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= and necessltated her being drydocked on
arriving at this port.

: and necessItated her being drydocked on
arriving at this port.
Rounding Cape Horn she was held off
four weeks in succession of southwest
and northwest gales such as few ships
ever experienced and lost almost every
stitch of canvas and had her maintopmast
carried away. The trip to port occupied
165 days, during which time the pumps
had TO be kept continuously going. Even
in these CAIN waters, inside the Golden
Gate, the dark clouds lowered over her.
While lying at the Oakland pier, discharg-
ing coke, the truss of her mainyard carried
away.
Her return trip to Barrow, England,
was comparatively free of either accident
or incident, and her captain began to con-
graduate himself on the assumption that
the ship had outsailed her bad luck. DE
was soon made aware OF his MISTAKE, Tor
the vessel had not been long in dock at
Barrow when, without any warning, her
mainyard came tumbliEg down on deck,
and the stevedores and others who had
been working underneath had mlrac-
ulous escape. The recurrence OF such ac-
cidents drew the suspicious OF Lloyd s
surveyors, who inspected the RathdoWn,
and, as a result condemned all the IRON
work appertaining to her yards, and COM
PEELED her builders to substitute new ma
teriaI.
brought cargo of rails from England to
British Columbia. Once more the captain
selected black crew.
While anchored off Sydney, 3. c., the
crew received money from the captain and
Sydney barroom received it from the
crew; A quarrel ensued, in which one OF
the blacks was knocked senseless. The
iello" returned TO consciousness, and get
ting more whisky in him sprang at the
nrst negro within reach and buried a
sheathknife IN his heart. The ships crew
nao tne diVerting experience of murder
trlal az victoria, B. c., and manslaughter
va waS s sne y verdict, Then the Rathdown set
Not only did the dark clond stav with
the snip on this trip. but She was haunted
i1 IS wen. Negroes are, as a rule. very super
seilious. Nightly they Imagined thew
couia see the ghost of the murdered man
sKutklng about the ehrouds, and the more
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WORK OF The CHURCHES,
An Address by Apostle Heber
J. Grant Of Salt Lake
City.
Fine Showing Made at the Annual
Meeting of the Hebrew Ladies'
Benevolent Society.

The joint trustees of the San Jose and
Napa Methodist institutions of learning
have concluded to close the Napa school,
sell its buildings and use the income from
its endowment to pay the debt of the in
stitution. When the obligations are dis
charged the endowment will be employed
for the support of theological school in
San Francisco. DR.. Beard, the president,
has resigned and intends spending year
abroad.
Rev. Benjamin L. Sargent has resigned
his pastorate of the Congregational Church
of Santa Rosa, the resignation to take
effect April 1.
Rev. F. A. Flawith will present the
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~ Lp SAILORS declare that the
IA British ship Rathdown is afflicted
u with hoodoo. ''There' a black
VI cloud over the craft" they say.
The ship has suffered ill-luck on
every trip since she first touched the water
at Belfast, ireland, a little over four years
ago. The story of her calamitous expert
ences would fill a book. On her initial
trip, sailing from Belfast to Cardiff in
order to take on cargo for San Francisco,
she was caught in violent hurricane, and
narrowly escaped capsizing. Her captain
was compelled to run her into Fischard
Bay for shelter, and a week was consumed
in passage that should have been made
in twenty-four hours. Starting on her
maiden trip to this port, she was off
Queenstown her third night at sea, when a
rising wind necessitated her shortening
sall. The royals having been clewed up,
some of the crew, all negroes. were aloft
furling them, when of sudden she was
struck by an enormous sea from the
weather side, and the crew was washed in
every direction. When the gale eased up
and the deck was clear, it was found that
the foretopmast and maintopgallantmast
had been carried away, along with a couple
of the crew, and that three other sons of
Ethiopia were seriously crippled in the
disaster.
Then the gale grew furious again, and
for whole week afterward the Rathdown
beat about before she managed to drop
anchor in Queenstown harbor. Her force
pump and life boat had been destroyed by
the heavy seas that boarded the ship, and
altogether her condition was such that she
had to be toWed back to Belfast for re-
pairs.
She was three months under repair, and
when at last she was being towed out of
the Belfast docks she struck the pierhead
so hard blow as to cause her to leak
during her whole passage to the Pacific
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TIE VETERANS HOME.
A Large Number OF Candidates Who
Want to Be Commandant at
YountyiIle.

The directors of the Veterans Home As
sociation held their regular meeting yes
terday. The most important matter was
the consideration of who shall be the new
commandant at the home at Yountville.
The vacancy in that position was caused
by the resignation of General D. w. G.
Thompson, which TOOK place on Janu-
ary 81.
There are plenty of gentlemen who de-
sire to fill the vacancy. but the selection
of the commandant was postponed for
two weeks. Among the applicants are:
Svmmes FL. Hunt of General Mead Post
Captain Charles Haskins, retired; DIR. w.
Loyett, who held the position in 1884; E..
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NEW OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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MENACED AN OFFICER.
Roughs in the Mission Try to Intimi-
date an Officer of the Humane

Officer P. E. Lamar of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals stopped
and attempted to arrest peddler at the
corner of Eleventh and Howard streets
yesterday afternoon. The horse the fellow
drove was in pitiable condition, and
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profit that an immense stimulus would be
given all along the line [of American pro-
ductsl. AS TO silver mining, all that can be
said is that there would be rush.
THE dimensions OF the movement lin Ameri-
can production and exportsl wcul6 depend
upon many things impossible 10 foresee. But
these anticipations of what has become pos
slole Through the success OF the free coinage
movement are not it must be remempered,
based on mere theory. We know already too
well what to expect from foreign traders in a
country where silver is 8 standard currency.
India, Japan and Argentina are all bearing
witness 10 the insidious effect on British Lalso
American?l trade of conditions similar 10 those
now IN prospect in the United States lin the
event that the free silver forces should succeed
next Novemberl. Meantime, we cannot too
soon face the possibilities and realize the true
significance OF the position as il is' with the
possible success OF free silver in the United
Statesl.
The Item then adds: Among many of our
local philadelphia business men this is con-
sidered q substantial acknowledgment that
Tree silver coinage al the ratio OF 16 70 ! with
gold would give US the markets OF the world,
both for our manufactures and agricultural
products.
have no space for a word OF comment, but
think ii is not needed.
JOSEPH AsBURY JOHNSON.
san Francisco, July 4. 1896.
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BARBBD-WIRE FoRTIPICATIONs

General Weyler's geneIalship has evolved
10 where it begins 10 dawn upon his
obtuse mind that his Spanish soldiers are
greatly in need of new device TO protect
them from assault and battery at the
hands of the rebels, and he now propos es
20 run line of bsrbed-wire fence along
his troehs. A line of barbed wire is 8 new
kind of fertilization, but it is doubtful If
the insurgents will think that il canno be
overcome Itwould be just ike the rebels
TO send an advance guard TO take down
the fence and lay it away for farm use
when the war is over
But that is not the only evidence OF
Weyier's boundless genius that has been
unesrthed recently. His bank account
was running low, and hy permission OF
the Madrid Government he has ordered
one OF the Havana banks 70 "emit" SI2.-
10000 in paper. There does not appear
70 5e any provision for the redemption Of
these notes other than about - per cent
Of their face value in silver bullion, which
Spain sgrees 10 send over lster on.
III the war ever ends in favor OF
Spain snd commerce reyiyes = GER
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WAR DECLARED IN CHICAGO.

The Democratic National Committee,
by vote of % 10 2S, flung the gauntlet
down TO the free-silverites yesterday after
noon with as much viciousness and en-
phass as if they had fred il at them from
krupp gun. The selection of Senator
Hill for temporary chairman by vote OF
- 10 % was a def to the majority, and it
was quite enough 10 give the silverites 10
understand that the goldites were ready
to fight it out, but there was nothing in
the selection OF Mr.. Hill that could be
construed into meaning an affront TO any
individual, for custom gives the right 70
the National Committee to name the
temporary officers OF the convention.
The real def, however, was in seating
the entire anti Bryan delegation from Ne.
braska. BRYAN has been working like \
beaver for two years TO secure favorable
mention from the National Convention.
Anything from the nomination for Presi-
dent down 20 temporary chairman would
suit him. BY joining with the Populists
two years ago 10 elect Holcomb Governor
OF Nebraska, he got enough help in return
10 put himself in as the boss OF the irresu.
lar Democratic State Central Committee
and yesterday, while ne was marching his
Nebraska followers from the train 10 the
Bryan headquarters" and while the
Presidential bee was buzzing louder than
ever, the National Committee voted that
he had no right in Chicago-that is. he
had no connection with WORK of holding q
Democratic convention. Had the goldites
pulled Boies' nose, BANDS Eose. Alt
geld's nose and Tillman's nose, they
would not have created any more trouble
than they did by refusing TO recognize
Bryan and his delegates as being eligible
TO sit in Democratic convention.
No doubt the affront put upon BRYAN
was in accordance with deliberate pIsn
to force the fight from start TO finish. and
in selecting Bryan the goldites knew they
were slsughtering one of Altgeld's pet
lambs 1t was certainly bold and daring
deed and il means that neither faction wit
give or take quarter. OF course. the con-
vention Will seat Bryan and his delega-
ton, although the courts have decided
thar his central committee is not the law
ful committee OF the Democratic party of
Nebraska 1t is quite safe 10 predict that
Senator Hill will not be permitted 10 pre-
side as temporary chairman. He certainly
will not If Bryan can help it; but then
Bryan has no faith st slI in Boies' conyer-
sion 10 the cause OF silver, which Boies
and his following know, and on that &C
count the Iowa mans friends might rally
10 the support of the National Committee
in refusing 10 recognize the Bryan deleea-
tion. Anyhow, the fight is on and no one
wants peace.
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kinds. Wages would rise considerably, but
the experience of other countries goes TO show
that they could not rise in proportion to the
advantage which exporters would derive who
sent their goods to a gold-using country, to
wit, to the United Kingdom. The manufact-
urers of the United States would not be quite
IN the same position of vantage as the agricul-
turist OF the Argentine nor the exporters in In
ola, but they would have a sufficient leverage
over the manufacturers here to turn the scale
IN every trade where now there is q doubt
which way the market trends. In tin plates,
IN many kinds of machinery, inclueing some
OF the very heaviest, in leather and in many
sunory manufactures where the British pro-
ducer can with difficulty hold his own the ef-
feet OF the change would be decisive Then
this policy [of free coinage of silverl is also
bribe to the tAmericanl farmers. American
meat-live cattle being prohibited-also wheat
and all farm produce suitable for expectation,
could come over ITO England in greatly aug
mented quantities, for the diffe renee in the
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tain percentage of the income derived
from imports and exports win be applied
to the redemption fund. But it makes no
difference whether there is a redemption
fund provided or not the notes are gooo
and everybody takes them-except Wey-
Ter. To the edict which ordered the bank
to ''emit" $4,000, 900 in notes there was
attached an intimation that refusal to
take them would be considered ian act of
sympathy with the rebels" which, being
interpreted, means death by shooting to
all who are not willing to receive the
''emit' at face value.
In this connection it is well to remind
the public that President Cleveland can
not suspend his fishing operations long
enough to give Cuba hearing. Perhaps
he will get around to it after he has caught
all the fish that are willing to be caught,
but meanwhile the resolution of Congress
urging the President to recognize the bel
ligerency of the patriots is getting rusty,
and the indications are that the Cubans
will have to manage some way to exist
until Mr.. Mckinley relieves Mr.. Cleveland
of the duties of President
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M'KINLHY AND THE PEOPLE.

In the frequent delegations that now
| almost every day visit the home of Nc
kinney we can see an unmistakable mani
festation of the tendency or the people OF
the country at large. These delegations
are made up of all classes OF persons.
Men who have hitherto been known as
Democrats or as Populists are among
them. They represent, in fact, the gem
eral sentiment of the country and express
the common esteem among the people for
MCKINNEY as man as well as for the
champion of protection and prosperity.
These evidences of personal liking for
Mckinley show the hold he has upon the
popular heart. The people regard him as
one of themselves. They look upon him
as friend and have friends desire to
see him, to hear him talk and to take him
by the hand. He receives them in that
same spirit of Americanism. He is not
exclusive. He meets them with well
come which they recognize as coming
from the heart, and talks to them of work
and wages, of honest labor and its right
ful rewards, of the comfort and the well
fare OF the American home and of the
duty of the Government to provide by
adequate legislation TO protect the work
shop and the home against foreign CON-
| petition.
These friendly gatherings and friendly
talks as of one neighbor to another will
have great influence upon the public
mind. Every workingman cannot go to
see Mckinley, but all can read the story
from day TO day OF how he receives other
men and what he says to them. Thus the
elect OF each of these meetings between
representatives OF the people and the great
leader will be widely felt and the popular
mind, already inclined toward the soldier
candidate and patriot statesman, will grow
m ore and more favorable TO him as they
see him revealed as the plain-spoken,
honest-minded, sim mple-mannered, true
hearted American that lie is in all his
dealings with his fellow-man.
No one ever hears of del elegations of
working people calling upon Grover Cleve-
land. There is q sign warning the people
from the grounds at Buzzards Bay. A
policeman. stops the way at the gate of
Woodley TO all but the favored few. The
bond-dealers OF Wall street find easy ac-
cess TO the home OF the Democratic leader,
but workingmen are shut out. 1t is not
accidental that the Democratic leader is
| 81 N4NoAS iLlS ptCk lEOiu tue
great Republican. Democracy does not
stand for work or wages, for labor well
paid and the American home. Therefore
it has no use for the leadership of man
whose sympathies are with the people
Keep off the grass is a good enough
sign for Democracy.
Republicans throughout the Union can
find abundant assurances of coming vic
tory in the evidences these visiting de!ega-
tions afford of the spontaneous turning of
the people to Mckinley. They make clear
the fact that the leader of the movement
for protection and prosperity is the type
of man that the people delight to honor.
They will follow him with love for mis- per-
sonal character as well as loyalty to his
cause, and so TO the polls for him with the
same ardor they now show in calling at
his home.
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NEWSPAPER PLEASANTLY.

Billy-Blest If think that last hthogrsph
agrees with me.
Nsnny-Seryes you right told you not 70
est the pink trees or yellow sky, but TO eoufne
yourself 10 the blue graSs--Puek.
Fair Pstient-Is there no wsy OF telling ex-
setiy what Is the matter with NE?
Dr. Emdee-only apost-nosiem examination
would reveal that
Fair Psiient-Then. for heavens sake, mako
one. don't see why I should be sQCesmish AZ
such time IS shis-Piek Ne Up.
Shown sn-This IS picture OF the Isrssli,as
crossing the Red Ses-
One OF the Audienoe-But don't see the Is
rselites-
Shownsn-oh, they've Just crossed over.
One OF the Audienee-Wel. where ara .ha
Egyptisnsf
Showman-They just gone under. Saw.
how much viii you take 10 take your money
bsek:-Piek-Ae-Up
Rosdsisr-Is Bikely nan Of means?
Soorcher-Is he? Why. he owns three differ.
ent makes OF wheelst-Philadelphis Nor;h
American.
He-So You visited Ponpeii7
She-oh, yesi
Ee-How did YOU likeitr
she-Well, must say WAS svfuIly dissu.
pointed in the place OF course, il was beau.
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LAMENT OF THE LITERARY HACK

never met a crocodile,
And ne'er have seen the River Nile
Except upon an atlas page:
ct skill, since travel is the rage,
Ny !oiling pen this evening writes
Upon Egyptian Scenes and Sights"
Tomorrow, with the setting sun,
"Gllmpses OF China" must be done:
bulgarian Folk-Songs" come on next,
And much my weary soul is vexI
To think have one day alone
To read them up and write them down.
Next week do 'sCingalese Pearls"
The Marriage Rate OF College Girls"
Wordsworth at Home australian Flowers
The Future of Our Nsva al Powers
"The Genius of the Japanese"
And commerce Upo1 Inland Seas"
ne'er have left my private land
No foreign tongue l understand:
ct day by day and night by night,
ON things like these l sit and write.
Hard Is my task snd small my fee:
oh, gentle reader, pity me!
New y ork Tribune.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

T. c. c'Tommy'') McCombe, the genial and
popular purser of the Australia, is once more
around town. He is general favorite, and
whenever he appears in the corridor of any
OF the hotels crowd is sure TO gather.
"PH tell you an old-new story said he to
a crowd in the Occidental yesterday. "On the
up trip we were hard up for some thing to do
and somebody started conundrums. If any
body asked one and 1t was answered, he had
to pay fine. If he couldn't give satisfactory
answer himself, he had TO treat the crowd.
How is it the mole can dig hole and
leave no dirt at the mouth of it% asked jo-
Vial passenger. Everybody gave it up and the
questioner said, with a laugh: why, he be-
gan at the other end. The crowd was puzzled
Tor a minute, and /, like fool, asked: But
now did he get to the other end?' Then there
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was laugh when the econundrum-maker said /:
That's your question; answer ii yourself
The drinks were on me and I paid for them
gracefully"
The crew OF the Australia celebrated the
Fourth at sea and Purser McCombe was the
life and soul OF the party. He kept everybody
on the move, and the steersge passenger had
Just as much enjoyment as his more favored
brother IN the cabin
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Are You Going Easte

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad-Santa Fe
route-is the coolest and most comfortable sum-
mer line, owing TO its elevation and absence OF
alkali dust Particularly adapted ;or the trans
portation of families because of IT'S palace draw
ing-room and modern upholstered tourist sleeping
cars, which run daily through from Oakland TO
Chicago, leaving at a seasonable hour and in
charge of attentive conductors and porters. Tick
ct Office, ga Market street, Chronicle building.
Telephone, Main 1881
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INI0RSED BY HIS NBIGHBORS.
Les Angeles Record.

Five thousand women, the lifelong nsighbors
o. Major snd Ms. Mckinley. visited them a
ie" days ago Thai shows how Mckinley stands
81 home, and the home standing is the p,sce
20 sesrR soouI the man. Who ever heard OF
ine women O. Erie County, y. Y, giving Grover
Cleveland reception Mckinley viii get about
al me votes that are cast in his county. Cleye-
land own county turned him down.
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Excursion to the Yellowstone Park.

Swell excursion Will leave San Francisco next
Sunday evening. Rates cut way down. Every
thing frst-class; meals in dining The finest
sight in the world is the hot water geysers, found
no place but in the Yellowstone. Just the place
for your vacation trip. T. X. Stateler, 63s Market
street, San Francisco.
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CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, y. Y. July 6.-At the St Cloud
H G. Wileeek; Murray Hill-A- Boynton;
Barrett, 6. Eldreege; Me;ropolitsR-F. Bren-
mer, J. Dietrick. II. J. Lawrence; Stuart
E DFeyfus; Hollsnd-C L Fair snd wife; Park
Avenue-o. W Jones sna wife; Imperisi-Nrs.
y Z. KINGSLEY; Belvedere-E. u. sad Mrs
NicaeLSon; BsrtholdS-Miss L Morris; Grand
uaion-S P. Young. Eysrett-H. L Younger.
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King Oscar of Sweden likes the national dish
OF raw salmon preserved in earth, ana soup
composed of boiled barley and whipped cream.
In case he is deposed he is we'll trained to con-
duet clearinghouse, as all the remainders
OF roast in his household are made into hash.
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VISITING Cards printed 60 cents per 100.
Engraved % per 100. Printed from plate
81 per 100 Invitations printed or engraved
First-class work at popular prices. Stationery
Department, Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market
Ct
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The Emperor of Austria likes spaetzle, a kind
OF macaroni and apple wine, while the food OF
the Empress consists of cold meats, fruits, the
juice of raw beefsteak and tea. She is very
careful of her diet as she is solicitous to pre-
serve her figure.
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Mamma-Did you have nice time in the
park?
Boy-Yes.
Mamma-What did you do?
Boy-Oh, lots of things. Run on the walks,
an made faces at the pleeceman, an lodged
the horses, an fred stones at the Keep of
the grass" signs, an everything Cincinnati
Journal and Messenger
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basque or peplum being sewn on separate
saving much worry over the fit at the waist
line, and takes less material than BASQUE cut
in one with the bcdy. The French OF seamless
back, with side cores. is very stylish. The leg
O. mutton sleeves are finished by cuffs that
Hare in the proper style. The double reyars
are chic and ADMIT OF s variety of trimming
separate waists of silk are made in this shs ne
SIS well IS waists OF costumes. A silk of black
ana white in many stripes had reyers of EN-
hroloered batiste over apple-green satin. The
rest was OF white embroidered null. The belt
was OF the green satin. The collar of silk had
oox-pleet OF the satin overhsnging at both
sides OF the back. Cuffs OF batiste over the
green satin.
brown mohair had vest of brown and white
inquired silk The reTers and cuff were of
brown covered with heavy white lace. Pearl
buttons overlaid with gold iIigree finished the
edges OF coat below the reyers
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The real Issue before the country is
whether we are to have government at
Washington or continuance OF the mis-
government
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a party that cannot conduct 3 Ma.
tionsl convention with decency certainly
cannot conduct the affairs of the Govern
ment with honor.
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The Chicago convention cannot agree
in approving anything. but it could be
made harmonious in minnie on plat
form denounoing Cleveland.
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Planks enough hsve been taken TO Chi.
csgo 10 make bridge, but there isn't
ersins enough in the party 10 make 8
bridge ont OF them.
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The return 70 bimetallism would be Of
no eenetit 10 any class of people il il were
intrusted 10 the meddling and muddlins
OF Democratic incompesency.