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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-31
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VOID Have AnY war.

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Curt Comments From the CORPORAL

From the PitfsbtIr0 Dispdtch undl
There is pertinence as well as poetic justice
In the severe remark Of Corpl Tanner that
20 permit jobbery 10 20 on In the pension
bureau is all wrong. The Hon James Tanner
- now IN position 70 suggest 20 the admins.
Iatlon that the move from the frying.pan into
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= Harrison Hasn't Much influence.

From the 81. Louis ReptsbIic.
= The story that Mr.. Harrison is trying TO form
a triple alliance with France and Russia against
England may be true, but il is also true that
his authority in the premises is equaled BY that
of the able colored republican statesman who
cleans the state department. spittoons.
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Canada is putting in some more time on
that modus vivendi. II the fish manage to
survive these frequent applications Of modus
vivendi they are pretty lucky suckers.
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oURRENr COMMENT.
Sees But Learns Slowly.
From the Ne,D York World Dem. \

Mr.. Harrison's unchanged views on the force
bull show that he has lately seen a good deal
and learned nothing.
The morning call., 1891-02-23

hand. After throwing off our boots ana
rubbers. johnson and myself jumped in and
on touching bottom on the waves we
grabbed Hanna and pulled him in.
EXCITING MOMENTS.
I'VE tried to right ourselves. 1t is not al
ways easy to throw off our lines and this
time they held US in check. We wanted to
hug the side, so as to be able to take aboard
the captains wife, son and daughter, and
that meant that we must be very close
Every time we drew near bilow would
beat rs against the side. our boat would get
the froth at the mouth of the surge, a
bucketful or more each time; then the un-
dertow would take us twenty feet or more
away, and we'd have to go cautiously back
IL was as dark as at midnight though only
O'Clock In the evening, and the black sill
houette OF The ship could barely be outlined
against the gray silhouette of the bluff, not
twenty feet distant, though tho breaking
snrges at the water line indicated the place
where we should make for
we saw our boat was filling very fast,
ana some thought was taken to bailing it
out. Ihe proposition was not to be heard
OF LOT moment when we measured the
gigantic task to the ever -lessening moments
OF possible delay before the ship would
part.
THE BOAT SMASHED.
We made our way back again and
again, until once we were driven way out
by stronger undertow than before. AS
we came In we accidentally got too near
the port counter and the heavy billow that
raised the stern SO high. just previous to
our last strain at the oars, that we were
crushed by its returning us the undertnw
rushed out. Our little boat was broken
into three or four parts, and we were SUBJ
merged under the stern. The returning
blllow raised the stern, and We fioated out
with the next undertow. The sea claimed.
then disclaimed and then reclaimed us, and
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and towed with the other tugs on the ship
till Z 80 o'clock and then we let 60 and came
to the dock about 9 o'clock. The three
other tugs came up just as the ship struck
the patch.
TWENTY SEVEN MEN.
There were twenty-seven men on the
ship. My father, Captain Colcord; first
mate, Charles Barclay; second mate, Nate
Iendleton; two b0atswains- Charley and
pm; four quastermasters-Joe, Louis "a
Frenchman), Frank and Ned. The steward
was was All Hee, Chinaman, and the cook was
Clnnese too, don't know his name. There
were thirteen sailors, l only knew three
hrst names. and three boys-Nels Moeder,
d aans Matson, both Norwegians, and james
X. HERMAN"
=, Captain A. III. Herman, who is related to
Capta!nlColcord,h his brother having married
Captain Herriman's sister, stated that the
BOY James X. HERMAN, who was on the
Elizabeth, was nephew of his and of Cap
tam Colcord, and the son of CAPTAIN j. l.
HERMAN Of Santa Clara.
AN OLD SAILOR.
Captain James Herbsrt Colcord, the Cap
tam OF the ill-fated Elizabeth, was about AZ
years OF age, and native of Searsport,
Me-, where he married a young lady also a
native 0l that town, some twenty years
ago. lie has been five years in command OF
the Elizabeth, and has made four successful
voyages to this port from New York. Cap
tam Coleord has been sailor all his HE
and stands high in his profession.
1he Elizabeth was valued nt $4,000, and
is reported as not being insured.
DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.
Captain HERMAN dispatched trusty
agent to SausaIito by the first boat yester-
day morning, with instructions TO procure
all necessary assistance, and spare no ex-
pense in going as last as possible to the
scene OF the disaster.
About an hour later Captain Herman
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vessels side before each Of Us had caught
hold OF the broken boat. We held On by
the keel.
ANOTHER BOAT LOWERED.
The captain came to the side of the ship
and called ont. | shouted, Go ahead and
save your family. Put another boat to sea,
and We'll try to hang on here; don't MIND
u.s.
captain Colcord ordered boat taken
from the Penthouse and had it lowered with
his family in it into trough in the sea;
LUCKILY, the captains gig got off safely ana
when little way off the mate in the boat
shouted Tor the captain to come too. lie re-
FUSED, saying he would stay until all were
saved; then he would go. They then wanted
to take us aboard, and | had to tell them to
go, put be awful quick, as we couldn't hold
on long. The gig then made for the tug
Kellance and those in it were put aboard;
The tug then came for US and tished us out
OF boiling sea.
SAVED BY HIS COMPANION.
Just before the Reliance reached us L
grew very weak, and felt my grasp on the
Keel lo0sening every second. JOhnsen said
TO me, Hold on, Taken, for Gods sake,
moment. A tug is nearly here Then he
drew nearer aud helped TO support me, else
l. too. would have been dead.
As we went below we saw the Elizabeth
being laShed by the bil!ows, which. with
the undertOw, churned the vessel up and
down, one end at time, and every once lii
a while the boat would seem to topple over
more and sink into the sea. | knew all was
doomed to destruction so far as the ship was
concerned, but hoped for the crew and cap
tain. Beyond that knew nothing except
that our treatment on the Reliance and the
steamer Alameda deserves To be thanked
for, and we are NEST thankful"
ln response TO questiOnings Taken ad-
mitted that Captain Colcord seemed TO be
bewildered by the excitement and danger Of
the situation.
The morning call., 1891-02-23
CAPTAIN HENRY'S BODY
One Resembling 1t Washed
Ashore at TiburOn.
The Description Tallies With That of the
Dead Man-No Doubt of the Identity.
Taken to San Rafael.

SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 22.-The remains of a
man hve feet, nine inches high, stoutly
built, with sandy mustache and having
On life preserver was found in the water
at 1iburon this morning. The deceased
wore rubber boots, striped under-clothing,
blue pants. oil-coat, buff colored over-shrt,
striped socks, dark sack coat and had two
signal lights in his pockets.
IL India ink on the right arm was the
Goddess of Liberty, and sailor holding an
anchor and star marked on the right hand.
On the left arm were traced the words
Jerusalem and 1882 in India ink. The
letters 81. 5. s." were printed in rel ON the
life preserver.
The remains could not have been more
than one day in the water. Coroner Eden
was notified and removed the remains to the
MOrgue here where it awaits identii ,ation.
The body is supposed to be that of Cap
tain Charles Henry of the Life-saving Sta
tion. who lost his life yesterday afternoon
by being swept from the life-boat by
heavy sea.
The morning call., 1891-02-23
THE ROYAL. SCANDAL.
The Prince of Wales Annoyed at the Publ
tinr of +ba

The Prince of Wales Annoyed at the Publica-
tion of the Baccarat Story.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-The Worlds Lon
don special says: The statement about the
baccarat scandal as published in the World.
is attributed to Archibald Forbes, who is
said to have been inspired by Sir William
Gordon Cumming or his friends. The story
in tie Pail Mall Gazette, which does
not seriously traverse the Worlds ac-
count, was clearly written in the in
terest of Wilson, and George Lewis
IS credited with the authorship of it.
Both accounts agree that the part taken by
the Prince was intended to keep the
matter out of public knowledge, and that he
was intensely annoyed at the whole circuIn-
stances. The Prince is blamed by many for
not allowing the case to take its ordinary
course, which would have led to the ostra-
cism of Sir William without any effort TO
shield him. But it should be borne in mind
that this affair took place, not in a public
room, but in a private house among friends.
Moreover, the play was not for large sums
at baccarat, running over night after night
and extending into the small hours of the
morning. but was a tiutter Of only an hour
or an hour aud half for such small stakes
as or 10 shilings, the bank being limited
to 4lOO
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sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Several Important Changes Made by the ST

Several Important Changes Made by the Sem
ate Committee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-The Sundry Civil
APPROPRIATION Bill was reported to the Sem
ate yesterday. Among the changes are the
following: Increasing by $3.50, 600 the .limit.
of cost for the San Francisco Postoffice site.
and extending to $3.50, 600 the limit of cost of
the Los Angeles public building; the amount
for buildings for military posts is $500, 900,
increased from S690,000; the appropriation
for the survey OF public lands is reduced to
$4,000, and provision is made for the sur
yey of No Mans Land; the appropriation
S325,00O to 5000, 000 The House provls-
ional amendment to prevent the institu-
ton OF revenue prosecutions for the sake of
fees has been stricken out, and in Its place
is inserted the requirement that no such
prosecutions shall he brought, except upon
The sworn application of the Revenue Col
lectOr or deputy, approved by the United
States Circuit Judge. Radical changes are
made in the Worlds Fair appropriation.
That for the Government exhibit is reduced
from S350.000 to a300,0 coo. Permission 10 ex-
pend Sj0,000 of this for the Iatin-Americap
Department Is stricken out. The Gnex-
pended balance appropriated by the act OF
April 70, $780, Is appropriated for the pur-
pose OF aiding the Government exhibit
solely. except that from it may be paid the
salaries for the current fiscal year. In place
OF the specific appropriations made for sal
aries Dy the House, the lump sum of $40, 600
is appropriated, to be expended under tile
approval OF the Secretary of the Treasury.
A new proviso is inserted, land the several
sums herein appropriated for the. Worlds
Exposition snail be deemed part OF the sum
Of $500, 600, the limit of the liabilities of the
United States on account thereof, fixed by
the act OF April 20. 1890"
The morning call., 1891-02-23
LITTLE BERTHE.
Graphic Account of the Disaster
by the Captains Son.
The Commanders Thoughtful Care for His
Family-Rowed to the Tug by the
Sailors-List of the Men.

When CALL reporter visited the resi-
dence yesterday afternoon of Albert II.
HERMAN, 100 Scott street, with whom Mis-.
and Miss COlcord, the wife and daughter of
the Inflated captain of the wrecked ship
Elizabeth, are staying, both ladies were too
much Frustrated by the terrible trials
through which they had just passed to be
able to speak TO any one outside of their
immediate family circle concerning the sad
catastrophe.
Berte Colcord, the son Of the captain,
who, with his mother and sister, escaped
from the doomed ship, howeve T. related his
experiences freely. Though only II years
OF age, he possesses great powers Of Oh
servation, and noted things that many an
adult would not have thought OF observing.
Bertie's account is as follows:
STORY OF THE CAPTAINS son.
My name is Berthe Colcord, and Pm IL
years OF age. l have always been with my
father On board his ships since | was two
months old. and have made, | think, four
voyages to this port with him in the Eliza
beth,
We had splendid passage all the way,
and had no rough weather, not even around
Cape Horn, until we were well within the
LEADS here. The run was very fast one,
only III days from land to land. We saw
ting about 10 O'clock in the morning, but as
'
but kept on sailing in nearly 10 Bonita
Point.
About o'clock it began to blow hard, and
the sea got very rough, so we took line
from the Alert, small boat. The wind and
tide took us up the coast although the tug
pulled hard. When she saw she could not
handle the ship the tug whistled a long
while and hoisted her blue flag for assist
ance, but none came right then.
THE HAwsER PARTED.
4l,n
parted and the ship struck the sand. Then
three other tugs came up. My father lowered
boat and three sailors got into it, 1t cap
sized and the three men were picked up by
a tug. My father then had lot Of oil
thrown over the side, and it made smooth
water
HE then lowered the dingy and made my
mother, sister and myself get into it. The
first mate. Charley Barclay; Charley, the
boatswain, and Fred, sailor rowed us over
to the tug that was close to us, about 200
feet away. We got on board OF the tug
about $50 o'clock, and the men in the dingy
who rowed us to her, went back to the ship
and holSted the dingy up again. 1t was not
so very rough then.
THOUGHT THERE WAS NO DANGER.
My father told US he thought there was
no danger nf any one losing his life, and that
he thought he could bring the ship safe in
yet. There were four tugs around then.
The ship was over the Potato Patch, clear
of the rocks but touching the sand She
had four and a half feet of water in her
then, and the pumps were started just as we
left.
just as we crossed the patch big wave
nearly knocked me overheard, but my
father and some of the sailors pulled me
back. Ny fathers ship knocked off her
false keel In going over the patch and it
hoated up alongside. There was not such
very heavy sea on when we lost the keel.
1--WE got on the tug about 3 80 o'clock,
The morning call., 1891-02-23
LAST OF THE SHIP.
The Tug Relief Pays a Second
Visit to the Scene.
only a Few Shattered Timbers Left Wedged
IN the Rocks-The Noble Ship Was
Ground to Pieces.

Ihe tug-boat Relief Of the Spreckels line
ieft her berth al the Oceanic dock yesterday
morning soon after O'Clock and proceeded
10 the scene of Saturdays terrible wreck.
1he gale was then blowing forty miles an
Eour, but as it was high tide the bar was
not breaking SO badly as it was when the
poats returned last night, compelled to
leave the doomed ship to her fate.
Although the bar was not so bad, an
awful sea was running outside the heads,
the tug being often under water plunginG
Shr0ugh the towering seas, causing her
powerful engines to race as the propeller
was thrown high out of the water. Still
sae made good headway, and reached the
scene of the wreck about 8 o'clock.
REMNANTS OF THE WRECK.
Very little remained of the noble ship that
made such a fight for life the night before
a few pieces of timber jammed in among
the rocks showed where the ship had gone
ashore. The Relief, with her head to the
sea, slowly backed in toward the beach and
got within 800 feet of the last reslins place
of the Elizabeth.
There was little or no wreckage floating
around, but the beach, as far as could be
seen through the mist and driving rain, was
strewn with boxes, bales, spars, tmbers
ana cordage. Not a soul could be seen on
Inc Shore, not sign OF lie was visible on
me rocks where the night before amid the
howllng OF the gale and the thunder Of the
heaVy sea, twenty-nne brave men had
struggled for their lives.
POUNDED TO PIECES.
A more complete wreck was never seen
Ey living man, Tor no vessel ever flOated
.hat could resist Tor one hour the terrible
pounding ON the sharp rocks in such sea.
IL was at once seen that nothing could be
done, as no communication could be had
with the shore, and the powerful tug once
more left the scene Of the awful disaster,
anu started on her return TO San Francisco,
reaching her berth at the Oceanic dock about
10 o'clock.
The tugs crew were firm in the belief that
none OF the ill-fated crew OF the Elizabeth
ever reached the shore alive, and this was
tne opinion of every one at all familiar with
the locality.
"A man could not live a moment in that
sea, said tie mate of the Relief. "rhe
sea was running like mountain and throw
ing the spray eighty feet high, and long be-
fore man could reach place of safety he
would be dashed 10 pieces on the rocks and
MS mangled body carried out by the strong
undertOw.
FIVE REPORTED SAVED.
A dispatch reached the city yesterday that
The captain and seventeen of the ElZabethS
crew were lost and five men had succeeded
IN reaching the shore.
The life-sayine crew were taken to Sausa-
Ito Saturday night about II 80 o'clock by
the tug Active, taking the breeches- buoy and
ana apparatus needed to establish commu-
nlcatlOn with the ship, but as they could not
reach the scene of the disaster before 9
o'clock in the morning they would be OF
little service, as long before tnat time the
ship had gone to pieces and the crew was
beyond mortal aid.
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marathon, and, possibly to his having been
sub-officer on board the ill-fated ship.
Joseph Taken soon became the mouth
piece of the party. His story is simple, yet
affecting, as the horrors of the day and
night have imprinted themselves Yiyidly on
his mind.
A THRILLING TALE.
ITO understand our feelings rs we neared
the port of San Francisco, you must know
that we had been 119 days ont from New
ork City, that we had passed day after
day, week after week out of the sight of
land" said he. During that passage our
cnly relief from the mOnOtOny of a watery
waste was the oft appearing white sails of
Atlantic schOnners, ana the red or white or
black topped ch!mneys of TRANSATLANTIC
steamers until we reached the equator.
Then we had day or two of calm, then we
entered the southern hemisphere. From
the equator to latitude almost correspond
ing TO that of the Magellan Straits there
was nothing OF great interest to while away
the time. We almost welcomed that race
for life that every vessel makes as it rounds
Cape Horn, although we knew that that
point Is in the history Of most vessels the
elimination, the acme of adventure We
made the Cape IN good shape and started
north.
ARRIVED OFF THE HEADS.
Thousands of miles we plowed through
the paths Of the sea and arrived off the
heads without adventure. We thought we
saw land, and in land security from the
lashing fury of wind and wave. We saw
rest and comfort after months Of travail.
AT or near 3 o'clock we stood off the
heads. The wind was blowing furiously
from the southwest. Captain Colcord de-
cided to make for the Golden Gate, and gave
orders TO carry out his intentions. | did
not think we ought to try to make 1t as we
had no pilot, and, to my notion, our position
to tile north was a precarious one.
CHANGED HIS MIND.
"After awhile the captain changed his
mind about going in with full sail, and or
dered most Of the men aloft to fur the
mainsail. l stayed al the wheel, as it was
The morning call., 1891-02-23

erick E. Trotter, Fourteenth Infantry Cap
tain Marcus E. Taylor, Assistant Surgeon:
First Lieutenant Thomas U. Raymond, AS
sIstant Surgeon; First Lieutenant Joseph IL.
Gnstln, Adjutant Fourteenth Infantry, Re-
The llowing-named officers will report
IN person for examination by the board as TO
Their fitness for promotion: First Lieutenant
Gnarles A. johnson, Fourteenth Infantry;
lTst Lieutenant John Murphy, Fourteenth
1nniIHahlry; Second Lieutenant Joseph P.
ONefl, Fourteenth Infantry.
The following-named officers will report
In person TO Colonel Charles E. Compton.
Fourth Cavalry, President of the Examining
Board, appointed to meet at Fort Walla
Walla, Wash, by special ORDER for exami-
nation by the board as to their fitness for
promotion: First Lieuteant Fred Wheeler,
Fourth Cavalry; First Lieutenant James r.
Richards Jr., Fourth Cavalry; Second Lieu
tenant Robert d. Walsh, Fourth Cavalry.
Upon conclusion of his examination Lieu
ton. 0P'- ''17
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Charles Barclay and four seamen had been
rescued about six miles above Bonitas
Lighthouse.
Peter T. Barclay, brother of the first Off
Ger. and reporters, who had been searching
the beach from the lighthouse to Tennessee
Cove looking for survivors. had returned to
Sausalito.
THE MATES STORY.
The parties, including a CALL corre-
spondent, started for the scene of the wreck
Barclay and his rescued men were met on
Throckmorton ranch in a wagon bound for
Sausallto. The party was conveyed TO the
home of Steve Susavilla, where Officer Bar
clay gave his statement of the casualty. He
said: Last night l put the captains wife
and children aboard the tug. then l returned
to the ship.
The tugs attempted TO put lines out but
failed. We tried to make sail but it was of
no avail, and the captain saw there was no
hope and ordered the life-bcat launched.
CAPTAIN coLcoRD KILLED.
"About this time the captain met with an
accident. and was rendered almost helpless.
with my assistance he tried to reach the
liie-boat, but the sea washed us across the
deck and the captain struck something and
was killed.
When / reached the side of the ship
found that some one in the life-boat had cut
the painter and the boat had gone, contain
ing thirteen men.
Seven men were then left on board, with
nothing left for them to do but swim ashore
BARCLAY SwIAfs ASHORE.
81 did this, reaching the shore after dark