The morning call., 1892-07-09
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
The Belgic Arrives a Day Early
From China and Japan.
a New Rival in the San Joaquin Trade-Sur.
veys for the Belt Railroad Extension.
The Sirius Libsled.

steamer Belgic arrived from Hong Kong
via Yokohama yesterday, a day ahead of
time, with % cabin. % Japanese and 260
chinese steerage passengers. Among the
passengers were jim Tin Shu, who will be
attached as secretary to the Chinese lega-
ton at Washington; Dr. Whitney, an Amer
lean, who has been resident in Foo Choo for
many years; G. 3. Anderson, formerly an
instructor in the Imperial University at
Toxic; Rev. II. j. Rhodes and w. K. Fyffa,
missionaries. The Belgic had 22S boxes OF
opium On her manifest. being one of the
largest eonSlgnmeDtS ever declared here
The steamer China will leave for Hong
Kong and Yokohama to-day Among the
MoDgolians detained on board is one case
which has given the authorities consider a.
bic trouble and may give much more. There
is an evident disposition on the part OF those
in charge of the steamer to conceal the
facts. and the result of the inquiry made by
CALL reporter yesterday was very unsat-
lsfactOry. From information received he
boarded the vessel and inquired for Chi
neSe named All Sin. who was stated to be
confined SOmewhere below without medical
attendance. with a fractured skull and in a
dellrious condition. Every white man ap-
preached professed ignorance of the matter,
but at last Chinese was found who spoke
English and admitted that there was a man
mad, velly likely de-" The request for q
sight OF the man set the artful Monaghan
10 thinking lie disappeared, and there
was long whispered consultation in
which a white man took part. Finally
the reporter was conducted to very dark
and dirty quarter of the lower deck. A
door was opened and four hunks were Wis
IDLE Three OF these were occupied, two
by chinese who Seemed as healthy as the
reek!ns tunes OF opium IN close quarters
n .lgxa -.
gave his name as All Moor, protested to be
the person sought for. There was nothing
about his appearance to indicate either
dellrIum or external injury to the head, nd
he answered questions quite cOheTentiy. In
reply to questions he admitted that he had
tried to jump off a train and that his head
W as heap soft now. He put his band to
II in suggestive way The reporter a once
aTrly ed at the conclusion that the man was
merely repeating tale gotten up for the
purpose and that the real sufferer was in hid
Ing somewhere. But TO inducements could
persuade ANY OF the MongoliaDs to admit
that Sucn case was on board, unless II was
this man, All Moon. The story Of the real
patient, A Sin, whom the reporter had ex-
celient reason TO believe 10 be strapped
down Ill a deliri0us condition somewhere
out of sight, was as follows: Four months
ago he was trying TO cross the frontier from
British Columbia, was arrested, and sent to
III port TO be transhipped to China.
sun on the road to Benicia, and
while the cars We're running at the
rate OF 40 miles an hour, An SIN Jumped
out lie was very badly injured, especially
about the head, and after some delay was
put aboard the China, where he has been
detained ever since. In reply to questions
the Monaghan who pretended to be All
Sin said lie had been on board zone moon"
or four weeks. As the China has not been
in port so long il was inferred that he had
haa fraF rrnJf rTn fhar pI
is frequently done. Deputy Surveyor Var
ney Gaskill admitted mat there was a man
on board the China iujI red, as All Sin was
sa id to have been, but that he did not KNOW
what MI. Phelps would do with the man.
WANT HIM ASHORE.
The Chinese on board had expressed a
great desire To have the fellow taken ashore
ior treatment. insisting that he would die if
not removed. As such an event would
save the steamer money, II being cheaper to
bury a Chinese than TO return him to his
own country and nurse him, there appeared
to be sORe ground for the assertion that he
had received very little medical attention.
The case viii certainly bear investigation.
Captain r. j. r. Alden of Piper, Alden
81 Co. paid visit 10 this city Yesterday for
the first time since his recovery from his re-
cent illness. he will 60 to-day 10 Eureka
wi tn Captain Oakley and A. E. Pryor on a
10 days hunting and fishing Trip.
Captain Plummer of the steamer ALki
gently purchased in Sitka, Alaska,
loaded cane, of which the washers are COM
posed of $50 transverse sections of the horns
OF as many cattle, slaughtered By a cowboy,
who had made the cane himself. Ii was
put up for rattle at $40, but Captain Plum
mer secured II for Sl0 and brought it TO this
city.
The steam-schooner Lakme is loading at
FTemont-street wharf for Central America
anu way ports and will bring back coffee.
The Lakme has been remarkably successful
in securing cargoeS.
The rails for the belt railroad extension
have been received, and it is expected that
the line will be in operation from Broad
way TO Powell street in n few weeks. Side
tracks Will be laid on PO@ell-stTeet wharf
and on al the seawall lots tor the special
accommodation of the grain trade.
Captain Hunts and crew of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company's steamer Mexi-
co have received testimonial from the first
Alaska excursion party, which has Just
arrived at Port Townsend. The party was
delighted with the sights and sounds of the
seacOast of the famous Territory.
The Scow- schUonerS Alpine, Shasta and
Pln0ie of Piper. Alden 81 Co. line are busy
unloading sulphur from the Thirlmere and
Queen, at Pacl6c-street wharf. The cargo
Is being got out in all haste, as the powder
works were on the verge OF shutting down
for want Of the sulphur
Two sailors, named John Forsyth and
David Moore, belonging to the British snip
Dunsyre, got drunk and tried to run the
ship yesterday morning. Captain Gunson
obtained police assistance and booked the
men at the North Harbor station for dis
turbing the peace.
The bark Enoeh Talbot, which has been
lying in Oakland Greek for The past six
months, was brought over to little Main
street wharf yesterday TO be fitted for sea.
The house of the Governments steamer
Mcdowell has been moved from Washing
ton to Clay-street wharf.
Rapid progress is being made in removing
tie dilapidated outer portion OF Fremont
street wharf AS fast as the ;les are
dredged up they are tied into RATS and
lowed TO section 3 OF the new Seawall TO be
used in its construction.
Since Center street wharf has been taken
over by the Harbor Commissioners coa-
siderable amount of business has been done
there, many vessels which used TO 20 up
10 Third street now using Center wharf.
The removes Yesterday were the schooner
Courser from Beale 10 sea, the ship Dun
syTe from Pacific 10 Martinez, the schooner
Robert Levers from the stream to the re-
finerv, the baIkentine kukitat from Mission
flats 10 Fourth the John c. Potter from The
refinery 10 Oakland Creek. the Lord
Shaftesbury from the stream TO the Long
bridge, the Cashmere from Mission to
stream, the olunteer 10 the oil works, and
the Spartan from Main TO sea. To-day the
Scottish Moors will move to Martinez to lie
up, and the schooner Oceaua Vance from
the stream to Oakland Creek.
The CUlima has doeked at the Mail dock
to take the place of the George w. Elder,
which has been laid up at Sausalito.
AT HALFMASr
The schooner Volunteer, Captain Lane,
came in with her flag nalfmasted in cOnse-
Quence of the death of the captains son
while on board the barkentine Cleaner at
Grays HaTbor. The Volunteer is owned by
the Simpson Lumber Company of this city.
The schooner Marietta has been chartered
through Bender Brothers by Captain How
ard OF the Sierra Mining Company TO run
between Sierra Island and San Diego with
ore, which will be shipped up here to be
smelted.