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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
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SHIPPING PUGET SOUND LUMBER.
Number of Vessels Chartered 10 Garry the
0utpuf to So1sh America and
the TransvaaL

TACOMA, WASH, Jan. A.-Foreign
lumber trade has taken big squirt with
the beginning OF 1897. Shipments on a
large scale to South Africa, which were
cut off during the Transvaal troubles,
have been resumed. Several cargoes have
gone forward, and it is announced that
the British steamer Pelican, now Ell route
from Yokohama with tea, has been char
tered to load lum Der here for South Africa.
The ship Senator, just off the drydock,
will begin loading this week for Delagoa
Bay.
F. R. Lingham, the South African
lumber king, started line of steam and
sailing vessels carrying lumber three
years ago and in eighteen months shipped
about 40, 100000 feet from Puget Sound to
Delagoa Bay. This line has been sus-
pended, but Mr.. Lingham is again CORE
spending with Puget Sound mills with a
view of chartering more vessels. There is
also stiff demand for lum ber from the
Orient, Australia and South America. 1t
is reported that Shanghai firms have
ordered 10000 0C0 feet, most of which will
be cut at Port Blakeley.
W. R. Grace & Co. of San Francisco
have six vessels chartered to load at
Whatcom for South America. Williams,
Brown q Co. and other San Francisco
firms are shipping to both Australia and
South America.
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LOST HIS FORTUNE At TACOMA.
California Hongoi Who Was Going to
China Prince vii Return
n PaUnec

TACOMA, WASH, Jan. 24.-Lee Gem
Cow, an intelligent-looking young CHI
nese, appeared at the police station this
afternoon with pitiful tale of having
been robbed of a draft on Hongkong
bank for $1100, the accumulation of sew
eral years of labor in California. As nearly
as can be gathered from the almost unin-
telIigible English OF Lee he was robbed
on Thursday night while asleep at the
wharf in a tourist car, in which he arrived
about a week ago from Cal ifornia. After
his o assage had been paid at San Fran
cisco he invested all his earnings, except
the few dollars necessary to procure the
necessities for the trip, in draft on a
HongkoGg bank, which he kept securely
pinned in IN inner pocket of his blouse.
1t is the custom of the railway officials
at the wharf to assign Chinese arrivals
who are in tended passengers to the t1Owery
kingdom on the steamers OF the company
to quarters on the second floor of the old
depot at the wharf until the place is filed.
After that new arrivals are allowed to
sleep in the tourist-cars standing on the
track near the buildings. Lee was sleep
ing in one of these cars when the robbery
occurred.
1t is, of course, suspected that some of
his fellow Celestials is responsible for the
disappearance of the money, Dut the po-
lice have thus far only very slight clew
upon which to work,
Lee has lived in California over five
years and earned his money by hard work
in a laundry and at market gardening.
He was returning to China as a prince,
intending to make his father a fine pres
ent, take to himself wife and settle
down. Now, unless his draft is recovered,
he must return to San Francisco practi-
cally pauper and start his saving pro-
cess over again. He is lodging at the city
Jail while the police are working.
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Mexico is dong so much to develop, and
from which in a few years time a large
trade will radiate.
The steamship route from Yokohama to
BrIto, the Pacific terminus of the Mica
ragua Canal, passes within 116 miles of
San Diego-six or eight hours steaming.
From the top of Point Iona, the stretch
of land that so safely shelters the bay OF
San Diego, could be seen the smoke OF
steamers bound from Brto to Hongkong
passing along the great circle route but
thirty-four miles away.
The nearest safe harbor to the north is
San Francisco, 4S2 miles distant. There
is no sheltering cove to the south in
United States territory. San Quintin, in
Mexico, is the nearest harbor in that
direction.
What New Orlens is to the commerce of
the Gull States so must San Diego be to
the southwest portion of our great coun.
try.
For time one western port controlled
all the trade of the Pacific, but as the re-
sources of Oregon and Washington were
developed the facilities offered by Port
land, Seattle and Tacoma were quickly
taken advantage OF.
The growth of the Southw west was slower.
Many obstacles had to be overcome. Rail-
roads had to be constructed through q
sparsely Inhabited territory; dams
had to be built to impound the foods of
winter; miles of canals were excavated to
fertilize desert wastes; but the deyeIop-
ment, though somewhat retarded for a
time, is now making rapid strides; the
agricultural and mineral wealth of this
region is attracting large population; it
is the Mecca OF homeseekers to-day.
The natural port of entry for this vast
territory is San Diego. Situated in lati.
tude 30 deg. 40 min. north, longitude LII
deg. 10 min. west. there is very little ofthe
log that at times proves so troublesome
farther north. An examination of the
records of the United States Signal Ser
vice Tor twenty years past shows that at
San Diego there was on an average but
twelve foggy days throughout each year.
or about 81 per cent. Very seldom has
the wind attained greater velocity than
thirty miles per hour The average
velocity covering a number of wears. as
shown by the official records, is but 5l%
miles per hour. and inasmuch as the har-
bor is completely landlocked there is little
sea in the bay with the heaviest of winds
Anchorage Is safe in any part of the ship
channel.
The depth of water at the wide and safe
entrance to the Silver Gate at low tide is
2214 feet and at high tide over % feet.
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MURDERS STAIN
UPON A PROPHET
Remorse Believed to Have
Caused a "Messiah's"
Suicide.
Ogden Police Searching for the
Companion of the Late
McAllister.
Missing Mans Eff CTS Found Among
Those of the Stranger Who
Killed Himself

OGDEN, UTAH, Jan. 24.-The mystery
surrounding the suicide last Tuesday OF
the man who claimed he was the Messiah
has been deepened instead of dlssipating
as the investigation proceeds. The Coro-
ner's jury has been working on the case
for two days and Is awaiting further news.
So far the evidence shows that instead
of the dead man being George o. Davis of
Lefors, Tex, he is one McAllister, who in
Decem Der last stopped with shoemaker
here for some time. At that time he was
doing duty as religious exhorter, warning
the people that the end of the world was
at hand. There was with him deaf man
who claimed he was the one mentioned in
Isaiah. This man is now supposed to
have been Davis. Davis received $500
from the Canadian Valley Bank at Cana
dian, Tex, late in the fall. Since they
left Ogden together. in December, DAVIS
has not been heard of and cannot be
traced.
He was to have returned with McA!lis-
Ter and his wife, who came from Oakland,
Cal, this trip and with them brought
Davis trunk. The wife has gone, it is
said, to Kansas City. McAllister remained
here and committed suicide.
In his possession was Davis trunk. He
retended to be deaf and told the county
physician that his name was Davis. At
times he could hear as well as any one.
A dozen people who say they knew Meal
lister declare that he was the suicide.
Nothing can be heard from Davis people
at Lefors. Texas.
The impression prevails here that Davis
was murdered by McAIlister, who took
possession of the Texans stock of this
world goods, but remorse overcame him
and he ended his life.
Efforts are being made to trace Davis.
The Coroner's jury has as yet reached no
decision,
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depth over the bar at lowest tide greater
than will be needed for the passage of the
largest ships afioat.
Up 60 the present nothing has been
done toward fortifying the harbor, but on
November %, 1896, bid was accepted for
the construction of emplacements for ten
inch gun batteries at Ballast Point, in
volvlpg an expenditure of $4,000 princi-
pallg for labor, work to commence forth
with. The plan of harbor defense, as de-
cided upon at Washington, includes
mortar batteries on the sand spit, south
of Hotel del Coron ado, whose range will
sweep the sea for miles, thus afforGing
ample protection to the city of San Diego
and the shipping n its harbor.
A fasnlight at the extreme end of Point
Iona, built at cost of $50, 600. locates
the harbor entrance 10 the mariner when
miles away. Another light at Ballast
Point illumin ates the entire channel
Conveniently located near the entrance.
with q wharf running into deep water, is
the quarantine station, one of the most
complete in the United States, being
thoroughly equipped with modern fumi.
eating and disinfecting plant adequate to
all possible demands.
On the Coronado side of the bay is a
marine railway capable of accommodate
ing vessels OF large tonnage.
Conveniently located near the water
front are Well-equlpped fOundr1eS ana
machine-shops, fully prepared to do the
very best work quickly and at reasonable
figures.
The total area of the bay is about
twenty-five square miles, varying in
width, and about ten miles long, with a
ship channel from a half to three-fourths
of mile wide.
Over $500, 900 has been spent on wharves,
all of which run into deep water, with
from 18 to 35 feet at low tide. Some of
these wharves extend into the channel
from 1000 to $500 feet. The longer ones
can readily accommodate from six to ten
of the largest vessels afoat. The wharf
age is ample for large commerce and is
in first-class condition. Additional rail-
way tracks have recently been placed on
some of the wharves, piles have been re-
newed and strengthened, and everything
is in readiness to welcome the trade that
will soon seek this port. At present the
only outlet to the north and east by rail
is via the Santa Fe system. During the
past two years this company has been re-
ducing grades, ballasting roadb re-
placing wooden bridges with modern steel
structures IN fact getting ready to handle
large consignments of freig t quickly and
cheaply. The saving in distance between
San Pedro or Santa Monica and Los An
geIes and San Diego and Los Angeles is
but trifing; handling and rehandling
freight is what adds to the cost. The adj
vantages for receiving and discharging
merchandise al all seasons of the year at
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
NORO|CA Says FAREWELL
The Last Concert at the Baldwin
Theater Ends in an
Ovation.
End of Successful Season That Was
Gratifying to Artists and Pub.
lie Alike

The curtain went down on the final
concert of the Nordica- Scalchi season last
night, amid what was a perfect outburst
of enthusiasm for the usually calm and
self-contained Baldwin audience. People
stood up and cried tbrava," and beat
| their hands together until the curtain was
| raised again and the San Francisco public
was given its final admiring look for som g
time to come, at the two gifted divas and
Dempsey, Berthald and Luckstone, who
| have all been giving music lovers so much
pleasure for the last week.
| 1t was the well-known quartet from
"Rigcletto" that brought the concert to a
close. The programme was made up for
| the most part of mum bers that had grown
| to be popularity asso lated with the vari-
Gus singers during last week. but there
were few new pieces, and the quartet
! was one OF them.
| As an encore TO ErkeIs Hun garian
Aria" Nine. Nordica sang "Une Mutt de
Mai" which she had not given before this
! season.
1t is q song much affected by am bilious
amateurs, and the artistic way in which
Nordica sang it was hailed with such DEM
onstrations Of satlsfa that she could
not resist another encore, and gave them
the little song that has become so popular
since she revived it last Tuesday "When
Love Is Kind" She also sang for the
first time the Bach-Gounod, ''Ave Maria"
the violin obhgato being played by
August Hinrichs.
Both times that Scalchi sang there was
an almost frantic desire on the part of
the audience to get her to respond with
Annie Laurie" Her first aria was per-
mitted TO pass with little encore by
Gounod, which she had sung before, but
when her second encore came there was
an anxious moment as Isidore Luckstone
struck some chords that were not the pre-
lude of "Annie Laurie" then the audience
recognized the familiar brindisi of Orsino
from "Lucrezia Borgia." I'll segreto per
esser fellce," and there was an outburst of
applause.
Scalchi sang the dashing drinking song
in the true rollicking spirit, and won the
applause she merited, but she was not to
be let off without "Annie Laurie" so
yielding to her fate she came on again and
sang it.
Barron Berthald sang a catchy little
song by Luckstone, The Clowns Sere-
made" and Hawley's because / Love
You" and j. C. Dempsey gave the beau
tful Don Juan serenade by Tschaikow-
sky. Both artists were encored.
The concerted operate selections, both
of which aroused unlimited applause,
were the two from the last act of Gounod' s
Faust" sung by Nordica, Berthald and
dempsey, ana the quartet from "RlgO-
letto" mentioned above. The latter num-
Der brought the concert to close amid an
ovation which must have been very graf
living to the artists, for applause from a
full house on the last night of q season
shows that the singers are not living on
their regulations, but have CO -quered the
public.
There will unfortunately be no more
farewell concerts, as the Nordica- Scalchi
troupe will leave to-day for Sacramento,
en- route for the East.
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DEATH At s4NrA BARBARA.
DR.. Richard j. RnH Passes AtCay After


DR.. Richard j. Hall Passes AtCay after
Brief Illness.
SANTA BARBARA. CAL, Jan. 24.-Dr.
Richard ]. Hall, a prominent physician
and surgeon of this city, died at his resi-
dence at 10 o'clock this morning after a
short illness. DR.. Hall was born in
Armagh, Ireland. and came to America
when boy with his parents, who settled
in New York. There he was educated. He
came to Santa Barbara seven years ago for
his health, which had been impaired by
overwork while surgeon at Bellevue Hos
pttaI. After his recovery he followed his
profession here. DR.. Hall was one of a
prominent family. His father is Pres
byterian minister in New York City. His
brother, Thomas Hail, occupies a pulpit
in Chicago; another brother is a leading
chemist in New York, and sister ID this
city has won literary fame. He leaves a
widow and two children. The doctor was
Al years old.
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TnLe ks.ident Bmried A1fre.

VALE, Or, Jan. 24.-The body of old
Henry Willy, who was buried near here
seven years ago, was exhumed and re-
moved to the Vale cemetery last Friday,
because the grave he occupied was on :he
premises where NJ. q. Hopes new stone
residence now stands. The coffin was in
fair state of preservation and was quite
easily handled, but when 1t was opened it
was found that the body was lying upon
the lett arm, which was doubled under
meath 1t. This could not have been occa-
stoned by the moving. which was done SO
carefully that the shroud, which had be-
come powder that could be blown away,
was not disturbed. 1t is believed Willy
was buried alive
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San Francisco at low tide has 24% feet.
Column bia River for Portland q % feet Bos.
ton has only Is feet, ana New York but
231a feet.
Tne bottom is uniformly good no rocks
have been discovered in the bay or ap-
proaches; there is much less swell on the
bar than on any other bar along the Pa
cihc Coast, and there are no treacherous
currents to beach your vessel as YOU en-
ter. Soundings ii the channel entrance
to the harbor, as shown on the charts
issued by the United States Hydrogra phic
Office, note the presence of only sand and
mud, which can be readily removed, No
rocky barrier exists that will have to be
mined and blasted out.
The fourth appropriation of $50, 900
being available, contracts have been let
and work is again about to be resumed on
the jetty, which is being built seaward
from the sandspit south of the entrance to
the bay. The purpose of this work is to
concentrate the tide in one channel across
the outer bar and thus scour and per-
manently deepen the channel.
The good results following this plan to
bride the tides We're we'll illustrated at
Greytown, the Atlantic entrance TO the
Nicaragua canal. The bay in front of the
town was formerly entered by quite large
craft but a gradual drifting of the coast
and river silt closed up the entrance en-
tirely. For convenience in handling
freight the Nicaragua Canal Construction
Company deemed it advisable to imme-
diately undertake the construction of a
jetty, hoping thus to scour out the chan
mel. Scarcely 500 feet of this work had
been completed before beneficial effect
was noticed and by the time the break
water had been extended 1900 feet the
swirl of the tide had been def1ected and a
new channel opened up allowing the coast
ers to enter without difficulty.
A similar piece OF work on the Colum bia
River increased the depth of the bar from
eighteen to thirty feet, and there is every
reason to suppose that the result will be
Just as effective at San Diego giving a
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
LAwMAKERs At NApA.
Visit the KoumtritEe Soldiers Home an
the State Asylum

Visit the YountriHe Soldiers Home mud
the State ASytWnl.
NAPA, CAL, Jan. 24.-The State legisIa-
tive committee on hospitals and asylums
on it's junketing trip to-day visited the
Yountvile Veterans Home and the Napa
State Asylum for the Insane. The COM
mlttee travels by special train. The Vet
erans' Home was first looked over, and
then the asvlum was visited. Here ban
quet was in readiness and when it had
been partaken of the legislators were
driven 10 Kruse's Canyon, the site of the
proposed new reservoir, which the asylIm
trustees are asking an appropriation for.
IN their annual report the trustees stale
4 hat during the dry season the water sup
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Professor Boethe to Go East {.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 24.-Professor A.
c. Boethe, head of the science departmen
of the University of the Pacific, has been
engaged by the Normal School of Free
port, ILL.,, to conduct summer school of
science there during June and July. Pro-
fessor and Mrs. Boethe will leave for the
East after the close of the university in
the latter part of May, but will return for
the opening of the fall semester in Au-
OH
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NATURES GIFT
TO SAN DIEGO
Finest Harbor on the Coast
South of the Golden
Gate.
Natural Port of Entry for the
Commerce of the Entire
Southwest.
Human Ingenuity Adding Improve
ments for the Accom- m cd alton
of Shipping.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Jan. 23.-The pilot
chart of the North Pacific Ocean for
Decemb Der, 1896. published by the Bureau
of Navigation at Washington, indicates
in striking manner the very important
position occupied by the port OF San
Diego, It's proximity to the great circle
routes from China and Japan to Salinas
Cruz the Pacific terminus of the Tehuan-
tepec Railway. that the republic of
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
MU N Y @ Ms
HEADACHE
CURE
Cures Headaches of All Kinds in
Three Minutes.

One or two doses will stop Sick Head.
ache, Neuralgia, Headaches from Indiges-
tion, Nervousness, Overwork, Colds, In
tenn perance, Constipation, Railroad or
Ocean Travel, Habitual Headache, Head
aches of Children, and, In fact, all forms
OF Headaches.
Those who suffer from headache from
late suppers or immoderate eating or
drinking will find in these table is imme-
diate relief. and a grateful tonic to the
overworked stomach and iaded nerves.
separate cure for each disease. At all
druggists. mostly 25c vial
Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1905
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered
with free medical advice for any disease.
CAUTION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA: Many un-
scrupulous drug cutters, who, having
forced the selling price of MUNYON'S
REMEDIES to cost. and, therefore, not
desiring to sell them, will tell you that
these remedies are not good, and will
try to persuade you to take some other
preparation, which they will recon-
mend as being better. Such men arc
not deserving of your confidence or
patronage. Therefore do not be de-
ceived by them, but INSIST upon get
ting MUNYON'S.
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san JosE,S BULB Snow.
abundance of FIOtCers Promised for tn
Exhibit.

Exhibit.
SAN JOSE. CAL, Jan. 25.-The bulb
show of the Santa Clara County Floral
Society will be held at Turn Verein Hall
on February IS, 10 and 20. The condition
of the bulbs under cultivation for the ex-
hibit are such as to insure fine display.
An abundance of fine hyacinths and other
flowers will also be available at the time.
The hall will be handsomely decorated
and the designs will be novel and OF beau
tiful effect.
Mrs. T. F. Thompson will have charge
of the reception-room of the Floral So
ciety at the hall during the show. She
will be assisted by Mrs. Sykes, Mrs. MueI-
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ply is inadequate, and therefore they ask
for an appropriation to build the reservoir
ana dam, and buy land. 1t is also pro-
posed to put an electric system, for which
water from the proposed dam will supply
the power. The appropriations wanted by
the asylum are $l55, 900 for these improve
ments, and S245, 900 for maintenance, to-
tai of 800. 600
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s,.dden Dsnth at ororilie,

OROVILLE, CAL, Jan. M.-N. Berwick,
a wealthy manufacturer of England, who
has been here for several weeks looking
after large mining interests of an English
syndicate, died at Banner mine this
morning from stroke of apoplexy. His
body will probably be shipped to London.
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Momterev,s Ear sh,n,n.,,t,

MONTEREY, CAL, Jan. 24.-The ship
ments OF fish from this place to the various
markets in and about San Francisco con-
tinue to increase. Yesterday 5G45 pounds
OF mackerei alone was shipped, as we'll as
large quantities of other fish. Some not
able catches of salmon are reported, and
the local fishermen anticipate a large
business in this line during the coming