The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-06
SEA AND SHORE.
Twenty Thousand Pounds of Tea
Dumped in the Bay.
Incidents Of a Waterfront sabbath-salva.
ton Army Tactics-A Fakir Routed.
The Marior's Departure.

San Francisco has taken another step to-
ward fame. and henceforth Boston is de-
barred from claiming the propFietorship of
the largest teapot in the world. The city
by the Golden Gate now sets up an adverse
claim to that distinction, although the tea
made here may not have been as strong as
that brewed at the Hub.
About 10000 pounds of tea was dumped
into San Francisc0's teapot at midnight last
Saturday at the railroad slip foot of Second
street. A train loaded with the aromatic
leaf. part of the cargo brought here by the
steamer China. was being placed ON the
steamer Transit in order to be ia ken across
the bay on its way East. The boat carries
string OF nine cars on each side and is
loaded by yard-engine, which handles a
string on each trip. On this occasion the
work was done with just little more force
than necessary and Car 637S was pushed
over the buttress onto the fantall, through
which it went crashing into the water, cut
ting 1t completely in two. The car top was
wrenched off and went floating down the
day, while half the load of tea, estimated
at 10000 pounds, toppled over into The
muddy waters.
Olaf johnson, one of the deck-hauds, was
on top of the car at the time and signaled
in vain to stop. He was thrown fully fifty
feet by the shock, but beyond thorough
soaking was none the worse for his header
INTO the bay. The car, or what was left of
1t, was quickly uncoupled and lowed around
to The shore, where IL now lies partly suit
merged. and the wrecking car was put to
work to fish up the trucks. which had broken
loose A broken deck bolt and the dam
aged fantall were the only injuries inflicted
on the transit Some of the tea was picked
up In badly damaged condition.
OFF FOR SANTA CRUZ.
a squad OF eighteen men belonging to
Company c, Fifth Regiment, n. G. c.,
marched to the foot of Market street and
stacked arms in the waiting-room at the
depot about O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The men are from Petauma and took the
4:30 o'clock train for Santa Cruz where
they Will play at soldering in Camp Mark
ham Tor the rest of the week.
Travel across the bay was yery heavy
yesterday, and the terry depots were
crowded all day.
1he salvation preachers were out in force
as usual, and were practising new tactics in
order to attract the attention OF waterfront
sinners. The plan consists in bevy of
good-looklng girls, mostly Scandinavians
gong along the wharves distributing tracts
and trying to lead the people to where the
preachers are. Owing to their poor knowl-
edge OF the language, however, their we'll
intenloned efforts met with but little sue
cess,
patent medicine faKr selling his Quack
nostrums drew large crowd, but was COM
Fletely upset by au old lady who, after lis
tenlng tor some time 10 his stories of the
wonderful cures his medicine effected, asked
MN IL he believed IL would cure poverty.
INTO THE BAY.
A couple of small boys climbed into the
punt hanging at the bow of the ship Ard
milan, lying at Green street, and had lots
OF tun rocking the craft to and fro. Finally
one OF them, little fellow not more than
years of age, lost his balance end tonk a
grasping the side Of the boat aud was
helped out of the water by his chum.
ABOUT the hrst ers0n he ran against on
getting upon the wharf was his mother, who
after giving him a severe shaking, started
the young hopeful for home Oh a run.
A large shed measuring about so bv 40
1eet Is being erected on La Rue's " harf for
the accommodation of the boats that now
dock there.
OFF FOR CHINA.
The United States steamer Marion started
on her voyage TO the China station yester-
day. She leftthe harbor soon after II o'clock
In the forenoon, ana steamed slowly out ON
her way to sea.
The cruiser will not go to China direct.
but Will spend some time with the rest of
the American war-ships chasing pirates in
IN BehrlnS Sea, and Will proceed to China
at the end of the season. 1t is not believed
that she took any further orders for the YES
sels now in the north.
The following is a list of her officers:
Commander, j. K. Bartlett; executive Of
tcer. Lieutenant j. j. bunker; navigator,
LIEUTENANT John Norris; Lieutenan is III.
7. Macintosh, II. G. Rogers and J. III.
Hetherington; Ensigns 6. X. Slocum and
William Cross chief engineer, W. D. Smith;
assistant engineer, w. l.. Wood; paw
master, II. j. Cnlby; surgeon, F. b. Steven
son; marine officer, First Lieutenant C. NJ.
Perkins; passed assistant surgeon, T. a
Berryhiil.
One of the handsnmest Whitehall BIO ats
ever seen in the bay was launched last
thursday. She Is the property of Charles
Peterson and would have sailed in the race
on Saturday only crew could not be pro-
cured IN time.
TOOK A HEADER.
VIII Bender, one of the owners of the
schooner Bender Brothers, had a narrow es-
cape after the vessel was tied up at Berry,
street Wharf subsequent to the race on
Saturday. He was going ashore, but missed
his footing and fell overheard. He was car
rled under the wharf by the strcng ebb tide,
but was rescued by the people on the
schooner who came to his aid in boat.
WORK ON THE WRECK.
So far the work of stripping the wrecked
Palestine has progressed very slowly. The
steamer Whiteaw returned saturday morn
ing with some more of The ships yards and
rigging.
Another attempt will be made this week
to blow the bows out of the vessel in order
to recover her anchors and chains.
MOVEMENTS.
The following vessels arrived In port YES
terday: The steamers Aragn from Coos
Bay, Westport from San Pedro, Del Norte
from Crescent City. Alexander Duncan
from Ventura, Newport from Eel River and
Gipsy from Santa Cruz; the bark II. X.
Ham from Port Blakeley, the &. c. Funk
from Tacoma and the schooner Occidental
from Eureka came in laden with lumber.
WENT TO SEA.
Unite states steamer Marion on cruise
steamers humboldt for Eureka, Walla
Walla for Victoria. Eureka for Wilmington.
National City for Eureka and Ventura for
Westport. The graiu-laden Italian ship
Caterina Accama towed TO sea, bound for
Havre, and the schooners Laura Pike. Mon
terey. Nettie SundbOrg and Alcalde left for
coast ports.
To-day the barkentlne C. c. Funk docks
at Folsom street Wharf.
THE WEATHER.
The weather yesterday was hazy. with a
northwest wind blowing 20 miles an hour.
The barometer stood 90 90