The morning call., 1894-02-11
DUE NEXT MONTH.
The SOmali Changed Her
Course.
Reinsurance Goes Down-CargC
Thieves at Work-A Change of
Steamers-Marine Notes.

Perhaps the reinsurance of the Somali,
now out 1O1 days from Hong Kong, was a
little premature. Fifteen per cent has
been paid, and as high as IS per cent
asked. The average passage of a sailing
vessel between Hong Kong and San Fran
cisco is sixty days, but 1t now transpires
that the Somali when last spoken was 100
miles off her course. and the supposition is
that Captain Hannay is taking the regular
route OF the vessels which ply between
here and Australia. in which case he
could not be sighted outside before the
early part of March.
1t is stated that reinsurance took a smart
drop when. after a consultation, ship
owners had come to this conclusion.
Hobbs. Wall & Co.'s steamer Del Norte
is TO be Withdrawn from the Yaauina Bay
route and the steamer Homer will take her
place. The Del Norte lacks about 100 tons
Of being large enough to handle the South
ern Oregon freight. and additional capae-
ity was found to be necessary to insure a
profit to her charterers. The Homer is of
501.17 gross tonnage and can manage the
Oregon Pacific's business with better dis
patch. ar the same time insuring her own
ers against loss. Captain Denny will take
command of the Homer, and Captain
Roberts of the Ia tier is to assume command
of the steamer Farallon now UNDERGOING
repairs and presumably to be chartered to
the George DERRICK Company in place of
the Homer.
Cargo thieves are still at work on the
north end OF the water front. The night
before last an attempt was made to steal
several sacks of coffee discharged from
the Saturn at Lombard-strset wharf. A
small boat came alongside the wharf. In
the craft were several hoodlums, who en-
deavored to drag the sacks of coffee into
their clutches by means of rope tied In a
moose. The wharf watchman frightened
the thieves away before they could secure
any booty. A sack of coffee is worth
about S24 and would have been q valuable
| prize for wharfrat.
Officer Crosby arrested Antoine Oueto.
an Italian fisherman. yesterday morning.
| on warrant sworn out several days ago.
Oneto battered his wife, Rosa Oneto, in
such a horrible manner that she has NOT
been able to leave her home at 900 Union
street since her husband attacked her.
four days ago. In the meanwhile Antoine
| has been in hiding. Thinking that the
| authorities had forgotten all about his
case. the brutal Oneto appeared in public
at Fishermen's wharf in the morning, and
was promptly arrested. He will be Wig
orously prosecuted, as this is his second
Offense of wife-beating.
IL was rather too windy on the bay for
the visiting Fire Chiefs TO enjoy their trip
about the harbOr on the tug Fearless yes
terday. The tug returned 10 the Oceanic
dock at 80. and although some Of Der
passengers owned that they had felt "a
little sick" during portions of the trip the
majority claimed that they had had "a
! frst-elass time"
The State fire tug. Governor Markham.
will furnish the power for an exhibition
of the city Fire Departments water-tower.
which will take place this afternoon at
/ Howard-street wharf for the edihcatlon OF
| the visiting firemen.
| The sch ooner Viking is loaded with gen.
/ eral merchandise and lumber for Mazat-
| Ian. She goes into the stream to-day to
| take on a consignment Of dynamite.
Tomorrow the whaling bark Andrew
| Hicks will be brought over from Oakland
| Creek to Fremont-street dock TO TT out.
The steamship Australia, Captain Houd-
J Iette. arrived at 6 o'clock last evening from