The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-03
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

FORT Ross-L. A. NJ, Golden Gate, Alameda
County, Cal In 1907 there entered the bay of
San Francisco the ship Juno from Sitka. She
had on board Count Won Rosenoff, ambassador
from ussia to Japan. This official remained
on shore for several weeks and became so
charmed with California, and particularly
with one of CaIfornias then fairest daughters,
Donna Conception Arguella, daughter of the
commandante, that he made up his mind to
locate in the new land, and then asked for the
hand of the young lady. They were engaged
and he set sail for Sitka again for the purpose
of obtaining permission of his Government to
locate in California and establish colony
there. He went to ST.. Petersburg and on
dentally killed. When his intended bride
heard of this she renounced the world and de-
voted her life to the education of the children
in the vicinity of her home and to the allevia
ton of the distress of the needy. She died in
Benicia In 1860. AS result of the Counts
visit to his native land and the report he made
there landed in 1911 in Bodega Bay 100 Rus
slams and a like number of Indians from Sitka,
who located on spit of land thirty miles from
the shore OF the bay named, and their business
was fishing and hunting fur-bearing animals.
subsequently, in 1920, they moved their set
Element to the River Sebastian, forty miles
north of Bodega, in what is now known as So
noma County, and called it Slawianska. There
they built fort which became known as Fort
Ross.
THE vIRGINIUs-A. W. T., Everett, snohomish
the Virginius, an American steamer purporting
to be regularly documented by the United
States, while conveying arms to the insurgents
in Cuba was captured near Jamaica by the
Spanish gunboat Tornado and taken to San
tiago de Cuba. Captain Fry, the master, four
Cubans who we're among the passengers and
forty-eight others were executed by the author
tiles. There were about $50 others who would
have shared the same fate but for the timely
arrival of the British sloop-of-war Niobe, under
command of Lorraine, who issued a peremp-
tory order to the Governor of Santiago de Cuba
to stay any intended executions. This affair
almost led to war between the United States
and Spain, but such was averted by diplomatic
intercourse after the United States had de-
manded reparation for the insult to the Amer.
lean flag and the surrender of the vessel and
the survivors. 1t was established by proof that
the steamer had false papers. Spain surren-
dered the vessel and the prisoners and the
there foundered. There were no American
men-of-war in Santiago de Cuba harbor at the
time
PREMIUM ON Co1Ns-J. r. D., City. An an
swer as to dimes of 1894 was given in the
Answers to Correspondents column on Tues
day, August rs. No premium is offered on
Dealers in coins offer proofs OF such issues and
uncirculated halves of those dates at prices
varying from 81 to 81 25.
ROYALTY ON PATENTs-W B. F., City. There
is no fixed amount paid as royalty to an in
ventor for en- article that he has patented. It
is a matter OF agreement between the inven tor
and the party Offering to pay the royalty and
the inventor usually secures all he can get.
Royalties have run from 5 to 80 per cent.
NITRO GLYCERINE EXPLOSION - A. w. g.,
Healdsburg, Sonoma County, Cal. The explo-
sion of nitro-gly cerine in the rear of the office
of Wells, Fargo & Co., when 1t was located at
the northwest corner of California and Mont
gomery streets, occurred at l o'clock on the
afternoon of April 16, 1866.
SOIL SIR - Subscriber, City. "Ohl Sir"
adapted for recitation by Alfred Ayers, is to be