The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12

Thursday last, at P. NJ, he saw steamer
about four miles away from him which he
set down to be the Cleveland. sne was
then htty-six miles south of the Colum bia
| RIVER. A strong southerly breeze was
owing and heavy sea was running at
the time. The steamer seen by Captain
Green had her topsails, staysail and fore
spencer set, and was making fair head
way, but did not appear 10 Captain Green
TO have anything the matter with her. AS
the Cleveland is the only steamer on the
coast square rigged on the foremast, there
IS no doubt that she was the vessel
/ passed by the State of California.
The British ship Klmory arrived from
Newcastle, England, yesterday, in the
smart time OF 129 days. beating the ships
Laomene, now out 167 days, Crompton.
154 days, and the Cypromene. 144 days.
The Laomene was last spoken on August
Pin latitude 10 north, longitude 27 west,
! and the Crompton on august Sin latitude
Is north, longitude 50 west. Captain Fer
guson of the Kilmory reports that on
October in latitude So deg 45 min. south.
longitude 63 deg. 30 min. west, he sighted
bark with her maintopmast carried
| awav. The British ship Taymount, now
! out 225 days from England, was last spoken
in IS south 80 west, and shipping men
seem to think that she may have been the
disabled bark sighted bv e Kiimory.
| The Chilean ship Republic, which put
in here in distress. Will probably resume
! her voyag next Tuesday. A steam pump
| and a windmill pump have been put in
| her, and when the Board of Surveyors
! looked her over yesterday they found
nothing to prevent her from going to sea.
| She was pumped out Friday afternoon and
| her a puD n ed II
| the seals were broken and the well
| sounded, the result being that the shin
/ had only made an inch of water during
the night.
The barbound steam schooners got
away in bunch yesterday afternoon.
The weather began to break about P NJ
and, as the barometer was rising, all the
shippers hastened to get to sea. The
steamers Pomona and Hum boldt started
| on their usual run to Eureka, the Hum
boldt being a few hours late in getting
away, owing to having been twenty-four
! hours bar bound in Coos Bay. The steam
! schooners Sunol, AlcaZar, Alcatraz and
| Greenwood got away together and should
! make pretty race Of it up the coast,
| The Board OF Construction OF the Navy
| Department condemned the gunboat
| Pinta yesterday and recommended that
she be appraised and sold at auction. The
/ Pinta is not likely to be sold, however.
but will probably be turned over to the
/ Naval Reserve al San Diego. The monitor
| Camanche, for which the San Francisco
boys have no further use since they Sc
! cured the Marion, will be returned to the
Mare Island Navy-yard if the San Diego
militia obtains the Pinta
Eugene Prinet, a plumber by trade but
porter by compulsion, made a desperate
attempt on his life Friday night. Ac-
cordng to his story his wife, who keeps the
Vallejo House, at 633 California street.,
! has m ade his lie a burden to him. After
he had recovered consciousness in the
water front receiving hospital yesterday
morning he told DR.. Deas that he would
attempt suicide again on the first oppor-
tunity. He said that he first tried to kill
himself by drinking a pint OF absinthe.
and when that failed he swallowed three
drachms OF chloroform. DR.. Deas SAYS
that there may be some truth in the mans
story, as both the absinthe flask and the
chloroform bottle were found in his pock.
cts. Prinet says he would only be too
| glad to work al his trade, but his wife in
siss upon him working around the house
so that she can always have him under
| her eye.
Lieutenant Stoney, in charge of the
| naval recruiting station, is very angry
! over the action OF the District ATTORNEY of
! Lodi. That gentleman's ears must surely
| have tingled yesterday while the lieuter-
| ant was talking about him. One of the
! youths OF the country town was arrested
on the charge OF burglary, but the Dis
| trict Attorney agreed 10 dismiss the case
if the parents wouid agree to apprentice
the boy on tue United States training ship
Pensacola. Lieutenant Stoney saws that
Uncle Sans navy is neither q prison nor
a reformatory, and none but boys Of the
best character will be accepted as appren
tees.
ADVANCES made OF furniture ana pianos with
or without removal J.Noonan, lOl7-1O23 Mission