The San Francisco Call.VOLUME LXXVII.-NO. 171. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Latest Information Obtainable in Regard to the Disaster.Names of the Rescued.

THE WRECK OF THE MAIL STEAMSHIP COLIMA.A whole day passed before the first news

of the foundering of the Pacific Mailsteamer Colimain mid-ocean was given tothe public by the press, and not a singlescrap of information reached here of theill-starred vessel. A.ll day yesterday theoffices of the Pacific Mail Company andthe Mail dock were thronged by anxiousfriends and relatives, all eager for theslightest information which might bringthem either comfort or the assurance thatthe time to hope had passed.

Butnot a tick sounded over the tele-graph wire which stretched from here toMazatlan, San Bias and Manzanillo. Twolines were run into the Pacific Mail office,but they brought no information that wasgiven to the public.

A telegram received the previous nightwas given out for publication. Itgave thenames ofeighteen persons who were saved.

This was but poor consolation to thefriends of the 200 or more people who areknown to have sailed away from this portin the Colinia, and many of them lingeredabout the Mail Company's office until lateat night.

General Manager Schwerin received atelegram the night before inconjunctionwith the list of the rescued, but he refusedto make known its contents, on the groundthat there was an error in it.

What the nature of the message heldback is can only be conjectured and itwould seem toaugur illfor the passengerswho have not yet been heard from. Allsorts of rumors were afloat, but none ofthem could be reduced todefinite shape,and when the office closed at midnight thepublic was no wiser than in the morning.

The Associated Press telegraphed to allits correspondents in Mazatlan, San Biasand Manzanillo, and even to the survivorsof the wreck, but not a line was returnedfrom a soul. The loss of tne Colima is en-veloped in mystery and the fate of thepassengers is shrouded in doubt.

A telegram was sent by ManagerRchwerin on Tuesday night to the steamerBarracuta at Acapulco to go in search ofboats which may have put off from thelost Colima. The San Juan is also insearch of the boats.

A LIST OF THE RESCUED.All day yesterday the offices of the

Pacific Mail Company at the corner ofMarket and First streets were besieged bythe friends and relatives of those on boardthe Colima and the Mail dock was alsovisited by crowds. Atthe latter place theanxious inquirers were directed to theoffice, where Messrs. Schwerin and Center,Chief ClerK Wiggins and PassengerAgent Avery were kept busy answeringquestions. These gentlemen had littleconsolation tooffer, for the only piece* ofnews which was given out during the daywas a list of those known to be saved. Thelistread as follows:

Cabin passengers:COKHIKG.A.J. Sutherland.Doi&sgo Albano.Sarabia.Ruiz.

\u25a0 Thornton.Steerage passengers:H. W. Boyd. •"

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T. J. Oriel.• 'ii.D.Ross. ;

Balis.Ramon.L.L. Zangerie.

Crew:ASM*.(Probably Third Officer Hansen.)Carpenter.Raymond.

Richardson.MnRELL. \u25a0.\u25a0;:.".' \u25a0/:.'-',:The fulllistof the officers and crew is as

follows:THE OOLIMA'BCREW.

Captain John F. Taylor, Chief Officer D.E.Griffiths,Purser William Wafer, Chief Engineer

John P. Ebberson, Surgeon W.T. Kirby,FreightClerk T. E.Berry,Second Officer George Lang-borne, Third OfficerO. Hansen, Carpenter JohnSteen, Quartermasters Charles Haserstron, W.Smith, M.Sussman, G. Morginson; Boatswain

G. Filmore.Seamen— A. Carpenter, A. IIansen, A.Santa

Maria, J. Martin, — Sikman, g. E. Peterson,

Fred Johnson, S. S. Pavlotos, F.Fircell, JosePequerof ,Charles Monti,Messboy R. Gonzalez.

First Assistant Engineer Ed D. Riorden, Sec-ond Assistant Engineer H. Finley, Third As-\u25a0istant Engineer D.Tounnerig.

Incharge of the ice engines— Jacob Render,Thomas Gray.

Oilers— S. J. Dorgan, W. 11. Mahoney, W. J.Ben wick.

Firemen— Andy O'Xeil, J. McCarthy, J. Han-non. J. Hackett, William McMurry, T. Daly,Chris Sherlock, D.Daiy. Coal-passers— ArchieDow, J. Kenny, Raymond Avilles, J. Lamb,John l'unmau, F. McDonald, C. Rodengui,

John Boylan, Andy Rooney. Mess-boy— D.Murphy.

Chief steward— William A. Smith; secondsteward, William H. Tonton; steerage stew-ard, L. Kelson; stewardess, Miss MinnieThomas; storekeeper, A. K. Richardson;baker, Ed Brett; second baker, Jose Arliv;butcher, W. Wenluff; cook, J. Johnson; secondcook, John Weeks; third cook, William Swim;messman, A. Hunter; porter, H.Callin; pan-tryman, Fidel Capatino.

Steerage watch— James Dinison and CharlesPope.

Waiters— Frank G.Oliver, Alexander Thomp-son, Henry Hodges, Y. U. Frances, CharlesSchultz, C. A. Adams, William Wrin, GeorgePaulson, C. A. Chandler and M.11. Rush.

R. P. Schwerin admitted having re-ceived another telegram, but refused tomake the contents known because hefeared that there was an error in the dis-patch."I will give out no news," said Mr.

Schwerin, "untilIam absolutely sure thatit is authentic. At a time like this onecannot be too sure of the informationgiven to the public."

To all who came to inquire nothingfurther was given in the way of news.The clerks said, though, that the office\u25a0would be opened during the evening, andthat the company had telegraphed allalong the coast for news of the missingsteamer, but had received no answer.

A CRUEL RUMOR.

During the day a telegram was receivedat the Merchants' Exchange saying thatthe Colima had been lost and that 160people had been drowned. The telegramwas published in the evening papers, andthe people who had their, friends on boardflocked back to' the office of the companywith extras in their hands and grief de-picted on their faces. At least 300 peoplevisited the office during the afternoon-, andnearly every one turned away relieved tofind that the news was only a rumor.

"As soon as Iheard of that telegram,"said General Manager Schwerin of the Pa-

cine Mail Company, "Itelegraphed to Sec-retary Lane of the campany. He sent backan answer to the effect that itwas sent outby the New York Exchange on a rumor.

Allthe news which has been received inNew York has gone there from San Fran-cisco. We have wired toour agents at Mazat-lan, San Bias and Manzanillo to get all thenews possible, and to spare no expense indoing so, and telegraph to us immediately.Up to the present time we have receivedno word from any place. John T. Wrightand Mr. Proll, two merchants of the City,who have interests along the Mexican andCentral American coasts, have telegraphedto their agents, and neither has receivedany answer.

'"'lt is a most peculiar state of affairs.There is no doubt that something has hap-pened to the Colima, but weare as much

Anxiety of Residents of This City Who Have Friendson the Ill^Fated Vessel.

at pea regarding the nature of the troubleas anybody else. Captain Pitts of the SanJuan no doubt had left Manzanillo on his\u25a0way north when he picked up the boatwith the eighteen men in it. As soon ashe telegraphed to usIthink he went rightout to look for other boats."

Mr. Schwerin was asked as to the con-tents of the dispatch he had received inconnection with the information as to thenames of those who were saved."Iknow that there is amistake in that,"

he said, "which was made in the trans-mission of the message. Ihave wired backto have itrepeated, with all the particularswhich can be gathered up. That is what Iam waiting for."

Atelegram was received in the afternoonfrom Captain H. L. Read by SecretaryLevison of the Board of Underwriters.Read wa« sent to Mazatlan by the Under-writers tomake a Rurvey of the wreck ofthe bark Geor^iana. His dispatch statedthat the Colima was wrecked at Man-zanillo, 200 miles south of where hewas, and that there was urgent needof the presence of some one in the inter-ests of the San Francisco Underwriters.The. message said that Read wasready to proceed to Manzanillo at onceand only awaited instructions. A drivercould be procured at Mazatlan, the mes-sage added.

A meeting of the underwriters was heldat once to act on Read's telegram, the re-sult of which was that it was decided towait to hear more direct news. Anothermeeting willbe called this morning.

The Colima was insured in the companyand with the steamer the underwritershave nothing to do. The car*o, which isvalued at $95,778, is insured for $60,000, andthe insurance men are naturally anxiousover their risks. In the cargo which lefthere there were only between $10,000 and$15,000 worth ofbullion, but it is thoughtconsiderable more was picked up at Mazat-lan, which is the shipping point from Mex-ico to Europe.

Manager Schwerin was seen again lastevening with regard to the dispatch fromCaptain Read."Ido not place much stock in it,"he

said. "Read cannot possibly learn moreabout the accident than we can, and he isdispatching at random. He wants a job,Ithink, that is all. Ifhe were to be em-ployed by the underwriters he would re-ceive $15 a day and his expenses, and Ipresume he would make the job last aslong as possible."

A SEARCH FOB A BON.

In the crowd that called at the Maildock only three were of the gentler sex.One of them was Mrs. Renwick, mother ofone of the oilers on the steamer. Fromthe wharf the poor woman was directed tothe office, but at the latter place littlemore comfort was given her.

"He is allIhave in the world," she saidto a group of reporters, "and Ishould liketo hear something of him."

Mrs. Renwick was told of the dispatchwhich had been received from CaptainRead and it Beemed to comfort her alittle, and as she turned away from theoffice she said: "Well, to-morrow willprobably bring us allthe news."

Two young colored girls also appeared atthe Maildock. They were the daughtersof Chief Steward Smith, one of the oldeststewards in the employ of the Pacific Mail.

"Ismy papa drowned?" asked the eldergirl, the tears streaming from her eyes.

"We cannot tell anything about theColima down here," said Captain Ander-son, to whom the question was addressed."We have not yet received any authenticinformation. We will probably know allabout itto-morrow, but you had better goto the office."

Captain Cashing was one of the callersat the Mail company's office. Two of hissons were passengers on the Colima, andamong the list of tnose who were saved wasthe name of Cushing."Ithink that must mean both of my

boys," said the old gentleman. "Theywent away together, and Ithink that onewoula not go into the boat without theother." There was no one there to helphim out in his surmise, and he went awayto wait for more news.

A MOTHER MISSING.Two young ladies went down to the of-

ficein the afternoon to ascertain if therewas any news of their mother. The latter

was Mrs. E. C. Brainard, who went awayin the Colima as governess to the threechildren of Mrs. L.R. Brewer. There wasno more information for them than forany one cisc and all the comfort that couldbe given to them was the uncertainty ofhope.

Among the passengers were E. J.Roberts and wife of San Diego. Mr.Roberts is a retired capitalist, who waßformerly in Utica, N. Y. He marriedMiss Clara Henley, the daughter of PoliceJustice Henley of Sacramento, about tenyears ago and had been in San Diego forthe past fiveyears.

V. W. Monti was another caller at the[ail Company's office. He is an Italian

merchant of this City, and his brotherCharJes was one of the crew of the Colima.He had been a captain in Italy,but beingunable tdfind a suitable occupation inSanFrancisco he had shipped before the maston the steamer's last trip. Among othervisitors at the office were two lady friendsof the wife of Second Steward Ivinton. Anold man named Irving went down to learnif the stories in the evening papers weretrue. His daughter was a passenger onthe ill-fated steamer.

OLD-TIME OKFICERB.Captain John T. Taylor of the missing

steamer entered the employ of the PacificMail Steamship Company over twentyyears ago. Infact, his name appears aschief officer on the company's boo' s morethan two decades ago. He worked his wayup in the service until he was made cap-tain about four years ago. He stands very

high with his employers, being considereda very efficient officer. He has a wife inthis City.

D. E. Criffiths, first officer of the Colima,is another old-timer in the service. Itismany years since he made his first voyageon this coast, but inthe interim he was incommand of the Honduras when she waslost on Lcmpa Shoal, off the coast of Sal-vador, and was afterward in the Brazilian

mail line. He returned to the MailCom-pany about four years ago.

George Langhorne, the second officer, iswellknown in this port, and is a very pop-ular fellow and a splendid officer. He hasonly been in the service a few years, hav-ing at one time been in command of theBteamer Arago, plying between this Cityand Coos Bay.

William Water, parser of the steamer.

is the oldest continuous officer in the line,having been there steadily for over twentyyears. He is one of the most courteousand competent men in the business. Heis married and has two daughters.

William A. Smith is the oldest stewardin the service. He has made 110 trips inthe Colima, this last voyage being the129th of that vessel. Harry Tainton, thesecond steward, is very well and favorablyknown on the coast, having been formany years in the employ of the PacificCoast Steamship Company.

PROFESSOR WHITING'S CAREER.Among the others who are said to be

lost, and the report of whose death hascaused a gloom of sadness to be cast overBerkeley, were Professor Harold Whiting,his wife and four children— William, 9years of age; Rose, 6; Julia, 3, and babyLydia, 1year and 10 months old.

Professor Whiting was born in Roxbury,Mass., in1855, where he received his pre-liminary education. Upon the com-pletion of his high school coursethe family moved to Cambridge,where he attended college, receivingthe degree of A.B.at Harvard in77, gradu-ating in the same class with Professor Irv-ing Stringham, head of the department ofmathematics at the University of Califor-nia.

Boon after his graduation he was madean instructor in the department of physicsat Harvard, which position he held foronly a short time, and received the degreePh.B. in '84, for the successful completionof advanced work.

At the death of his father, about thetime of his graduating from college, hefellheir to a large estate, which has been asource of a considerable income to him.

Inorder to tithimself more thoroughlyfor his chosen work, that of a professor ofphysics, he went to Germany soon afterthe death of his father and studied for ayear. After his return he was married inBoston to a Miss Dana, who was 34 yearsof age at the time of her death.

In1392 he was called to the Universityof California to accept the chair of assist-ant professor in the department ofphysics, and was advanced to the positionof associate professor in '93, whichposition he held until the close of lastsemester, May 15.

His parents are dead, but he has a sisterand brother living at Plymouth, where alarge part of his estate is situated.

The family were bound for Cambridge,Mass., where the professor proposed to de-vote his time to the publication of workson physics. With that end in view he re-signed his position at the State University.

He wrote several works on physics, someof which are now in use incertain of thehigh schools of the State.

The nursemaid, Mrs. Helen Miller,whoaccompanied them on the steamer, leavesan only child inSan Francisco.

JCBT OFF THE DRYDOCK.The steamer Colima was builtat Chester,

Pa., in 1873,and was brought to this coast in1874 by Captain Griffith, arriving here onFebruary 15. In the same year she broke

her propeller at Cerros Island, offthe coastof Lower California. She was incommandof Captain Hudson at the time and wastowed to this City by the Arizona, CaptainVan Sice. She sailed forAustralia in Sep-tember, 1875. On the trip across the oceanshe broke her crankshaft and lay inSydneyuntilMarch, 1876. when she sailed withpassengers to connect with the steamerGranada at Kandava, Fijiislands. Atthatport she collided with the Granada, nearlysinking her. From Kandava she went tothe New Zealand coast, returning to SanFrancisco later in the year. Her latestmishap was a collision with the Granada,since which time she has been considereda very lucky ship.

"The Colima came off the drydock justbefore she sailed," said United States In-spector of Hulls Talbot yesterday. "Shehad a new propeller put in ncr and an in-spection was made of her machinery,which showed it to be in perfect order.

"1have heard it rumored that the vesselwas 9unk by an accident to the machinery,but at the Pacific Mailoffice they have notreceived confirmation of the report. Thereis one way in which the machinery mighthave been responsible for the accident.The connecting rod may have broken nearthe cross-head, dropped down into thecrank pin and been driven through thebottom of the ship. The steamer was wellequipped with boats. She had four life-boats, 25 feet in length, each capable ofholding 45 people ; two 23-foot boats, two21-foot boats and one 17 feet in length, be-sides two life rafts."

SEATTLE PASSENG-EBS.Chllberg and Sutherland Left the City

on the Sound for CentralAmerica.

SEATTLE, Wash., May 29.—EdwardChilberg and A. J. Sutherland, the twoSeattle passengers aboard the Colimawhen she foundered, left this city May 13

on the steamer Umatilla and took passageon the Colima at San Francisco.

Sutherland is a carpenter and had re-sided in this city for some years. The daybefore the Umatilla sailed, as a result of aconversation with Chilberg concerningCentral America, he decided to go thereand locate. Chilberg, who has not beenaccounted for, has made two previous tripsto Central America for the purpose ofestablishing trade between that countryand Puget Sound. He intended to takecharge of a mixed cargo which had beenshipped on the barkentine Eureka. Chil-berg is but 28 years old and leaves a wife.

Chilberg's death means a loss to the com-merce of Puget Sound. He was on his wayto complete arrangements for establishinga line of vessels between here and CentralAmerica. He had secured valuable con-cessions from the Guatemalan Governmentwhichgreatly favored a scheme he had onhand to establish a number of large flour-ingmills there and ship in wheat from theUnited States to manufacture flour, thussaving the heavy duty on flour.

The Guatemalan Government gives Chil-berg credit for inducing leading capitaliststhere to introduce electric street cars to re-place the mule cars. The last Seattle manto see Chilberg was L. H. Griffith, whocame up from Central America on theColima and who shook hands withhim inSan Francisco.

THEY AEE HOPEFUL.Officials of the Company InNew York

Know LittleAbout theWreck.

NEW YORK, N. V.,May 29.—The offi-cials of the Pacific Mail Steamship com-pany here know little about the loss ofthe Colima beyond what is contained inthe press dispatches. They have no exactknowledge of the cause of the disaster orthe number of lives lost. At the office ofthe Pacific Mail Steamship Company, in

the Mills building, the officials sat arounda long table in moody silence this after-noon awaiting the receipt of further andmore explicit information concerning thedisaster. As this did not come the officeswere closed at 6 o'clock. The officers ofthe company were of the opinion that theloss of life was not so great as had beenreported. More definite particulars of theaccident are expected to-morrow morning.

A diligent search was made in the NewYorkand Brooklyn directories, but noneof the persons named as passengers forNew York could be found in them. In theabsence of inquiries as to their safety thesteamship officials thought that none ofthe persons supposed to be lost were fromthe city of Brooklyn. Secretary \V. H.Lane of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com-pany, before closing the office, made thefollowing statement: "We have receivedno details of the disaster. The newspaperscontain a more complete story of the acci-dent than we have. In the dispatch fromSan Francisco no mention is made of thenumber of lives supposed to have beenlost, but as the Colima was well suppliedwithboats Iam almost certain that otherboats willturn up.

"The sea inthe vicinity of Manzanilla atthis season ofthe year should be calm, andif one lifeboat got safely toshore others Ithink willalso reach land or passing craftinsafety.

•'Nothing is known by officials ofthe com-pany in this city about the passengers.They were all booked at San Francisco,and beyond their destination weat this endof the lineknow absolutely nothing about

them. In the absence of definite informa-tion Iam unable to explain the accident,butIimagine that itmust have been causedby the machinery breaking down."

SUEVIVED THE WEECK.T.J. Oriel, a Resident of Stockton, "W»»

on Board the 111-Fat.-. 1Colima.

STOCKTON, Cal., May 29.—T. J. Oriel,one of the survivors of the wreck of thePacific Mail steamer Colima, resided hereseven years, and left this citya short timeago to engage in coffee-planting in CentralAmerica. He was a member of CompanyA of this city and was one of the soldierscalled out during the railroad strike lastsummer. He has relatives here and manyfriends among the young men.

SAN BERNARDINO'S LOST,

William Alder and W. H. Bryan Wer«Well-Known Residents of

Redlands.

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., May 29.—Among the passengers who were probably

lost on the steamship Colima are WilliamAlder and W. H. Bryan of Redlands. Mr.Alder is a member of the firm of AlderBros., undertakers, aged 26, and took asea trip to New York for the benefit of hishealth. He is a prominent member of theMasonic fraternity. Bryan has just com-pleted his apprenticeship in the printers'craft and had gone to San Francisco on apleasure trip, with no intention of pro-ceeding further. He and Mr. Alder wereold friends, and the latter induced youngBryan to become his companion on thetrip to the Isthmus. Bryan is an onlychild.

CAPTAIN J. T. TAYLOB OF THE STEAMSHIP OOLIMA.[From a photograph by Taber.]

Chief Steward WilliamA. Smith.

THE LOST STEAMER COJLIMA.[Sketched for the "Call" by Coulter.]

WILLIAM. JULIA. LYDIA. ROSE.THE CHILDREN OF PROFESSOR HAROLD WHITING, REPORTED

LOST ON THE OOLIMA.[From a photograph by Webster, Oakland.]

William Wafer, Purser of the Colima.[JFVim o photograph by Taber.]

MAP SHOWING THE OUTLINE OF THE COAST NEAR WHICH THECOLIMA WAS WRECKED.

Harold Whiting.

ROMANCE OF SAN JOSEVows of a Contract Marriage

Severed by a Decree ofDivorce.

S. A.Beggs and His San FranciscoBride Had Agreed to Always

Live Apart.

SAN JOSE, Cal., May 29.—The divorcesuit of S. A.Beggs against Etta M.Knowl-ton-Begg^jof San Francisco came up beforeJudge Reynolds this afternoon, and a de-cree was entered for the plaintiff,the de-fendant defaulting. Etta M. Knowlton isa daughter of Professor Knowlton of SanFrancisco. A year ago she spent the sum-mer in the vicinity of Alma. While thereshe became acquainted with Beggs, andbefore she returned home they had en-tered into a contract marriage. A queerstipulation in the contract was that theyshould never live together.

Ingranting the divorce Judge Reynoldscensured the parties for bringing such amatter into court, and declared the con-tract null and void. G. Knight White ofSan Francisco represented the defendant.

Memorial Hay Services.SAN JOSA, Cal., May 29.—Exten-

sive preparations are being made for theobservance of Memorial day in this city.Inthe morning squads from the severalGrand Army Posts and delegations fromthe schools will visit the cemeteries anddecorate the graves. In the afternoon amonument in St. James Park will bedecorated and exercises held there. Atnight memorial exercises will be held inthe theater. The programme will consistof speaking and literary exercises.

To Broaden the yarrow Gauge.

SAN JOSE, Cal., May 29.—The LosGatos Board of Trade is taking steps tosecure the laying of a third rail on the

narrow gauge from Campbell to LosGatos,so that east-bound shipments can beloaded direct on broad-gauge cars. Acommittee has been appointed to conferwith Southern Pacific officials inregard tomatter.