The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-14

guns and two magazine guns. The lara
gosa was purchased from the French by
the Mexican Government two years ago.
The wages of sailors going on deep water
is still $50 a month and $40 allotment. The
boarding-masterS are confident, however,
that the price will be $25 month before
the week is out and that If the scarcity of
men continues "blood-money" will be
paid before August. At present there are
very few men to be had, and many of those
who are shipping have been refused at the
navy-yard because of some physical in
trinity. J. Langford is trying hard to get
the wages up to living rate and says he
will certainly succeed. There is now over
100000 tons of shipping on the way to this
port and before the vessels get away again
there is likely to be some lively tratficking
in sailors.
Uncle Sam is finding it very difficult to
get men for his cruisers. The applications
at the Navy-yard have been plentiful
enough, but the men are either too old or
are not physically perfect. In eo1se-
quence the admiral of the fleet in the
Orient has been instructed to send no
more short-time men home by steamer,
but TO transfer them all to the Baltimore.
The cruiser has been ordered home and
will probably go to the Atlantic coast via
the Suez canal
ga realistic shipwreck" will be the prin-
cipal feature at Ell Campo to-day. The
wreck will be off shore and a life-saving
crew will fire lifeline over the sinking
vessel. Part of the crew win be hauled
ashore, and as the wreck is sinking other
members of the crew will jump overheard
and the lifesavers will launch a boat and
rescue them. 1t is expected to be a very
thrilling scene.
Two barges loaded with rails, ties and
piles for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad
started up the river for Stockton yester-
day. The tug Merren, owned by the Cali
fornia Navigation and improvement Com
pany, had in tow the barge Planet with $50
tons Of rails, and the barge Eclipse with
10000 railroad ties and 600 piles on board.
All these vessels were gayly decorated with
flags and presented very pretty appear
ance as they passed up the harbor.
There will be miniature yacht race on
Brooklyn Basin this afternoon. The prize
will be sweepstake of $40 each and the
entries are Captain John McFarland's Mi
kado, r. Cousins Forty-niner, 7. Murrey's
Valkyrie and w. Clark's Seagull.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
Rio de Janeiro sailed for Hongkong via
Yokohama yesterday. She had a small
passenger list and only 1900 tons of cargo.
Among the Chinese passengers were eight
men deported by Collector Wise. Chung
Yong Vow was one of them. He first Of
all attempted to land as a merchant. Fail
ing in that, he claimed to be a native son.
He again tried to land as a merchant, but
during the hearing it was proved that he
had horribly mutilated another Chinese a
number Of years ago and had served time
In San Quentin for his crime.
The Pacific Mail Company is taking
warning by the loss of the Colima. Nearly
500 tons of ballast was put into the City of
Sydney yesterday. This will stiffen her
up and make her safe in any gale that may
blow on the Central American coast.
The schooner Transit, which hes been in
the sugar trade between here and Hawaii
since she was launched, is going into the
coal trade. The sugar business has fallen
away greatly since the planters began ship
ping direct to New York. The Transit will
carry coal from the Black Diamond mine
to Hilo for p. B. Cornwall
The Harbor Police want an owner for
twenty-five newspaper cuts of the insignia
of the various friendly and benevolent
lodges in San Francisco. They were
picked up on the corner OF Sacramento and
Front streets yesterday and turned over to
Captain Dunleayy.