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Dole on the Way Home

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-President Dole and his party ceased to be the guests of the nation tonight at 7:3O o'clock, when he started for Buffalo. and thus began his return journey for the Hawaiian Is- lands The President arrived at the Pennsylvania station few minutes be- fore his train was ready and was not kept waiting, but immediately went to he will occupy on his trip to Buffalo.
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SAVANNAH'S EPIDEMIC
 Or COMPLICATIONS,
Numerous Costly Blazes Lead to the Belief that a Firebug is at
 Work.

SAVANNAH. Ga-. Feb. 6.-Savannah's epidemic of fire continues. Tonight dam age to the extent of sl25,o0o was caused by the conflagration which started in a hay warehouse on the wharf at the foot of Jefferson street. The fire started in the hay in the warehouse and had burst
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into the cabin of his boat at Thirty-sec- ond avenue, Bay View, and had stolen everything in it. Among the articles stolen were a double-barreled shotgun, single-barreled shotgun six boxes of car tridges, an alarm clock and several arti- cles of clothing and provisions.
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For San Jose. Los Gatos & Santa Cruz

Steamer Alviso leaves Pier daily Sundays sxceptedl at 10 a. m. Alviso daily (Saturdays excepted) at p. m. Freight and Passengers. Fare between San Francisco and Alviso soc: to San Jose, 76c. Clay street. Pier L q North First street. San Jose.
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THE 0. R. & N. co.

20 R A N D From spear-street Wharf at 10 a. m. rIDD SJo E;rs4 cJass Including Berth FAKE co C.ronJ CJass and Meals
 SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS: state of california ..Jan. 23 Feb. 2, 12. Z Sciumbia Jan. 2S, Feb 2. F, 2I Through tickets and through baggage to all tcastern points Rates and folders upon appli- cation to F. F. CONNOR, General Agent.
 630 Market street. GooDALL, PERKINS CO.
 Superintendents.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

John C. Brickell, exeeutots of the estate of John Brickell, lot on E line of Van Ness avs sl0 A 1'' 'o' Edward ;I Dexter Knight to Agnes V, Nolan. Leo Leo c. and Emma ma Williams to Calvin F. l lot a qn b1 ns of Cole
 William F. and Louisa Attinger to Carrie A. corbett wife of Harry D Corbett, t't lot on on " line of Of Asheury ;o street. 12s:s of Waller Fernando and Julia A. Nelson to J. W. Griffith, lot on NE corner of Castro and Lib. erty streets. 2s:s by 1o5. quit-claim deed John Crawhall to Margaret Crawhall. lot on line of Army street, 1so W of Sanchez. w William and Catherine Eds to Eva Rose Barron lot Sa Sa ains sw s{ ESay ss street 2s2 of Maay Kenny 's' to John 1 Ksnny ia ot so NV corner of Pacific and Salmon streets. W aannah N ana owen and to s ley street. 75 W of Fifth. " 1s:s by s 75: sio. also lot on E line of Thrty-eighth avenue i of street T s rSsheT. Sy 11e sad IlS Cod fellow, executors of the estate of James C.. Fair, to E. P. Donavon, lot on E line of El- iert street. 100 E of Bennington. E 25 by N Holly Park; s1o
 Alameda County.
 Harriet B. Ellsworth to Oliver Ellsworth. lot on line of Charming way. 435 of Col lege avenue. E 64:s. thence in the arc of . circle whose radius Is 115:6 distance of 2o2 II, thence s with reversed curve in the arc of a circle whose radius Is 99I distance of 10, thence W 17s.s6. 147o2 to beginning. being Mary A. Malline to P. c. and Annie Glud.
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FOR U. s. MAYNARD AND VALLEJO.

Steamer Monticello" Will lie up to receive new boiler and general overhau1ing February 1, and resume her route on March | HATCH BROS.
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WEATHER REPORT.
(12oth Meridian-Paciflc Time. |,

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, p. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date, compared with those of the same date last season and rainfall during the past twenty-four hours:
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To Cure Cold ID One Day Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if 1t fails to cure 25c. The genuino has L. B. c. on each tablet
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Robbed His Cabin

William Piekorn, 2s10 San Bruno road. reported to the police yesterday that during the night some one had broken
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Compagnie Generate Transatlantiqus
STOCKTON STEAMERS

STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 8, Washington St., at 6
 D. m. Daily.
 FREIGHT RECEIVED GP TO 5:3o P. M Accommodations reserved by telephone. The only line selling through tickets and aivs ing through freight rates to all points on tbs Valley Railroad.
 T. c. WALKER, I ID. PETERS. MARY GARRATT. CITY OF STOCKTON. Teiephone Main sos Cal. Nav. and Impt. Ca.
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 60; minimum, 50; mean 55. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
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miral, and with logged determination
ordered hat no return salute be fired.
The N officers looked aghast at
this seeming affront to the gray old
admiral ashore, but they had their or
ders and there was nothing for IL ex-
cept to obey.
within an hour a boat put out from
the shore manned by lusty blu jack
cts. while in the stern sat an officer.
He clambered aboard the Charleston TO
explain hat he had been sent by Ad-
miral Benham to inquire why his sa-
lutte had not been returned.
Tell Admiral Benham," said Brown,
grufiy. that when he greets this ship
and tina flag up there with the prop
er number of guns, ! will p n
not until then. 1t doesn't make any
| particular difference to me personally
whether he fires a salute at all or not,
so Ions as / am authorized by the pres
ident to carry that blue flag 1t must be
respected accordingly
The officer bowed himself down the
of the flagship and returned
to Admiral Benham to report. The
latter was obdurate. He insisted that
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mission To give a b~roadside. but each
time captain Hull replied. Not YET
But when they got within half a pistol
shot he suddenly shouted out, Lay
her alongside. sailing master, and the
next minute the Constitutions broad
side roared out, with the most dread
full effect. The shock has been de-
scribed as like that of an earthquake.
The Guerrero responded with the
greatest vigor. and both ships closed
as nearly as the sea. which was run
ming high. would permit them. The
Constitution followed up her frst
broadside by a tremendous hre. poured
I'm at short range. az she passed SLOWLY
ahead and then. lufnng short ana
| around on her bows. escaped the rak-
ing which the Guerriere had hoped 10
give her. When the smoke cleared
away for a moment the awful damage
| lone by this second broadside became
plain. The Guerriere's mizzen mast
was shot away she had many shot
holes i'm her hull. and the slaughter
on her decks was dreadful. The Con-
stitution Was a good deal cut up abort,
m her loss i'm every other respect
was not worth mentioning As the
Guerriere's mast fell the CONSTITUTIONS
people stopped firing and gave three
tremendous cheers. The English ofi-
GERS afterward SAFE that the fury Of
the attack was intensined Dy tnat re-
sounding shout. one of the sailors
called out. See. mates. we nave made
a brig of that craft" to which cap
ain Hull responded. Now. my lads
give her another round and your
make a sloop OF her. The men re
sponded to this by cheering and yell
ing. Hull her, hull her. which wa
meant as an obiique compliment I,
their captain. Just then Captain HUI
standing on an ammunition box
STOPPED To sight a gun. and being yer.
short and stout. his tight blue knee
breeches split from top 10 bottom
This further amused the men. but Cap
tain Hull did not stop then TO repal
damages.
The hin having drawn very Close
came foul. and the call for boarder
resounded through both ships. Lieu
tenant Morris. having vainly tried
lock the ships together. jumped upo
the t~sffrail. with other officers. 10 lea
aboard the Guerrero. But the Amer
, lean boarders were met with so oeadi
a fire. Lieuteant Morris being shot an
other officers killed. that the atteSly
|, WAS given up. on the Guerrero. nks
wise. IL was found impossible TO a
| the Constitution in the face OF the tei
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Brown was merely q commodore. en-
titled in his opinion only to h salute
accompanying that rank. Brown was
equally determined and in the n not
a was fired from the batteries OF
the Charleston.
The result was a coldness between
the two commanders. and when tney
met TO transact the necessary routine
business of their stations frost formed
on the window panes of the office AT
Mare island. Benham felt that an
afront a been offered him.. while
Brown insisted that deliberate attempt
had been mad TO belittie him in the
yves of his juniors in rank. Benham
reported the matter to the secretary
of the navy with the request that Com
modore Brown be instructed to apoi-
ogize for his act. To his surprise and
chagrin Brown was upheld.
Secretary Tracy in a ruling which
stands to-day as a part OF the law reg
uIating the etiquette of the navy laid
down the broad principle that 1t wal
the flag and not the man which wal
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FRANCE CONDEMNS lola.

A year in jail for battling for the right?
And fined three thousand francs for
speakinR truth?
And so France turns her back upon the
light
And strides away into the trackless night,
Leaving behind her conscience justice
ruth.
when Prussia's countless hosts her from
.ier crossed
And broke her regiments and bent her
will
And GREATNESS France was lett TO count
the cost.
Blood, treasure. lands and all but honor
lost.
We sorrowed with her. reversnced her
stil.
But now. alas, for France and her great
past.
In vain her glorious dead their voices
send
Down the long ages. like a bugie blast.
Sounding the charge in battle. when mer
cast
Base fear to the winds and die. = .
L. this the md?
All. no; for Justice cannot be suppressNs
Immortal truth. though smittCs. Aeon
shall rise:
Above her foes shall lift her shirsk est
And. striking terror to each guilt s~eAst
Shall stand alone beneath thu Serna
skies.
Maxwell WWams.
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rife musketry IRE. n captain Ddcies
MAS Wounded while calamity leading
his men on. Meanwhile. the heavy
guns had continued to make play. and
another broadside or two brought
down the Guerriere's foremost. wnicn
carried with IL the main mast. anu
she lay. a helpless bulk. rolling IN the
trough of the sea.
The egb, was now practically over,
ora ,ha constitution ran of a short
dis,ance 70 repair the damage to her
rigying The Guerriere's people had
naiIad a Union lack TO the stump of
The n,izzen mast. which was Kept fly
ing until the Constitutions prize crew
VAS actually on board. 1t was found
that the brave Dacres a no sur
rendered her "A moment too soon. her
hull was riddled. she was completely
dismasted and had 70 men killed ana
wounded. The Constitution a lost
seven killed and seven wounded.
cantain Dacres came over the
side Of the Constitution Captain Hull
zoo, him at the ngw with the
Lindness of a friend n messmate.
and said cordially Give me your
hand Dacres: 1 see YOU are wounded"
Captain Dacres attempted to offer his
sword. when Hull cried. No. no. |
.an,t take the sword of so brave "a
but- thank you for that
hat"
The Americans worked all night.
transferring the prisoners. caring for
the ounde burying the dead and
irving to save the Guerrero. 1t was
seen. next morning, that the unfortu-
nate fricate was past s~aving-and af-
ter securing all the effects OF her Off
GERS and crew. she was
soon after midday. A slow match had
been applied to her magazine. and the
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sibie. To the layman the situation
looked serious. and even among the
oficers of the American fleet there Vas
an impression that their admiral had
been led into committing a serious
blunder.
The ofncials Of the Brazilian repub-
lie were furious. They insisted NAT
the dignity of the nation had been IN
suited by the salute to the rebeilious
admiral n they demanded tnrousn
their minister at Washington hat an
immediate explanation be given. On
this occasion Benham was upheld
at the same time an explanation mace
that satisfied the government OF Braxii.
The secretary of state held that the
salute could not be construed as a rec
ognition sof h Me1lo insurgents ana
assured the South American minister
that the act. while performed Win a
full knowledge OF the situation, q
not been committed for the purpose OF
| showing good will toward the cause OF
the rebels.
Again the principle was laid down
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the CONSTITUTIONS" GREAT BATTLE
How She ~Triumphed Over the "euerriere An Achieve
ment That Will Never Die in Amer
lean History.

month 10 q day from the time the Con-
stitution had been flying away from a
whole squadron. the Guerrero was
sighted about 2 O'Clock I'm the day.
The Constitution made sail for her.
and within an hour and a half was
near enough to recognize her as a fri
gate which calamity sought an action.
The Guerrero carried a great spread
of sail and on her mainsasl. in husr
red letters, was inscribed:
"AI who meet me have a care;
am England's Guerrero"
ON both ships every preparation for
the combat was made deliberately. n
each CAPTAIN. knowing whom he was
fighting. paid the other the compliment
of doing the best he could In the way
of winning the hat. ON board the Con-
stitution the greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed. The men went tn their guns
dancing. and Captain Hull said. In his
official account of the battle. that from
the oldest ame to the smallest boy,
not a sign of fear was shown. HUNS
first lieutenant was Charles MOTIFS
who had been with Decatur I'm the de-
struction of the Philadelphia at Trip
oil. He had been the ships first lieu
tenant for some time. n scarcely less
credit was due him than to Captain
Hull for her cgcap a month before
The men had great confidence in him,
and he was entirely worthy OF II.
Tn officers and crew of h Guer-
riere were not behind the Americans In
courage and spirit. There were sew.
eral Americans among the crew. ana
on these men expressing to captain
Dacres their unwillingness to hght
ain their own country. he magnan-
jmously sent them below. although ne
was very shorthanded. mastering but
2s3 men. The ships had approached
! within long gunshot of each other by
: o'clock, when the Guerrero, hoisting
three ensigns. opened the ball with a
b~roadside. The Constitution preferred
! closer quarters. and came steadily On.
| occasionally yawing to prevent being
aked. but only replying by n u or
two to the Guerriere's heavy hre. the
Guerrero. seeing her antagonist meant
to have il out yardarm to yardarm,
| showed the greatest Willingness 70
oblige her. and stood for her. continu-
ing to send her compliments In the
shape Of a heavy c~annonade. Three
times. as the two ships neared each
other, did Lieutenant Morris ask per-
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to be saluted. 1t was true, he sald,
that Brown was merely a commodore
i'm rank, but at the time of the incl
lent in question he was carrying by
authority an admiral's flag and IL was
the latter that Benham should have
saluted.
Benham Profitcd by II.
The lesson was not lost upon the
admiral, as was shown soon after our
ing the Mello rebellion in Brazil. Ben
ham, who had been sent to sea. was or
dered 10 Rio Janeir to safeguard the
interests of his country. and II was
there that an incident arose that came
near involving the two countries. Al
miral Mello, chief of the Brazilian IN
su%rgents. steamed into the harbor one
afternoon with his flagship. the Aqui-
daban-the same boat was u AFTER
ward by a torpedo. AT his peak flew
the flag of a Brazilian admiral. He
saluted Benham, who promptly re-
turned the courtesy. Mello claimed
that IL was q recognition of his bellig-
erency and his followers proceeded to
make as much capital out of II as pos
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authority nutters from the truck OF
the great cruiser New York, men IKE
0Chting Bob" Evans must come n
go at his direction and friendly YES
sells must salute him with the number
of guns due his temporary rank.
These honors. however. are not Tor
the man, but for the flag. The distinc-
ton was clearly pointed out in 1881 by
BENJAMIN f. Tracy, who was shen sec
rotary of wal in the Harrison cabinet.
The question arose out OF a dispute
etween Commodore George Brown,
since retired, and Admiral Benham,
whose DAYS of active service are also
at an end. Brown commanded the Pa
cifc squadron, with the cruiser Char
lesion as his flagship. He was ordered
by his superiors TO proceed with his
fleet to Valparaiso, Chile. during the
revolution which ended in the over
throw of the Balmaceda government,
and in order to add to his prestige
should IL have been necessary for him
10 act to protect American interests
he was instructed to hoist the flag OF
a real admiral.
He did so. and upon his return To
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In the Uni,ed States navy a nice
distinction Is drawn betwee n man
and the flag. This IL clearly exempli-
fed I'm the Ease OF Captain sampson,
commanding the b~lockading squadron
row m the coast of Cuba. At the
masthead of his flagship flies the blue
flag OF an admiral. and corresp indents
refer to him by hat title. n yet ne
IL in reality a captain only in 'ank-
Were his SQUADRON TO be broken NJ
tomorrow and the ships scatter 4. he
blue flag would come down, and unless
his name were sent to the senate IN
the meantime by the president for
promotion he would still be plain Cap
tain Sampson.
SO long as he retains com,rand OF
the big squadron and his emblem Of
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The first action between frigate in
the war of 1s12-the fight the
Constitution and h Guerriere-resuit-
ed in a triumph so great and compre-
hensive that IL car neve be surpassed.
IL was a triumph of ship over snip,
Of captain over captain, OF crew over
crew. of gunnery e gunnery. and OF
maneuvering over maneuverine. Inc
Constitution was undoubtedly the
strongest frigate afioat. and II Is a re-
nection upon the maritime nations or
Europe thai they had not, up 10 that
time. built so good a frigate. Her an
tagonist, the Guerrero. was considered
q crack ship by the French. VINO punt
her. and the English who captured ner.
IL was alleged. after the fight, n is
probably true. that she was mitch de-
csved. and there was no solid ground
for the extremely favorable idea of her
which was entertained In the Blush
navy-fust as the Royal George was
considered a peculiarly weatherly snip
until the circumstances OF her loss
allowed her to have been always vast
~ overrated. Admitting the manifest
~superfority of h Constitution over
the Guerrero. in men and metal. the
relative loss inflicted was much greater
than the disparity between the ships.
Captain Dacrcs OF the Guerrero was
n brave and capable officer, but he was
not the equal of the Constitutions cap
tain. Isaac Hull. The Guerriere's crew
was an admirable one, but all authori
ties agree hat the Constitution had
then aboard as fine a crew OF native
born Americans as any ship could pos
sibIy have. In gunnery and In maneu-
vering, the superiority of the Constitu-
ton cannot be questioned. The mi
ion OF the seas for 20 years had pro-
duced a fatal spirit of rashness in the
British navy. Accustomed to conquest.
they had only to back their topsaiis
at the ships of the continental powers
10 be assured of victory. This long
succession Of triumphs over the vet
erau navies of Europe had bred in the
British navy perfectly natural CON
tempt for the untried American ships
and the inexperienced American sea
men. and the Americans. on the whole
felt a distrust of themselves scarcely
less natural. So strong was this dis
trust that President Jefferson sent a
yearly tribute to the Dey of Aiglers,
which, in one year. would have sunceo
10 build a frigate like the Constitution
capable of knocking the dey's preten-
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sions sky high. President Madison was
disposed to follow the same timid pol
icy Of 1912. II was actually determined
by the administration To Withdraw all
American ava ships from the seas,
and to lay them up in ordinary. Cap
tain Stewart and Captain B~ainbrloee
hearing of this unwise and timid policy
went to the president, and implored
him, BY every consideration of homo
and courage. to let the ships remain
at sea and trust TO their captains and
companies TO take care of them. This
was done, with a result so glorious
that IL may be said the independence
of the United states was achieved a
second time by the naval victories OF
1sl2-15.
The Constitution had made her mem
orable escape from Admiral Broke $
squadron ON the 18th of July. lsl2.
Among her pursuers on that day was
the Guerrero, a frigate. carrying ~
sune. The Constitution carried so guns
and her broadside was considerably
heavier. She likewise carried a larger
crew. but the disparity was not SO
great that IL preciuded any chance OF
victory for the Guerrero. nor would
any British or American captain
dream OF declining battle on account
Of such inferiority of force.
The Constitution had got into Bos'
ton. after her escape. which was I'm IL
self a great Victory Of skill and cool
ness. A few days afterward Captain
Hull got a hin that other ambitious
captains wanted the ship, and h
might have to give her up; so. with
out waiting for orders from Washing
ton. he picked up his anchor ar
slipped past the squadron which main
tanned at that time a loose blockade o
Boston. He cruised up he easter
coast, and soon got news that tn
Guerriere was in those waters and wa
looking for him. Captain Dacres o
the Guerriere and Captain Hull wer
personal friends. and had often dis
cussed the possibility of their meetin
in hostile ships. Captain Dacres In n
way doubted the yalor Of the Amer
leans. hut he believed tuntil he tough
them) that their want of experieSc
would be a fatal handicap In a nigh
with the seasoned sailors Of England
Captain Hull, on the contrary. though
the Americans were perfectly well abb
10 take care Of themselves. The tw
captains had. for several years.
standing bet of a hat. as TO which on
would come out ahead in a single sh
anfion between them.
Al last on the 18th Of August, 1872
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The Man and the Flag.

San Francisco steamed to the Mare
island navy yard to have his hagsnip
locked and repaired. Admiral Ben
ham was i'm command of the yard.
Brown Was Right.
Early in the morning Browns an
chor was dropped in the stream oppo-
site commandments headquarters. GUS
tom requires that the admiral ashore
shall first salute h flag afioat ana
the returning commodore consequent
ly sat down and waited for the boom
ing of the runs from the yard. Al
most Immediately a commodore sa,
lutte rolled across the water and
Browns face clouded with anger. He
glanced up at h blue a at ms
masthead with its two little white
stars indicating the rank OF real ad-
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sudden Disenchautmept.

I stood aloof and watched the maid'
She'd graces so disarming;
She looked so modest. prim n staid'
To me she seemed most charming.
And as l gazed my mind afar
on fancy's ship went rowing.
And crossed DER reasons prosy bar
TO sweet dream thoughts of loving.
Alas for day dreams here below-
I've lost all faith in Rhoda.
For as l watched | saw her blow
The bubbles off her soda.
New York Herald.