The herald., 1896-03-02

Andrew Mcfarland, formerly of the
Anchor line, but who will be purser of the
Doric, the newest addition to the o. e. o.
S. S. Co., running between San Francisco
and China ports is in Los Angeles for few
days with friends Oh Grand avenue. This
has been the coolest and stormiest winter
on the Western ocean for some years, es-
pecially west of the banks. The drtiest
weather, he said is encountered between
Cape Race, N. f., and Nantucket shoals.
On her last trip from the Mediterranean,
the Scotia was iced up to her foretruck,
while huge icicles six feet long and as big
round as a mans thigh hung from her
smokestack. The Cunard greyhound, Cam
pania, was watched by thousands as she
slowly steamed to her pier in the North
river, one mass of glistening ice from stern
to stern, which flashed in the brilliant sum
shine SO intensely as to make her hull al
most invisible. 1t was beautiful sight.
Mr.. Mcfarland said that the Doric steamed
the $4,000 miles from Liverpool to San
Francisco in exactly forty days under easy
steam. Her draught (although her tonnage
is 4,3S4) is light, twenty-one feet. and if
the San Pedro harbor was deepened little
more, she could easily land passengers and
freight for Southern California points, saw
ing much time and expense. The demand
for California canned and dried fruits is
very large in Japan and China, and now
that freights are so low, Southern Califor-
MIA producers should take advantage of the
opportunity to push sales.
Professor A. T.. Satterthwaite of Boston
gave the following short sketch of the late
General Douglas Frazar, soldier, traveller
= k..s- In
minister yesterday. Frazar was born in
Duxbury, Mass, in 1886, and when only
boy shipped as common sailor for voy-
age around the world. He became captain
of the crack sailing bark Maryland when
only 81 years old, which was fitted out for
him by his father to trade between Boston
and China. At 23 he was Junior partner in
the firm of Frazar & Co., the largest East
India merchants in the United States.
When the war broke out he became vol
unteer and took an active part in quelling
the draft riots in New York, for which
Governor Seymour made him major of the
Thirteenth New York cavalry. Ho then
became colonel OF a South Carolina colored
regiment, with vice-president Wilson's son
as his lieutenant-colonel, and at the close
| of the war he was brevetted by the presi-
dent as brigadier-general of volunteers. In
| 1870, with his father he again entered into
| business, but three years later their prop.
erty was swept away. In 1854 he was the
| People party g candidate for congress. His
literary work was chiefly done for Harper's
Magazine and the Youths Companion.
His three books, The Log of the Maryland,
Perseverance Island, and Practical Boat
Sailing, are we'll known. He was good
public speaker, and as lecturer was very
| popular. For the last five years he has
spent the winter with friends in Pasadena
| and Los Angeles.
| sIrba r,u, botpoon RolIippfoy, ROotb bio
| father and his brother Herbert is much to
be deplored,' said staff officer of the Sal
| vation army to a HERALD representative
| yesterday, ''and will, fear, seriously affect
| the army, not only in the United States,
| but all over the world. The Pacific Coast
| division, under the command of Brigadier
Keppel, with headquarters in San Fran
cisco, is much interested in the unfortunate
controversy, as it is the most fiourishing
division of the army in the United States,
| owing to the marvellous magnetism OF the
young brigadier and his accomplished wife.
Cox, the daughter of influential and
wealthy English people, and the most elo-
| quent and forceful of all the female sol.
diers, is very significant. General Booth.
the founder of the army, though blessed
with many great gifts, ia cursed with a
horrible temper, as is known to many who
came in contact with him on his visit to
the Pacific coast last winter. Allowances
were made on the ground of age and over
work, but there is no Use in attempting to
conceal The fact OF his infirmity. Should
| two Salvation armies be organized, the one
supporting General Booth would go to the
wall; the public would have nothing to do
with the foreign army. We are earnestly
hoping and praying that the breach may
| yet be healed. Late yesterday it was ru
mored that Brigadier Keppel had joined
hands with Ballington Booth, which means
| Sa1u
| English CONTROL"
The swellest morning amusement in New
| York is to go to hear Mrs. Olive Thorne
| her Bird Talks at the Waldorf, according
to Miss Eugenia Mills, who is visiting
friends on Grand avenue. These talks are
| clearly illustrated by bird 8 nests and dia:
grams. showing the life OF the bird from
the nest up, including his education, his
social life, his courtship, marriage, and re-
lation to the human race. They aim to
give a personal acquaintance with the
| looks, manners and habits of our little
feathered friends, SO as to make one able
to name them without the aid of gun.
| The most distinguished ladies of New
York, Boston and Philadelphia patronize
This delightful lady scientist by their pres
ence at her talks.
Joe Ballard. engineer of the fast freight,
SAID the exact distance anu tltIle between
| New York and San Francisco are not very
easy to remember, especially for persons
| like railroad men, who haven't the time,
and editors. who haven't the money to
make the trip very often. 1t is therefore
worth noting, perhaps, that since the estab-
! lsnment of the last fast train by the Union
Pacific, the time is almost exactly 100
hours. This is the apparent time. By
| eastern time, the train arrives in San Fran
cisco at IL 40 PM. making the actual
time consumed on the road 1881 hours,
| the apparent time being 1907 hours. The
distance is 1892 miles New York Central,
| New York to Buffalo, 44O; Michigan Cen.
tral, Buffalo to Chicago, $50; Chicago and
Northwestern, Chicago to Council Bluffs,
| 400; Union Pacific, Council Bluffs to OK.
den, 1854; Southern Pacific, Ogden t,
| San Francisco. $3.50. The connecting
| train east of Chicago is the North Shore
limited, leaving New York at 3 pm and
arriving in Chicago at 4 80 pm. next day.
The rate OF speed through is 1927 miles
per hour, which includes tho delay of an
hour and half in Chicago. The rate of
speed through from Chicago is 3O.7 miles
| per hour. The fastest west-bouud train
| east of Chicago is the Chicago Limited.
| over the Pennsylvania and the p. +. w. &
! c. railroad. This train makes the run
from New York to Chicago in a little less
| than 20 hours.
| Professor f. Ii. Darling, traveller, an
| tLroroJOuist and writer on cOmpara tive