The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
A Narrow Escape From Drown
ing at the Sutro Baths-A
Timely Rescue.
FISH AT strawberry HILL.
Black Bass and Yellow Perch Placed
in Golden Gate Park Waters.
More ChrySophore.

The Grant monument, the granite ped
| estal and the granite foundation in Golden
Gate Park, which has been the cause OF
much talk and newspaper comment, have
disappeared from the place near the
museum where it had been erected
| Early Saturday forenoon force of men
with trucks and derrick appeared at the
site on which the much objected-to monu-
| ment had been erected and without delay
| placed the derrick in position, lowered the
| bust and placed it on one OF the trucks, then
the pedestal followed and after that the
foundation stones were also loaded on the
trucks and it was not long before the
| whole outfit was out of the limits of the
park.
The Park Commissioners declare that
| they did not have anything to do with
the placing Of the statue in position or
with its removal. The only thing they
had to do was to grant the memorial COM
mittee a site on which TO erect a monu-
ment, and tn ey would not have had any
thing to do with it until it was formally
turned over to them by the committee.
| The removal was because the commit
| tee, in view of the complaints made, re.
! flu sed to accept the work. The committee
will secure other stone upon which the
bust will be placed.
M. Braverman of Visalia, who owns the
recently discovered ledge of chrysophore
the apple green gem that since the an
| Rouncement in THE CALL of its discovery
has att racted universal attention, has do
rated 70 the Park museum fourteen speci
mems. showing the gem in its crude state
cut into slabs. C ut into small blocks ready
for polishing, and gems i'll the polished
| state. This collection is said to be the
most beautiful and valuable in the world
| The Fish Commissioners have presented
to the park number of sunfsh, black
bass and yellow perch. The bass were by
Superintendent McLaren placed III one oil
the large pools on Strawberry Hill, and
the other fish were planted in the pool in
the western part of the park.
The new track for the cycers will be fin
| ished IN about six weeks.
Despite the cold day, there was an i'm.
mense crowd at the park, and thousand
listened to an excellent programme OF
music, the most attractive number being
a symphonic poem illustrative of Burgers
ballad "Leonora, which was we'll rendered
and loudly applauded.
For some time past some wheelers have
made themselves very obnoxious in the
vicinity of the band stand. They would
yell while the band played, and pelt
passers by with .clods of earth. A week
ago yesterday one of the number was
arrested, but upon trial was acquitted, as
the officer was sworn out of court. There
was threat that there would be renewal
OF the trouble, and to prevent il, Captain
Thomson placed officers in citizens dress
where the turbulent were in the habit OF
congregating, but they did not have oc-
casion to make any arrests.
A. Bartbelet, sculptor and artist, has
at for in, oil,
Museum repairing number of exhibits
that are intended for the annex, and which
In transportation were either damaged OF
broken. With putty, plaster of paris,
cements, paints and varnishes, he makes
the repairs, replaces the missing pieces, and
the work is SO well done that it is i'm
possible to discover the additions from the
original.
at Sutro Baths there were at least II. 600
people to witness the burning of the Re.
public and the rescue by the crew of the
Hollywood. During. the performance q
ships boat-manned by Peter Johnson
and George Cartlige, who had been
sailors on the original Republicans sent
out to save" some of those on the sink
ing vessel. Their boat was surrounded by
numb Der OF young swimmers, who shook
1t and finally capsized it, throwing the
two men into the water. One of these
could swim but little and the other not at
all. The former chung to his companion,
and both disappeared below the surface.
Matt Gay and Ed Rosenbaum, of the life
saving crew of the baths, went to their
rescue, and when they brought them to
the surface Johnson was unconscious. At
first this was thought to be part of the
performance, but when it became ap-
parent that it was almost tragedy the
va st audience loudly cheered the rescuers.
In the endeayor to assist the rescued
men when they were taken on the plat.
form some one threw chair to one side
TO make room and in so doing struck and
smashed the nose Of man named Martin.