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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

the dusky water front, slide down the
dark gangplank, and the docks are soon
fading away in the night.
Out ON the bay pushes the thing of iron
and steam, and the city lights ike jewels
flaming in a setting OF ebony are moving
backward from the harbor gates. The
anchored ships swing dark motionless,
asleep at the end of their chains with the
grr-lc OF the hide under their bows lulling
the wa ve-veary fabrics into deeper SUM
I5r.
V-i5hiu the encircline harbor hills and
behind the iavincible harbor bar they lie
and no surge with the gr0wl OF storm in its
swell. rolls in 10 break their dreaming;
and tAe great lamps Of the heads glow on
through the darkness, needless alike OF the
things that pass in and out, for
Their hearts are altar. afar
With IHc SHIPS ~ sea.
With q lift high up in the dim spaces Of
the GIEht, and . sinking down III the base
OF the wave, the Fearless feels the first
thrill OF ocean along her graceful bends.
Tie heave OF q world OF waters is at her
bow bait she piOWs ahead and the
rhytAmlc beac Of her iron pulse Is as regu-
lar as q respiration.
Under the Oyerhanging quarter the hiss
ms foam-hakcu flood, cloven in twain by
her sharp fOrefoot, is caught and cburned
GN the WllTllflE screw iiitD Il i)dllItl, NGGSlN
wake, that bubbles and sparkles Tor d mo-
ment with ghostly CLEAN and fades away,
blending into the dark, wind-swept dis
lance.
There is wrinkle OF lightning down in
the south where a tiny cloud flashes its
white electric glow along the sea, and
faint loom OF land on the starboard beam
comes and goes like a lost Atlantis fitting
through the gloom.
Astern is only black smudge lying low,
all that remains of the fading fold OF coast
and ahead is the eternal vacancy, the awful
loneliness Of the ocean. There Is a pale sug-
gestion OF moon showing from behind the
black pillows OF cloud that bank
along the southeast, and ever and
anon splinter OF light falls
through a rift in the wreathing mass,
touching the dusky waves with points of
softest silver. The flying scuds OF pallid
vapQr, like wraiths OF departed storms,
sail across the mastheads and the dark
smoke of the steamer bends low down on
the surface, as if to shun the white, I'M
canny visitants of the air. There IS a sob
in the silence of the sea and a sense of
sorrow in the great sohtudes that lie limit
lessly around.
Altar off on the south western line of the
sky a tiny point of light comes, CLEANS
an instant and is gone, and the blank
vacancy shuts down where 1t shone. But
the minute spark is enough, and a turn of
the wheel answers to that dim, distant
signal.
a spirited steed and the sharp curve in her
bubbling wake tells how obedient is that
great mass of steel and steam. She is
finding and meeting the incoming steamer
and the reading world at dawn will hear
the news caught far out at sea.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
THE LAST CARR-BEEL POP.
WILL NOT BE RESUMED TILL NEXT
SEASON--AN EXCELLENT
PROGRAMME.
LIS BACHELOR WERE THE
SOLOIsTS.

The last of the present season of Carr
Beel popular concerts was given yesterday
afternoon in Golden Gate Hall, a large
audience being present to hear the last
till next autumn of the popular entertain
ments
The opening number was a trio by
Dvorak for pianoforte, violin and cello,
which was performed in San Francisco
for the first time.
AS the programme explained its name,
"Duneky'' is an untranslatable Russian
word, which means sort of narrative
poem, generally of a gloomy character.
"Duneky'' proved to be a graceful compo-
sition, which was performed with true
musicianIy precision and delicacy by Mrs
Carmichael Carr, Sigmund Beel and Louis
Heine. The lento movement was fine
specimen of legato and led up impercepti-
bly, to the allegro, which was crisp and
bright.
The second move next gave all the per-
formers an opportunity of showing their
technique. The vivace, which closed the
trio, was most telling.
Willis f. Bachelors songs an "Elegie, :"
by Massenet, and 80, NV Rose bv
Thomas, were rendered with his accus-
toned finish, though marred as usual by
some throatiness. Both his solos, how
ever, were excellently received.
Mrs. Carmichael-C Carr was the pianoforte
soloist, and it was evident that her last per
Torrance for the season left a most agreea-
BILE impression upon her hearers. She
played a nocturne and Isle Tanzt" by
Grieg, as well as "Cracovienne Fantas-
tique' by Paderewski, and each nun Der was
received with hearty applause. At the
conclusion of the Cracovienne Mrs. Carr
was presented with more bouquets than
she could possibly carry away
Grieg's string quarted, op. 81, reminds
one of how the public taste has changed
since the young lady refused to play Men,
delssohn because there were so MANY
wrong notes in his music'' The weird
chromatic harmonies of the quartet might
have shocked that now eut-of-date young
person, but they are full OF charm for the
nd-of-the-century hearers.
Beautiful themes were also character
istic of the quartet, the romance being par
ticularly attractive. The march was ex
ceedingly well rendered and was received
by the audience with rapt attention.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
ON THE oOMsT0OK.
Weekly Reports of the superintendent
of the Various Mines.

VIRGINIA, New, March 9.-Following are
the weekly reports of the superintendent
of the mines on the Comstock lode:
Coz. CAL. VA. MINE-l65o level-On the
sixth floor in the ore body at point 125 feet
north from the vertical Wine which connects
with the 100 level an east crosscut has been
started and advanced 80 feet in quartz torma-
ton, which assays from So to So 10 per ton.
On the twelfth floor the east crosscut has been
advanced 40 feet 10 a total length Of % feet
in low grade quartz, the face being In por-
phyry. On the thirteenth floor, which IS the
fifteenth floor above the 1850 level, an opening
has been made Is feet in length north and
south showing ore feet in width lying-against
the west wall ard assaying OIL the
average $50 per ton. In the south drift
from the east crosscut from the
main north lateral drift, on the sill floor of this
level, at q point 20 feet in from its mouth, we
have stopped out to the height OF ID feet along
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
FIRST BLOW AT THE BBGGARs.
Frank y. Gibson VIII Cause the Arrest
of Adam Wood.

The Law and Order League will assail
the guild of professional beggars of San
Francisco by causing the arrest of one of
their number tomorrow. Secretary Frank
B. Gibson was accosted by Adam Wood ON
O'Farrell street last evening and was asked
for 10 cents ''to get bed" Mr.. Gibson
will swear to a complaint against him.
This is Adam Woods account of him
self: He is IS years old and has lived in
California forty years. He lives at S46
Howard. de served in the Ninth Infan-
try, q. S. A, under Colonel-afterward
-general-George w. Ride, who
founded, with his regiment, the city of
Walla Walla. He sometimes sells brooms
on the streets, but begs at night. The
Almshouse has been his abiding-pIace on
several occasions, but when he applied for
admission the last time, about two months
ago, he was refused admission on the
ground that the institution was full
Wood is known by the officers on Mar
ket street as persistent systematic
beggar. AS evidence is secured the prose
cution of the other beggars will be taken
up by the Law and Order League.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
SUTRO DENOUNCES
THE WATER SUPPLY.
He DECLARES DISAPPEARING
FILTH Is FLOWING INTO
LAKE MERGED.
AN INJUNCTION THREATENED
The MAYOR THINKS THE CITY
SHOULD BUILD ITS OWN
WATER SYSTEM.

Mayor Sutro paid visit to Laguna de la
MERGED yesterday and he reports he found
its waters in bad condition. The Spring
Valley Water Company has been supply
ing the inhabitants of this city with drink
ing water from the lagoon for several years.
Sutro has announced his intention of pre-
venting the company from using its waters
any more, as they are entirely unfit for
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
GETTING news
FAR OUT At SEA.
BOUND Down THE DARK HARBoR
TO MEET THE INCOMING
MAIL STEAMER.
IN The WATERY SOLITUDEs
AND THE WORLD READS AT DAzvN
THE IIDINGs FOUND ON TIE
OCEAN.

Catching big ocean liner at sea is one
Oh the many methods of getting the news
employed by the press. A mail steamer is
que from locality where important events
are transporting, or the vessel herself may
be a STORY" and the tug-that monde
script craft, all huh and an engine four
sizes too large for hers fired up The
newspaper men board a coupe, hurry down
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
THE FIREMBN
AND THEIR PETS.
DOGS AND CATS HAVE GOOD
HOMES IN MANY OF THE
ENGINE-HOUSES.
ALL BECOME WELL EDUCATED
AT SOME OF THE HOUSES THE CAT
Is PREFERRED, AT OTHERS
THE Doc.

dogs, engine-house dogs, Ell? Well"
said Captain Comstock OF station l of
the Underwriters Fire Patrol, that's
subject which certainly pleases me, for do
you know that some of the best breeds, as
we'll as the most intelligent of the canine
species, have their homes, and good ones,
too, in the different firehouses in the city,
and needn't say word about the genuine
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
He Was Not Accommodated

An English journal tells good story at
the expense of the Earl of Derby While
walking on land belonging to the Earl a
lordship inquired if the collier knew he was
walking on his land.
Thy land? Well, I've got no land my
self, was the reply, land I'm like to walk
on somebody's. Where did tina get it
"oh," explained his lordship, az got it
from my ancestors"
the collier.
''They got it from their ancestors" was
And where did their ancestors get it?"
They fought for it,
We'll, begad, said the collier, squaring
up to the Earl, ''I'll fight thee for it. The
Interior.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

An apparatus for burning coal dust has
been brought out in Germany. The con-
sumption of even the most inferior class of
coal dust is attended with no smoke, while
the heat produced is SO intense that the
apparatus has been adapted in Berlin for
smelling works, and with excellent results.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

Congregational Seminary for Native Girls,
now being conducted in the Gilbert group.
The Hiram Bingham is provided with a
naphtha steaming outfit, which makes her
independent of the variable winds of the
interisland waters below the equator. She
is so small that one can hardly believe that
she ventures with safety intosthe fierce
storm infested regions of the South Pacific,
but only vessel of her light draught
could be used in the shallow waters among
the coral reefs strewn thickly in that
locality.
The schooner reports that no news has
ever been learned concerning her sister
vessel, the Robert w. Logan, which disap-
peared in typhoon on the coast of Japan
several months ago. She left the Gilbert
Islands with shipwrecked crew of Japan
csc, and after carrying them home to
Yokohama started on her return, and that
was the last heard of her.
She was built at Benicia in 1890, and was
90 feet in length, IL feet wide and feet in
depth, and was about % tons burden.
There is no doubt that the little mission
airy craft foundered with all on board.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

A French railway has recently arranged
its telegraph lines so that at prearranged
signal the wires are switched from the
telegraph instruments to telephones. thus
enabling the operators to either talk
verbally or to communicate by the tele-
graphic code at will.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
BILLIARDS PLAYED BETTER NOW
Even Champions Played Poor Game
Twenty-Five Years Ago.

Young billiard players have little con-
ception how poorly the game used to be
played twenty years ago." said cue
handler. ut is scarcely too much to say
that an average player of to-day could beat
most of the champions of my boyhood A
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

The average cost of power for the manu-
facture of a barrel of -four in Minneapolis
is said to be 215 cents for water and to 7
cents for steam, while at Duluth, where
steam is used exclusively, the cost per
barrel is 2a cents to 81 cents barrel, the
coal used being the refuse from the docks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
THE MISSIONARY SCHOONER HIRAM BINGHAM.
[Sketched for the "CalI" by W. 4. Couterl

make much difference in my game; and
yet, as have said, I have given up playing
because play so poorly compared with the
average PLAYER. New York Sun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

A London firm which has manufactured
eight of the eleven cables linking the
United States to England makes fifty
miles of cable each twenty-four hours.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
PORTO RICO 70 JOIN AGAINST
HH SPAIN. 81 ~. : =

\ d. ~
The Chicago News prints the import
struggle for Independence Its inforna-
ton is furnished from the Cuban head
quarters in New York city, that the
Porto Ricans are preparing to join the
Cuban insurgents against Spain, and IL
the statements made are correct, 1t is
quite plain that the mother country Will
shortly have two Instructions on her
hands instead OF one. There is no
question that In her struggle for indie
pendence Cuba would find a powerful
ally In Porto Rico should the Island
revolt. The News says that porto Rico
has gone SO far as to prepare n declara-
ton OF independence, and viii join her
sister island In the active struggle for
liberty. An army is being formed by
the separatist party of Porto Rico and
as soon as the leaders are ready the
campaign will open"
The leaders In New York saw that
q vigorous declaration OF Independence
has been prepared by the leaders OF
the Porto Rican separatist party. and
That 1t Is their intention TO issue this
as soon as they feel sure that they can
defend themselves against any action
''l'iili may luke. One OIL the most prom
incnt Porto Ricans I'm New York de-
clarcs that this might be In less than a
week. From the game source 1t Is
learned that In starting this new revo-
luton the Porto Rican leaders nre fully
carrying out the original plans of Gen
Jose NIarti. the late leader OF the Cuban
revolution, who was first to get the
Cuban instruction well under way and
then to encourage, or rather to create.
n similar uprising in Porto Rico The
telegram to the News asserts that there
were to be two separate revolutions.
the army Of each of the two provinces
| acting Independently as far as posi-
| bic. but necessarily In conjunction
when q crisis was reached. but ooh
striving for the same object-thc de-
| feat of Spain. If n victory should be
won II was arranged that the sister
| islands should form entirely separate
| governments, the republic of Cuba and
| the republic OF Porto Rico.
I'm formulating this plan Gen Mnrti
consulted prominent Porto Rlcans who
arc now in New York, one of whom
corroborated the above statement last
night. These men are among those who
are arranging the present proposed
coup. Cuba's and Porto Rico's causes
are, they say. Identical"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
PERSONALS.

William j.. Foster, the inventor OF
the Foster glove hook, is dead.
Barbara Aub has retracted her con-
lession and now says her story on the
witness stand was true
The present Lord Lytton has a fear
OF premature burial and has left an or,
der with his doctor that n long needle
shall be run through his heart after his
death.
Mile. About. daughter of the late Ed
mond About, was married recently in
Trinity Church. Paris. to NJ. Pierre Do
Courccllc, son OF the drumatist Of
that mama.
Capt. Thomas Morley. survivor of
the charge of the Light brigade I.ibbv
prison and the Ford's Theatre disas-
ter, is living In Washington and is in
good health.
James j. Van Allen, the Rhode Is
land millionaire. and defendant in the
Colt alienation suit. sailed for Europc
"Wednesday OF the American line
steamship st. Louis
Capt Alfred Sanford, of ST. Louis.
20 .y..s on; and whom the au-
thorities sent 10 the poorhouse last
week. was the Ioyhood friend and play
mate of Ulysses S. Grant.
EN-President Harrison is expected 10
be In Toledo next Monday to plead in {.
suit before Judge Kicks, OF the United
states Court. The case is that of tho
Glover Leaf" litigation
Mrs Kelley, the venerable actress
whose ninetieth birthday was recently
celebrated in London. sang the "AIer-
MANS song" i'll Il Performance of ODE
ron. conducted by Weber himself I'm
1926.
j. l.. Allen. telegraph operator at
Loretto, in Marion county, Ky, has in
vented railroad clock that is marve.
of ingenuity. II registers each train
as 1t passes and the time al which il
passes, and an accompanying device
gives warning TO incoming trains If an
other train has passed the station with
In 10 minutes.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15

The fact IS, the Cramps failed to
bid strictly In accordance with the
plans. and under q rigid ruling their
bids should not be considered at oil,
and especially SO when there Is q lower
bid made inssaccordance with the re-
quirements of the department and at
saving ofsl 100000.
The Philadelphia firm is making a
desperate effort to deprive the Newport
News Company from obtaining the
contracts. but 1t is hoped that It will
not succeed
Concluding. Mr.. Edmonds SAYS:
The securing of these contracts Is q
matter. of great Importance to the COM
mercial interests Of the South. Tho
maritime exchanges and the chambers
OF commerce of baltimore, Richmond
anq Norfolk. and in fact of the whole
south, should take the same action
that has been done by the General AS
sembly of the State of Virginia. Strong
anu vigorous resolutions should be
adopted. and committees should be ap-
pointed to visit Washington and re-
quest the Secretary of the Navy to
award the contracts to the lowest bid
| ders In accordance with the Govern
| ment's specifications"
The Virglnian agrees with him that
the Newport News Company Is cnti-
tied to the construction OF these vcs.
sells. Their plant is OF sufficient size
to do the work within the time speci-
fed, and the character Of their ma
chine tools are of such description that
the work can be carried on In an cni-
Client manner, no matter how stringent
are The specifications. y Southern
shipyard underbid all others by nearly
$l,ooO,OO0. and this contract should go
TO the South. It's value to this whole
section cannot we'll be overcstimatcd.
Every man interested in the South is
interested In the award of this contract
TO the company which undcrbId all
| competitors"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
NOTES AND OPINIONS,

The steamer Manhanset. from Rot
terdam TO New York has been lowed
into Halifax With Il broken shaft.
Russia Is pressing Turkey for the
payment of the inStallment of the war
indemnity, due this year 1t amounts
to over sT,000,000
The first sailors home In Franco was
recently opened at Dunkcrquc. II
comprises lodging-rooms, with a read.
ing-room and library.
Although seventy-ninc years have
elapsed since Indiana came into the
Union, II Is still considered u doubtful
state says the Washington Times.
The historic market of Billingsgatc,
London. Is now finding Il serious com
petitor In the Shadwel market. Its
traditional language Will probably sur
vivc.
The Brooklyn Eagle says that leg
lslative committee is Investigating the
municipal affairs of Philadelphia. and
iinds evidences of corruption in the 20
lice department, which are said to be
MS bad as those discovered in New
York.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
NOT A WALK OVER.

Mr.. Carter. of the Republican Ma.
tional Committee, Is credited with hav-
ing told some of his fellow committee
men that "the Republican, party need
not expect walkover for next year."
OF course, Mr.. Carter did not expect
ut the time that the remark would
reach the ear Of the public, but oil the
same 1t has. and It indicates one thing
If nothing more. and that is that some
of the leaders I'm the party recognize
that the Republicans have got to be
mighty careful less disaster should
follow fast upon the footsteps of their
late victory. and Carter is giving time
~ warning.
a great many things can happen
in n year, and knowing this, MIR. Carter
feels that 1t Is unwise at this time
to count too mud,, on walk over IA,
the next National election.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
WHO SHALL BUILD THE RATTLE
St17fS.

The last Issue of the Manufacturers
Record, of Baltimore, contains an
able article from the pen OF its editor,
for the Bnttleships-Who Should Build
Thcm?"
In his trea tment of the question Mr.
Edmonds reviews at length all the facts
connected with the dispute as to who
should construct the ships, and con-
cludes that by every right the Newport
News Company is entitled to the CON
tract which it has earned in fair COM
petition.
When the bid for the two big battle
ships authorized by the Flrty-third
Congress were opened at the Navy De-
partment 1t was found to the aston
ishment and surprise of everybody tina;
the Newport News Company was lowe,
by 81 ,000,0 600 than the Cramps, of Phla-
delphia. who, up to the time of the
opening of the bids, were thought to
be the successful competitors. The diff
ference in the bids between the two
firms seems TO aStonsh the Cramps as
much as any one else, though they
should have remembered the bids of the
Newport News Company for the CON
struction of the gunboats Nashville
and Wilmington which gave to that
remember them.
The plans furnished by the Navy De.
partment for the battleships were the
same. The Newport News Company
rs Mr.. Edmonds says" believed that
the Navy Department would prefer
its own designs TO those submitted
by people who had neither the training
nor the opportunity to prepare plans
of equal merit"
This being the case It stuck close TO
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES varying one jot
therefrom, while "the Cramps, antici-
pating that the Newport News Com
pany would cut loose under such condi-
tons from its competitors, and would
put very wide difference between
itself and them, by submitting exceed
! ingly low figures. sent series of bids
and plans for the consideration of the
department. Whether such bids and
plans In connection with the construc-
'lon Oh the kearsarge and her mate
| are IN accordance with the policy of
the department, or within the province
OF the Secretary to accept. Is doubt
ful question. Secretary Herbert will
undoubtedly give the matter great con-
sideration before he will take such
view of the matter. 1t is to be sup
posed that the naval authorities are
better equipped that private firms for
the collection of knowledge in regard
| to their own wants"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15

:stD9iphtheria is raging in New York,
, s.sG2} cases being officially reported. and
the death rate Is twenty-five a week
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15

Sss 1t is said that Mr.. Sherman Is still
5ofF opinion that it is a pretty poor sort
sof delegates that won't stay bought.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
LIGHT PAGES.

Am bassador Bayard has refused TO
dignity Congressman Barrett's resolu-
ton with the notice of an interview.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15

The Washington Capital says that
sChauncey Depew denies that his stories
are all chestnuts. Not all of them are,
but how about Chauncey himself?
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
$1,000.

en- Dollars covers the price of Mems Overcoats made from
reliable fabrics in both light and dark effects medium
long, extra lengths, and some Short Box Sacks,
beautifully cut, nicely finished and Fault
lessly Tailored throughout.