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NAVAL NOTES.
A New Regulation Regarding the Transfer
of Ammunition.

A New Regulation Regarding the Transfer
of Ammunition.
In consideration of the injurious effect
upon the ammunition now used in ships
with B. l.. Il. guns by frequently transfer
ring it to and from magazines on shore, a
regulation has been substituted as follows:
The captain SHALL when the ship under
his command is about to proceed to navy
yard TO go out of commission or for extern
sive repairs, first have all ammunition re-
moved. When only for docking or slight
repairs, hgh-powered explosives only need
be removed. Ships at navy-yards with
ammunition on board must be ready at all
times to flood the magazines and take extra
precautions to guard against fire.
RetirementS occurring in the navy during
the ensuing v"ar are the following: Sail
maker d. c. Brayton, February 18th; r ar
Admiral d. J.. Draine, May 18th; Pay Di-
rector j. d. Murray. September Goth; Medi-
cal Director L. J. Turner. September 9th;
Professor Asaph Hall. October 18th; Pay
Director G. w. Abbott November 18th, and
Naval Constructor w. L. Mintonye.
eutenant-Commander Henry e. Nichols
has been detached from duty in the Coast
Survey and ordered to report at the naval
rendezvous in this city, from which has been
detached Lieutenant John c. Wilson, who
viii continue as member of the Board of
Inspection ana Survey.
The deaths in the navy during the year
numbered a., as follows: Vice Admiral, !;
RearAdmirals, 4; Cummodores, 3; Captain,
/; Commanders, .; Lieutenant-C Commander
/; Lieutenants. 10; Ensigns, 81 Medical Di-
rectors, .; Paymasters. 3; Engineers, 4 :;
Chaplains, 2; Naval Constructors. 2; Pro-
fessOr, /; Major of Marine Corps, /.
Thirty-three officers of the navy became
Benedicts during the gear 1890, and of the
number s are Lieutenants and 90 Ensigns.
The highest ranking officer of the lot is a
Cantaiu.
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MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
Johansen olesen Appropriates His En-
Movers Money!

Johansen Olesen Appropriates His En-
ployer's Money.
+. Seidl, soap manufacturer who con-
ducts an extensive business on the San
Bruno road, has been yictimized by conf
dental clerk named Johansen Olesen, and
the populations are said TO amount to sew
eral hundred dollars.
Last September Olesen was employed by
Seidl as checking clerk, but was soon pro-
NOTED to the better and more remunerative
position as head and confidential clerk.
with his rise in business arose his ambition
and tastes, and he found his salary far too
small TO sustain his social relations in the
new position. He began abStracting small
sums which he replaced. He saw that this
was dangerous method of procedure, and
that 1t could not last long. As the bills fell
due he was sent out to collect them. He
then commenced to pocket some of the
money and make false returns on the bills.
This lasted until Saturday, when his short
ages were established, though not thor
oughly investigated. 0iesen played ruse
of making return. and in the interval of
the discovery and the issuing of warrant
for his arrest for grand larceny made good
his escape.
Ills present whereabouts is unknown to
the authorities. who are, like Micawber and
ike Seidi, waiting for something to turn up.
Olesen was arrested last evening on San
chez street by Officer j. W. Halves on a
warrant sworn out by Sridl
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ger, one fellow remarked to tie other, anu,
Suiting the action 10 the words, he Iined ont
a number of bricks the size of paving blocks.
This excited the rivalry of his companion,
and in short time the facade at the fourth
story began to look as if it had been rented
by dry-goods merchant to advertise PLAID
dress goods, large, small and broken. AT
the third floor more beer was consumed by
the pair, and the bricks began to assume
fantastic shapes. With one graceful sweep
of the brush they would make a round,
triangular or Octagonal brick, as the fancy
struck them.
1t was about 10 o'clock that the people in
the street began to notice that something
was wrong The small boys gathered below,
and the remarks they made at the expense,
of the two jolly fellows ON the ScaffOld would
fill a column.
Come. nut in a STAR" cried one.
That's it, make an eagle"
Now paint flag" said another.
why don't you draw the Presiden rs pic
ture ?' yelled third.
The men, however, went on undaunted,
making lines and curves as If their lives de-
pended on it, crawling along the scaifold,
which was suspended at dangerous angie.
At IL o'clock the contractor appeared ana
ordered the men to stop that crazy work
and come in, or he would have them arrest
ed. 1t was none too soon, either, for with
the disappearance of the fifth pail of beer
the outlines on the wall had assumed very
grotesQue shapes, and there were no two
bricks on the whole facade below the top
floor of uniform size. The effect was ride
ulous, and the bricks looked as much intoX-
icated as the men who had executed them.
As the two painters were taken in hand
by the contractor, one of the spectators was
heard to say, ''By Jovei I'd rather have
lost 500 than to have missed that. Wash
ington Post.
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BLEW OUT THE GAS.
Grant Marston of Upper Lake Dies of
Asphyxiation.

Grant Marston of Upper Lake Dies of
AsphyXiation.
Grant Marston, aged about %, a ranch
hand from Upper Lake, Lake County, ar
rived in this city last Saturday evening on
the 6:15 Donahue train and put up at the
New Western Hotel on Kearny street. lie
was en- route to the home of his brother and
OF his youth in Missouri, but lie will never
reach his destination, as to-day his body lies
stiff in the grasp of death on one of the
mOrgue slabs. He died at As o'clock yes
terday afternoon from asphyxiation.
He retired at o'clock and failed to close
the gas jet. At o'clock yesterday morning
lodger in an adjoining room became sick,
ana investigation showed that the illness re-
suited from escaping gas Traced to the
source OF escape it was found 10 issue from
Marston's room, No. a. which was broken
INTO. MarSton was found in bed suffering,
but beyond the aid of man. DR.. Bunker of
the Recelyng Hospital and two assistants
laDored Tour hours to resusctate him, but in
vain. he never rallied from his torp0r.
In his possession was found Sl54 30 and a
letter giving the address of q sister. Mrs.
Carpenter of Sonoma. She was telegraphed
to md the body was taken to the MOrgue to
await her directions. The indications are
that death was accidental and not suicide
WORTH knowing.-To the old and young alike
that Salvation Oil costs only 20 cents.
Nothing succeeds like success" and DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup is a wonderful success.
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HOW TRADES AFFECT.
Physical Peculiarities Induced by Various
OccnpatiOnS.


Occupations.
carpenters right shoulder is almost in
variably higher than his left, in consequence
of having to use his right arm all the time in
planning and hammerng. With every shay
ing his shoulder rises with a Jerk, and it
finally becomes natural TO him 10 hold him
self in that way, says the Detroit Free
Press.
The right arm of blacksmith, for the
same reason, is almost hypertrophied, while
the left arm, from disuse, becomes afro
phied.
A shoemaker is almost ALWAYS round
shOuldered from continually bending over
the last between his knees as he sews and
hammers.
The mead of a bricklayers' laborer is held
alolt with naughty, self-reliant air, from
his habit of carrying hod on his shoulder
and looking above him as he climbs up the
scnffoldng.
All good orators have most abnormally
VIDE mouths. This Is the direct conse-
qucnce OF their habit of using sonorons
words and speaking with deliberation and
correct pronunciation. If one practices this
before the glass one can see that the mus
Giles in the cheeks are stretched more than
ordinarily. and the mouth is extended a
great deal more than in everyday CONVEX
sation. Then, too, nature has something to
do with 1t. A large mouth, like a prominent
nose, is sign OF power. But all men with
big mouths are not orators. Thank heaven
for thatl
Cowboys and cavalrymen are usually
bow-legged. But all bow-legged people are
not cOwboys-for which they should be
grateful,
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A GROTESQUE SIGHT.
Drunken Painters Decorate New Build
ing in Amusing Style.

ing in Amusing Style.
There was quite an odd spectacle the other
day in front of large business block in
course of repair. The front wall was of
brick and had been freshly painted, but the
"tuck-pointing," or outlining of the bricks
with white paint, still remained to be done.
On the day in question the two men hired TO
do the p ontlng appeared at the building
somewhat the worse for having been or a
mild spree the night before. However, the
contractors not being on hand, the men de-
cided to 60 right to work. Ascending to the
top of the building, where the scaffold was
already hanging, they carefully climbed out
and began work.
All went well for time, and the outlines
of the bricks were true, but as the men
lowered the scaffOid to the fourth story one
of them proposed having little refresh
ment. OF course no objections were raised
by his companion, and he shortly returned
with large pail of beer, which WAS soon
emptied, and work was resumed, this time
little more joyously than before.
What's the matter with making these
bricks SO smallp say. let's make 'em big
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CALIFORNIA PIONEERS.
Second Reunion and banquet to BE Held
in Boston,


in Boston.
The forty-third anniversary of the diScoy-
cry Of gold In California and the second re-
union and banquet of the New England
Associated California Pioneers of 40 will be
held at The Revere House, Boston, next
Saturday,.
AT recent meeting of the association the
following officers were elected:
President, Samuel Snow Cambridge; First
Vice President, Warren Fletcher Boston; sec
ond Vice President, John Adams, Charlie, town (;
Secretary, George q. SPUR, Boston; Treasurer
james Ii. Bennett, Cambridge. Board of Di-
rectors-Henfy l.. Lawrence, Arlington; Isaiah
Graves, Lynn; Edward Ltchfed Boston !;
Charles f. Clifford, Boston; marshall Russell,
Joseph Hclmes, Milton.
The following members will have charge
OF the reunion:
Chief Marshal, Solomon s. Rowe: Aids-Edwin
r Worsier, Alexis Toney Committee Oh Invi-
tatloh- President Snow, Secretary Spur; Com
mlttee on Banquet, Music and Decorations
henry L. Lawrence, G. envilie II. Child Marshall
russell: Benjamin f. GrlGgs, Warren Fletcher
Edwin l.llchneld, James ii. Bennett, George q.
Spur; Committee on Badges-MessrS. Bennett
and Spur; Committee on Recrpton-H Dimes
Smith, Cornell. Lltchteld, Carpenter, RUSSELL
Lawrence; Committee on PIintlug-Secretary
Spur, Treasurer Bennett; Ladies' Committee on
Receltion-MiS. Mary Sinclair Davis, Mrs. Ii. S.
Lawrence, Miss Mabel Bradford Snow, Mrs
Joseph Holmes, Mrs James ii. Bennett, Mrs.
Stephen a. Cornell, Miss Nellie Ledyard.
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Mrs. Coopers BibIe Class.

Mrs. Coooper's Bible class met in the
First Congregational Church yesterday.
" 1dolatry In Israeli was the subject dis
cussed: A letter from Mrs. E. A. Cleve-
land, Principal of the Rincon Grammar
School, stated that her pupils had made
over leo garments for the children of the
Free kindergartenS. Similar information
was conveyed by letter from Miss j. b.
Short Of the Spring Valley Grammar
School. A letter from William F. Harris,
United States Commissioner of Education,
euloEized the work of the Golden Gale
Kindergarten Association.
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TURF NOTES.
Review of the Brooklyn Handi.
cap Entries.
stipendiary Stewards and Licensed Jockeys.
Early TwO-Year-0ld Racing-The De-
vious Ways of Touts.

On the first of January last the entries for
the two great spring handicaps that usher
in the regular racing season East, closed
with the Secretaries OF the Brooklyn and
Coney Island Jockey clubs. They are re-
spectively the Brooklyn and Suburban han
dicaps. The clubs guarantee the value of
the first event at $4,000. and the second at
$4,000 With such large sums to be raced
for it is no wonder that the entries comprise
the pick Of the country.
THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
Taking the Brooklyn handicap first under
consideration, it being the prior event, tie
list of entered competitors is as follows, ac-
coIding TO the latest list received here. 1t is
arranged in alphabetical order, and gives
tie various ages of the entries:
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PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

THE CoMPANY'S STEAMERS WILL esss
L sail 10y
FOR NEW YORK. VIA PANAMA,
SIS. CITY OF NEW y DIRK, Tuesday Jan. IL. SOL,
Il O'Clock NJ taking freight and passengers direct
for Mazatlan Bias, ManZauillo, Acapulco, Cham
perico, San Jose de Guatemala. La Libertad, Punta
Arenas and Panama, and via Acapulco for all lower
Mexican and Central American ports
FOR HONG KONG via YOKOHAMA.
CITY OF PEklNG. Observation-Disclosures.
............. Saturday. January 10. 1891, at 8 PM
CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO .........,.,.......
.............. Tuesday, February 3, 1891, at 3 PM
CHINA. Thursday, February %. 1891, at PM
This steamer viii make special call at San
Bento
Round trip tickets to Yokohama aud retura VI
reduced rates.
For freight or passage applyls the once cora,;
fIIstand Brannan streetA
branch Onice-2U2 Front street.
W. X. A. JOHNSON, Acting Gen'I Agent
delbu GEORGE IL RICE, Iratic Manager.
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FOR PORTLAND 6 ASTORIA, OREGON.

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY Ez-a
l Ocean Diyisiou-and PACIFIC COAST 3SEs1SzS
STEAMSHIP COMPANY Will dispatch from spear
street Wharf o A. NJ, for the above ports of
their Al iron steamships, viz:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-Jau. z, 10. 81.
CONTAMINATION. 3, 10, 27.
OREGON--Jan. II, %.
Connecting via Portland with the Northern Pacific
Railroad, Oregon Short Line and other divergng
lines for all points in Oregon, Washington British
Columbia Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Dakota. Utah,
Wyoming, Yellowstone Park, and all points East and
South and to Europe.
Fare TO POrtland-Cabin, SIC; steerage, SIS; round
trip. cabin. $50.
Ticket Ofices-I Montgomery st. and Palace Ho-
tel. New Montgomery ST.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. Supt. Ocean Line
mr2S 10 Market St, San Francisco.
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OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

Carrying United States, Hawaiian and CO.
lonial Mails.
WILL LEAVE THE COMP ANY'S ga
" Wharf. foot of Folsom street, xsZSEs2
For Honolulu, AucII and and Sydney,
WITHOUT CHANGE.
The Splendid New S000-ton Iron Steamer
Mariposa. NJ onday, JaH. 18th. 5 z. VI,
Or Immediately on arrival OF the British mail
For Honolulu.
SIS. Australia t3000 tonsl Jan. eth. at P. v.
Es- For freight or passage, apply at Office 327
se.6 & General AgenLA
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP &C

DISPATCH STEAMERS FROM SAN k9sa
u Francisco for ports in Alaska A. Il, &SRrs
January 15 80.
For British Columbia and Puget Sound ports
=. N, ian. D. IL. D. 20, 70 and 80.
For Eureka. Humboldt Bay, Wednezdays, A. "
For Mendoclno. Fort Bragg etc. Mon days, IN
For Santa Ana, Los Angeles and all way pJc5i
every fourth day, A. n.
For San Diego stopping only at Los ANGLER, Santa
Barbara and San LUIS Obispo every fourth iaT "a
u A. NJ
Forports in Mexico. 25th OF each month
Ticket Offce-Palace Hotel. New Montgomery st
GOODALL. PERKINS CO, General Agents,
10 Market street. San Francisca
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TIME TABLE.

STAGE CONNECTIONS
Stages leave Cazadero daily except Mondays) for
Stewards Point, Gualala, Point Arena, Cuheys
Cove Navarro. Mendocino City and all points on
the North Coast
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-10
GENERAL robson
at the Scene OF His Former Triumphs
Pour aud Deserted Now.
si,eridl DLsDateh 10 he Intelll0aIeer.

at the Scene OF His Former Triumphs.
Poor aud Deserted Now.
Special DIpateh 70 he IntellEqaaer.
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 9.-How
soon great men are forgotten when they
drop out Of public life. During the
regime of President Grant, and up to
the time the Forty.seventh Congress
adjourned in 1888, few men were more
prominent before the country than
General Robson, OF New Jersey, Secre.
tary Of the Navy under Grant, and Con.
gressman and general leader Of the Re.
publican party.
General Robeson stalked about the
corridors Of the Capitol for several days
during the closing scenes Of Congress
and few knew or addressed him. Fifteen
years ago there was scarcely a man,
woman or child but that was ready to
recognize his robust form aud great
ruddy face. He was one of hereadiest
debaters in the Fortyseventh Congress,
and invariably went to the front in the
defense OF the party and in presenting
the aggressive principles it represented.
BE was stalwart OF the stalwarts.
As.General Robeson talked in lone
" way about the haunts OF former
achievements he looked not much the
worse OF tho wear Of q decade. His
round, red face was still aglow. His
burnside whiskers were snowy white.
His step was elastic, he looked well, but
he was not happy. Surrounded once
by riches and power he is said now TO
be deserted and poor. His family, 1t is
stated, live in Europe, and the General
is reported to be poor In this worlds
goods. He has been fine lawyer, but
age having Crept upon him he probably
has to hustle to keep up his end Of the
professional tactics.
Many a man in Congress who was
about to retire, recognizing General
Robeson's face and form, turned and
looked behind in passing, doubtless re.
flectiDg that soon his present greatness
would be consigned completely to OBJ.
livion. Verify, the greatness Of public
office does not last long. The greatest
OF public men are soon forgotten, even
by their nearest ifleadg. Personal acts
alone live.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-10
PHB COROvBR'S VERDICT
Merely Formally Declares That
Or. Baird's Death
WAS CAUSED Blythe WOUNDS
inflicted by DR.. Garrison's Pistol
Council Takes Action on the
Death of DR.. Bnird---Impres-
slvo Funeral Services.

About eleven o'clock yesterday morn.
;rg the proceedings were resumed in the
CorOner's inquest into the manner and
means by which DR.. George Baird came
N ii, death on Saturday. County Physi.
Nan Wilson was sworn, and testified as
N tbe autopsy on DR.. Baird's body Sat-
",Say night. He said that all the organs
Tsre healthy and indicated that he was
IN nsrIect health up to the time Of his
death, Two gunshot wounds were
fonnd Ons showed that the ball had
SnteTed tbree.fourths OF an inch below
tbs tor Of the breast bone, passed
through The breast bone, went diagonal:
IL across, cut the left common carotid
artery, went through the upper portion
oi the lung, out OF the chest, under the
sscond rib, over the shoulder blade, and
Iodved in the skin back OF the left
sboulder. The course OF the ball was
about horizontal. This wound caused
death in few minutes.
The lother shot, in the head, did not
iniure any OF the vital ttssues. The first
wouud indicated that the right side was
partially turned toward the pistol, while
ihe second was received alter the body
had been turned further around.
The Jury yas unanimous in its judg.
ment, except that one member thought
tbe verdict should state that the shots
were wilfully fred. This, however, was
voted down. The verdict as rendered,
shorn Of It's technicalities, was that
"ThO death Of ofGeorge Baird was cansed
hv two gun shot wounds fred from a
pIstoI held in the hand Of ono George I.
Garrison, on the 7th day Of March. 1901,
on Eleventh street, in the city OF Wheel.
ing, County Of Ohio.
This was signed by the jurors and by
H. Q. Meyers, as foreman, and John W.
SchultEe, Coroner
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Our Military Heroes.

Special Dispdtea 10 At Intanceaeer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, March 9.-Prof.
v. A. Lewis, OF the State Historical So.
ciety, arrived here last night, having in
his possession large addition to the
collections Of that organization. With
many other articles, were life-size oil
portraits Of Hon. John Hall, President
Of the frat constitutional convention,
and General Stonewall Jackson, Albert
G. Jenkins and John A. McCausland.
The three latter portraits belong TO
military group now being rapidly COM
pleted, which will consist Of the por.
traits already mentioned and Of General
John Echols, Of the Confederate service,
Generals Goti, Kelly, Harris aud Duval,
Of the Federal army, and Colonels Tho.
burn, Frost and Patton, being the three
West Virginia Colonels on either side
who were killed in battle. Other groups
will consist Of prominent civilians from
pioneer days TO the present. Oontribu.
tons to the library and relic depart
ments are being rapidly made and the
officers OF the society claim that within q
year they will have the largest library in
the State.
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STORMS and FLOODS.
Tennessee Towns Experiencing
Some Very High Water.
SEVERAL TOWNS SUBMERGED
And tho Rains COntinue..-Grcat
Snow storms occur in a Number of
Western states.-.Deep Drifts
and Traffic Suspended.

NASHVILLE, TRNE., March 9.-The
phenomenal rise in the river continues
and at one o'clock this morning the
guage read 48 Q feet, rise since Friday
morning of 25.6. Much damage has
been done by reason Of the rapidity Of
the rise than would otherwise have oc-
CURED. Probably between 1900 and
1000 people have been driven from their
homes and goods in warehouses and
cellars have suffered much damage. As
viewed from the bridge. the river is
vast angry torrent spreading out over
the lowlands. Nearly all the lumber
yards are overlooked and in.some con.
siderable loss will result. The river has
brought out a vast amount OF driftwood
and It Is passing the city in great guam.
titles. During the day It was gaining
slowly aud steadily. Merchants were
busy all day removing goods from eel
lars and warehouses near the wharf TO
higher gronnd. It is estimated that
there are between 800 and 800 families
in the city that have been driven from
their homes by the high. waters. At
the police headquarters many inquiries
for shelter are being male.
The reports from all points on the
river show that II Is rising everywhere,
and the fullnees Of the Ohio and Missis:
sipppi will prevent the Cumberland
from running down as rapidly as it
otherwise would.
The river continued TO rise all day.
The guage reads 47.9 feet, 40 feet being
the danger line. River men predict
that without any more rain the river
will go 2 feet higher. About 800 fami.
lies have been driven from their homes.