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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-23


AS soon as the steamer struck Captain
Donaldson gave orders to stop the engines
and then go full speed astern. The vessel
did not hang second as the rock rises sheer
out OF the water One or two OF the paSsen-
gers yelled when the vessel struck, but
there was no confusion. Just after the
engines were reversed we heard the whstling
buoy, which is located outside the reef. We
steamed out to get around the buoy, and, at
the same time, made an examination of the
ship, set all pumps at WORK, ami got the
covers off the boats and swung them out
side ready for use.
IAN examination showed that the vessel
was badly strained all over but the water
was not gaining very rapidly, and it was
thought at first that we could get her to this
port. The water began to pour in more rap
IDLY, thOugh-faster than our pumps could
pump it out-and we hauled in toward the
land. AT 3 o'clock in the afternoon the wa
ter got SO high 1t put the fires out and
stopped The engines. The four boats were
lowered int the water, and at 3 10 o'clock
all hands left the Ship. All the personal
effects Of the passengers and crew were lost,
we left in such hurry. Captain Donald
son did not even save the ships papers and
his instruments. Wells, Fargo q Co.'S
treasure, amounting to nearly $1,000, was,
however, saved. There was no excitement
and no confusion when we left, as the sea
was smooth.
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FOLLOWING THE BEACH.

1--WE could hot see the shore, but could
discern the breakers on the beach. We
judged We were about ten miles to the north
of Shelter Cove, but we afterward found we
were only about eight miles. We pulled in
a southerly direction, following the beach,
and at 6 30 O'clock we pulled alongside the
wharf at Shelter Cove and all hands went
to the hotel. Next morning Captain Dom
aldS0n obtained the services of Mr. Smith,
who is agent at Shelter Cove, as guide and
went across country thirty-tive miles to
Petrolia, from which place he sent dis
patch to the owners. Some Of us pulled out
in boat and found that the Ajax had sunk,
and her mastheads were just showing
above the water. She had sunk in about
eighteen or nineteen fathoms. At o'clock
yesterday morning the Newport came along
side the wharf and we all got on board and
arrived here at o'clock this morning. We
We're treated most kindly by the people at
Shelter Cove and by the captain and officers
of the NeWDOTt.'
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NAMES OF THE PAssENGERs.

The names of the cabin passengers who
were ON the wrecked steamer were: j.
Leeds, j, Jacobs, g. Carpe, Miss A. Flana-
gan, l.. Calaghan, NJ. j. Bowman, j. j.
Kronhalen, A. Dunkaid, 2. S. Weaver, w.
o. Donaldson, r. D. Bernis, Mrs. j. Wept
and j. Breingar.
The Ajax was built at this port in 1888,
and was on her eighty-tirst trip when lost
Hen cargo consisted of 700 tons coal, valued at
about $500, on which. as far as is known,
there was no insurance. The vessel cost
S120,000. and was insured for $4,000 in the
mans Fund 81, 500, Boston Marine SO, O00
Sun 5000, California 5000, South British
$780, Commercial $500, Magdeburg General
S25OO
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-23
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AUOTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHAN
observation-disclosures California street.
Regular Salesdays. Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 a.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-23

Elegant residence lot S. side of Fulton 1926 fee
w. OF webster ST.: magnificent lot for "A chuic
home, or Tor the erection OF II French flats: fin
level lot: street severed and paved with bitumuau
rock neighbors frst-claSs; cable road; lot 30
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02
evolution from that brave but unbeauti-
full sy le Of dress.

evolution from that brave but unbeauti-
full syle Of dress.
Ii is even less akin to the trousers of
the Turkish woman. They are her out
ward and Distinctive raiment. The
hloomer Mas their next of kin. and
ashamed of The connection. which it
sought u hide with the skirt of rompro-
mise. Ia form the divided skirt is more
like the Chinese wnman's trousers than
il is like ANY other piece of feminine APP
parcl, harbaruus ar civilized. But even
here the resemblance is very remote.
Celestial trousers are long and tapping
and ugly, and take the piac" of the civil
lied womau's dress. The divided skirt
is shorter. makes mo- display of itself,
confines itself 10 it, original purpose of
supplanting the uudrrskirl, and makes
mo- overt attacks upon the outside dress.
Therein lies the difference between the
American divided skirt and the feminine
trousers Of the Chinese ar any other Ia
ton. IL is simply "A shy little underskirt
that wouldn't attempt Ia bc ANYTHING
else for the world. and which wishes To
be kept well covered by a gown Of or
thodox length.
The truth is. the divided skirt is like
no other article If railrent known to the
feminine half of the world. IL is a pro-
duct of the %bifurcating tendency Of evo-
lution-that tendency which split chop
sticks into two tined forks. divided single
pronged hair skewers into two pronged
hairpins, changed the toga Of the Ro-
mans into the modern trousers, and. per-
haps-who can say:-gave mankind two
legs instead Of one.
That same birfurcating tendency has
been at work upon woman's apparel this
many a day. Time was. and not so very
long ago, when each article of her raj
ment would have answered fairly well
to the Turkish woman's description of
Lady Monat-ue's dress-trou,ers with
one leg. And now there is lcGt. at least
among that large section of womankind
that has adopted the divided skirt and
its concnmilant-. but one single article,
the outside gown. that Is safe from the
attacks uf division and still keeps its
circlirg, enreloping form aud purpose.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02
WoMAN'S WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Work. win and wait-The Changed Ideal
of Feminine beauty.
downright, 1901

Copyright, lSIl
The change in the ideal Of feminine
beauty in the last generation is striking.
The present generation will remember
the pictures hanging in their mothers
parlors of ideally beautiful women. These
pictures represented a female with u
large, bul,ing forehead, hollow chest,
slipping shoulders and a thin neck,
curved something like "a crooked nuckcl
squash. \ general cnnsumptive expires.
Z sion prrvadel the females face. the
more consumptire the more lovely.
Long curls dropped about her cheeks.
and generally a full blown red rose was
perched in her hair above the left ear.
The picture usually bore the name lisa
bella" 'Rosabella' or Angelina" But
all this, which may be called the crooked
necked squash style of feminine beauty,
has vanished from the earth. The
tailor made girl is nov the beauty.
She has square shoulders, a full neck,
a fiat back, and carries her head
erect. The ancient sloping shoulder line,
which artists Of that day considered the
curve Of ideal beauty, in our time would
stamp a girl as round shouldered to a de-
formity, and send her in haste to the
gymnasium to practice exercises that
would send her out again flat Of back.
square Of shoulder and full and deep Of
chest. The ideal feminine beauty has
now a suggestion of strength that IL has
not had in modern times and which
brings il nearer 10 the ancient Greek
model than it has ever been before. We
begin to understand that strength COM
bined with harmonious development con-
stitutes perfect beauty.
The women artists of New York have
set "A good example TO their sex else
where. \ number Of the strongest Of
them have formed n club of their own,
called the Woman's Art club. They have
grown in influence and numbers till they
are now able to give art receptions Of
their own, and very crcditable ones, o
The newspapers announced that Bishop
Hurst, wife '',liei at the residence of
her husband" Cannot "a woman have a
home Of her own even tn die in:
\ minister writes in The Chicago Ad.
vance that he had lately attended a ban
quot at which $50 women were present,
and manyof them made dinner speeches.
They had toastS and "A toast master and
Il rule f%orbiddinS any M TO speak
more than two minutes. The speeches
were not only able and witty, hut they
were audible. IL shall now said the
minister. feel more at liberty to urge
the women to take part in prayer meet.
ings."
Mrs. NJ. q. W. Oliphant is one of the
most versatile of writers. Once she pro-
posed 10 the editor of Blackwood's Mag
azine Ia write all Of one number, the
serial story on which she Was then en-.
gagged, AID five other articles on differ.
ent topics and in different styles.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02

man who wears one l. no longer an
object Of curiosity to her feminine
friends. for a goodly number Of those
friends have probably donned it them.
selves.
But the divided skirt has not gone I'M
challenged in its career al a conquerer.
II still has enemies who rail at il. m
mics who sneer at it, enemies who ridi-
cule it. Every woman who wears IL
hears such expressions as these when
ever the subject comes up for discussion
among her women friends: "llow per-
fectly hideousr' The very idea Of wear
ing such a thing is disgusting!' Really,
it's immodest.' But il one may judge
from the apparent amount Of demand for
the skirt. it is gradually making its way
into the ranks of standard articles Of
feminine apparel.
Is the divided skirt an evolution Of the
boomers of forty years ago. Did the
idea come from China or Turkey? Or
did it ''just growy" Or was 1t simply
horn las Isl" There are those who say
Il Is descended, in direct line, from the
bloomer costume. II so, it does great
and much needed credit to its fore
mother. Il would be difficult to imagine
Q costume more u~ngainly and ungraceful
than the bloomer-unless Il were the dis
tended hoopskirts, pinched waists and
bsdraggled trains, against which the
bloomer was a protest. But the divided
skirt. when made Of pretty materials. In
Q very dainty and q very witching gar.
msnt and certainly has beauty and
grace in its favor, whatever else may be
aid Of il. But when IL isn't made Of
pretty materials-weIl. IL is then 1T COM
pany for the blsomer. But It Is No dr.
Asrsnt, I'm form and intention, rom The
tsoomer that IL cannot b claimed ~ a
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02


made from dainty
and costly ma
Iterials. has given
it additional pres
tige. And very re-
Gently the mighty
Felix himself.
from the queen
city Of fashion.
has sent out "A
model Of a di-
vided skirt that is
n beautiful and
I~bewildering mass
of lace and frills
and silk IA thing
that Minerva her
self would be
willing tosell her
owl. and her
crown togrt. So
lthat the divided
skirt is now a
y Partisan fashion.
The Irish laun.
druss has barn,ne
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02

Slowly but surely the divided skirt
question is setting womankind against
itself-bifurcating feminine opinion ~
distinctly rs the skirt itself is divided.
The views pro and con are as emphatic
as feminine views are apt Ia be, ON what
ever subject, and the question gets ar
gued between believers aud unbelievers,
wearers and non-wearers. an increasing
number of times ~rery day.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02
&S;~@eA~.~G7 '~sa>


PARIS. March 2s.-The other night ]
was at a dinner at the Russian embassy
and could not help falling in love with
the toilet worn by the young Duchess
de Bligny. Her robe was cut high in
the neck and with long sleeves, because
her shoulders and arms are so plump
that il would not be keeping Lent strict.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02

And there is a IN that ever this.
in the specific form Of riding habit. is
about to be attacked by the bifurcating
impulse.
do tell me-" ] said to a woman who
sings the praises Of her divided skirt at
every opportunity, "whlt there is about
hat garment which makes every woman
who wears n 80 anxious to convert
every other woman to the faith"
"Ob, it is such a dainty, pretty gar
mem and fits around the waist and over
the hips SO neatly and brings out so
beautifully every pretty curve and falls
in such soft. graceful lines. and is alto
gether ST fetching, that ! stand before
my glass and admire it every time |
reach that stage If dressing or undress-
ing.
''Besides, it never gets wet. or soiled.
or bedraggled from the street, no matter
how hard ii rains or how long YOU are
out. II is 81 light that you hardly know
you have anything Of the kind on, and
so lessons the necessary weight Of the
clothing and makes backaches less fire.
quent. You can have better command
Of all your muscles and handle yourself
better and be more graceful. You can
walk more easily and dance more grace
fully, and do everything that you want
to do with more ease and pleasure-ex-
cept cross your knees. and il you attempt
to do that with a divided skirt on you'll
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02
GENTS WANTED.

foi club Rates, or any further information de-.
sired. write legibly to the unde rsigped, clearly stat.
Ing YOUR residence. with state. County, stree, and
Sumier, More rapid return mail delivery will he
assured by your enclosing an Envelope hearing
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02
THE DIVIDED SKIRT.

For. undoubtedly. tie divided skirt is
gaining ground and las won already a
large army To it, We ring AMI defense.
IL has been only TREE year, since il
sprang. full gath, red. trimmed and
divided. from the rain of the lady for
whom il hsi> achl we'd distinction. into
the talk If women md the news columns.
headlines aud part graphs of the news
papers.
Three wears ago nobody had even
thought of a divided skirt. One woman,
more inventive than practical. had sewed
her petticoat together. back and front and
had tried to wear il in that shape. But
the attempt 10 make Siamese twins out
of her propelling members had not
proved entirely successful and comforta-
BILE, and she had gone back 10 the ortho-
dox form in petticoats gladly and crate
fully.
Now patterns by the hundred are sent
out by the firm of the lady To whom all
the talk about it is due. and the same
firm carries a large stock at the made
goods in all materials from red flannel
10 soft. lace trimmed silk. Several dry
goods houses keep it always on hand.
One Of them spends a good deal of
money advertising that they keep it. II
no longer attracts curious crowds when
it is displayed in the store windows.
The fact that several actresses. among
them Rosina Vokes. wear the article,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-02
GPEs21
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We tine undersigned Ban SIS aud Bankers will pay
all Prizes drs~n In The Louisiana state Lotteries
which may De presented at our counters.
u. " .wALMSI.EN, Pres Louisiana Net. Bank
PIERRE LANAUN, Pres, state Nat. Bank
A.. BALDWIN. Pres. New Orleans MAI. Bank
CARL knHN- pres Imam Nstionsl Rank
, 1890-03-07
THE PLAT

Ed F. Stables plat of Interior Heights
addition to Cheyenne was filed for record
at the Office of the county clerk yesterday.
This Is the South Side suburb of the In.
terror Land and Immigration company,
and is a fine tract of land, admirably
suited for the residences OF shop en-
ployes.
There are l07 blocks and parts of
blocks, The full ones are of forty-e eight
lots.
Beginning on the south streets are
numbered from First to Ninth. Com
mencing on the east avenues are named
as follows: Lincoln, Irving, Dwight,
Bennett, Denver, Cheyenne, King, AFTER,
York, Holmes, Gadd, Kelly, Talbot, Col
orado, Wyoming, Kansas, Stable. York
avenue is about the center and the prin-
cipal thoroughfare, and will be traversed
by the street railway.
1t is the intention 10 begin construction
of neat cottages in Interior Heights at
once.
, 1890-03-07
tow TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked VI
Throughout the City.

Call and see Mrs. Chafin's azalias and
hyacinths.
Bill Nye was here again yesterday. He
was en- route west.
Alex. Turnbull & Co. undertakes.
Geo. II. Willard, manager.
T. d. Carper. who lately placed about
$40. 900 in Cheyenne realty, is up from
Denver.
Next Thursday evening Madame Dav-
idson will give a grand concert at the
opera house.
Money to loan in small amounts on
short time, by II. Walter Vets, lTl4
Ferguson street.
1t is on the card for the legislature to
adjourn a week from today, but the ses-
sion will probably encroach on the 18th.
Manager Rhodes feels assured already
of the success of the engagement of the
Emma Juch Grand Opera company the
22d.
Geo. A. johnson, OF Almy, and G. N.
Haycreek, have been appointed nntarles
public for Unita n Crook counties, re
spectively.
The funeral for Mrs. Emma Ramsey
will occur Sunday. Her. husband is here
from Ogden and relatives are on the way
from California.
Whltcomb's, 2O22 Ferguson, corner
Twentieth street, rooms and table. First
class meal tickets, s. and $40. SO for
twenty one meals.
James O'Neal aud his sterling company
will present Monte Cristo here next Sat
urday evening. O'Neal plays to crowded
houses e~verywhere.
Hon. j. A. Johnston is home from a
visit to the proposed nrigating works oil
the Inter state Water and Canal company.
He is highly elated over the prospects o.
the big enterprise.
Theo. Meuges, a realty hustler who has
long been interested in Cheyenne, but
who has lived at kimball, has decided tc
make this place his home. Mr.. Menges
is a valuable acquisition.
, 1890-03-07
Holmes Literary Society.

4 very attractive programme has been
arranged for the Holmes Literary Society
exercises at the high school this after
noon. These are the numbers:
RecitatiOn-BetsY and l Are Out,
Louisa Newman.
Essay-Winds, VIM. Clutch.
Chorus Beautiful Venice, high school
choir.
Debate Resolred, THAT reputation is of
more value than charaeter: Affirmed,
Sarah Gordon; denied, Edith Snow.
Instrumental solo-Edith johnson.
observation-disclosures Deisrick.
Essay-Large Arms, Marcus Lyon.
Vocal solo-Laura Richardson.
Essay-Caverns and Cave of the Winds
at Manitou, Gertrude Dobbins.
Essay-The Studies of a Junior, Ida
Whitcomb.
Oration-Nature the Source of Poeti,
Inspiration, Emma Grifiths.
Chorus-The Enchanted Isle. higl
school choir.
, 1890-03-07

Max j. Meyer, is in receipt of a reply
to his statehood letter to his former con
gresham, VIM. McAdoo. of a New
Jersey Democratic district. He says:
II am of course in favor OF home rule
for every community with sufficient pop
ulation and resources. l will carefully
investigate the claims of Wyoming and
will be glad if can agree with you. l
have lately been out to the coast and con,
sequently through your territory and have
some little personal knowledge of the
looks of the country at least"
, 1890-03-07

a peculiar incident occurred on the
Union Pacific during the recent snow
blockade. Rotary SOC plows were being
extensively used in severe blockades.
While a JUL ~excavator was driving
through drifts four or five feet deep be-
tween Glenn Falls and Huntington, Ore
gOn, a steer was caught in the cone while
it was revolving at the rate of seventy
five revolutions per minute. The steer
was cut into pieces and thrown out with
out the slightest impediment to the ma
chinery. Judging from this experience
it might be profitable when rotary snow
plows are working in the regions of live
stock industries to attach a sausage
grinder to the machine when starting out.
, 1890-03-07
A AFEAIR.
A Big Audience Delighted With the
PasmOre Concert Last Evening.

The most successful home musical en-,
tertainment ever given was the Pasmore
benefit concert of last evening. -Four
hundred of Cheyenne's best people
crowded into the auditorium OF the Pres,
b~Yterian church, and for two hours lis,
tened with wrapt attention and keen Joy
to the vocal and instrumental music.
The singers were Misses Davidson,
Crook, Chafin, Richardson, Morgan,
Mrs: Walker and Mr.. Arch Hale. All
were highly pleasing. Miss Davidson has
a remarkably rich and powerful contralto
voice, which has been carefully trained.
Her solo, The Day is Done" captured
the audience completely. Miss Crooks
clear notes fell upon the ear in delightful
cadence. There is a marked similarity
in the vocalization of the Misses Chafiu
and Richardson. Each has sweet, pure
voice of great strength and fexibility
Miss Morgan and Mrs. Walker sing
nicely.
Mr.. Hale surprised all. The volume,
resonance and bell-like purity of his voice
is really remarkable.
Miss Ada Williams, the brilliant plan
Iste, gave the Carnival OF Venice" on
the piano and an orgon solo. Miss Edith
johnson plays with rare skill. Misses
frankie Warren and Geuevleve Hoyt.
younger pupils OF Prof. Pasmore's, played
well. Miss Cahill was dashing and fear
less in execution of a difficult piano solo.
Miss Stanley, in two numbers, showed
the touch of an artist. Miss Morgan's
selection was pretty and its rendition
faultless. o
Prof. j. Hutchinson was euthusias
tically received and drew sublime melody
from his violin. He is one of the most
accomplished violinists in the whole west
and has few peers anywhere.
Prof. Pasmore accompanied through.
out, and closed with Polish Dance No.
3" a pretty air composed by himself fol-
the occasion. 1t was arranged for foul
hands, and he was assisted by Miss
Stanley.
Nearly every performer was encored
and each received magnificent fora
tributes.
The concert was an artistic aud finan.
cial success, and this result was a deserv.
ing compliment to Prof. Pasmore.
, 1890-03-07

water works for maintaining the groun DIS
III order.
Mr.. Murphy introduced council file No.
SO, amending section 3505 of the Revised
Statutes. in regard to execution at judy
ments.
Mr.. Stotts introduced council file No.
81, creating Niobrara county. The new
county boundaries will be on the west
township line between townships 6S and
SO, and On the south the 7th standard
parallel. taking in the all of Converse
county east OF Shawnee and a portion of
Laramie county north of Fort Laramie.
The town OF Lusk is located in about the
center of the proposed county.
BILLS PASSED.
Council file No. SO, concerning roads
aud highways, was passed by the council.
SOME INFORMATION.
In reply to a council resolution asking
information as to what persons had been
and are paying rent for rooms in the CAPT
tol building, the secretary Of the capitol
commission replied that the persons pay.
ing rent are as follows: Secretary of ter
titory, $50 per month; United States sur
veyor general, $50 per month; rental of
legislative halls for present session, 5000.
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
In committee of the whole house bill
No. II, regarding the manner of execut-
ing instruments outside of Wyoming,
failed to receive favorable action, and it
was recommended that it do not pass.
Substitute for house bill No. 90, for
the protection Of horse breeders, was
recommended for passage.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The first open executive session of the
council in the history Of Wyoming legis-
ton was held at . o'clock. A large num-
Der Of visitors, including many ladies,
were present.
The nominations made by the governor,
as follows, were read:
Auditor-C. W. Burdick.
Treasurer-H. G. Hay.
Fish Commissioner-Lou Miller.
Veterinarians. A. Holcombe.
The president asked what disposition
the council wished to make of these nomi-
nations.
Mr.. Reel moved that they be consid-
cred on Tuesday next at 9 o o'clock p. IN.
He stated that several bills affecting some
Of the officers named were before the legis-
lature, and before voting on these nomi.
nations he thought the council should
know the final disposition of these bills.
Mr.. Stotts saw no reason why the NOM
nations should not be voted upon at once.
The only question was the fitness of the
nominees, not the passage of any bills be.
fore the legislature.
Mr.. Liggett said there was a bill pend.
ing which proposed making a bank the
the custodian of the public funds. If
that bill became a law it would certainly
have some bearing upon his vote upon
the confirmation of any one as treasurer
connected with a bank which might be-
come that custodian. There was:also a
bill pending effecting the pay and emolu-
ments of the territorial auditor. Final
action on this bill should also be taken
before the council should be called upon
to vote for any one who would be affected
by its provisions.
Mr.. Reels motion to defer considera-
ton until Tuesday was then carried.