The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-27
SEA AND SHORE.
Capsized and Nearly Drowned
While Getting Drunk.
Large Crowds Visit the Front-A Lady Sailor.
Arrival of Several Large Cargoes
Of Coal - She Sailed In.

The water front presented gala day APP
pearance yesterday and large crowds of
people thronged the wharyeS. Many Of the
pedestrians went there to get look at the
cruiser Charleston, and if possible go on
board her, but they were disappointed, as
no one was allowed on board the cruiser,
and as she lay nearly over to Goat Island,
with several slips between her and the city,
she was almost out of sight.
To say that the shipping was gay with
flags would be using a mid term. Many of
the vessels were fairly smothered with
bunting, and with few exceptions tie for
eign ships outdid the American in the dis
play they made. This caused general con-
ment all along the front. The American
vessels that showed the most bunting were
the W. j. Davis, Detroit, r. D. Rice brig
Lurlne and the Bonanza. The steamer
Haytiau Republic was also covered with
flags in the form of a rainbow over the
mainmast-he
OF the foreign ships that-like the much
sung about McGin:y-were dressed in their
best was the British ship Crown Of En-
gland, while Of the ships lying in the stream
the English craft displayed more bunting
than the American.
LADIES UP ALoFT.
Many of the ships lying at the wharyes
were visited by crowds Of curious people
some of them from the country. who thus
improved their visit to San Francisco by
enlarging their knowledge of things mari
time and testing their teeth my munching
hard tack, which they obtained on board.
Nor were they all satisfied 10 stay on deck.
Many of the more venturesOme climbed TO
the tops and then bad 10 be assisted down
On deck again by some one belonging to the
vessel.
at Howard-street Wharf young lady.
assisted by her brother. climbed to the main
top Of the bark Artaurst0He and remained
there for some time. She found going up
easy enough, but coming down was another
matter, and, after several attempts, her
courage failed and she was lowered to the
deck by means Of a rope, and it is safe to
say she VIII stay on deck the next time she
pays visit to Il vessel.
JOY ON TIE DOCKS.
The street-fakirs aid a roaring business
while the blind daTkey who sells tonic
that will cure everything but poverty, drew
large audience by singing plantation songs
and banging 4 tambOurue. The street.
preachers perSeYered In their attempts to
save sinners in spite of the sticks, stones
and other missiles hurled al them by the
goddess.
In the afternoon large crowds focked to
the ends of the wharves, beng drawn there
ny LllG Sl5ut VI Il Id ~ oQuilE-IlEBtu NGbScl
coming up tile barbor, close to the wharycs,
with every stitch Of canvas set She was
the bark California from Sydney, n. 5. w.
This was not the only craft that entered the
Golden Gate without the aid of u tug. a
large American ship also saved the cost If
tOwaRe and came in under sail. No less than
eighteen craft of various descriptions en-
tered the harbOr Yesterday, seven Of which
were deep-water ships, three steamers, and
the rest coasters. OF the steamers, the City
~ Al.
the crowds of people on the front, and the
officers at the gate at Broad way. where she
locked, had their hands full Keeping the
crowd off the wharf. The. Puebla had
large passenger-list, having forty-nine in
the cabin and eighty-three in the steerage.
DANGER IN THE JUG.
More than ripple of excitement was
caused by couple of young men out at
Long Bridge, who had obtained boat
somewhere and went out for a row about
o'clock. They had small demijOhn along,
and, judging by the antics Of The two fell
lows, 1t was not filed with soda-water.
After getting out some distance from land
they allowed the boat to drift and applied
themselves to the task of reducing the con.
tents of the jug. The strong tide soon car
ried the boat across the bow Of lighter and
they had a narrow escape from being cap
sized. They pulled away from the lighter
and once more sampled the contents of the
jug, and in a short time the boat drifted
across the track of a thunderstorm that was
reaching In 10 the bay. She struck the boat
square amidshipS and the next instant both
men We're tiOunderng in the water. They
we're quickly rescued by the crew of the
scow, which soon came to an anchor, and
the last seen of the tipsy pair they were
hanging out their wet clothes to dry on
board the scow.
At Harrisun-street Wharf lot of boys
stripped for swim about 2 o'clock, and no
sooner were they in the water than their
clothes were gathered up by watchman,
who only returned the dry goods on receiy-
ing a promise from the youthful owners
COAL ARRIVALS.
Among the arrivals in port yesterday
were the following: The British bark Cen
taur, from Liverpool. with cargo of 2119
tons Of coal; bark California, from New
CASTLE n. S. W., with 1909 tons of coal on
board; the ship Robert L. Belknap, from
Liverpool, with 24to tons; the ship John L.
Kelley, from Kobe, with $500 tons.
The ship Merom came in in ballast from
Honolulu. The barkeniine ITmgard, also
from Honolulu, has cargo of Ia, 695 bags of
sugar on board. The steamer George w.
Elder, from Portland. brought down twenty
passengers.
The steamers Lakme, for Port Angeles,
and the Humboldt, for Eureka, sailed yes
terday. The ship Shirley was towed to sea.
The weather yesterday was hazy, with the
wind from the west and northwest, blow
ing from eight TO twenty-four miles per
hour. The barometer took a big drop, 60
inu damn from, On % n ~ 10