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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
CAPT. GRAHAM ExoNERATED.
The Charges Against Him Prove to
Be Without Foundation.

Captain Robert Graham of the Ameri-
can ship Erskine M. Phelps was yester-
day examined before United States Com
missioner Heacock on a charge of fur
nishing insufficient rations to his crew en-
the voyage from Baltimore to this port.
Several sailors testified that the rations
were short, and that the cornmeal had
weevils; but John Roker, the West In
dian cook and other witnesses swore
that the rations allowed by the captain
were more abundant than the Government
rations. The bulk of the crew were land
lubbers, and could not distinguish a be-
laying pin from the stovepipe of the
cook galley. They appeared to be
chronic grumblers.
Judge Heacock exonerated Captain Ora
ham and dismissed the case.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
INQUIRY MADE FaRcICAL.

THERE is no question but the people of this
country want the whole truth concerning the
beef scandal brought out. They would regret to
see any official besmrched and feel sense OF shame
at the revelation that contractors had been guilty OF
crime involving the murder of soldiers, but yet they
would not have one of the rascas spared.
Apparently the of inquiry has determined that
the regulations of the accused must be preserved
Another such silly and undignhed exhibition as it
made of itself Tuesday will absolutely shatter faith
in it which already waivers. Several plates of stew
. some OF quality supposed to be the same as the
product sent to Cuba Then enlisted men or
dered to sample the stews and state which was the
variety formerly given them
% This proceeding senseless, degrading and ut
terly irrelevant There has been claim that all the
beef was bad Besides, the conditions here far
different from those prevailing under a tropical
Meat might be wholesome at Washington and rotten
at Santiago Prepared by a chef it might be less
pelen than if cooked at a campfire. An expert emf
ployed by the packers might readily select for the
purpose OF test meat entirely sound and paatable
Indeed, the contractors might be induced to pack a
few cans especially adapted to occasion august
a feast OF stew with enlisted men the unwilling
guests.
Why did not the sourt sosh its own palate with the
compound? It's members draw higher pay than a
soldier in the ranks and watch the soldiers strug
Cling with the mess and then themselves go elsewhere
and probably gorge pie was distinctly an impo-
sition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS.

]. F. Burch, q merchant of Concord Is
at the Lick.
Dr. Nat Green of Watsonville is one OK
the guests at the Grand.
DR. NJ A gSouthworth of San Jose 10
registered at the Occidental.
Charles Allen, a Spokane insurance
man, is staying at the Grand.
L. T. Hatfield, an attorney OF Sacra-
mento, is located at the Lick.
H B. Eastman, a prominent man OF
Boise City, Idaho, is at the Grand.
Charles E. Bowden and wife OF Balti-
more, Md, are guests at the Palace.
Alfred Hess of Cincinnati, Ohio, is reg
istered at the Occidental with his wife.
J. E. Poingdestre of San Jose, who has
large mining interests in Nevada City,
is at the Grand.
James Summers, a stock raiser of
Bishop Creek, Inyo County, is one of the
arrivals at the Russ.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
TO CORRESPONDENTS

LEGISLATORS-Zadk Berry c,raa,,
CAL The several questions presented In
your letter of inquiry answer themselves
consequently there is no occasion for tak
ing up space in this department with an
PAY OF CALIFORNIA vOTT7N-
TEERS-Subscriber, City. There is no
truth In the 'rumor received bv letter
from Manila to the effect that the nav
Of all soldiers who enlisted In the Stats ~
California was to be reduced to 81 70 nor
month" " pei
NO LICENSE-E. H., Alameda. Cal r.
has been held that an agent who cells
e sy sample only from manufacturer in one
o onare 70 o customer In another is not re-
In which he sells. To make him take
out license in the selling Stata uso,iS
be violation of the interstate conn,rterce
law. eoiAiiei oe
MISS FLOOD-victoria. Marsbfa,d
Miss Cora Jane Flood, who recently rnada
such a liberal donation to the UNIVERSITY
OF California, is the daughter of the late
James Is =. fIooa, VINO; with O'Brien, Mackay
STOCK, the bonanza kings She is a resi-
dent of San Francisco.
EPIC PoETRY-R. A., City. The title
Of Father of Epic Poetry" belongs to
..Iliad" and Odyssey The two pro- ,ae
"Aenid," Tasso's Jerusalem Deliyerse ai ;
and Aristoto's Orlando Furioso'' are
eiassed as heroic epics. Millions Para
media" are sacred epics. Burns "Cotter's
Saturday Night" Goldsmith's Deserted
Village" and most of Crabbe's poems are
ioyls' and are ranked as epics.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
Insulted a Woman.

Dennis Halpin, a member of Battery I
of the artillery. was yesterday sentenced
by Acting Police Judge Groezinger to pay
a fine of $50, and the fine was paid by
friend. Halpin Monday night, while
drunk, made an insulting remark to Mary
Brown, domestic in the Stewart House,
at Ellis and Jones street, and when sne
resented it he struck her in the mouth
cutting her lips open.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
ADJUSTMENTS

Colurnhia-'The Sign o the Cross
g California-"Nfagda-'
Tivoli-"Madeline the Magic kiss
Alcazar-'The Girl Left Behind Me-
Orpheum-vaUievile
Comedy-"'A Trip Across the Ocean
Grand Opera House-E1lis Opera Company Monday even
March 1a
Chutes and Zoo-Pianka, Lady OF Lions"
Olympia-Corner Ellis streets, Specaltes.
Central Park-The Steeplechase.
Alhambra-Sousa Concerts Friday evening March g.
Alhambra-'Dewey of Manila Monday evening,
March6
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
Phelan's New Market-street Property

A deed was recorded yesterday in which
Fanny L. Tyler and others transferred a
piece of property on Market street to
James D. Phelan. The lot is 49x170 feet.
on the southeast side Of Market street,
between Fifth and Sixth. The considera-
ton is $3.50 000
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
California Limited,

Santa Fe Route. Leaves Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays. Elegant service. Vestbued
sleepers observation oars. Harvey's Dining
Cars through from California to Chicago with
out change. Get full particulars at eompany's
office 62s Market st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

Senator Bettmans assertions that California cleo
tons are the purest earth must be stamped 20 X
by Dennery before they will be accepted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen,s). $40 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 104a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

General Agent
William H. Sned-
aker of the Dem
yer a n d Rio
Grande and Grain
Broker Richard
Mulcahy happen
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
AUCTION SALES.

BY A Notwithstanding, March 8. at 1880 m and
p. m. Rugs, 123 Geary street.
Klip Co.-Saturday. March i, at u m. thorough
bred Horses. Oakland Race Track
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

Rumors that Dewey had fired on the Germans
came by way OF Wall street. and shrewd people nat
urally regarded them from the first with suspicion
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

Flipinos would dodge the truth quicker than they
would cannon-ball. Once Spain took the cake for
lying but it has any Of justice it will turn the
cake oyer to the followers of Agunaldo
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

When your appetite deserts you just try 10
to 20 drops of DR.. Segert's Angostura Bitters
in sherry or port wine before meals.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

The first break in the voting has appeared, and at
tenon called to the fact that it did go to Burns
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

Riders who would enter a six-day race could not
be suspected OF high order of intelligence, and yet
the management of the affair must be criticized for
trying to deprive them of the promised reward. No
man likes to be fool for nothing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

With no desire to interfere with noble and ele-
waiting sport, we express the opinion that prize
fighter who puts oil of mustard the glove where
with he is basting his opponent in the eye gentle
man.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

Cal. glaee fruit SOC per Id at Townsends..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02

The Botldn fashion of sending poison through the
mails is meeting with grave encouragement in New
York, where it was adopted as soon this lady had
demonstrated the ease and simplicity of it Her first
and most pretenous nitator is in JAIL with the pros
pect of not getting until taken for the purpose of
internent
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-02
THE CEMETERY QUESTION.

Z T meeting of the Western Addition Improve
I I ment Club, held few nights ago. petition
& now pending before the Board of Supervisors
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02

Link by link they build II. and each link
is welded with a care that makes the
finished work perfect. No sighting here.
The link is shaped, is welded hard and
fast, but even then they do not let II go.
Once more into the fire. and once again
the molten molecules OF iron are driven
and cemented together, this last time by
light and loving pats of the hammer as
compared with the crushing blows at
first.
Fourteen and half pounds of iron to
the link in the anchor chain, and each
link must stand a strain of seventy-five
tons
pull equal to a hundred and fifty thousand
pounds. Is II any wonder that they weld
them carefnllys
And ye;-and yet. the Eod Of storms
in the might OF his wrath takes the chain
and breaks it apart as one sweeps aside
a SPIDERS web spun across his path. and
throws the ship 1t was built to hold On
rock or shore. the piaything Of the waves.
Long yards OF chain. each link care
fully fashioned. each link tested. lay piled
up about the workers. and still they
added link to link.
IT'S far to the bottom OF the sea- some
times, was the answer made when the
question as to how long the chain would
he. was asked, Aye. indeed. far IT Is to
the bottom Of the sea sometimes. and some
times the carefully welded links act as
a weight in sending 20 the bottom the
proud ship they were built TO save.
Ask the man who fashions the chain.
DO anchor chains ever break
Never" Will come the answer: ITS
always the anchor tha: gives way"
Ask the old salt the same question, and
he answers. Aye. my lad. they do. Man
reyer made Yet what God Gamma break
when he wills"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02

Passenger Agent CharItoh Talks
About Alaska.

Talk about tourists trip. Let me tell
YOU that next year those who want rest.
relaxation. scenery. life. any old thing that
a tired man or Woman wants. can find u
by taking a trip TO Alaska. said a. II.
Charlton, assistant general passenger agent
of the Northern Pacific. whose home Is In
Portland
And I want TO say 20 you that Seattle
has got Alaska by the short. back hair.
Shell hold the trade and Alaska will make
Seattle or help make IL.
why / had no idea OF the beauties 0f
the trip as a vacation unfit I wen. this time.
A ride over the White Pass 4 Yukon road
gives you scenery that Is ursur oassed On
earth, and you get into nsT world too.
I'VE landed at Skzgway ~ midnight.
You could read a book anywhere on deck.
Down 70 the dock csne little girls, racing
along the streets on bicycles.
.It staggered noe. said 10 a little tot.
When do you folks sieep@
.-Dh. winter time. she answered
..Irs a wonderful land. wonderful real
fairy land. and next season Thousands viii
20 clear 10 Daweon lust 10 Hive and enjoy
life in the and az the nsadnirhs sun.
"Abou. the mines- Oh, I don't know.
! was TOO busy having good time. bat .
funny thing Was the menaxerss ne bouxfs.
one felisw beught cub beas fce = oosd
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I gale. a heavier sea. and the starboard

gale. a heavier sea. and the starboard
anchor chain broke.
AS IL in derision one end Of the broken
chain was flung by The angry waves upon
the deck Then came a scene which pen
can never picture. The story f. soon told
The grand old Trenton went down. and
scores of her brave boys with her,
A little way of, in that same harbor.
lay the old warship vandalia. She, too.
was anchored In seemingly safe waters
with the port anchor down, but. watch
ing the Trenton. had dropped her star
board anchor before the fun force OF the
storm broke upon her. The bugie call on
beard the Trenton was never answered
by the Vandalia. for in the instant both
anchor chains that ship snapped and
the gallant vessel with all her crew were
fiunx headiang into the mercis~ss surf as
chip IL dashed against the shore by an
incoming tide.
v>ARTHER over IN the harhor lay the
~ German warshlp Adler. For days
the Adler. the Trenton and Nandal!a had
been watching cite another. waiting for a
signal To fire. for then. as now. Samoa
was the bone OF coa,entiou between the
nations.
The fury 81 the gale reached the Adler
last Her men. like these on the Trenton.
had been called together. and they had
ehearei our boys "a tire echo OF the Tren-
tons cheer swept across the sind-lashed
sea 10 their ears The Trenton and Van
aaisa had gone down and many brave
soul with them, bat the Adicr's anchors
sttll held. ard the great ship strained
against the ChaI.s until they seemed TO
stretch as II 10 ease the awful pull.
Then came n mighty wave Rolling up
frem eat the bosom az ;hs ocean. IL crept
along toward the ship. and the German
sailors watched SIS coming in silence.
Then IL gathered itself. and the great
nall Of water saz dashed against the YES
sell The anchor chains parted as if they
had been woven rssses Of sand. and the
ship was lifted a0d hurried upon the shore
or her crew hut fsw remained 10 tell the
tale 81 death aaa disaster.
TIME anchor ehaia e ship must be
Its strongest stag. IN storm or
calm, apoa sae anchor chain tire ship De-
psnas when unable 20 longer battle with
the slemsnts, Il is. indeed. deep waters
whore an anchor Dropped win net catch
and bold nst enee caught. al then de-
sen1S upon the cham II st holds. well
and good: u L hreaks. then. 10 matter
how Gss, ;he bold og the anchor. the
ship drifts or - agjvvn % destruction
On IRE uoxtAsra Pacific coast many
SHIPS large and SNAIL aays net thsir
fsge by the breaking Il an aacnor chain.
In azarg cases Ast fcw - the details ~
disaster have been toli. To say they
vert ashore Isl \ fog Or storm has been
enough. Df the vessels wrecked tbs. ma
sar4sS AaYs hran rescued an9 st aeaat
&gAi0: others have .xs, ,aesr boasS 10
eleArh ossssa ire beach or are sAshcmx
csec n cid ecsxn-
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The wreck OF the stately ship. the Glen
morg. near the mouth OF the Columbia
river In 1897. was due TO the parting OF
an anchor chain when the vessel was fast
assigned for her loss. but sailors who
were aboard her saw had the chain held
the vessel would have been saved.
The Blairmore, that capsiZed In San
Francisco bay In 1896 and drowned six OF
her crew. owes to a defective chain her
disaster, She had a counterpart in the
loss of the Asac,sna at Tacoma recently.
both ships being without ballast, but the
latter was supposedly held by log hooms.
the chains on one OF which broke and let
her down.
The terrible fate of the Kilbrannan,
wrecked at Port Wilson I'm 1886, Is still
fresh i'm the minds OF every one. She.
too after weathcring a hurricane that
tore her sails into ribbons, found herself
near the reefs and dropped her anchors.
only ia have q chain part and leave her
stranded.
So. too. could tales be told of the III
fased City OF Mexico. the Corona. the
Oregon, all In the klondike rush, and
each OF which met with disaster, not
wholly due. perhaps. but greatly helped
by the breaking OF the one great stay Of
ship in distress near the shore-the
anchor chain.
A Nd yet to no part OF the rigging
II 81 ship is such care given as TO
the welding Of her anchor chains The
men who make them know that IL they
slight their work a human iise-yes. scores
Of human lives-usay pay the penalty OF
their fault.
Did you ever see an anchor chain made :
A brawny lad - he who swings his
heavy sisdge with sweep as II II were
ESisEhy deal the hRaxN hinxSx al
the bat Iron, ON the other side OF the
anvil IL an elde, man. strong. with keen.
shrewd. watchfai eyes and he says. Now
soft" Now hard" 20 the young gian,
who swings the siedge. as he turns upon
his anvil glowing mass OF iron he is
fashionng into shape,
They are building an anchor chain
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02
EXCITEMENT IN POLICE oouna
Trial Of Ella Leon Furnishes ~
Amusement 20 IAleRa.

The idlers In the municipal court 49,
day were highly entertained ~ t.
OF Ella Leon. a woman eIuppyeo n u
man Quandt's dance hall. on ohatOe
disorderiy conduct preferred BY Pouee
ftcer Freeman. Freeman was oaHee
the place q few nights ago by the sou1e
tbreaking glass coming from a bog In
the fiaxen-haired Ella and custe
were drinking.
Freeman found the boz clpoads
climbed over the top Of II TO tnveeue
The Leon woman resisted the tnsS0
and was dragged TO tho patrul
after having caused great excifemeW
cursing and abusing the officer 49,
Judge Cam discharged tho defeoo
holding that the evidence of the H..
officer did not show that the dtaose
conduct had preceded the arrest He
however. that he was satisfied the
dant had created disturbance enouoa
terwArd. He also took occasion 70
ictse Quandt's place. which Ne $40
had no doubt was pretty bad
We'll invite the court 10 come -
some night" said luandfs astO
politely.
THE court WON'T 60 retorfed -
Cam. Case dismissed. won't alto@
costs to the Q1andS gang. however
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ma. they've strung all the stars on a
string"

ma. they've strung all the stars on
string"
~ ~
In the midst OF the crowd on Second
avenue was gentleman OF commanding
appearance In size and noticeable for the
perfect cut and color of his attire. From
his patent leather shoes to the crown Of
his silk hat he was fashion-plate Yet
he carried his clothes rs one to the IMAM
ner born" one who knew how to wear
them. and more than one pretty woman
turned her head a. she passed him to get
a second glance
He stopped in front of the entrance OF
a hotel and 1t was. reasonable TO suppose
he was Ct guest of the house. but hardly
had he settled himself when an unobtru-
sive. quiet man touched him on the arm
and whispered something in his ear. The
big. we'll dressed man walked along be-
side the quiet. unobtruave man and what
ever became OF him, one of the smartest
btnko men on the coast was quietly re-
moved from the crowd.
~ y. ~
There was that .how are ye'. old man. ="
come have sosnethin' about the crowds
last night that spoke more for the ceie-
bration Of the Fourth than all the procla-
nations that have been or Will he issued.
IL was an easy going, happy crowd that
tostled along the sidewalks. Nobody got
mad at anybody for stepping on their cornn
or on the trail of their dress. They just
went along happy in the thought OF the
great and glorious Fourth. and enjoying
the foretaste of the great things 10 come
on the one great day.
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'-Ta~ra-ra,
Ta-ra-ra.
sTa-ra~ra-ra-a"
- o sang the bugIe on the Trensons
deck. and high and clear above
~ the shrek OF the storm the notes
~ The old warship was lying of
Samoa. and on this day I'm
March, 1859. n typhoon had burst upon the
chip almost without warning The star
beard anchor was down and fast, with
nearly al the chain out, when the gale
arst struck the vessel. but as the fury OF
txiud and wave Increased the port anchor
was also dropped.
both held frm. although the chains
xroaned and moaned IN the hawse holes
In torment az the great ship was tossed
90 and fro, and pulled and tugged TO set
away, as II 10 dee from the pitIiess winds
and waves that beat and drove her hlther
and yon IN the sea
Every man was at his station. Every
officer, white faced but cool and cain.
was Ar his place. Human foes many of
them had faced before. but this was
deadlisr enemy. enc that could not be
: cenauerea--the dread tynhoon Of the
southern seas.
Suddenly. as the men waited. there came
. sound as ~ tee great huh or the ship
had been rent III twain.
The pos, anchor chain had snapped like
q thread. and the grand old ship swung
round 10 meet ihe onslaught OF wtua and
wave as she had tacksd In DAYS gene by
TO meet the storm III shot and shell hugie!
~ her by human foe
Then IL wRs the hugle rang the as
Remhly call. and. nsaa ana hoy, the sail
prs fell IN. citnging to :he life Ines
stretched along the deck. Many among
them had faced death time and Oh be~
fore. and had sent death se their fellows
with ringing cheer as velI-ainied she,
had moved down file % sslea OFF the
deck Of saS earaaY'S vessel Ba; rog IL
was different. New there WAS ua !Shttng
back New every man 90 them Knew that
unless the stasbdarSt anchor chata heid
their lives must pay the forfeit 20 the
storm.
And thus they stocd In tire. Staggering
under the shock of wave after wave as Il
broke across the decks. watching sha
raie-.acess captain as he struggled tsoSa
from the bridge and staggered towards
them. He loved his tsSen. and ~ MS eyes
there gAoue the light shas brave men savs
u see when their leader bids tassn face a
foriorn hope.
~vAiTsNG fer lnr ia the s;arna. the
w rarsain shouted My nsen, we
are In Gods hands BOW. IL The tafb2aFd
archer halas this good old ship Will
weather the storm" A ringing cAesV.
drowned In the Wild Shrek CT tbs ssm3
answered hina. Again he waited. ana
when ence more he cnatd b heard. said !:
s'ry the chsia breaks. IL the asschsF SsveS
then each Of soa Ger yeurssif. eas yeuncza-
Der. let the strnnS help the WEAK :"
Aimsas - he spoke there came nsseer
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MONEY FOR THE FOURTH.
City Employees VIII Receive Their
Salaries Ahead OF Time.

The employees o, the city are 10 have
plenty of money 90 spend on the Fourth
81 July. The city pay day is the tenth %
each month but r. special meeting OF the
council has been called for tomorrow noon
in order that an ordinance may be passed
approving the payroll and ordering salary
warrants issued tomorrow evening instead
OF July III.
Other business may come before the
council, ou. the passage OF the ordinance
Will be the special order. The salary war
rants are all ready for signing now, and
VIII b. issued as socn as Mayor Hanes
signs the validating ordinance
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him IN FIVE minutes for y, and the -
owner. the third man, ut him for q.
other fellow bought . nest Of yoaMg 81
another one a fawn. Oh, We had th4 ~
shooting match coming home. 60
1T was q great trim q trip whGco -
can sit on the ice with q straw hi - =
silk shirt and be comfortable.
You Just wait. The people viii r.
going" r. sSss