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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03

The Staterooms Often Broken to Make
Wdu for. Freight.

The Statero0sns Often Broken to Make
Fay for Freight.
'sI have travelled over that route MANY
times" said Robert Leslie, formerly in the
employ of the company, land at this sea-
son of the year there are no storms which
would wreck or founder a steamship like
the Colima, if she were properly loaded
and managed by skillful hands.
~ know just how Indifferent the COM
pany is in the matter of their passengers
comfort, and even safety. Once, on the
return from Central America, the cabin
partitions were torn out to make way for
freight, and when the passengers objected
the captain told them it did not make any
difference which way they travelled. He
allowed them to infer that it was all the
same company, and that the company
cared more for few extra tons of freight
than it did for the safety or comfort of its
passengers.
II have been in that part of the Pacific
waters at all seasons of the year, and I
know whereof l speak when I saw the
weather at this time is favorable To be
sure, there are swells which any vessel is
liable to encounter, but they would not ac-
count for any such disaster as that
which befell the Collma and the one hun
dred and eighty souls who went to the
bottom with her. No one can make me
believe there was not something wrong
with her loading. In other words, she was
loaded for the nearest port and carried too
much weight above the hold.
81 have heard number of the old-time
sea captains talking the natter over and
their opinion is mine. -Tre captain of the
Colima saw that he had more than he
could handle when he struck a spell of
rough weather, and made an effort to put
about and go back to the nearest port. In
that way he got his ship in the trough of
the sea and she began to roll. The deck
load of lumber shifted and he was at the
mercy of the swell and the wind. No eff
fort was made, apparently, to put off any
of the cargo, and as the vessel listed it
must have been a foregone conclusion to
seamen on board that no hope was left for
the ship.''
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
TO TEST a Los Gatos Ordtnanee.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June miss Wright,
captain of the Salvation Army corps at
Los Gatos, was arrested in that city yester-
day for violating the ordinance prohibit
ing the beating of drums and blowing of
horns on the streets. The ordinance was
passed by the Board of Town Trustees
about week ago, and Friday evening the
army paraded the streets with drums and
cymbals for the purpose of making test
case. Miss Wright pleaded not guilty to
the charge when brought before Justice
Beggs, and her trial was set for next Sat
urday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
SEARCH Fob THE WHITINGs.
Efforts WaU Be Made to Recover the Bod
ieS-EMEo0ized at BerkeIeN.

Efforts WiEJ Be Made to Recover the Bod
ies-EMtogized at Berkeley.
BERKELEY, CAL, June 2.-Word was
received yesterday by DR.. ]. II. G. Bonte
and Professor Albin Putzker from Mrs. H.
A. Davenport of Napa City, who was one
of the most intimate friends of the Whit
ing family, that man had been sent from
Boston to ManZanillo to make a search for
the remains of Professor Whiting and
family, who were lost in the Colima dis
aster.
As soon as word of their death had
reached the relatives of the professor in the
East they dispatched to Mrs. Davenport,
asking who could be sent on the searching
mission. Arrangements were about COM
pleted to send man from Berkeley who
could speak Spanish fuently and who
knew the territory well, when the tele-
gram was received yesterday stating that
friend of the family from the East had
been sent and not to dispatch any one
from California. What route is to. be
taken by the searching party or when he
expects to arrive at the scene of the wreck
could not be learned.
A memorial service in honor of Professor
Whiting and family was held by the men,
bers of the First Unitarian Church at
Stiles Hall this morning. The hall was
crowded with members of the faculty,
their families and other friends of the de-
ceased professor.
The pastor, Rev. DR.. Payne, conducted
the services, preaching from the text,
''There shall be no sea-" Rev. xxi:I. To-
ward the close of his remarks he delivered
a eulogy on the lives of Professor and Mrs.
Whiting, speaking of the dignity, sim
plicity, truthfulness and mercy, as indi-
Gated by their habits of life. Special sing
ing was provided for the occasion.
At the conclusion of the service Pro-
fessor William Carey Jones recommended,
On behalf of the congregation, that the
i pastor send letters of coincidence to the
relatives of the professor and his wife in
the East
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
TOO MUCH ON DECK.
Aaother Opinion on the Top-Heauy Loo
ing of the Cargo.

Aa0ther Opinion on the Top Heauy Load
ing of the Cargo.
G. Josiyn, who has been engaged for
several years past in loading and unload
ing vessels on contract, voiced the senti.
ment of Captain Murphy:
'sThe Colima was badly loaded; she was
deck-weighted, and in the trough of the
sea was as helpless as a rowboat without
oars. As to the general carge, cannot
speak authoritatively, but permit one to
remark that the time is close at hand when
passenger steamers must stop carrying
deckloads The Coiima was loaded for the
nearest port, and was top-heavy. After
pulling out, after the first port had been
made and portion of the cargo removed
from the hold, the fact that she was top.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
Whstsunday Celebrated at Pesal,.na.

PETALUMA, CAL, June 2.-The Portu-
guese Holy Ghost Society held a Whit
sunday celebration to-day. This morning
there was mass at St. Vincent's Church.
A long procession of forty little girls in
white, CARRYING corona, the emblem of
the Holy Ghost, headed by a band of
music. marched from the society's hall
near town to the church. A barbecue was
held after the religious exercises.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
FUNERAL OF REV. KLINK.

For More Than a Quarter of a Century
He Had Preached In VdHejo.
VALLEJO, CAL, June 2-The funeral
of Rev. n B. Klink. one of the most widely
known Presbyterian preachers in the State,
took place from the chnrch of that de-
nomination this afternoon. Rev. T. F.
Burnham officiated.
For more than a quarter of a century
Rev. Klink was pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Vallejo, during which period
almost all the naval officers and their fam
lilies of the olden times were counted
among the Worshipers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
Laying Out Camp Budd.

VALLEJO, CAL, June 2.-The work of
laying out Camp Budd at the Agricultural
Park will commence Monday morning, for
the accommodation of the soldiers to
gather here from the upper part of the
State next week. Extensive preparations
will be made to receive the visitors during
the week. The ladies of Farragut Relief
Corps No. 80 will give grand ball under
their auspices in honor of the event and
also to replenish their relief fund.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
Orickef at Na,, Jose.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 2.-The cricket
game at Agricultural Park here to-day was
not finished, the visiting club being COM
to catch train. The Zingari Club of San
Francisco had the first inning. their total
score being 155 runs. The San Jose Club
still had four men to bat when the game
was called, their total at that time being
OF o
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
Bicycle against Horses at Fresno.

FRESNO, CAL, June Jack Prince,
the worlds champion long distance bicy-
clist, went against John Shelton and
Weazel, the horseback riders, each chang
ing each mile in ten-mile race at the
fair grounds to-day. Prince came out
ahead by Is yards and made the ten miles
in 1921. A strong breeze was blowing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
Shoot at TJsaIia.

VISALIA, CAL, June 2.-The competi-
tive shoot between teams of 20 men each
from companies c, E and F, resulted in vic
tory for Company E, Visalia. Following
is the total score: E, 1853; C, 761; F, 612
with Is men); av erage for e team, 1874
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
CAPTAIN MURPHps views.
Hts knowledge of the Route and Weather
Is Aired.

Captain ]. Murphy was of opinion that
the accident could not have been due to
unusually rough weather.
81 have made the trip often enough" he
said, ''to be familiar with the weather in
those parts, and I agree with Captain
Anderson of the Progreso, who just came
over the route, that there could have been
no weather at the season of the year to
accomplish the destruction of a vessel
like the Colima without other causes COM
bining with the elements to complete their
deadly work"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 2.-The Board of
School Trustees of Santa Clara held a
special meeting last evening, the object Of
which was to take some action to relieve
the crowded condition of the school. It
was decided to engage the services of an
architect to estimate the cost of adding
another story, and report will be made
at the next regular meeting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03

the cargo shifted and gave her a clean list
for the full benefit of the wind. If she had
not been -heavy-any seaman will bear
me out-she would not have been in so
much danger while in the trough of the
waves. The overweight made her a prey
to the wind and swell.
"And all this talk in the dispatches
about the falling spars killing officers, sail
ors and passengers is all nonsense. It is
absolutely false in fact, The Colima car
ried no spars, and none could have fallen
to kill or main any one. The Sydney is
the only ship in the employ of the COM
pany that carries spars. All the others are
rigged as was the Colima with booms and
derrick tackle for lifting freight from the
hold. There has been much written about
the lost ship which must be laughable to
the old-timers along the front, though the
disaster is such heart-thrilling one.
There are no terrible storms in that part of
the coast course at this season, and even if
there was the barometer would warn any
skipper of the approach of windstorm or
cyclone two hours beforehand.
"No, there is no other explanation, to
my mind, than that the Colimo was top.
heavy. will not say overloaded, because
there is a wide distinction between the
two. It all comes from the indifference OF
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company as to
the safety of its passengers, where there is
a consideration of extra freight at stake. I
have known some of those ships to arrive
here with the partitions of their cabins re.
moved in order to make room for their
freight of coffee and other articles"
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deck cracking and giving way, which after
ward went overheard killing many who
were struggling in the water and were
caught underneath it. Others were butted
to death by the tremendous force of the
wreckage propelled by the seas.
The boilers, it is thought, exploded soon
after going from sight, as a rumbling noise
was heard with loud report, and wreck
age and water few high in the air.
The worst squall came about half an
hour after the Colima sank.
This squall drowned many who other
wise would have been saved.
OF the steamers crew of eighty, but five
survivors have been picked up to date.
Richardson and three others. The San
Juan picked up two cabin passengers,
Gushing and Sutherland, and the balance
of the fourteen were from the steerage.
Cushing was picked up with one man on
life raft, and was black and blue from
head to foot, having been pummeled by
floating wreckage.
Of the 124 passengers, including 43 Chi
nese, but 16 thus far have been heard from.
OF about 20 women and dozen children
not one survives.
The accident happened so quickly that
no one had on life belt.
Officer Hansen saw two dead women
floating near his raft for hours. One was
thin-faced and had plain gold ring on the
third finger of the left hand, the other wore
large diamond on the same finger. They
had been beaten into almost shapeless
masses.
Tales are told of strugglers in the water
having heads knocked off, bodies crushed
into unrecognizable human forms by the
force of the wreckage and waves.
The list of the saved by the San Juan is !:
Officer Hansen,
Boyd,
Cushing,
Sutherland,
Thornton,
Rowan,
Ross,
Orine,
Carpenter,
Richardson,
Fish,
Sarabta,
A1bano,
Cenda,
Soils,
Gines,
Ramos,
Gutierrez,
Ruiz,
Manuel,
AviIes.
The same storm wrecked the American
schooner Huguenot between Manzanillo
and Acapulco. The crew were saved.
A Mexican schooner bound from La Paz
to Acapulco is missing and probably lost
The latest adyices from Manzanillo state
that five of the Colima survivors have been
found at Maquila. The names are, not
obtainable at this writing.
This is probably No. lifeboat.
The rescue steamer Mazatlan sent out
from Manzanillo found FIVE Colima sur
vivors ashore at Maquila. In trying to
lCoO1 bLCI1 d Slldll DOdt CdpSlZ6u the
surf. The crew swan ashore, and are now
with the survivors there. They will be
rescued shortly. Food has been sent them
by land from Manzanillo.
The Romero. Rubio and Barracuda are
still out searching for others. Will send
the names of others rescued as soon as
obtainable.
The Colima left Manzanillo Sunday after
noon at o'clock. A fresh wind from the
east was blowing outside, increasing to
violence during the night.
Monday morning about 10 O'Clock the
steamer got caught in the vortex of
terrific hurricane and capsized. She went
down in three minutes in 664 fathoms of
water in latitude IS deg, 3S minutes north,
longitude 104 deg, IA minutes west, eigh-
teen miles off shore and twenty-eight miles
south of ManZanillO r. +, SMITH
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
A Triumph of Conservative Surgery.

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of cutting operations. Abundant Refer.
ences, and Pamphlets. on above dis
eases, sent sealed, in plain envelope, 10
cents (stamps). WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
SANTA CRUZ Basebauists Hin

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, June 2.-The base
bail game this afternoon between the Santa
Cruz and Sequel clubs was won by the
former. Score, 10 to 8.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03

Board of Supervisors yesterday asking that
sanitary district be formed in that
vicinity. The object of forming such a
district is to prohibit saloons. The pro-
posed district covers nearly ten square
miles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
SIZE VAS TOP-HEApY.

Stecedore FsIrIosag Speaks Assthorttattveiu
on the Matter.
P. Furlong, one of the well-known steve
dores, said:
"I think the Colima was top-heavy. 1
have loaded vessels for several years and I
feel that am authorized to offer an opin-
ion. The Colima was badly loaded. She
carried lumber on her deck that had no
place on the deck of passenger steamer,
and when the roll occurred in the trough
of the sea the lumber shifted and not only
hampered the sailors, but kept the seamen
from doing their work. / think l may be
allowed to speak from experience. / have
been doing nothing else for several years
past but load and unload ships, and l state
emphatlcallv that l believe the Colima
was top-heavy. l have seen vessels 60 out
of this port where the cargo was so poorly
loaded that captains insisted on returning
to the dock and having portions of the
deck load taken off. / know of one or two
cases particularly where the deck load it
was lumber, by the way-was too heavy,
and the masters of the ships refused to
sail until the cargo was readjusted.
"In the case of the Colima 1 think she
was too heavy at the top and that the cap
tain knew it, and when he encountered the
swell he endeavored to bring his ship
around and return to port. That was
when he was caught in the swell. Some
thing may have given away in the ma
chinery and he was helpless.
al understand also that they had been
having trouble with one of the main
cylinders. If that is the case it would
Ill fxua 70 ,,
way to repair the machinery. You can
easily see what that would mean in the
case of high weather. The vessel would be
at the mercy of the winds and waves and
all that could be done would have been to
throw off as much of the cargo as possible
while trying to repair the damage and get
the vessel out of the water valley. She
Kept rolling and rolling and as she rolled
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03

haDlts, or early vices, are treated
through correspondence at their
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Specialists of the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y.
A book of 1876 pages, devoted to the
consideration of the maladies above
limited at, may be had, mailed securely
sealed from observation, in a plain
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to the Worlds Dispensary Medical
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a century, physicians connected with
this widely celebrated Institution,
have made the treatment of the deli
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sole study and practice. Thousands
have consulted them. This vast ex-
perience has naturally resulted in
improved methods and means of
rIIYa
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03

heavy became more apparent, and the
captain, getting timid, started back and
got across the wind in the water valley"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
Camnheu Eants a Sanitary Dtstrtct.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June "a petition
was filed by citizens of Campbell with the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03

For additional Pacific Coast ne,O, sec Second Page
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03
NO UNUSUAL BLOW.
That Is What Captain anderson of the
Pr0greso Says.

That Is What Captain anderson of the
PrOgreso Says.
Captain Anderson of the Progreso, fif-
teen days from Panama, said:
"While our up trip was not as smooth as
it might have been / encountered no
weather which would, in my mind, ac-
count for the wreck of the Colima. We
were over the course about the same time,
or to be more definite, twenty-fours hours
apart from her, and I cannot comprehend
any seas or winds high enough to encom-
pass the wreck of SO stanch a ship as the
Colima unless there was an accident to her
machinery or that her cargo was not prop
erly loaded"
How is the weather in that latitude at
this season of the year? ?'' the captain was
was asked.
"It is purely local. AS rule it is fair.
Occasionally we encounter blows, but, as 1
said, there is seldom anything which could
render a ship helpless, except a break or
shifting of cargo. To be sure, can't say
as to the loading of this particular vessel,
because have no information on which to
base an opinion. Therefore, I am speak
ing only in a general way, though what I
have said may be taken to apply to the
Colima or any other ship. If there had
been any severe weather the Progreso
would surely have encountered some of it,
that is, if there had been anything like a
wrecking storm. l think the captain
doubtless did all he could to save his cargo
and his ship. and possibly that was one of
the fatal and eliminating causes of the
terrible disaster. He may have waited
too long-the cargo was too precious, in his
eyes. However, he died brave man-at
his post, the cargo under him and his own
grave with it.
mo; we carry no passengers except on
rare occasions, and I am free to express
myself that passenger steamers, or freight
steamers that carry passengers, should be
very careful about their deckloads.''
''Is it true that some steamers carry the
freight for the first port on their route
nearest the top, without regard to weight,
so as to facilitate unloading and save
time" asked the interviewer
EYES," replied the captain, thoughtfully;
"every skipper will endeavor to so ship his
cargo that it will be easily unloaded if he
has several ports, or even one port to
make. You can see how necessary that
would be. The cargo for the first port
should be the easiest to get out, if possible;
but, nevertheless, a safe company who had
any regard for the security of their vessels
would not sacrifice everything to that end
/ have known of many cases, however,
where that point was considered para
mount. They must make time and have
only God to thank for their safety"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-03-27

The Synod of New Jersey is planning
n historical pilgrimage to the site of the
Old Scotch Church at Freehold, on June
4th Exercises will be held at the ground
in the morning, special train running
from Freehold on the Central Railroad TO
Wickatunk, the railroad station nearest
the site, and returning after the exercises.
In the afternoon, services will be held In
the Tennent Church. Rev. John Hall,
D. D., of New York, and Rev. DIR. Mac
Intosb, of Philadelphia, and Professor
Bowers. of Princeton, are expected TO de-
liver addresses. Historical papers will
also be prepared on the Early Settlers
of Monmouth, F" "John Boyd and John
Tennent," and on "The First Presbyter-
ian Meeting.n 1t is proposed TO erect
stone canopy over the crumbling tomb
stone of Rev. John Boyd to preserve the
memorial Of the first pastor of Freehold,
who was the first man ordained 10 the
Presbyterian ministry in the New World.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-03-27

One Of the most remarkable features
brought out in the evidence before the
Senate Investigating Committee into the
expenditures at the State House, on Mon
day of last week, was the industry, per-
vasiveness and discrimination Of Trenton
mice. 1t seems, according to the testi-
mony Of "Mike Hurley, who was the
favored Dem cratic contractor for fur
nishing coal at the State House, and his
clerk, that these mice devoured all the
papers, books, &C., throwing light upon
his transactions with the State 10 this ar
ticlc, wherein it Is suspected that he got
pay for at least twice as much as he fur
nished, while leaving every other sort of
document untouched, many OF them be-
ing, according to the general acceptation
of the tastes Of that little animal, good
deal more tempting and toothsome than
those destroyed. Another rather remark
able fact developed was the employment
as architect of the State House building
by Governor Albeit of man who was
not an architect at all, but an engineer
and surveyor, who had never before nor
has he ever since designed building or
the extension of building Of any kind
And still another was the fact that Con-
gresham John L. Dunn, OF the Elizabeth
District, who was very persistent in his
demands, as one witness testified, turned
up as the favored contractor for a venti.
lating apparatus which he had no plant
to manufacture, that was taken out soon
after because it would not work, and was
twice paid for by the State.
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kOQUETTs, vELvETs, BRUSSELS,

and two-ply Ingrains-New, Hand
some Patterns. 10000 yards here
to make selections from.
Ingrains are lower in price than
was ever known in our history or in
the history of the oldest housekeeper.
Our 25c. ingrains will surprise
you, and SO will the higher grades,
which can be bought 10 cents per
yard cheaper than ever before.
B@ Our extra Supers are of
fine grade yarn and will weigh %
ozs. to the yard. Prudent buyers
should note this fact.
Brussels are stronger i'll effects,
rich in design. Critics pronounce
them exquisite.