The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-15


firms in this city or elsewhere.
Questions, answers TO which are In the nature
vi E am advertisement, VIII not De answered. ,
name Of the .arder a wall 40 fna enr,anr rasi
dence. Any MUIR That has NOT The cor
rect name ana , IA ress Of tba sender viii
be treated as IL it was not siened and the
writer peed nnt axnoct nv ,ne,yar
0' "'' NP'N ON
1sna, <urp apr,xs.s T n ct,v Tho sht,,s
49, ,in,,a,'. .,,sa.,... Vs. Sr' nc 9n'p
S-sk ',ihoets' Uncovered lie" uays ago ny
10y the tearing down OF tie fookerles on the
north side OF Pacific street between Bat
terv and Front are those OF Inc shin Arkansas.
yhnsa can,aIn ,yas phiIitn w Sharha,rd ,rho
1850 e"ps"i" vas ' 'ip " r,V,', w"
dlterwaru anu IN the GUS was d foiice Juuge III
this city aud, III fact, died In Office. The Ar
kansas arrived In this harbor on the 18th of De-
cenber 1914 The n n has II thar .pe was
Ianan In n,,, vim hrtors which ,,ara s,Id Tor
Zoo -. ,, w. ~, w Va, So.
Sooo per Thousand ana went into the construc-
ton OF The Vefahda Building. on the northeast
corner OF Washington and Kearny streets, which
was receptlv torn down 70 MAYA room for the
6uar edIbcs ,yhicn !. NOW on tho eita and an
i"ei Sue' winch % Nv" VI. s"C ',.o a"I ap
pIodeulnR conpIeLion. hhoh inc chicago hotei
on Pacific street was built the old hulk was cue
TO pieces and sold for firewood, leaving only
a portion of the stern the rmbers OF which
10 ,,o,v haar ,,,oo,,arsd ,rI,a bnlk was
80 ,or va,.s a,-.. Ia Iand,,o I'm ,,,a mud q,
paoiso go, Co. 1900. TO- unto,, sIs yas
- ,.S -. - = -, -
ne'9t intenuou. II ia't t"e'e was " 'a'Vo" ="
lIer i0Iecastle, and the man who Kept the bar Is
hale and hearty TODAY ell-kpown resident
on Telagranh uiI ana nnca a manhar
ou Ieiesiaph hhi' auu once hehoer
Of the police force. But James Lafiln.
who came out in tie Arkansas, also
,iyas s,,a varr ,n,a,as,,,,, ro,ninis,anao -, har
-, ~, 1'1, - ~ - -, 49, ~ L. 49, ~
~ anto tuls pof.i nc say ma. ~ t'io way VI
- tueIe "eIe no piIots on tns coas. auu Sdp,a,n
ohephediu Deat ms way III, COMING up against Tue
ebb ana the last OF 1t to an anchorage on the
south side OF Alcatraz Island. The wind, which
WAS from the soullaTd, freshened and her an
chOr dragged. The passengers became badly
fNsas Nfush In lar
another anchor The old adage OF too many
cooks spelling the broth was here called, for the
cham famed In the vindIass and the vessel
dritIea ono AlcsIrsz stern foremost In
b"'t Iime In 49, h,svv ner hrn.dstde nm and
lheIe sHe thuinpeu an niSnt ions' ~ was , tnen
ueteinlnea 10 cuI away nef snals and 10 throw 's
be helped ashore on them, but as they Tell ana
struck tue rock The brittle wood smashed all TO
inc shin was making water fast, and Two pumps
were rugged and set to work, the passengers
oTs ia leen her fro 9 Tie n1nrninr advanced the
WIND died away csim and sIis WAS 6auIed oil an
.ile hoou tioe anu so"eu up W iheaus Vi "na .t
boat TO where her bones now lie, on a line WIN
Tie street, her stern pointed eastward. Inc lOl-
lowing written by MIR. Lafiin, the boy jim " re-
ferred TO in the letter, viii now be found inter-
rnailv SIM lima "a 1898
rrv ,sT mv T rur' ON SIitp syr,Sss
THE LAST OF THE OLD sHIP ARKANSAS.
The unerring scythe of time and the spirit OF utili-
tarlanisni have swept away the last remains of the
gallant old ship Arkansas, one OF the pioneer fleet
that helped TO people California with the first tide
OF the hardy, enterprsing, energetic race that now
hold dominion on her soil. For some time past the
AK and saw have been busy in removing the ribs and
skeleton Of the Arkansas from her mGam0oripgs
and used as storeshlp for long time Then; as
and further san e S @
the foundation for q house, and losing her salt
water aifnties, the Arkansas gradually became
mold, she has returned to ashes.
One hundred and seven sous constituted the liy-
lelyf er4tf uff he Arka nj eiN
teen Others when she sailed from New York on the
26th of June 1919, for this gitterlng but distant
Land OF gold aud it viii not deemed improper if
give their names and such ment on of their fates
as We have been able to collect, for which are
Indebted to Judge p W. shepheari, who was the
imdomtabie energy has since acquired very en-
viabe celebrity "A lawyer ia TINS city.
Ihe Arkansas was built In the year 1888 for the
continued in the line until lS47 when she was re-
built purchased BY Captain Shepheard and other
foruia. Her register was 500 tons, and with fair
breeze and plenty of it she could run eleven knots
no more viii she pillow the mighty deep spread her
white wings the gale, or bear countrys flag
SO CALAMITY conveyed 70 the modern ophir, she is
hull d wn in the limitable ocean OF eternity.
shores on the noble old Arkansas: p. w. Shepheard,
captain, AMI now lawyer OF eminence (died IN
1859, 6. 2. Hoas, hrst oficer dead, W; h. Bray
Randall. aow President of the California Mutual
Bemetit and Joint Stock Association dead, James
Fisher mnrdered). Z. K. Ayers NJ. Brannan, W.
Booth, S. NJ. Burson In Trinity County; c: S Bird.
In sacramento; W. A Brown now IN New YORK; II.
A. Brown, San Franchises; j. 7. BlosS, in Albany,
New York; j. Berthoif, I. II. Borden, since
returned w. Austin, ). Il. Carter, j. NJ. Fiagg
(died off Cape Horn, 5. r. Fisher, San
Francisco; w. Beltlnan. In New York; II.
8 9e, Sie n eiali' 0hi,' nawiey' Sew aorh;
t hoas I ~ e;oN - y. "A; Irintns'
San Eranrisco. iuantsr "a " Hand 81 w ,sraa'
G. Gresson. horace HoaV san Francisco: W Jobn'