector Lynch, one being that of B. F. Cas- sidy of this city as deputy collector In charge of indexing and handling Chinese registration_certificates, and the other that of L. E. Witteameyer as depu(r lector in the Fourth District, to fill the vacancy caused by the transfer of Frank A. Fletcher to be a storekeeper and gauger at the bonded warehouses in this city. —_— e UNEKNOWN MAN DROWNED. He Was Too Weak to Cling to the Thrown to Him. Cries of ‘“Help! help!” at 2:3) o’clock yesterday morning attracted the atten- tion of M. Mullen, watchman of the Southern Pacific Railrcad slip at Second and Townsend streets. He rushed to the end of the dock and saw a man struggling in the water. Mullen called for assistance, and Frank Clapp and R. Walsh, two brakemen, ran to pull on the rope that Mullen had thrown to the drownin ‘When half out of the water the unfortun- ate man let go his hold and fell back and Was seen no_more. The body of the unknown has hot been recovered. —_——— It takes the average man about three score and ten years to discover that he isn’t a genius. long before | V. Cros- | ‘Transfers may be made from | one precinct or ward to another in the | eol- | man. | POLICEMAN PUTS BULLETS INTO HIS OWN BRAIN Meredith Afraid Face Charges. to WAS INTOXICATED ON PARADE HE FEARED DISMISSAL MORE THAN DEATH. SRR SRR At the Private Sanitarium Where He Was Taken Small Hope Is Held Out for His Re- covery. —ies | Policeman Lewis E. Meredith, attached | to Captain Gillin's division, attempted to commit sulcide early on Monday morning +at his home, 725 Castro street, by shooting’ himself twice in the right temple. . It is not expected that he will recover. During the annual parade of the police December 22 Meredith was ordered out of | the ranks because he was under the mnflu- ence of liquor. On his way home he feil | from a car and skinned his nose. A charge | of being intoxicated while on duty had | been filed against him, and it would have been heard to-night by the Police Com- missioners. He had beeen b over his disgrace and it is supposed t is the reason why he shot himseif. Meredith's wife reported the matter to the Beventeenth-street station, and since then Sergeant Perrin has looking after the wo'nded officer. Yeste he was removed to Dr. Howard's sani | on Sutter street, In an unconscious condi+ | tion, with small hope of his recovery. Mrs. Meredith stated that after they | had all retired and were asl her b band got out of bed about 3 o in the | morning and fired two shots into right | temple. She was awakened by the reports | of the shots and found him uncenscious and bleeding on the floor. Dr. Miller was called in and at once saw that the case was serious, as the whole of Meredith' right side was paralyzed by the effect the shots. Meredith joined.the force December 31, 1896, and_was looked upon as an efficient ‘ officer. He was a member of nt Donovan’s squad in_Chinatown a4 | excellent service. Prior to joining the | force he was a conductor on the Castro- street line. He has a wife and several | small children. ° | JUMPED HIS BONDS. George Walton, a Bunko-Steerer, Charged With Grand Larceny, Fails to Appear. George Walton, a well-known bunko steerer, was arrested Sunday night on & | charge of grand larceny for stealing a diamond ring, valued at $0, from George W. Morse, 6 Ninth street. He was re- leased on $500 bonds, accepted by. Judge Treadwell. When the case was called in Judge Con- lan's court yesterday morning Q-na. failed to ay d the Judge declared his bonds forfeited. He ordered a bench warrant issued for Walton’s arrest, fixing | his bonds at $2009. When Houd Expert Newman spplied to | Judge Treadwell for the bonds the Judge | told him he had left them at his hom | and_he could not recollect the mames of. | the bondsmen, but said he would bring the | bonds to his court to-day. | Husbands Deserted Them. | Suits for divorce on the ground- of. de- | sertion have been filed by Anna Wiea. berg against Louis Wienberg and Bridges against Robert Bridges™ Aunie —— e . stop m Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One & cough. Never falls. Try it “_ Al