The morning call., 1892-10-15
SIZE BROUGHT NO OPIUM.
The Steamer Oceanic Returns
From China.
A RICH CARGO OF SILKS.
An UneventfuI Trip Across the Pacifc-Condl'
tion Of the Scurvy Patients-Water-
Front Notes.

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house at 1880 o'clock yesterday morning.
and as she had clean bill OF health pro-
ceeded to dock at once.
She was twenty-four and half days from
Hong Kong and thirteen and half days
from Yokohama. She arrived here one day
late because she was detained thirty-six
hours at the point of departure to put Oh q
load OF silk. This alone Is worth over
two and half million dollars. and with the
other goods on board makes 1t one OF the
most valuable cargoes ever brought TO this
port
The first part of the voyage was very
rough. and during a gale Freight Clerk
| Gerard OIton was thrown to the deck and
severely injured. The rest of the voyage
was uneventful.
The most unusual thing about the voy-
age is that there was not an ounce OF opium
on the vessel, that is as freight. There may
be some concealed in the cargo.
There were nineteen cabin passengers
and ten steerage, as we'll as the usual gang
of Chinese seeking admission into the coun-
try Among the latter were three girls VINO
were born in California and IL is said be-
long to good families in the Flowery King
dom They speak English as good as any,
body and have made several visits TO the
home of their forefathers. They Will very
likely be landed to-day.
Among the passengers were two worries
Fair commissioners from Japan, who came
to make arrangements for the exhibit from
their country. The gentlemen's names are
S. Tijma and X. Kaniski. and they say
their exhibit will weigh over 1000 tons and
be worth over S1,000,000. The things ex-
| hibited will be the usual art works OF the
| country, but Will be of the finest kind, and
many will be samples OF art never before
seen in this country.
The exhibit will come over 10 January
and be taken at once to the building on the
Worlds Fair grounds. The selections were
made by the Imperial Museum and the Art
School OF Japan.
Z. G. Low and wife from Shanghai were
also among the passengers. Mr.. Low was
formerly a merchant in the Orient, but has
now retired. He says business all over
| China is very dull.
c. NJ. Bryand. who for the last seven
years has been in the employ OF the Chinese
| Government, also came over on the Oceanic
He is on a tour around the world and may
lecture in San Francisco.
Howard Martin, Secretary OF the Ameri-
| can Legation IN China, was also passenger
on the Oceanic.
A dispatch from London states that the
| ship ManydOwn, which was last reported
| from Rio Janeiro. has arrived there with
her cargo heated, and has been ordered into
! quarantine.
| EolAttcu ChS6o VI SdiAlVu tudt WclS DCiHE
loaded into the ship George StetsOn yester--
| day at about O'Clock went overheard and
| the greater number of them were not recOv-
cred. The accident was caused by some
| difficulty with the throtte-valve OF the
! dOnkey-engine which would not close.
The engine kept running and hoisted the
load up to the boom, when the ropes broke
and allowed it to drop overheard.
| A large whaeboat without a name was
washed ashore at the Ocean beach House
yesterday morning. 1t was in good condl-
ton and did not appear to have been in the
water very long.
The sick men from the ship Hawaiian
Isles, who were sent 10 the Marine Hospital
last Thursday, are reported to be doing
very well.
Dr. Lawlor says some of them will be
able 10 bsaround in a few days, and the
| worst case. that Of Switzerland, will be
about cured in month. The victim, how
ever, will never be the same man again
| that he was before he was stricken. 1t
| turns out now that there was plenty of
! fresh water in the donkey-engin boiler
| that would have lasted several days.
DR.. LawlOr's opinion Is that the men are
| good deal to blame for their condition.
1t seems they would eat the grease FROM the
top OF the water in which the salt pork was
| boiled. This is the worst stuff they could
have put into their stomachs. and every sea.
man knows ii. These men would steal the
stuff as long as they were able TO be around
anu wien buey were cONul6u 10 their OunKS
II was the only thing they could get down
their Threats, so terribly were their gums
| swollen.
At the hospital they are being fed prin-
cipally on grapes as that is the best known
remedy for the disgusting disease.
at about O'clock yesterday morning
a sailor, known as Ole Olsen, while helping
another man handle the main sheet when
wearing ship. on board the pilot boat Bonita,
fell overheard.
In less than two minutes after the cry OF
MAN overheard" was heard small boat
was lowered and sent TO his rescue. The
search for him, however, was in vain, as
they never saw or heard him again.
The sea was very smooth at the time and
1t would have been an easy matter to res
cue person that had remained afloat for q
few moments. The man must have been
struck and knocked senseless by the boom
or else was no swimmer. as be seemed TO GO
TO the bottom at once.