The morning call., 1891-03-15

" view w anu an otChClo diNCi VI gen
eral interest,"
Catch questions win not receive any attention.
No opinion will be given in Tins column regard
ing the reliability or character OF any person or
firms in this city or elsewhere.
Questions, answers TO which are In the nature
OF an advertisement will not be answered.
Every inquiry must have the true and fun
name OF the sender as well as the correct resi-
dence. Any inquiry that has not The cor
rect name and address OF the sender will
be treated as IL IL was not signed, and the
writer need not expect an answer.
THE CITY's Names. c., City. The
name of the Spanish village which originally
stood on portion of the site of the present
city of San Francisco was Yerba Buena-
good herb. In some maps of the coun-
try it was designated as San Francisco,
but locally it was only known by the
name first given above. Yerba Buena
was also the name of the herb mint,
great quantities of it growing about
the spot from that circumstance no doubt
the name of the place was derived. The
island which likewise bears the name of
Yerba Buena, but which popularity is called
Goat Island, and where the herb also grew
abundantly, probably first bore the name
which later was given TO the cove lying be-
tween it and the main land and subsequently
extended to the plain and village surrounding
the beach. The name of SO Insignificant an
herb for the rising city being perhaps judged
not sufficiently imposing twas changed into
San Francisco on January 50, 1877, by an
ordinance of the then AlealGe of the place
Washington A. BartletO, and under such
designation has been alone known to the
world at large. Now, as regards the appel
laton San Francisco. the story is that in
1862 when Father Junipero Sierra was
forming the chain of missions in Upper
California and the missionaries were proceed
ingnorth ward with the intention of reaching
Monterey, they happened TO take the eastern
side of the range of mountains which
borders the coast north Of San Diego, which
place they had just left after establishing
It's mission They undesignedly passed by
Monterey and j1urneyed until in October
they reached the magnificent bay and harDOr
no called San Francisco. Father Junipero
on leaving Lower California had received
instructions from the lnspectcr-General of
the Spanish Government respecting the
names Of the proposed missions, and
the saints very carefully selected from
the calendar, to whose special pat
ronage they would be entrusted. But
among them the name of St Francis did not
occur what" exclaimed the good mis-
slonary, surprised and shocked at such an
insulting neglect being himself of the order
OF ST. Francis; us not our own dear Father
ST. Francis 10 have mission assigned hlm?"
To this remonSTaBce the ylStadOr replied;
IF ST. Francis wishes mission let him
show you Il good port, and then 1t VIII bear
his name" When, accordingly, the mission
aries in their northward rogress discovered
the spacious bay they cried out, This, then,
is the port TO which the ylsitador referred
and to which the saint has led US -bltSSed
be his namep' and forthwith they named it
San Francisco Bay, In compliment to their
patron and guide.
Loss OF THE GARsroN.-D. D.. City.
The news of the loss OF the British iron ship
Garston, of 1872 tons, Pye master, was
brought to this port on the 9th of
September 1889, by the steamship Aus
tralia. which also brought up some Of the
shipwrecked crew. The Garston left
| Sydney, n. S. W., coal laden for San Fran
cisco, on June 20, 1889. sailing the usual
eastern course TO North Cape of New
! Zealand; but here, owing to easterly winds,
| Il noriherly course was taken to the Harvey
| group, and all went well until about 10
! o'clock on the evening of the l7th OF
| July, when the vessel went aground
Oh reef She reeied so much that
fears were entertained that she would
| cant, and, orders being given to aban-
don her, the crew took to the boats - a
whale-bUat, gig and a life-boat. The crew
| remained about the vessel that night, ana
| on the following morning, finding II impoS-
! sible TO 90 aboard again for more proViS-
ions, pulled for Starbuck Island. No land
| ing having been made, the boats returned
to the wreck on the 18th. On the following
| day they kept along the shore, and on the
| next following night The gig, and five men
| and the captain disappeared. The other
| boats made last to each other and hove to,
| and ON the 21st found themselves out OF
sight of land. The whale-bOat leaking she
! was abandoned, and the llte-bOat, being
steered in a southerly direction for ten
days from the time Of stranding, land was
| sighted A canoe came out, and 1t was as
certained from the friendly natives that the
| land was humphreys Island, in the South
! Pacific. Here the caStawayS we're we'll
treated. and remained until the 9th of Au-
gust, when they were taken Oft to Honolulu
| by II. Il. NJ. ). Espiegle.
REVENUE CUTTERs-J. C. p, City. You
ask what were our two revenue cutters do
ing in the last great southeast storm" and
could they or was it not their duty TO lend
helping hand to those ships who were in
sore distress at that time?" The answer is
that the towing into this port of ships,
| whether in distress or otherwise, is a
traffic properly belonging to the tugs
in the bay and as such a private
enterprise. 1t is not The intention of
the Government to have the revenue cut
tiers interfere with that business, though had
an dppHCdJlOu D6eH uIuue 10 tUllbCtUl VI TIE
Port Phelps for n cutter to go to the help of
| any Of the ships distressed by the late gales
in all likelihood one would have been sent
| as such requests have been, granted in ur-
| gent cases when the tugs cannot do the de-
| sired work. AT the time in question the
| only cutter available for the Government
business was the Richard Rush, the Bear
being under repairs with her crew discharged.
ALIEN MINE-owNERS - ID. Il. c., City.
| Foreigners are debarTed from purchasing
| mineral or any other kind of lands by the
provision of the "Alien Land Act" passed
March g. 1887, entitled, IAN act to restrict
the ownership of real estate in the Terrific
rieS to American citizens" This act pro-
i hibits the purchasing of land after its pass
| age by any one not actually or not having
formally declared his intention of becoming
citizen. or by any corporation 90 per
cent of whose stock is held by foreigners.
| except where IL falls into their possession
through collections on debt already created
provided that the law applies in no case
| where special treaties exist be ween other
| and this nation, and then only so long as
such treaty or treaties are in force. Mines,
! according to the definition of the United
States Land Office, are mineral lands, and as
such are termed real estate
| LoNDoN's POPULATION G.. b., City.
The estimated POI ulation of the city of Lon
| d0n is 4.3ol, 100. Inc ueCehDial census OF
England wiz be taken next month, but ac-
| cording to the one taken in 1881 the cty's
! population was 3,Sl4,571, or 1859 per cent of
the population of England. Whether that
population has doubled within the last pas
| f0rty-tw0 years you can answer for your
| self. considering that the census of 1851
showed a population of 1852, 236; that of
1861, 2,So3.9e9, and that of 1871, 3,254, 260. As
| shown by the census of 1881 it must also be
borne in mind that within the twenty years
| preceding the rate of increase of the outer
| ring of greater London has been 1868 per
| cent. while that of London proper has been
| only SO, the outer ring showing an increase
| of 63.S per cent and its central area d de-
| crease Of 1872.
! RESIDENCE ON A PRE-EMPTIoN CLAIM
| j. c. D., Cohassett, Cal. a. a person can
move on Government land before lie files,
| and he can file any time within ninety DAYS
after moving on. ~ He can live on pre-
| pmDtiOn thirty-three months and Then nav