The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-30
She Will Be Released
Tomorrow.
THE FARKAGUT is A FLYER
EXCEEDS THE CONTRACT SPEED
ON HER TRIAL TRIP.
Phelan Permits the Erection Of a
Dangerous Advertising Fence
on Buildings on East
Street.

The French bark Duchesse Anne will
be released from quarantine tomorrow
None of the crew show any signs of dis
ease, and as it is nearly six weeks since
the last member of the crew died of bu-
bonic plague. DR.. Mathiewson thinks
there Is no fear of contagfon. The gene
raj impression seems to be that the
dreadful Asiatic scourge would not live
here any more than yellow fever. For
forty days the sailors and officers have
been living in the same quarters in which
their ship mates died, and all are in the
very best of health.
The quarantine officials are not taking
any chances, however The Duchesse
Anne is to be thoroughly fumigated to-
day. Everything in the cabin and fore,
castle will be landed on Angel Island and
put through the hot-air process, While
every member of the crew will be given
disinfecting bath. DR.. Mathiewson the
Federal quarantine officer, says that as
soon as this work is done the vessel will
be released. She will therefore come INTO
the stream tomorrow, and vii! dock as
soon as a berth can be procured Tor her.
She was chartered prior to arrival by
Girvin & Eyre TO load wheat for Europe,
and no time will be lost in getting her
away on her homeWard voyage. Captain
Wallace, the pilot who brought the
Duchesse Anne in, is still aboard, much
to his disgust.
After being in port since last April the
Hawaiian bark Willscott sailed yesterday
to load coal at Nanaimo, b. c., for Homo
lulu. At the latter port she Will Loau
sugar for New York. When the Wis
colt arrived here she was In distress ana
was flying the British flag; She was
bound from Japan to Astoria, but was
caught in a hurricane and d1Smasted. ShS
was navigated here under jury rig, ana
later was sold to San Francisco owners.
who have rerigged her and put her under
the Hawaiian flag.
BY the grace OF James -, f iaah :
Mayor of San Francisco, another oeatn-
tran is being added to the water 'front.'
Passengers by the ferry steamers from
Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley look at
the structure in amazement, ana the re,
through its falling in the nrst nc, mo- IN h
easter, Jimmie the >t1efter, should pc
lynched for putting his signature TO the
permit to @, build the renee to CLAW on East
street the Frank estate owns all the
wooden shanties that confront VISITORS
on their first arrival in San FRANCISCO.
From Sacramento to Commercial the
buildings are two stories. but from Com
merciaf to Clay they are only one story.
on October 13 the Board OF super
visors. with the Mayor approving,
granted an advertising concern a permit
TO erect a twenty-foot fence on top OF
the one story buildings on East, between
Sacramento and Clay.
When the men began putting the fence
on the two-story. buildings Sergeant rom
Mahoney of the harbor police stepped IN
and would not allow the work to 90 on;
on the one-story buildings he allowed
them to work, but nothing could be done
with the others until new permit could
be rushed through the Board OF super
visors and signed by the Mayor. The
twenty-foot fence is now up and being
painted and in few days will be COW
cred with advertisements.
This enormous stretch of fencing is
braced with AKA timbers only, and when
a southeaster or .northwester strikes II
there will be trouble.
The United States torpedo-boat destroy
er Farragut is a success. Yesterday she
was given another trial ana mace
The crew of the flyer was jublant and
decorated the vessel in a number of places
with the magic figures that mean the &C
The Occidental and Oriental Company s
steamer Doric sailed for Hongkong via
Honolulu and Yokohama yesterday. She
was offering and was crowded with pas
sengerS.