The morning call., 1892-03-07
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
The Smallpox Patients Still On
Angel Island.
Hit the Wrong Head-A Womau's Mishap
The City Of Peking to Race Against
Time-Along the City Front.

Yesterday was a veritable midsummer
day along the city front. The wharves from
the Pacific Mail Dock clear TO Meiggs' were
fairly swarming with people. Nearly every
ship along the front was visited by scores
of people, and East street. north OF the
ferries, was a miniature Donnybr0ok fair.
No less than three different companies OF
the Salvation Army were out, and two of
them were headed by brass bands that at
tracted large crowds of people. One Of tho
bands came to grief about o'clock, owing
to the Swedish sailor that had charge OF the
bass drum getting too emphatic In his treat
ment of that instrument. The sheepskin
was unequal 10 the tremendous blows show
cred upon it, and finally split clear across.
The accident was greeted by such roars OF
laughter from the sinners who had gathered
to hear tile music that the city front mis-
sionaries gave UP the struggle and retired
in disgust.
Never before was such a gathering OF
fakirs seen in San Francisco at one Il me-
Judging by the number of their dupes they
found the day profitable one.
AT THE FERRIES.
The railroad compa nies had no cause to
complain, as fully 10000 people crossed the
there 1t was almost impossible TO get
seat on any of the cleaners after O'Clock
in the morning, and toward the latter part
of the day the crowd, instead Of dropping
off. steadily increased.
The ticket-sellers were kept on the jump
all day. and several OF the steamers started
ON their regular trips leaving many people
on the dock.
TWO MIsHAPS.
Ill, 1ni
front, neither of them very serious.
woman named Anna Cole, while fishing at
Fremont-street Wharf in company with her
brother. slip ed FROM the wharf and would
have gone into the bay had she not dropped
across the stern mOorings of the schooner
Lizzie Il. Adams The woman chung to the
ropes desperately, at the same time scream
ing with fright Her weight caused the
schooner To move toward the wharf and, oil
course, she gradually lowered into the
water until 1t reached her waist. while her
brother stood on the wharf unable to rem
der her any assistance. The COOK OF the
vessel jumped iuto Il boat and rescued her
from her perilous position.
THE WRONG HEAD.
Quite large gang of men ana boys gath
cred at Pacihc-street Wharf where they in
vested their spare dimes in throwing base
balls at the head of a bogus coloTed man,
who was standing behind a screen with his
head through a hole. The crowd loudly APP
pIauded the efforts of big Norwegian, who
swore ne would knock the head off his tar
get. The first ball flew wide of the mark.
striking the bows of the steamer Corona
and caroming on to the pilot-house. The
second shot proved worse than the first as
it landed with a smash on the nose OF
Johnny Cohen, Contemporaries boy who
resides at Is Valencia street. The lad was
perched on ton of pile of cOrdword watch
ing the fun when the bail sent him flying
from his seat and he was picked up covered
with blood. The Norwegian, seeing the
damage he had done. emptied his ockets
of all the cash on his person. and the sight
of the silver induced the boy TO get on car
and go home to repair damages.
TESTING HER SPEED.
Like the rest of the Pacific Mail steamers
the City Of Picking is having her smoke
stacks heightened, In order 10 Increase the
draft and make the vessel travel knot or
two fast ter. She will have twelve feet added
to hers, and Will then be got in readiness
for test of speed in order to determine TO
which class she shall belong under the
postal subsidy act. She will leave for the
Santa Barbara channel on Friday, where
she will be tested over the 60-mile course.
The Pacific Mail Company has not got rid
of all of the Chinese that came to this port
on the Rio yet as there are still twenty-one
of them ON Angel Island.
These are the people who had the small
poX, and who were removed To the pest
house. The Pacific Mail Company tried
hard 10 induce the agents of the Belglc to
take them away with the rest of tile crowd.
but the o. d O. people refused to allow anv
Of the Chinese who had been in the pest
house to be placed on board.
Up FOR REPAIRS.
The steamer Bear, at Howard, is having a
new quarterback laid, and Is also undergo
ing other slight repairs. 1t will be a month
at least before she will be ready for sea.
The little steamer Elsie is also being re-
paired. The old deckhouse has been torn
off her and a much larger one is being built
When finished she will 60 north TO Alaska.
A MARINE TERROR.
The pirate known as Protected Cruiser
IL, now building at Cramps shipyard on
the Delaware, will be the first vessel of her
slZ: TO which three screws have been fitted,
and If she makes the speed expected
twenty-One knotS-wlll be the fastest vessel
Ia the navy and one well able to overtake
and sink the swiftest merchant ship In the
world. She will be protected by heavy
deck running fore-and-aft, covering maya
zine, engines, boilers and steering gear.
Her capacity will be 1000 tons.
IN FROM SEA.
The arrivals yesterday were the steamers
Laguna from Point Arena, Pomona from
Eureka. Oregon from Portland, Ventura
from Rockport, Caspar from Navarro and
Michigan from Seattle.
ne Ddfkeblne john Smlln arrived from
Honolulu with a cargo of sugar for Welch
& Co.
The departures were the steamers State
of California for Astoria, Navarro for Ma
yarro and the schooner j. NJ. Coleman for
Hlo.
MOVEMENTS.
The moves yesterday were the Dumfern-
line to Howard No. and the Fiery Cross to
Green street
To-day the YarkanG goes 10 the snawall,
City Of Peking to the drydock at Hunters
Point, the Alcedo goes TO Harrison street,
the CromptoD and Gowanburn came down
| from Port Costa and the w. j. Rotch lows
| to sea.
THE WEATHER.
The weather outside the heads Yesterday
was foggy, with a northwest wind eight
miles ali hour. The barometer stood 3d. 90.
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THE COMSTOCK MINES.
An Increase in the Assays OF the Con- Cali