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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 SHIPPING INDUSTRY OF COAST HAS NEVER BEEN MORE PROSPEROUS More Than Thirty Vessels Built FXere Dur- ing President McKinl — EY'S ADMINISTRA WORK AND C SHIPYARDS ON RNED OU THIS EDG! ALL EARNI LAF SEAMERS, BARKENTINES AND FOUR-MASTED SCHOONERS ADDED TO THE COAST FLEET NT HAVE BEEN Prosperity” is | The grand e water during t the his. A TMOSt elab battleship la_will will be a $1000 r the om Alesia. German esterd in : Big Cargo of The Alask: Salmon. M r A. Meyer M. Sanders. Lumber Co. |Charles N Union Oil Company. Simpeon Lumber Co. Hall Brothers. dle Brothers. jame, Dimond & Co. ‘{Pollard_& Dodge. C. P. Doe. Robert Dollar. Dolbeer & Carson. Kimball €. 8. Co. .'|Alaska Packers' Assn. JA. W. Beadle. Simpson Lumber Co. Pollard & Dodge. W. A. Mitchell Poliard & Dodge. Robert Dollar. A, W. Beadle. R. Hanify. dall, Perkins & Co. ‘Beadle. ys Harbor. n Pedro. n Francisco. 5o A Alaska Commerctal Co. . J. R. Hanify. . J. R. Hanify. Kimball £. 8. Co. Truckee Lumber Co. with one of the largest cargoes of | mon ever brought into port. She has | 0 cases aboard. She had more than | ese on her passenger list, and not | e of them was allowed to land until Kinyoun had made a personal inspec- The last salmon vessel that came | from Alaska is still in quarantine. | the Chinese were allowed to land | he vessel was inspected and the e Ea Dr e owned | tio is not _one | in ng money. Bhip- | Some of t before t and e charters « names of men who | quarantine officers refused to pass the - e ohipe excep: | Ship. The captain of the Tacoma took w P " owners warning and all his coolies are still 3 ahoard The Jeanie of the Pacific Steam Whal- rthwester Makes Trouble. rthweste ng Company's fieet brought down 20,000 , at has been blowing outside B P Bours has made | cases of salmon. . asters and the ‘;”" Water Front Notes. . ndbor> and Mar. > 5 aue . r et 1o sscape 4 W. 4. Stewart, late assistant superin tendent of the Risdon Iron Works, is now at Marysville doing some very im- portant work for the Yuba Electric Power | Compa A number of mechanical prob- lems confront the concern, and Mr. Stew- | he veseel went | &rt has been employed to solve them. | e the north- | Sacramento and the surrounding districts blowing. Off the light- | have to be suppiied with power and it is was made to heave the | proposed to bring it as far as Oakland. t could pot be ac- | Mr. Stewart was with the Risdon in 1562, degree of safety. | and then for five years was with the Pa- t out in_company | cific Improvement Company. For the r Captain Scott may | Jast three years he was with the Risdon sferred to her. Again he | again as “right hand man” to Marine ed on the Farallones. | Superintendent Tabratt. The Yuba Elec- tsnire will not take | tric Power Company has secured a good = charge for & pilot | man in Mr, Stewart. so the captain of | Captain Stott of the British ship Bpeke k when the |is the happiest man in port. The vessel t Lady Mine los and had te run in + of the affair, however, + PI eorge Bcott 1s nt aboard the s and lar 2 t. {lect Australia on July 0, aud wiie ste . N | was o rd Island on September rs. To Aid Galveston Sufferers. | Stott - presented her husband with a he Harbor Commissioners have ar- | bouncing baby boy. The Speke arrived L for a grand promenade concert in | here September 21 and was placed in quar- : 4 muve of ihe Ferry depot mext | antine. She has now been released and Eaturdey night. Every cent of the pro- | the captain and his wife are receiving the eds will go to the Gaiveston relief fund. | copgratulations of their friends £ | Tak Charters. The loads lumber at Port Blakely for for orders, owners' account; the Wood lumber at Tacoma for W ; the Gens Fair- n P und for Sydney 7 g@bourne or Adelaide, 6d, prior to a i_the Metha Nelson lumber at Ta- coma for Hilo; the Ruth lumber at Eureka for Austraiia Large Shipment of Canned Goods. The British ship Hiddekel cleared yesterday for valued at $i33,025, 84 cs canned sal- ks cascara, 000 ft lumber dun- Merchandise for Victoria. he Eastern States ncipal shipments: is and_ammunition, 3966 hee 5 tons chop feed, drugs,’ 11 goods, 3 pkes eries and pro- Ibs fire clayy™5 cs Ibs hops, sweet ns, 725 pkgs fruit, 260 bbls salmon. piekled cherries. half bbls salmon. Imon 5 bbls salmon. s el Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. _ Monday, September 24. Scotla, Walvig, 50 hours from Crescent ampshire: 108 bbl Jeante, Mason, 117 Pomona, Shea, Alex Duncan, G days from Uyak. hours_from Eureka. ie, 20 hours from tenaw, Zolling, & hours from Ta- Gipsy, Leland, 22 hours from Moss resen, 21 hours from Fu- put in to land passengers. , 64 hours from San ar City of Puebla, Jepsen, 59 hours from Victoria and Puget Sound port Ship Tacoma, Pedersen, 22 days from Nusha- ip Oriental, Parker, 24 days from Bristol ir Eliza Miller, Lempke, 36 hours from Eu- RETURNED. Monda: September 24. Hudson, hence Sept 22, for f machinery being disabled. Anderson, hence Sept 22, for , on account of strong porth- Br stmr Samoa, , on account tt r Mary s 1 Er Nettie S n account we indborg, Ander trong’ CLEARED. on, hence Sept st ‘winds Monday, September 24. Stmr Coos Bay, Nopander, San Pedro; Good- all, Perkins & Cc Sto lumbia, Doran, Astoria; O. R. & N. [ Br ship Hiddekel, Oudney, Liverpool; G. W. McNear. Bkin Irmgard, Schmidt, Honolulu; Willlams, Dimond & C: chr H C Wright, Nielsen, Kahului; M. §. Grinbaum & SAILED. Monday, September 24, awan, Cro D, ma. Lox Bridgett, Ventura. Coos Bay, Nopander, San Pedro. chr Able, Peterson, Cobs Bay. wick, Andresen, San Pedro, . Hansen, Mendocino. Olsen, —. ty, Dettmers, —. z, Hinkle, Southefh Coast. n, - ex Duncan, Guthrie, Southern Coast. Lundquist, —, with Nettie hmidt, Honolulu. dborg, Anderson, ——. -hr Ocean Spray, Larsen, Iverfens Landing. r Maria E _Smith, Nielsen, Port Gamble. Schr Chas E Falk, Heaningsen, Hilo, via Al- bion, in tow of stmr South Coast. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, Sept 24—10 p. m.—Weather ! azy, wind northwest, velocity 1% miles. SPOKEN Sept 21, lat 3657 N, lon 72.97 W—_Ship John McDonald, from Baltimore, for San Francisco. MEMORANDUM. Per etmr Brunswick—Sept 2, 5:15 p. m.— Passed U § stmr Wisconsin, off Point Gorda. Per ship Oriéntal—Fine weather and variable winds until the last five days. Thence to port strong northwest winds. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT LOS ANGELES—Arrived Sept 24--Stmr Alcatraz, from Greenwood. PORT GAMBLE—Arrived Sept 23—Ship Star of Italy, from Port Townsend. PORT TOWNSEND—Sailed Sept 24—Stmr Al- Ki. for Skagu TACOMA—Arrived Sept 24—Schr Glendale, hence Sépt 9. EUREKA—Arrived Sept 2—Stmr Lakme, hence Sept 21 SEATTLE—Arrived Sept 2—Br stmr Inver- ness, from Port Townsend; ship Isaac Reed, hence Sept 4. Sailed Sept 22—8tmr Willamette, for San Francisco; Br stmr Port Albert, for Manila. Sept 24—Stmr Aberdeen, for Skaguay, stmr Mackinaw, for San Francieco, TACOMA—Arrived Sept 24—Ship Levi G Bur- gess, hence Sept 8. WHATCOM—Salled Sept 24—Schr Wm_ H Smith, for Celigo. - COOS BAY—Arrived Sept 24—Stmy Arcata, hence Sept 20. PORT GAMBLE—Sailed Sept 26—Schr Inca, for Sydney. TILLAMOOK—Arrived Sept 24—Stmr W H Kruger, hence Sept 2 SBATTLE—Arrived Sept 2—Schr P J Albers, from Cape Nome. NIZAH BAY—Passed Sept 24—Dutch stmr Wil- beimine, from Yokohama: stmr Roanoke, from Cape Nome; Br ship Wanderer, from Shanghal, HADLOCK—Arrived Sept %4—Bark General Fairchild, from Port Townsend. ASTORTA—Satled Sept 24—Stmr Del Norte, for San Francisco. EUREKA—Arrived Sept 24—Stmr Bureka PRt FOWNSEND—Arrived Sept 248t mr Roanoke, from Nome; Dan stmr Wilhelmina, from Yokohama. BOWENS LANDING—Salled BSept 24—Schr Bender Brothers, for San Francisco | | & 112 ey’'s Term. e FOREIGN PORTS. KINSALEPassed Sept 24—Br ship Jesso- mene, hence April 25, for Queenstown. HULL—Arrived Sept 2—Br ship Clan Gal- braith, hence April 26. MAZATLAN—Sailed Sept 21—Stmr Curacao, for San Francisco. urn, from Norfolk, for China or Manila. YOKOHAMA—A d prior to Sept 2—Jap mr Hongkong M ed t 23—Jap stmr Amer] ROYAL ROADS—Arrived Sept 24—Br shif Cross, from Acapul LAGOA and Burgess, fre VICTORIA—AT 2%"Br snip Flery Cross, from Acapulco. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK- t 24--Stmr Menom- tries, from Lom -— Steamer Movements. TO ARRIVE. Steamer. | From. | Due. Barracouta Bristol Oyster Harbor. Czarina ... attle. J. 8. Kimbali.. Cape Nome. Homer : laqua .... Willamette . Arcata .... Mackinaw Newburg Bonita . Eureka Point Arei Crescent City State of Cal. “INewport *|Humboldt. Point Are: Crescent City .|Portiand ptic . valla Waila Progreso ........ W. H. Kruger Blas.... = Bay anta Steamer. | Columbia . Pomona . Rival ......|Willapa Corona San D J. 8. Kimbl|Cap« Arcata Coes Ba Eureka ..../Humboldt Czari Reattle ‘“’1 ar ™ Pler 10 am Pler .cve.|Pler 4pm mE Jua 1 Puebia| vic Bonita 8t ) 9 am|Pier , 2 pm| 3, 11 am| Pler | 10am Pler Paul.. Herodot te of Cai P Pe Sun, Moon and Tide. | United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Times and Helgh o High and Low Waters at_Fort Point. entrance to San Francisco Bay. Pub Sfacial au- thority of the Super low on-street r than at Fort Point waters oceur at wharf) about | NOTE.—The high and the city front (M twenty-five minutes height of tide 15 the same at both aces [Time Ft. |—i X 3 jLw NOTE.—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left | hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time. The second time column gives the second tide of the day, the third time column the third tide and the last or right hand column gives the last tide of the day. except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occurs. The helghts given are in addition to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus sign (=) precedes the height, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth given by the charts. reference I8 the mean of the lower low waters Time Ball. Branch Hydrographic Offic U. 8. N, Mer- chan Exchange, September 24, 1900, The time ball on the tower of the new Ferry building was dropped at exactly noon to-day— 1. e.. at noon of the 120th meridian, or at'S o'clock p. m., Greenwich time. C._G. CALKINS, Lieutenant Commander, U. S. in charge. San Franeisco, Painter Falls Thirty Feet. H. Leach of 16 Hopeton terrace was painting a house at 2816 Sutter street yes- terday afternoon, when the rope support- ing the staging on which he stood broke and he fell to the ground, a distance of about thirty feet. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found that he had escaped with a scalp wound and a general jarring. PORT SAID—Arrived Sept 7—U S stmr Sat- | —Bark Snow | done in | involved. | sure 1900. 9 MERCANTILE MAY MOVE INTO OLD Y, M, G, A ROOMS Library Trustees Will Dis- cuss the Matter With Members. Consolidation With Mechanics’ Insti- tute or Donation of Bocks to the Fublic Library Also Con- sidered. P i At the request of the members of the Mercantile wibrary, the trustees of that institution have issued a call for a special meeting to be held on Thursday evening, when the matter of chany.ng the present location of the library will be thor#ughly discussed. The old rooms of the Y. M. C. A. on Sutter street have been mentioned s the new_headquarters for the library, and while the trustees have inspected the heir approval of the hing definite has been the matter. As matters stand at present the affairs of the library are apparently hopelessly The indebtedness of the insti- not very much below $76,000. 1 would necessarily involve a large which the conservative members ther averse to incur, when it is con- dered that a down-town library is not to refill the depleted treasury of the institution. Other members again favor consolidation with the Mechanics’ Insti- tute Library. Opposition to the proposed consolidation comes chiefly fram the older members of the Institute, who, though | willing to accept the books of the Mercan- tile, together with its large membership, are not willing to add “Mercantile” to its "iF%he Mercantile 1s doomed to lose lts identity and its name, many of its mem- bers argue that it would be better to do- e the Mercantile books to the San Francisco Public Library However, all members will have a ance to alr their opinfons on the matter Tl is confidently looked for. |SANTA CRUZ ON SUNDAY NEXT A Great Day at This Pretty Resort. The number of people who are induced by cheap excursion rates to take short trips into the country every now and then almost surpasses belief. During the summer outing season now nearing its close the Southewy Pacific has carried nearly one hundred thousand people to popular picnie grounds or resorts near by and brot 1 ter and wi On Sund objective po ¢ one umber is . Santa C e places in ing, and no short trips the world sess such a variety of attrac- s. Excursionists will have five or six irs on the beach and a number of brief stops at the pretty nooks in the Santa Cruz Mountains. again. » a surprise n the ag- 17 §s one of the most ound trip will ‘be $2, and you n get them a his week 613 Market_street, company’s city ticket office. Wm. H. Menton will be charge of the ursfon. e In the Divorce Court. Clara Demek was granted a divorce from Albin Demek yester on the ground of infideli May E. Colller has heen granted a divorce fro Reginald Collier on the ground of neglect. Isidor Horn has filed answer to the action for divorce recently filed by ther Horn. Horn, after denying his wife's allegations, charges that she frequently assaulted him and on one occasion attacked him with a knife. Suits for divorce have been filed by Annie P. Johnson against Jo! H. Johnson for failure to provide; Mary Mar- ton against Algernon V. Marton for cruelty; Louise Josephine Hazard against Clement Hazard for cruelty; Helen P. Stinweg against Charles A. ‘Stin tor cruelty and Elizabeth Peck against Mark Peck for desertion. —— Disappearance of a Clergyman. Mrs. R. M. Hodgson of 2410 Fulton street, Berke reported at the Morgue vesterday the disappearance of Malelan 3 a clergyman , of Skarksville, =m On August 1 of the present vear Mr. Gause wrote to his sister in Skarksville informing her that he was then lying sick in his room on_the third floor of a hotel in t y. Nothing has been heard of him s then. —— e Shoplifter Arrested. Mary Morton, an old woman, was ar- rested In the Emporium yesterday after- noon by Special Officers Allen and Tilton and booked at the City Prison on a charge | of petty larceny. She had stolen a linen handkerchief and gpllar, which were held as evidence against her. ay evening, when a lively ses- | on with probably some beneficial results | ack happier, bet- | t swelled by several | he State for just such | THE EXPLORERS OF THE GREAT WEST. Copyright, 1800, by Seymour Eaton. —_— DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS OF NORTH AMERICA. —_— XI. | Bible should be sent to their people, the (Concluded.) Christ! T { America were The story of Fremont's life brings us e also the account of a third expedition to the west. It is the story of the exp! tlon of Nevada and of the conque: { California. After he had reached th iey of the San Joaquin he left his party, while he himself went to Monterey, then the capital of the province, to obt: plies and the permission of the Mexican Government to continue his explorations. He was ordered out of the country, and w roceeding northward to Oreg shen word came of the outbreak of Mexican war, and Fremont was o Dr. lor +hitman s ment at Wa 1 | to protect American inters in Caii | In co-operation with Cemmode 2tockton and Sloat. Fremont added mate- rially in securing Californ! for An mass ment te | He was elected Governor of Califer the American settlers on July 4, 184, ip 1847 he was made military comms g and civil governor by the W b e With & )t emigranis, Government. In that year (1847) he con- anq with the tide in fzenf the cluded articles of capitulation with Mex. | States Americ jon—nine points ico by which California became a perma- nent American posse lon. | _But if we were to have California and Oregon we must have the right of way to reach these new Pacific possessions. It was thought that by the South Pass emi- rant trains could reach the Northwest. ut to reach southern and central Cali- fornia it was necessary that we have New Mexico and Arizona. The tide of mi- gration could find a better route, shorte and in a_more temperate climate, by I | iowing the thirty-fourth parallel through | | the center of New Mexico, reaching the Pacifc near Los Angeles. Here was a re- glon that had yet to be made known. Pike | | had revealed but little concerning it. A few years after Pike—in 1519—Major Long. sent by President Monroe, had explored | the valley of the Platte. Following t scuth fork of the Platte, after a jour of more than 1000 miles, Long cam: to the mountains, in July, 1520, and he left Lonis Peak on the map as a memorial of the journey, Long went still farther south to the region below the upper Ar- kansas, but he brought the world but lit- | tle knowledge of the plains and plgteaus | of New Mexico and Arizona. To conquer | this region and hold it for our own as a means of access to California was consid- ered of great importance. With this e | in view General Kearny marched fre Fort Leavenworth in June, 1848, for Fe. Among his motley force was of Mormons, and Parker says “the fomething striking m the hal-m half-patriarchal appearance of armed fanatics, thus on their way, with their wives and children, to find a Mor- | {mon Canaan in California.” Kear marched over the old_trail through Moro and Las Vegas, San Miguel and old Pecos, and without opposition on August | 8, 1846, he unfurled the Stars and Stripes | over the Mexican palace of Santa Fe. | Kearny continued his march with a | part of his men through Arizona to the ’acific. On his way he met Kit Carson, | the famous scout and gulde, who was on SCOUT AN his way to Washington as a tourfer with FUL PATHFIND dispatches from Fremont. A word only e - ” j as to this famous courler: Kit Carson, . one of the most picturesque characters ot A | American history, was born in Kentucky While siill an fnfant he was taken by his parents to the wilds of Mis- sourl. At the age of 15 he began the hunter’s life Which gave him the training that enabled him afterward to rend. tinguished to his co ¥ white man was better known among t Indlans and none knew better than he the Indian life and character; arfl it has been truthfully said that no man did mo: KIT CARSON {‘ in_1809. \ | vices explorati knowledge tain the unkno ‘arson to further the settlement hardships and Northwestern wildern In both the mpelling Mexican and civil wars he rendered great em service to the Government as scout an guide and courier, and much of the suc- cess of Fremont's expeditions was due to his faithfulness and k Time will not permit to t h . Marcus Whitman and how he saved Ore gon. But account would be ina | quate without some reference to the earl found t able ze: as long as are remem fiot misstonary eat explorers me will ba missionary whose early labors and ex- plorations contributed so much to our knowled, and possession of the North- west. W n the four Nez Perces Indians | = ed St. Louis In 1833, asking that lhfl‘ | HANDFULS OF HER HAIR | EXHIBITED AS EVIDENCE | Mrs. Stratley Has Mrs. Robinson Arrested for Battery and Is Ad- | FELL DOWNSTAIRS AND WAS INSTANTLY KILLED | Harry Nightwine Called Upon a Sick Friend and Made a Fatal judged the Aggressor. Misstep. Several bandfuls of hair torn from the| Harry Nightw a brass molder em- ah S}{rT‘HrA\' 114 Hayes | ployed in the Uni Works, was in- ante. Aohinson was stantly killed at 2 o’'clock y ay morn- s evidence in Judge Fritz's = Talibic Sown ;. d erday during the trial for battery of | In8 by falling downstairs 1 breaking his neck. Nightwine had ing a sick fi and drank a flight of stai room to the st vé8 | Mrs. Robinson, who zed | the offense by Mrs. Stratle The evidence showed that Mrs. Stratley |and Mrs. Robinson had worked together {in a restaurant at 108 Hayes street. On | the 18th inst. they had a row over a dog ch spent he evening vis W3 Twentieth street 1 A steep friend's | Mrs. Stratley waited til Mrs. Robinson | descend the st left the restaurant and then attacked her | footing ‘and fi | verbally. After a hot exchange of words | upon his head. D there was a fight and hair-pulling match. | taneous. The Judge, after hearing all the evi- | Nightw was 38 vears old, unmarried dence, came to the conclusion that Mrs. Stratley was the aggressor and dismissed the case. The hair was returned to Mrs. | Stratley by order of the court and resided at 501 Tw To enjoy a glass of cool and pure Beer o BmiaBe Bl | call for Rainter. . Dennis Kilday Missing. RN R Dennis Kilday of 148 Howard strest Judgment .Ior Johnson. has been missing since Friday. He was In the case of Alfred Johnson vs. the | very sick when he left the house, and | Pride of the River, United States District | his friends fear that he may have become | Judge de Haven yesterday gave judgment demented. !fnr in favor of the libelar