The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21
PIGEONS BRING
NEWS FROM THE
CITY OF PEK|AG
Naval Carrier Two
Days on the VIM G.
A WOMAN'S SAD HOMECOMING
REACHED PORT ONLY TO FIND
HER HUSBAND DEAD.
A Holiday Jaunt to Alaska and Ha-
wall on Sailing Ship-A New
Grew for the Transport
Sherman.
A WOMAN'S SAD HOMECOMING
REACHED PORT ONLY TO FIND
HER HUSBAND DEAD.

One of the homing pigeons from the
United States lofts at Mare Island flew
aboard the steamer Greenwood last
Thursday. Captain Fajerlund was in his
cabin at the time and the bird made its
way in through the open port and set
tied down exhausted on the table. The
bird had been flying from 5:35 p. m on the
18th TO $50 a. m. on the 18th inst. After
giving the pigeon some bread crumbs and
drink of water Captain Fagerlund eX-
amined it for some mark of Identified
ton. On a slip of paper in quill he
found written: This bird is the property
of the United States navy yard. If
caught or shot please report band num-
Der to the Bureau of Equipment" On
another slip of paper was written: ION
board steamer City of Picking, May Is,
5:35 p. m. Left dock at ITO p. m. Our
party for S. E. Department Cavite, Ma
Mia, composed of H. D. Smith, F. H.
Sovereign, A. D. Smith, George P. Burnap
Several other names were unreadable),
are all well and in much better spirits
than when we started. Best wishes to
all our friends. (Signed) George p. Bur-
nap"
I'VE were five miles outside the heads
when the bird flew into my cabin" said
Captain Fagerlund. THAT was at $50
o'clock on the morning of the 18th, and
the poor little thing was dead beat. 1t
was all wet and seemed to have been
| in the water, but whether it was or not
/ cannot say. If it was released on the
evening of May Is it may have flown to
| the Farallones and rested there for the
night and then gone on toward Mare ISL
and. Yesterday l took my ship up TO
Port Costa, and while | was there | took
the bird back to Mare Island. 1t was one
of a number they are training and had
been sent out on the Picking for a les
son..
The steamer Colon arrived from Pan
anna and way ports yesterday. Among
her cabin passengers were Captain ]. c.
Bruguiere and A. Alexandroff. The lat
ter is a Russian and cannot speak a word
of English; When questioned in Spanish
! he refused point blank to answer any
| questions. All the customs authorities
! could get out of him was that he had
$4,000 in gold with him and he wanted TO
| see the Chief Of Police. A clerk from the
Russian consulate was sent for and finally
! Mr.. AleXandroff was Strengthened out and
allowed to land.
| steamer Starbuck that was wrecked on
/ the Central American coast few months
| ago. He remained by the vessel until he
saw there was no hope of saving her and
! then came on to San Francisco.
What will probably be one of the most
enjoyable pleasure trips ever got up in
| San Francisco will leave here about June
| 1. 1t will take in the land of the mid
night sum and the paradise of the Pa
cific," besides other islands of the South
ern Seas. Hind, Rolph & Co.'S schooner
yacht Honoipu will carry the pleasure
seekers and she will ne gone about three
! months. From San Francisco the Honoi-
one of them the longest in the year, will
| be spent there. After watching the sun
sink gradually to the horizon and then
without disappearing gradually rise
on the steamer Favorite. Returning to
the Honoipu they will sail for Hawaii. A
Paradise of the Pacific. living everybody
a chance to see all the points of interest,
after which the schooner's prov will be
| turned toward San Francisco.
The bark S. C. Allen arrived from Hon
olulu yesterday. When the vessel came
to anchor a very unpleasant duty de-
passengers was Mrs. C. Phillips, a school
teacher in Honolulu. A month or so ago
her husband was taken sick and he came
| to California for medical treatment. From
San Francisco he went to Los Angeles
and there he grew gradually worse and
died and was buried. Mrs. Phillips had
a presentiment that all was not well with
her husband and came to San Francisco
on the Allen prepared to nurse him back
to health. When the tug Reliance went
out to take the bark to the sugar re.
finery Captain Brokaw told the news of
Mr.. Phillips death to Captain Johnson
and he broke it to the widow.
James Muspratt, one of the engineers
crushed in the refrigerating machinery
yesterday. At the Harbor Hospital DR.
Himmelbach had to amputate the big toe
Muspratt will be able TO go out on the
| transport when she sails tomorrow night
or Tuesday morning.
With the exception of the captain and
his officers the Sherman will take out an
| entirely new crew. The men in the en-
| gineer's department will be: George R.
| Kingsland, chief engineer; H. Vinkee,
first assistant: owen Hickey and W. Gro
nan, second assistants; A. McCulloch. S.
G. Billings and G. Bird, third assistants;
B. c. Patterson, George Munro, B. Camp,
water tenders; A. c. Barrett and Frank
! Goodman, electricians; w. Cushen, J.
Muspratt, refrigerating engineers; w c.
| Kruger and o. Sellers, plumbers; H r.
Dittman and w. c. Lacember, storekeep-
ers; and p F. Ram. deck engineer.
| The wagon load of tombstones that went
| overheard from the steamer Aurora last
! Friday morning was recovered yesterday
| A diver had to be sent down and after
| he made the tackle fast the wagon was
raised without much trouble. The wagon
! load of furniture is still at the bottom of
the bay and the chances are that it will
stay there. The weight of the tombstones
has driven wagon and furniture almost
out of sight in the mud