The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-04

Bad fortune attended the sailing OF the
Navahoe off the Isle Of Wight yesterday.
She was again in competition with the
Valkyrie and Satanita ana was leading in
stiff gale which evidently made resfine
prudent, when, by the jaws of her main
sail gaff swapping, the mainsail was car
ried away and had to be lowered. This
threw Phelps CAROLS yacht out of the
race and she bore up for SouthamDt on.
The accident hardly warrants the opinion
credited to English yachtsmen that in
rough weather the Navah0e Is not stiff
enough for her canvas. She had the lead
when the mainsail gave wav. and might
have kept it but for that disaster. But
the breeze brought out differences In the
other yachts. The Satanita. for instan &c,
has hesn defeated again and again by the
Valkyrie. but it triumphsd easily on this
occasion in eight minutes. 1t Is to be
hoped that Mr.. Carroll II get ready In
time for another trial. Thus far he has
one race to his credit.
The Chinese who came to San Francisco
ostensibly for the Worlds Fair. and were
permitted TO land on a special treasury
order, irrespective OF certificates or any
statutory. authorization, are reported to
have left Midway Plaisance for parts un-
known. They were suspected at the time
of landing as being more numerous than
the service of heather village, a theater
and a restaurant would require on the most
expansive ideas Of labor subdivided. OF
the 500 who thus got entrance into the
United States by baldheaded imposture IL
is now reported that only eighty are to be-
counted in Midway Plaisance. The rest
are no doubt plating their pigtails else
where. with infinite satisfaction at having
ta1 So an m
who brought them from China have un-
Questionably made a huge profit Of their
enterprise and may snap their fingers at
the authorities. 1t is quite new method
Of smuggling, with the direct though I'M
whiting assistance Of the authorities at
Washington.
Andrew Carnegie has been compli-
mented by Mr.. Gladstone in a manner
which the Scottish-American capitalist
cannot but value. He dined with the
Premier and some unkind people coldly
rebuked the veteran statesman because of
some resurrected disparaging remarks on
royalty attributed to his guest. This.
however, is all corrected in a magnanimous
declaration by MIR. Gladstone. who says
that the latest language of Mr.. Carnegie
known to him warmly praises Queen Vic
toria and raises her to one Of the highest
places known in history. There is
curiosity to know what Mr.. Carnegie dia
say and what it was he disparaged. He
might with propriety speak well Of the
but it is large undertaking to be the
panegyrist of all that Is royal. The only
true light in which royalty can be studied
Is that which posterity has the privilege
CT concentrating. Virtues which are con-
spicuous TO the contemporary critic mostly
disappear in the next generation.
Down at Point Conception there has evi.
IDENTIFY been a wreck OF some kind and 1t lie
feared that the crew have persisted, al
though close to land aud almost within
hail of the lighthouse. A fog accounts for
the disaster Although the foghorn was
being sounded the direction of the wind
may have kept it from being heard. 1t is
to be inferred that either the vessel broke
up in the swell by humping or backed off
and foundered. The wTeokage tells the
tale, but the name Of the vessel Is q
mystery.
Among the dangers to the crews of war
vessels must be reckoned those which
come from their own decks. Brsech-load-
ing guns are occasionally handled so as to
blow the breech out. with consequent
slaughter of those around. and they have
even been known to part in the middle
and blow the muzze section in the water.
Ammunition Is now so weighty and bulky
that it must be handled by machinery. and
q very slight mistake may tap off charge.
THIS sort OF accident has occurred on
board German ship. It muet have been
good-sizsd grenade which killed two
lieutenants and seven sramen. besides
wounding seventeen more. In actual
warfare it will be long before shell
intlicts that amount of damage on an
enemy.
Lieutenant Humphreys. formerly Of the
United States Engineering Corps. gives
lucid explanations of the route which q
railroad from the Mexican border to South
America should follow. The engineer is
not scared by any difficulties to-day, but
the capitalist is. and the lucid explanation
most need for the railroad In question re-
lates to the traffic which would make it
pay. Governments can do anything on
taxation, but such road Is dream for
the present. Incidentally Lieutenant
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