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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1896-12-03
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obtained until the arrival OF the Pescadero
stage, after o'clock this evening, as there
is neither telephone nor telegraph connec-
tion direct between Santa Cruz and Pes
cadero.
Mr.. Harvey, proprietor and driver of the
stage, brought all the information obtain
able from some of the sailors who had
come ashore before he left. The steamer
was resting easily, but there was no hope
of getting it off, as it had struck hard and
its bottom was badly punctured in several
places. 1t went onto the rocks under a
full head of steam, and with such speed
and force that it is likely to stay there
until it goes to pieces.
There were eighty passengers aboard
when Harvey left, but their lives were in
no apparent danger, as they could be cas-
lily sent ashore. Harvey was informed
that the Colon bia had $500, 600 in specie
aboard. He believed from his own obser-
vations and from the talk he had with the
sailors that the chances were good for
saving everything except the steamer
itself, and even the vessel might be
brought off with the assistance of the
tugs called from San Francisco and a
favorable tide, but that was not probable.
The coast in the region of Pescadero is
rough, but when following the current
| and obeying the signals on New Years
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Cabinet and the Honorable Military Com
pany, who were yesterday elected honor
ary members of the Cercle Militaire.
President Faure, accompanied by Prime
Minister Meline, General lie Mouton de
Boissedefre, chief of staff of the army, and
General Tournier, chief of the Presidents
military household, left the palace of the
Elysee in an open carriage and drove to
Longchamps, it having been arranged
that the President should review the
troops.
AS the carriage passed through the PORE
du Moulin entrance to the parade grounds
it was surrounded by troops, who were to
escort Nj. Faure 10 the stand. Before the
vehicle had proceeded far a tall, fair and
well-dressed man of about 80 years of age
stepped slightly in advance of the crowd
and drew a revolver, which some eyewit-
nesses declare he discharged pointblank at
the President.
Immediately there was a scene of the
greatest excitement, and it would have
gone hard with the man had he not al
once been seized by the gendarmes who
were standing by. He was conducted tc
the temporary police quarters that had
been established within the grounds.
The man resisted arrest, declaring that
he had done nothing to cause his being
taken into custody. He claimed he had
not fired the revolver with any intention
of injuring the President, and that in fac!
the weapon had only been loaded with
blank cartridges. Those who stood close
by when the President entered the
grounds declare that two shots were
| fired.
An examination of the revolver made
by the police appears to bear out the pris-
oner's statement that blank cartridges
were used, for in four of the chambers
cartridges with no bullets were found.
Attempts at the police station to learn
anything further from the prisoner were
of no avail. He stated that his name was
Francois, and refused to say anything fur
ther. The prisoner appeared to be in
sane.
News of the affair spread like wildfire
and the most exaggerated reports gained
credence. The crowd of spectators surged
toward the prisoners cage, and the troops
had difficult task in keeping the excited
people back. 1t took only little time,
however, to have it known that NJ. Faure
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THE PAssENGERS sroR1Es.
What Those on Board Rnesv of the
Disaster

What Those on Board Rnete of the
Disaster.
As soon as the lights of the Active ap-
peared off the heads Captain Bullock of
the revenue cutter at Meiggs wharf took a
CALL representative and Representative
Wills of the Kim bail Steamship Company
aboard.
Captain Marshall of the Active said he
was sent out by Mr.. Hawkins of the Mail
Dock to get the passengers, mail, baggage
and bullion from the Colombia.
He reached the steamer about 6 o'clock
in the evening and took on board of the
Active all that he was ordered-pas.
sengers, mail, bullion aud baggage.
1.-THE Colon bia," said he, "was balanc-
ing on her forward compartments which
were resting on the ledge of rock; the rest
of her was floating in the water.''
G. II. Rainey, one of the passengers from
San Jose. Guatemala, said that the fog was
so thick it was impossible to see the prov
OF the vessel.
81 had just stepped out of the social.
hall when the vessel struck" he said.
There was very slight shock. L heard
the bell TO reverse the engine shortly be.
fore the shock, so the captain evidently
saw the danger, but too late.
1.-THE passengers were not frightened a,
all. The boats were let down and every.
thing was put In readiness for getting the
people ashore. The vessel grounded about
8 o'clock in the morning, and we waited
there until the Active came in the eyenino
about o'clock
| J. G. Quinn from Guatemala, whose resi-.
dence is in Honolulu, had perhaps a bet.
/ ter opportunity of observing the circum,
stances connected with the disaster thar
any of the passengers aboard. At the
time the vessel grounded he was STANDING
under the captains bridge
] ''The fog was very thick,n said he. air
fact, thicker than / have ever seen il in
these waters. l could hear fog horns
1t seemed to me there were twr
of them, one on the right and ons
on the left. The fogbank on the left eyi
IDENTIFY ECHOED the foghorn on Pigeon
Point. This, believe, deceived the can
tain. He believed the whistle on the left
or toward the open, to be steamer AND
shifted the helm few points toward
the land. These few points were sufficient
| to run the vessel on the reef. I mvsel-
was positive vessel was approaching
from seaward and expected collision.
'Immediately before we struck tbs
captain saw danger ahead, although
was unable TO see anything what
ever. He rang for reversed engines
but the bell had scarcely sounded
before the vessel came to a stand
still. There was an almost imperceptibls
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finally became stationary with the for
ward half of hull aground.
Purser Harnette and c. B. Lastrato. 8
passenger, went ashore, first going to the
light and then working their way to Pes
cadero, seven miles up the coast, whence
kilograms were sent to San Francisco.
In response to the dispatches the tugs
Fearless and Reliance arrived at about 8
and steerage passengers off the steamer
and started for San Francisco.
There was no confusion, and the boats
were made ready for lowering. After q
few minutes the officers succeeded in
quieting the fears of the lady passengers
and everybody quietly awaited the COM
ing of the tugs.
The Colombia was going at slow speed,
anu when she struck was headed directly
in shore, showing that Captain Clark, who
was on the bridge, had lost his bearings
and was steaming wildly through the
dense fog.
He did not locate the Pigeon Point fog
horn that was quarter of mile north
J ward of him, nor the breakers on the beach
sixty feet ahead.
The vessel passed Ano Nuevo Island,
which is about seven miles south of Pigeon
Point. little after o'clock this morning.
1t has foghorn which was heard dis
tinctly on board. The breeze was light,
with moderate sea, but the fog had
settled thickly down on the ocean.
Captain Clark on the bridge kept listen
ing for the Pigeon Point horn, which be
KneY should sound on his port bow.
! AS far as can be learned he mistook the
Ano Nuevo sig4af for that of Pigeon Point,
and thinking he had passed the last place
| changed his course more to the east
| directly for San Francisco.
This threw him in shore, and the inev-
liable result was the wrecking of his vessel.
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Continued on Fifth Page
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SO everybody stayed by the ship. The
skipper finally made the passengers under
stand that there was really no danger
and persuaded some of them to go down
stairs and take breakfast. The majority.
however, had no heart to try to eat, and
wandered around the deck watching the
shore in the vain hope of seeing some
avenue of escape.
Inc Colombia struck fairly on the rocks
and mad she not been supplied with water
'lght compartments would have undoubt-
eoiy gone down in short time, and nearly
all on board would have perished. To-
morrow morning will witness busy
scene under the lighthouse, as word has
Just arrived that there are at least dozen
tugs and steam schooners on their way to
rescue the disabled vessel. The opinion
mere Is that the Mail Company will be
lucky II 1t saves the cargo alone.
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Point and Pigeon Point ships are in no
danger in passing that bit of coast and
heading for the Golden Gate. There is a
semi-circular bay lying between the two
points, and the signal on New Years
Point, if 1t had been needed or not mis-
understood, would have kept the Colon
bia directly on its easterly course until it
should stand off Pigeon Point, where a
signal would have directed it into the cur
rent that leads direct to the Golden Gate.
But the captain of the Colombia evil
IDENTIFY mistook the signal OH New Years
Point, for upon passing that point he
steered to the north and headed directly
for the rocks lying in the upper edge of
the bay and just below and west of Pigeon
Point. Had be passed Pigeon Point and
then steered northward he would have
swung into the current and been safe on
his way to San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-15
RAN ASHORE
IN A FOG.
The Pacific Mail Steamer
Colombia Strikes Near
PeScaderO.
PASSENGERS BROUGHT
TO THIS CITY.
The Vessel Is Fast Upon a Sub
merged Rock and May
Be Saved.
GOODNESS SHOWN BY THOSE ON
BOARD.
The Disaster Believed to Have Been
Caused by the Mistaking of
Signals.
GOODNESS SHOWN BY THOSE ON
BOARD.
The Disaster Believed to Have Been
Caused by the Mistaking of
Signals.

PESCADERO, CAL, July 1.-THE
steamer Colomb bia of the Pacific Mail line
went ashore near Pigeon Point at o'clock
this N morning. She was on her way from
Panama, via Acapulco, for San Francisco,
and had a full load OF New York mer-
chandise and coffee and sixty-two passen-
gers aboard.
Ali went well until Cypress Point was
reached, and then the fog began to settle
down. Crossing Monterey Bay it lifted a
little, but settled down heavier than ever
during the early hours of this morning.
No one thought of danger and the passen-
gers enjoyed a sound nights rest.
1t was different with Captain Clark and
his officers. however. They were all on
watch throughout the night and the en-
tire crew was on deck. At s A. NJ. it was
impossible TO see twenty yards ahead and
Captain Clark was in a quandary. Many
of the passengers came on deck, but the
fog soon chilled them and they returned
TO their staterooms. just as the breakfast
bell was ringing there was a scraping along
the keel that set everybody's nerves on
the tingle and few seconds later the Co
lombia struck heavily on partly sub
merged rock.
she was hard ana fast on the rock ana,
although Hedges were put out and the en-
gines worked to their full capacity, she
would not bulge.
Some little alarm broke out among the
passengers when it was discovered that one
of the forward compartments was filed
with water. Then an attemptN was made
to lower the boats. but as the surf was
breaking over the jagged rocks and against
the cliffs in a continuous streak of foam
1t was decided that it would be dangerous
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Gendarmes Protect the Culprit
From the Infuriated
Populace.
HE ONLY SOUGHT TO ATTRACT
ATTENTION.
Weapon Loaded With Blank Cartridges
and Prisoner Thought to Be
Insane.

PARIS. FRANCE, July 14-What is
claimed in some quarters as an attempt to
assassinate President Faure was made at
ESQ O'Clock this afternoon at the parade
ground at Longchamps. The day was the
one hundred and seventh anniversary of the
Fall of the Basiile and was celebrated in
the usual manner, including review of
the troops at Longchamps, which drew q
very large concourse of people. Among
those present were some members of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-15
MIsTooK THE SIGNALS.

1he Captain of the CoIosnbta Steered
SfrI'oht to tho Rocks.
SANTA CRUZ, CAL, July 1.-THE news
OF the going ashore of the steamer Colon
pia on the rocks at Pigeon Point, off Pes
cadero, was first received here by wire
from San francisco this morning. No
definite or detailed information could be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-15
HoW SIZE STRUCK.

Netos at an Early Hour This Morning
Tells Further "Details of the MIS- fortune.
PESCADERO, CAL. July 15, 2 A. M
The steamship lies hard and fast.
She first touched on her por. bow with
slight shock and slid further upon the
reef. rising and falling ON the swell, and
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-05
Rnannka Timnc Brings Better Returns TO Adver-
hUdlOA6 lllll6S tlsefs than any Paper in S.w. Va.
Substitutes Tor Hay.

1t Is not an Unusual occurrence that the
weather in the spring Is SO dry TINT the
hay crop is short or an almost total fail
IRE. 1t is strange that some way cannot
be devised for irrigating at least q sufl-
cient amount of tillablo land to insure the
farmer u good hay crop. There Is no ration
that will take the place of this, and the
facilities for making sure of it are any
thing but satisfactory. Every farmer
should set apart IA certain portion Of his
low land for hay. In wet weather he Is
likely to have n good crop anyway, and
In dry times n we'll cared for field Of low
land will do much to bridge over tho time
between late autumn and early spring,
WHOM there Is nothing whatever out of
doors for stock to eat. Tho practice Of
sowing millot, sorghum, cowpeas or
crimson clover late in tho season, when
the indications arc That fall pasture will
be poor, and that the hay crop is altogeth.
or unsatisfactory, Is becoming general.
Cornstalks may be cut as soon as tho cars
arc ripe. The earlier they arc cut the more
nutritious they are and tho moro valuable
FOR feeding. AS n rule, farmers give too
little attention to cornstalks, which, when
properly cured, arc among tho most useful
OF food products for stock, especially so in
tho absence Of nm abundance of good hay.
Rye makes a good crop, but should never
be fed to COWS that are giving milk, as it
fmparts an unpleasant flavor to the milk
and is by many persons considered uIi.
wholosome.-New York Ledger.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-05
The Mind and Action.

once asked a class Of 10 girls to think
intently what it would feel like to lift the
right hand and touch the loft shoulder.
After u fow minutes had elapsed nine of
them confessed having felt a desire to do
1t I then dropped tho subject and spoke
of something else. In q few moments six
actually did It.. Most persons when con-
centrating attention upon the thought Of
whit q given movement would feel like,
find themselves becoming possessed of a
desire to do it, and this desire marks the
tendency Of the thought to produce the
movement. But as we not only feel but
also see our movements, we find that the
thought Of what n movement looks like
has also motor value and tends to produce
It,. This is also true of touches and ideas
Of touch-indeed oil or nearly all mental
states produce some motor changes in tho
body, but tho motor effects OF sensations
and ideas of sound, taste and smell arc rel
atively slight.-Professor w. II. Newbold
in Popular Science Monthly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-05
GREEK FIRE.
How tho Terrible Engine of Destruction
Was Used In Warfare.

How tho Terrible Engine of Destruction
Was Used In Warfare.
Joinville, who served under King
Louis TX i'll the seventh crusade of 1913,
gives a graphic description of the ter
rors Of Greek fire: lit happened ono
night that the Turks brought up an ell
CINE that they called the perriere (stone
thrower), a terrible engine of destruo-
tion, and placed it in front of some cat
castles (chaz chateil) that NJ. Gaultier
de Curel and I were guarding that
night, and from this engine they threw
Greek fire at is in great quantities "a
planto). 1t was the most horrible thing
that ever 1 saw. When the good knight,
Nj. Gaultier, my comrade, saw the fire,
he cried out and said to us: 'Seigneurs,
we are lost forever without remedy, for
if they set fire to our cat castles we
Shall be consumed and burned, aud if
we leave our post we shall be disgraced,
and so / conclude that there is no n
who can defend us from this peril ex-
cept God, our blessed Creator Order all
our mon. every time the enemy throws
the Greek fire, to throw themselves on
their hands and knees and cry, "'Thanks
to our Lord, in whom is all power!' -
And whenever the Turks fired the first
shot we threw ourselves thus on our
hands and knees, as our commander haG
ordered. The nature of Greek fire was
such that it advanced toward us as big as
n tun, and its tail extended q yard in
length1un demye-canne dequatre pans).
1t made such a noise in coming that it
seemed as though it were a %thunderbolt
falling from heaven and appeared to me
like a great dragon flying in the cir. 1t
threw GU such brilliant light that it
was as clear as daylight in our host, so
great was its flame of fire. Three times
that night they threw this Greek fire at
us from the aforesaid perriere and four
times from the great crossbow (arbeleste
q tour, and every time our good King
st. Louis heard that they were throwing
the fire at us in this manner he cast
himself npon the ground, and stretch
ing out his hands, with his face uprais-
ed to heaven. he cried in a loud voice to
our Lord and exclaimed as he shed great
tears, Beau Sire Dieu Jesus Christ,
garde moy ct toute ma gent" ellis
toire de st. Louis" Petitot, volume 2,
page 1851
The cat castles mentioned by Joinville
were wooden towers used i'll sieges, and
the word canine is o French measure of
length equivalent to six feet and con-
sisting of eight pans Of nine inches
each. There was nothing novel in the
mere throwing of fire. 1t has always
been one of tho usual incidents Of sieges.
-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-05

lOGlCALARP
.ANGEMENT OF THOUGHT

OF illustrative Incidents In n
NJ Preachers Experience.
I,te yappentcd anecdotes concerning the
President Robinson arc given to tho
.shlic as too characteristic II too good
to DO lost. They arc from the recollection,
CT the Rov. DR.. A. ]. Sage:
"Onco in the classroom DIR. Robinson.
was oxpatinting or the importance of caro-
full logical arrangement of thought In dis
course, when he drow tho following Illus
tration from his own experience: 'Once,
when 1 was preaching, q peculiar incident
occurred. / had zone through my intro
duotion and first division, when my NOM
oryfailcd mo. I could not recall my second
division, but instead of 1t oame up the
FIRST point of the application. Aftor vainly
trying to recall the missing head, I stated
50 the congregation that for u special roa-
son 1 would pass at onoe to the application.
1 did so, and whom had discussed the
first point, the missing part Of my dis.
course came back to me and I went
through it all without further difficulty.
On reaching home 1 set myself down to
inquire tho meaning of this incident, whom
i discovered hat that which Ihad planned
as the first point Of my application should
have been really the second division Of the
sermon. The mind in the activity Of
speaking had been more loyal to Its own
principles than 1 had permitted 1t to DO In
the toll of preparation.'
"Tho doctor was speaking to tho class
On the Importance of keeping the mind
FREQ from pr%eocoupying and disturbing
thoughts when about to speak extempcre.
He said: L was on my way to preach one
Sunday morning, absorbed in my dis
course, when q gentleman met mo who
said, "Have you heard that - is going
to marry Miss -" mentioning twoper-
sons in whom l was Interested, whose
marriage would be particularly insult
able. The suggestion took possession OF
my mind, and in spite of my best efforts
I could not get rid of it. All through my
sermon my thoughts were full of the
haunting idea of that unfortunate misnl.
1iance My discourse was n failure. You
may imagine that my feeling toward tho
source of this i'll timed Information was
not exceedingly amiublc. L could have
holpcd him over a tall fonco.' New
York Examiner.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-05
FOOD OF Il FUTURE.
A Bracer OF Salt VIII Take tho Place o
Stimulants.
ROANOKE VA.

A Bracer OF Salt Will Take the Place OF
Stimulants.
When the food Of the future is once in
vogue, the food dispensary, licensed by
the government, will long since have
supplanted the butcher shop and the
grocery store. We'll breakfast and lunch
and dine by prescription at q cost Of 10
or 10 cents per day per capita. Doubt
less u houses won't be heated and sup
piled with power from a Kelly motor at
q penny a day additional, but the chem
ical or artificial food of the future is al-
ready a moral certainty. For does not
Flammarion describe it in "Omega,"
and has not Berthelot, its chief apostle,
been elevated from the laboratory to the
foreign Office of France?
Given the formula for our food, says
B%erthelot, tho father of the artificial
o idea, and why not prescribe it from
the chemists? Surely the nitrogen and
carbon Of the beefsteak may not be as
grateful to the palate if absorbed from
a capsule or masticated III a tiny tablet,
but the bones and the blood, the flesh
and the sinews will be just as we'll sup.
piled with their ESSENTIAL material, their
own special foods, provided always the
prescription is right in proportion, and,
after all, the pleasures of the table have
ages on end been absorbing too much of
b time and inclination of man and
II When tho area of chemical food
comes, we shall have done with sympo-
STA and supper parties, Welsh rabbits
and golden bucks.
There are certain elementary foods
which q man can't do without. He
must absorb, or eat and drink, if You
please, carbon and nitrogen and calcium
for his bones. Without going too much
into dry detail, he must absorb or re-
ceiye each day, to repair the waste Of
bis tissues, calcium, carbon, nitrogen,
oxygen, hydrogen and sodium. There are
other trifing chemicals like phosphorus,
which is an awful thing to burn oneself
with, which the we'll fed man needs.
But be could get along without it. He
could get along without sodium, were it
not for the fact that salt is chloride Of
sodium, and nobody can get along with
out salt. 1t isn't asimple, an element,
but 1t is absolutely Indispensable. When
the era of the chemical food sets in,
We'll all be III the habit of stopping
morning and evening at our fayorite dis.
pensaries for n brucer of salt. New
York Herald.