The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
Two Students Narrowly
Escape Drowning.
CAPT. FELLOWS EXPERIENCE
HIS DOG SNIP GETS HIM INTO
A PECK OF TROUBLE.
Admission Day Is Still Peing Cele-
brated on the Front and Ship
ping Is Quiet in Con-
sequence,

The celebration Of Admission day will
not end on the water front until tonight
Little of anything was done in shipping
circles yesterday. and the ship carpenters
employed on the Willscott and Blairmore
took advantage of the occasion to go out
on strike Even that incident did not
raise any excitement, and Captain Dun
levy and a squad Of officers from the Har-
Dor police station had their march to
Spear street wharf for nothing. The
coasting feet also took oav of and not
q wind-jammer hove in sight until late
In the afternoon. Then the bark Merom
and ships Centennial and Indiana from the
Canneries and the schooners Sparrow,
Mary Z. Russ, ]. G. North and Challen-
ger from lumber ports and Hawaii all
showed up off the Golden Gate at once
and made port before shutdown.
During the past five years the harbor
has never been as bare of ships as it is
to-day. The total tonnage of vessels on
the way is only 1Sl,S07, while in 1895 at this
time ii was $50 90 tons. From this 1t will
be seen that the prospects for big fleet
arriving before Christmas are not good.
Included in the tonnage "on the way
are the bark George T. Manson and the
schooners Actea and Stowell Sherman.
The Manson Is 100 days out from Sydney,
y. S. w, and 40 per cent reinsurance is
being paid on her. The Actea is 1871 days
out from New York with a party of
hlondikers, and as they are stranded IN
Rio de Janeiro the chances are she Will
never come to San Francisco. The Sher-
man is 2S3 days out from Boston, but her
gold hunters deserted her at MonteYideo,
and there she is liable TO remain. Other
vessels that are making long passages
are the steamer Morning Star, out IS
days; bark c. D. Bryant, out so days, and
bark Mauna Ala. 81 days from Honolulu.
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engaged vessels laid up in Mission Bay
Oakland Creek and at Sausalito, awaiting
better times. OF these one is a British
bark, one an Italian bark, two American
ships and twelve British ships One Of
these, the Thornliebank, made the run
from Newcastle, n. S. w, in 81 days, and
has not as yet discharged an ounce of her
inward cargo. Captain Mcbride says that
If something is not done soon / > will have
TO purchase a couple of goats to keep the
grass from growing over the ships bull
Warks.
A couple Of Berkeley students had their
Admission day outing spoiled by the river
naphtha launch Petrol and secured a man
named Fraser to nilot them up the San
Joaquin River. All went Wen until the
excursionists were about fifty miles from
Stockton, and then the Sonoma came
around a bend of the river and bore down
on them. Fraser and the two collegians
Jumped for their lives and the Petrol was
turned over. but did not sink. The river
steamer proceeded on her way. and after
getting their boat into the tules the ship
wrecked holfday-makers made their way
to Jersey Landing and took the steamer
T. G. Walker for San Francisco. Yester-
day they hunted up the owners Of the So
noma' and they are going TO bring the Pc
trel TO the city and repair her.
Captain Fellows Of the British ship Wa
terloo viii not forget Admission day in
hurry. His dog Snip got him into peck
Of trouble, and it was only by the appli
cation Of some hard cash that the matter
was Strengthened out. The captain is
jolly good fellow. and is very fond of
dogs In consequence half dozen of
the animals find a happy home on the
good ship Waterloo Snip. however, is
the pride Of the kennel He is a Chow
tering and some tall swearing when Cap
tain Fellows was last in China. Now If
there is one thing that Snip can do bet
ter than another it is fight. He is
ready at a moments notice for a scrap
with anything that goes on four legs, but
his choice If he has choice, is a cat
Since the Waterloo has been locked at
Lombard street wharf cats have disap-
Hill, and yet Snip does not bear any visi-
bic signs of the conflicts. The hair on
his back is as thick and as soft and
silky y q seals. and cats claws do not
seem TO be able to penetrate 1T.
Well. on Admission day Captain Eel
lows took Snip out for a walk. He was
Thornliebank and one or two others, and
they wendell their way in the direction
of Market street. Passing along kearny
street Snip spied large cat and made
for 1t. The feline was summing itself IN
front of a millinery store and near TO
a show case which had been temporarily
moved into the doorway. When the cat
saw the dog coming II jumped on the
didn't scare worth a cent, and Jumped
on the show case also. AS dog grabbed
cat the top Of the show case broke and
let the animals down inside. Then for
five minutes there was nothing TO be
seen but flying fur. broken glass and
the dog and cat going round and round
inery store wrung their hands and
begged all and sundry to save their cat.
Captain Fellows called Snip, but Snip was
too busy to pay any attention, and the
crowd that blocked the street yelled with
excitement as first one animal was on
top and then the other.
At the end Of the first round the fight
was over, Snip was triumphant and the
cat was dead Captain Fellows put the
crooked end Of his walking stick in
through the broken show case and pulled
Snip out by the collar. Before he could
get away, however. he received an ur-
gent request to go into the millinery
store. The gallant captain went in, and
was prOfuse in his apologies. They were
all accepted. but at the same time de-
mand for s12 50 damages was made. and
in spite of many protests 1t had to be
paid. Ships shore leave is stopped, and
when Captain Fellows goes for a walk
now diDllS seNeNA JIM A4iS PSN 80 49,
chained up in the cabin.
The ferry steamer Oakland. after hav-
ing new boilers put in and being thor
oughly overhauled, was put back on her
old run yeterday The Newark will
now be laid off for a few days. and when
she has been oyerhauled the Bay City
will go into retirement for week or ten
days. The new steel steamer building at
the Union Works will be ready for SER
vice about the first os next month, and
the service between here and Oakland
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