Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-07-24

and exhilerating sight to see the
steamers pillow through the water in
such bright moonlight, when he
saw the Garland loom up larger
and instantly OWNED with horror
that a collision was imminent. The
Mamie whistled soon after and the
Garland replied, but bore down d.
rectly on the fragile yacht, crush
ing it as il 1t had been an egg-shell,
fairly cutting it In two amidships.
At the moment that be had seen that
o collision was unavoidable he had
shouted to his friends and children,
"Come to the front" Some of them
did SO. Miss Disseau followed him
and at the same time he felt the
boat give way beneath him. Some
body on board the steamer pulled
her aboard and he climbed the
rope he had hold of unaided. Four
boys who were saved crawled out
of the cabin windows of the yacht,
threw themselves into the water.
aud they were picked up by the
life-boat of the Garland, which was
Immediately lowered, but some
who might have been saved were,
he feared, drowned by the swell or
run down by the Fortune, as they
seemed to suppose the Garland
people, who hailed them in alarm
and anxiety, were cheering them.
The Father did not know how the
accident could have occurred at all.
1t was such a brilliant moonlight
that the smallest object could be
discerned at great distance.
Chicago Races.
CHICAGO, July 23i.--Races sum.
mary: III. V. Benrise stake, 2:19
class, 5000 entrance, $1,000
added--Hannis, L. 2, 2, l, l, l;
Charley Ford, L. l, l, 2, 2, 2; Eta
Jones, 3, 8, 3, 3,3. Time, 2:l94,
2:162, 2:lsi, 1927, 1923.
Second race, J. H. Hoverly
stakes, 2:2l class, $500 entrance,
$1,000 added. Will Cody, l, l, l;
Voltaire, 2, A. 2; Dick Wright, 2. 8,
2: Richard, A.. 3, 4. Time, 2:I93,
2:20, 2:2Ol. -morrow's great
event is the Maud S. Trinket race.
PosssicsI NoGes-Rumored Insurrs c.
sion Ia Mckee.
CHICAGO, July 23d.-The Inter.
Oceans Washington special says:
Con gresham Shallenberger ia in
town to-day. He has been attend
ing several soldiers reunions in
Pennsylvania and Gays he is conf
dent that the electoral vots of
Pennsylvania will remain Repub.
lican.
The Virginia Democrats are
making desperate efforts to make
compromise in their State.
Rumors are current here to-day
that a serious instruction has
broken out in Mexico in connec-
ton with the election. Assistant
Secretary of State Hay said to-day
that he had heard nothing of it.
He did not apprehend any serious
trouble in Mexico. The State De-
partment believed that Gonzales
will be chosen President and seated
without difficulty.
Investigation Of she arraRansess
Disaster.
New LONDON, July 23d.-In the
Narragansett investigation to-day
Capt. Samphere, of the steamer
City of New York, testified that
his boat arrived at her pier at New
York about 10 A. NJ. He had an in
terview with Capt. Babcock. man.
ager of the Stonington line, but
the latter said nothing about as.
sisting the rescued passengers in
any way. So far as he knew, moth.
ing was done by the officers of the
Stonington line to relieve the pas
sengers that remained on board the
City of NewYork. He was examined
at some length as to his interpre-
tation Of the rules on the subject
of whistles. His ideas seemed to
be clearer than those of the Cap
tain of the StoniDgton line. He
gave it as his opinion that it was
more difficult to hear whistles on
the Stonington line than on any
other in the Sound. lie had
experienced more difficulty in
passing Stonington boats in a fog
because they did not blow their
whistles as often as other boats.
He knew of one instance in which
the Narragansett and Stonington
had mistaken each others signals.
He was in the employ Of the Ston.
ington line as pilot for two years
and during that time was the only
pilot on board. He did not believe
that the Stonington and Maria
gansett could have got within two
minutes Of each other on the night
of the collision without hearing
each others whistles, provided the
whistles were properly blown.
They ought to have blown
the whistles from five to six
minutes. Daniel B. Rodinau, q
passenger on the Stonington, testi.
fled that he saw one of the boats