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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20

Sailors on Passing Bark
Fall From Aloft to
Their Death.
Liner Exchanges Signals
at Sea With Yacht
La Paloma.

The passengers and crew of the Oce-
anic Steamship Company's liner Mari
posar which arrived yesterday after
noon from Tahiti. were the witnesses
OF an ocean tragedy of the heads. The
Mariposa- on her way in, was passfn 2
the French bark Francois. bound ont
for Queenstown. The sailing vessel
had nearly every stitch OF canvas set
and the people on the steamer lined
the rail 10 watch the pretty picture
suddenly a wild cry came over the
water. The fore topgallant halUard
of the Francois had carried away. and
two Of the men who had been unfurIing
the sail were seen whiriing through
the air. They fell on deck and must
have been instantly killed. a third
sailor. also thrown from the yard. sue
ceeding in grabbing something and
holding on and later made his way
safely 10 the deck
The bark hove TO and signaled TO the
pilotbost Lady Mine. to which. II is
supposed. the bodies Of the unfortunate
Seamen were transferred. as the Lady
Mine ar dusk was coming in with her
flag at half mast.
The Mariposa brought sixteen pas
sengers, and her cargo included 1921
sacks Of eOpra and 26l crates of va
nilia. Her cargo was smaller than
usual for the reason that the news re-
ceiVed at Tahiti of the calamity in this
city was so exaggerated that il was
not supposed there that San Francisco
was IN a position 10 handle anything
When the Mariposa arrived with the
story OF what had really happened
there was no time to gather more than
the liner brought.
Tahiti received the first word of the
disaster May le from Auckland. The
French cruiser Katina brought the
news. such as il was San Francisco,
said the report from Auckland had
been swallowed up with $4,000 Of its
inhabitants. The steamship Taviuna
from Sydney. arrived at Tahiti May 26
with an even more dreadful story, and
when the Mariposa reached there June
Il was with difficulty that Captain
Lswless succeeded in persuading the
people that San Francisco had been
shaken, but not taken. and was still
doing business at the old stand.
The Mariposs exchanged signals at
7,2o p m with a yacht. which. from
Captain Lawless' description, was La
Psloma. one Of the three schooners
racing from San Pedro TO Honolulu
The yacht burned the Oceanic Steam
ship Company's signal and was going
along at an eight-knot gait under a
cloud OF canvas The yachts position
was latitude 1920 north. longitude
90 west She was south. 2s degrees
west, from the San Francisco lightship
about 7I6 miles. She had picked up
the southeast trades. and in Captain
Lawless' opinion was sure of all the
wind she would need 10 reach Honolulu
where she ought 10 arrive about June
25- The wind was moderate TO strong
and the sea smooth
The Mariposa's passengers included
the following: d. Atwater, ]. NJ. Perry,
B c. Shepherd. G. Tibbitts. H Laugh
lin. Mrs. Perry, Mrs. J Slavin. G. Peck.
F. C Nichols, Mrs. H. Whitaker and
G. Pierson.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20

stmr Hermonthis, for Hamburg; Ger
stmr Sesosris, for Hamburg.
HoNGKONG-Sailed June 19-Jap
VICToRIA-Arrived June fs - Br
stmr Empress of China. for Hongkong.
Arrived June 19-Stmr City of
Puebla, hence June 16
OCEAN STEAMERS
NEW YORK-Arrived June 19-Stmr
Princess Alice. from Bremen; stmr
Noordam. from Rotterdam; stmr Fin
land, from Antwerp.
Memoranda.
Schr Guide anchored off Alcatraz
Island, drifted out and struck on ledge
off Fort Point at a m, June i9:
slightly leaking; was towed off by tug
Liberty.
p m. in lat 27 "a n, long 129 30 W,
passed a schooner rigged yacht painted
white and heading SW; showed a red
and blue Coston light in passing: prob
ably bound for Honolulu. Ga Paloma
bound from San Pedro, for Honolulu)
Oficers of stmr Mariposa, which ar
rived today, report that foretopgallant
yard of FIR bark Francois, which sailed
town, fell to the deck when the yes
sci was off the lightship. At the time
OF the accident there were three men
on the yard. II is thought that two
fell to the deck and that the third
either held on to something in the rig
ging or fell overheard. Later-Pilot
boat America, at 4:50 M was two
miles outside with her Gag at half
mast, probably with the injured men
aboard.
The tug Monarch arrived this even
ing from sea with the body of sea
man killed in the accident to the FIR
bark Francois when the foretopgallant
turned ever to the Coroner
Movements Of Steamers,
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Boz. Desert in Niaoeean.

A few weeks before the liner Mari
posa reached Tahiti a ships boat
manned by two 16-year-old boys ar
rived al Papeete. One OF the youths
was Kansas boy The other hailed
from England They had deserted, they
said. from the British ship Lord Tenn
pletOn in midocean. They had taken
the boat al night from where IL was
lashed keel up. on the main hatch.
The second mate, they said. who was
n charge Of the deck. was asleep in
his room. The man at the wheel and
the lookout we're the only ones besides
themselves who were awake. They
brought away with them their chests
containing their clothes and were well
supplied with food and water. British
Consul Symonds took charge OF them
at Papeete and sent them to Auckland
on the steamer Taviuna.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
WIFE OF THE MA..ARAJAH
OFFENDS COLORADO WOMEN
Objects to Being Stared at and Raises
Sunshade an IL to Strike Those
Annoying Her.

COLORADO SPRINGS, June 1e.-
Snubbed by Princess. the Maharani
of the reigning house of India. society
women of Colorado Springs are mad.
The affair has upset their plans for a
big function. When the Maharani
Gaekwar was at the depot with her
husband, the Maharajah Gaekwar, and
his retinue this morning awaiting a
train to Cripple Creek, which the In
dian potentate was intent on visiting,
there was much craning of necks
among the women to see a red spot on
her forehead. which is artificial and
shows that she is a wife. She showed
much displeasure, complained in brok-
en- English. stamped her foot, and then
raised her green sunshade as if to
strike some of them.
Taking offense at her actions, the
society women promptly decided to
cancel a dinner function which they
were arranging in her honor for the
Country Club.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
Wnter Front Notes.

The Oceanic Steamship Company
liner Ventura will sail at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon for Honolulu, Pago
Psgo. Auckland and sydney.
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia left
Honolulu about o'clock p. m. Monday
and should be here on Sunday.
The japanese liner American Maru
is due here tomorrow from the Orient.
II is expected that she viii reach quar-
antine about O'Clock a. m
The liner Korea viii sail today at l
O'Clock p. m for the Orient.
The City Of Peking is due tomorrow
from Panama and way ports.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
California
Limited
ToChicago in 5Days
Isayes daily at s.3oL n.
With Diners and slsspsrs

~ - NJ EOr SlOCkIOn, 21erCed (01recE
connection for Yosemite VAL
ley), Fresno, Hanford, Visa
liza, Bakersfield and inter-
500 Z. M mediate points.
$3.50 a. M-California Limited. days
TO Chicago. Leaves every day. Direct
connection to Grand Canyon
S-5O A M--Valley Limited for Stockton.
Merced (direct connection with w.
semitic Valley. Fresno. Hanford, VI
salia, bakersfield and points on Sierra
Railway.
1888 A M.-For stockton. Riversbank.
Oakdale and points on sierra RAILWAY.
$500 p M.-For stockton, Fresno and
intermediate points.
500 p M-Overland Express for Dem
Yer, Kansas City, Chicago and Grand
Canyon.
TICKET OFFICES+Ferry building.
San Francisco; 111e Broadway, Fortiefh
ST. and San Pablo ave, Oakland; Univer-
sity ave and West St, Berkeley
NOTE0YOsemite Valley r. r. trains
leave Merced for Yosemite valley az
$3.50 A. NJ and 200 p. N every day.
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Die. il . penver sanltarinm.

DENVER. Colo, June 1s.-clarence
Mcdonald died on Saturday in the
Agnes Memorial Sanitarium of pulmo-
nary trouble. The body was buried
today. Mcdonald was a native of Cal
ifornia and came from San Francisco
with his young bride Immediately after
the earthquake. He did not improve
after reaching here and was finally sent
to the sanitarium
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
schooner Gulde on the RocIk..

The three-masted schooner Guide
drifted from her anchorage Monday
night and was Dumping the ledge of
Fort Point when the tug Liberty took
hol6 OF her and pulled her TO safe
anchorage The Guide is leaking slight
~ and will be drydocked for a survey
as soon as her cargo has been dis
CHARGED
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
clear for Foreign PORTS.

Five large vessels cleared here yes
terday for foreign ports. and all will
carry large cargoes The liner Korea
cleared for Hongkong, the British
steamer Winnebago for Shanghai, the
French steamship Amiral Fourichon for
Hay-e, the French Ship VILE de Hapvre
for Tho and the British ship Hart
field for London.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
CROMWELL stiIl Definnt.

WASHINGTON, June 1e.-In defiance
of the order of the Senate committee
on fnteroceanic canals to answer GER
tain questions propounded to him in
the investigation of isthmian canal af-
fairs William Nelson Cromwell re-
peated his refusals today He stated
that the questions involved confiden-
tial relations with his client, the new
Panama Canal Company.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
Barkentine Portland Ashore.

The barkentine Portland, bound from
Astoria for Redondo. went ashore Mon
day night about a mile below Hueneme
during 2 thick fog A tugboat has
been sent TO her assistance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20

Summit-Maximum, 67: minimum, e3; north
east; clear; snow. IL inches none last year
Forecast for San Francisco and vicinity-Fair
Wednesday. becoming cooler in afternoon; fresh
northwest wind.
For Sacramento valley-Feir Wednesday; light
north wind.
For San Joaquin Valley-Fair "Wednesday V :
light north wind
For Los Angeles and vieinity-Fsir Wednes-
day; light west wind.
G. II. WILSON, Local Forecaster
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
NORTH SHORE RAILROAD
Via Sau8aIIto Ferf1

Via SausaIIto Ferry.
For Sausalito. MIL Valley, San Rafael
ll:00 a. m, 12:zV, "ls45, S3:IS 4:sS,
b:15. $50. $3.50. 7:15. 300. 1915. 1l:3S
sRuns to San Quentin.
7:45 a. m. daily for CazaderO and wav
stations.
derO and way stations
5:15 p. m daily, except Saturday ana
Sunday. for Point Reyes and way sta
tiOns
Ticket once: Union Depot. foot a
Market St. s. II.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.

Matters of Interest TO the shipping
Merchant and the Mariner.
The French bark Beaumanoir is char
tered for barley from this port 10 Eu-
rope al 23s 80.
The British tank steamer Housatonic
will load refined oil here for the Orient.
The ship Great Admiral (on Puget
Sound) IS chartered for lumber thence
10 St Michael
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
A Cargo for london.

The British ship fairfield was
cleared for London yesterday with 2e,-
4O4 ctls barley. 90, $50 gals wine, 26,403
ce canned salmon, 1853 cs canned as
paraeus. $50 cs canned fruit, S5.02e lbs
cascara bark. 20. $50 lbs tallow, 100
tons old steel rails and z pkgs house.
hold goods, valued at sll5.b4s
The vessel also had 1900 IT lumber
as duunage, valued at s225.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
shIpment of Petroleum.

The British tank steamer Winnebago
was cleared yesterday for Shanghai or
Hankow. with 1.S70.I20 gallons or re-
fined petroleum. valued at $6e,ff9-
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
MEN

Do you suffer from
Weakness. Varico-
cele, H y d T o C e | e.
Structure. Specific
Blood Poison, Skin
Diseases, or any
chronic or seeming
ly incurable trouble =?
j SO. come to me at
once and be thor
oughly cured before
IL is too late.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20

To the cure Of these diseases I have
confined my practice, and by skillfully
applied scientific treatment / perma-
nently cure the worst cases. My Offices
are equipped with every instrument
and device essential to the most mod
ern methods of practice. If you are
afflicted with any private disease or
weakness / want you to call and see
me. 1t will cost you nothing to ascer-
tain positively whether you can be
cured.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRINED.

Monday. June is.
s+rnr santa Barbara, Zaddart, 3S
hnT,rs from San Pedro.
Sfnnr san Gabriel. Green, 5e hours
- San Pedro .
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Consultation TT
and RI
Examination

All Letters Strictly Confidential.
Hours: 10 to IL a. M, 2 to 4 and to
8 o. m.
Those who have no money will be
treated until such times as they can
make a payment on their case. II you
are sick and have no money come any.
how.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau. June 10. 1906.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
TO SAIL FROM SEATTLE.

United States Coast and Geodctic Survey-Tfm
and Heights of Tides at Fort Point. For Cit
Front lMissIonstreet wharf add 2h tninl;fns
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-16
ROGERS UNCIvIL TONGUE.
Characteristic Defiance of Law by q
Trust Mognete.
Chicago Chronicle.


The public did not need the exhibition
made by H. H.. Rogers of Standard Oil
fame in his replies to questions by the at
torney general of Missouri in order to be
convinced that he is very adroit and
elusive individual. The substance OF that
fact was known to everyone who knows
anything about the oil trust,
Perhaps nobody was surprised because he
made an attempt to evade the Missouri
lawyers questions.i But neither did any
one expect that he would carry that at
tempt further than to try the mettle OF
the lawyer. 1t Is a graet surprise that a
man OF his reputed shrewdnesss has proved
foolish enough to injure his own cause and
forfeit his own claim TO decency OF man
ners.
Many years ago Allen G. Thurman Of
| Ohio told a graduating class in law
| school that he could offer nothing more
valuable from the fruits OF many years
! experience than the injunction: I'm all
| circumstances, no matter how strongly
tempted or provoked keep a civil tongue
| in your head" Mr.. Thurman was wise
man. Other things being anywhere near
! equal, a man can reveal no more valuable
power than to put this advice In practice.
Mr.. Rogers has utterly failed TO show
| such power. He has been what people call
smart in his own esteem. but there are few
more dangerous indulgences than that of
saying smart caustic, ugly things. He
has been insolent supercilious, insulting
and obviously slippery at the same time.
He has thereby placed himself and his in
| terests and associates in the position OF
defying the laws and the courts, which are
it's representatives.
In this country the law is not imposed on
us by some power above us which we may
all hate even II for the time we obey. 1t ID
the embodied will of the people themselves
and he who dehes IL separates himself al
once from the immense majority and &C
cepts fellowship with the law-breakins
class.
The man who does this rather than tel
the truth about his own acts, even II hi
does II in the most polite way, still leave;
the impression on nine people in ten tina
his acts must be wrong, otherwise ther'
would be no occasion for hiding. The mar
who does II with sneers and insolence con
victs his cause of wrong and himself o.
vulgar want OF good manners. to put 4
very mildly.
This is precisely what Mr.. Rogers hsi
done. He has assumed the attitude of de
hance toward the law. has convinced thou
sands OF those who were more than hal
disposed 10 be friendly TO the Standard Oh
company that IL must have reason for con
cealment and he has tainted even this b!
a woeful failure TO keep a civil tongue ii
his head"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-16
INDEFINITE AppRopRlA rroNs.

There are some appropriations, it APP
pears, made by congress which are in
definite in their character and it is
alleged that these are a source Of waste.
A few days ago Senator Aldrich, chair
man of the committee on finance, intro
duced a resolution requesting that COM
mittee to report to the senate in detail
the amount Of all permanent indefinite
appropriations, and to report whether
any reason exists why all provisions of
law making such appropriations should
not be repes led and such appropriations
hereafter be made annually on estimates
made by the various departments.
We nvsc5 recently the statement OF
the chairman of the house committee
on appropriations that heads Of depart
ments had failed TO give heed to the
law forbidding them to create deficits,
and stating that this matter was to be
made a subject of investigation in con-
nection with the urgent deficiency bill,
which carries about $11, 100000. The
resolution in the senate is understood
to be another move for restricting the
executive branch of the government In
the handling Of public funds. 1t is
stated that senators believe that alto
gether too much liberty and freedom
are now vested, or assumed. by execu-
tive officers in disbursements of appro-
priations. 1t is proposed to limit this
by requiring department heads to
specify how they propose to spend ap-
strict compliance with the requirements
OF the law. 1t is said that many mil
lions Of dollars are now at the disposal
Of certain department chiefs and are
being disposed of with a free hand and
practically no legislative restraint
Whatever may be the real motive
prompting this moYe-and it is suggested
that 1t is due to unfriendly feeling to-
ward the administraion-there will be
no question as to the duty of congress
to see that expenditures of public funds
htpI Nlthlh uc
urgent deficiency bill recently reported
appears to show that heads of depart
ments were not as careful as they
should have been in preventing deficits
and hence the necessity of imposing
some restrictions upon them. While it
was admitted by the chairman of the
house appropriations committee, Mr..
Tawney, that at least half of the amount
contained in the urgent deficiency bill
was unavoidable, because it could not
be anticipated, the statement implied
that the other millions ought not to
have been spent and that in allowing
the expenditure the heads of depart
ments had disregarded the act Of con-
gress forbidding the creation of deficits.
Undoubtedly the system of indefinite
appropriations" should be modified, II
not entirely abandoned. and therefore
no reasonable objection can be made to
the Aldrich resolution.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-16
CURSE OF RICHES.
what President Eliot Knows from
FIFTY Yenre of observation.


Address by President Eliot OF Harvard.
The very rich are by no means the
healthiest members of the community. and
to escape the perils of luxurious living re-
quire unusual will power and prudence.
Great capital at the disposal OF a single
individual confers on its possessor great
power over the course of Industrial devel-
opment. over his fellow men. and some
times over the course of great public
events. like peace war between nations.
1t enables a man to do good or harm, TO
give joy or pain, and places him in a posi-
ton to be feared or looked up to- There
is pleasure in the satisfaction OF directing
such a power, and the greater the charac-
ter the greater may be the satisfa elton.
In giving this direction the great capitalist
may find an enjoyable and strenuous occu-
patton. For conscientious. dutiful man
a great sense OF responsibility accompanies
this power. 1t may become so powerful
as to wipe out the enjoyment itself.
There are no more successful business
enterprises than are those conducted by
remarkably intelligent autocrats and
probably the same would be true OF gov
ernments II any mode had been invented
of discovering and putting into place de-
sirable autocrats The prevailing modes of
selection, such as heredity and transmits
sion, have been so very unsuccessful that
autocracy a mode OF government has
fallen into disrepute. In business enter
prises the existing modes of discovery and
selection of autocrats seem to do better
than in the government, for autocracy in
business has been justified by results
The most serious disadvantage under
which the very rich have labored is the
hrft, ain Af obi ,lxl.
impossible for very rich man to develop
his children from habits of indifference and
laziness. These children are so situated
that they have no opportunity of doing
productive labor. and do nothing for them
selves, parents, brothers or sisters, no one
acquiring the habit OF work. In striking
contrast are the farmers children. who CO.
| operate at tender years In the work of the
household
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-16
BROKE IN ARIZONY.
Denver Republican.

was broke in Arizony, and was gloomy as
When / got a chance at punchin' for an
outfit called Star-Plume:
didn't ask no wherefores, but Jest lit out
with my tarp,
AS happy as an angel with the newest
make O. harp.
When struck out from the bunkhouse, for
my first day on the range,
thought the tracks we follered wal pecu-
liar like and strange,
And when / asked about II, the roundup
foreman seq:
You amt punchin' cattle, but are
herdin' ostriches."
Well, we chased a bunch O. critters on the
hot and sandy plain.
Though twas like a purp a-racin' with a
L. 3. A. mail train;
But at last we got 'em herded in wire
fence corral.
And the foreman seq. offhand like: Jest
go in and rope one, AL
Well, the. first one that l tackled was AN
Effel Tower bird,
But the moose amt pinched his thorax
for several things occurred:
He spread his millinery jest as II he meant
to M.
And then he reached out with a stilt and
kicked me In the eve.
They pulled me out from under that mlllin
mass o. legs
And they fed me on hot whisky and the
yolks OF ostrich eggs;
And. as soon as l was able, pulled freight
fer Cattle Land.
And the ostrich punchin' bizness never
gifts my o. X. brand.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-16
RHRIL DELfYERY DEFICIT.

According to the computation made
by the fourth assistant postmaster
general, the cost of delivering a letter
by rural mail delivery is in excess of
the postage. In other words, rural mail
delivery is carried ON by the Postoffice
department at a loss, when by rights it
should be a source Of revenue. The
blame for the deficit created by the
rural delivery service must, however,
rest with congress and not with the de-
partment.
There are now over $1,000 rural free
delivery routes in operation in the
United States. Each rural free delivery
carrier serves an average of 1875 families
on a twenty-fve-mile route. Like other
branches of the postal service that have
come in conflict with privileged inter
ests, the efficiency Of rural delivery has
been hampered by restrictions. Congress
will not allow rural carriers to deliver a
parcel OF merchandise except on pay
ment of 10 cents a pound postage and
lhV hNlBhb lhuot hOt tANVcu iOu PVuhNS
On such four-pound package the post
age is "a cents, which is practically a
prohibitory rate. The same four-pound
parcel can be mailed to England, post
age prepaid, for 40 cents. This anomaly
nobody has yet been able to explain or
excuse, and nobody in congress appears
to be disposed to apply the remedy.
Another unreasonable restriction is
the rule that prohibits rural delivery
carriers from conveying any passenger
in his wagon. The result is that the
carrier runs his wagon with possibly a
load of twenty pounds Of letters, news
papers and circulars. In many cases
the load is not over two pounds, and the
estimated loss of this repressive policy
is 81 a day for every rural delivery car
rier, or $31, 900 a day for the entire
system. Very naturally the postof1ice
deficit is growing with the growth Of
the rural delivery system, while the
dividends of the express companies are
also growing as the years go by.