The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
The Pacific Mail Company's
Steamer Peru in a Heavy
Storm.
SHE Is ToPHEAvY as USUAL.
Her Cabins and Staterooms Are Filled
With Tea-Other News
Items.

Quarantine Officer Chalmers and the
customs officials were kept very busy
yesterday, for three deep-water steamers
arrived. The Pacific Coast Steamship
Company's City of Puebla came from
Puget Sound ports, the Pacific Mail Com
pany's Peru from the Orient and the
Oceanic Steamship Companys Australia.
The City of Puebla and the Australia had
uneventful trips, but the Peru had ter
rible experience for twenty-four hours.
This was last Sunday and Monday. 1t
blew living gale, and on several occa-
sions the crew held their breaths, thinking
the steamer, like the Colima, would ''turn
turtle" and go down. It was an awful ex-
perience. Captain Friele was equal to the
emergency, however, and brought his ship
through without mlshap.
The Peru brings an enormous cargo and,
like the Colima, she was topheayy. When
the word enormous" is used it refers
more to val ue than to bulk. 1t consisted
principally OF teas and silks. OF the latter
there were 1900 bales, and as to the tea, it
simply was everywhere. Staterooms both
on the hurricane and main deck were
filed with 1t.
fore and aft were filed, and it even in
vaded the officers quarters. From one end
of the ship to the other 1t was tea, tea, tea,
while here and there an occasional bale of
silk was to be seen. "Our cargo consists
mainly of tea, curios and silks, said one
of the officers yesterday, and the appear
ance of the vessel bore him out. In spite
of her enormous" cargo she loomed up as
though she had not thousand tons in her
hold. It is simply another instance of the
Pacific Mail Company sending vessel
with big but topheavy cargo to sea.
The Peru did not bring many passen-
gers. The full list is as follows:
Mrs R. Pollak, Lieutenant D. Daehm. Albert
Lessere, Lieutenant Colonel E. Baefe, C. P.
Low, sydney Keith, Lieutenant Andre de
Pokrowsky, E. D. Oppenheimer, S. Nishikata,
Lieutenant G. O. W. Won Spaeh, Dr.. Maurice
Artees, K ]. Okamoto, Z. c. Wright and n.
Unmagay.
Among these s. Nishikata and K. J.
Okamoto are electricians, and are on their
way to Europe to attend the Electrical
congress to be held in Europe next month.
They laugh at the telegraph statement
that Japan is going to spend 100000, 900
on warships, and say the story is fake
At the congress Messrs. Okamoto and
Nishikata of the Department of War and
Communication" will advocate the build
ing of cable between Japan and Formosa
and endeavor to interest European capital
in the scheme.
The Russian officers who came over on
the Peru refused to discuss the situa ton
in the Orient. Lieutenant Andre de
Pokrowsky, however, admitted that Rus
sia was strengthening her Asiatic fleet,
and intimations were given by the others
that a naval station dominated by the
Gear would be established very near
Port Arthur, in spite of England's pro-
test.
The City of Puebla brought down
large number of passengers and light
cargo.
The yacht Eleanor was to have started
for San Diego yesterday, but her million
aire owner changed his mind, and after
circling around the bay twice came to an
anchor again off Washington street
wharf. Steam is kept up all the time, and
the chances are that start will be made
to-day.
TON" Casey was appointed collector at
sections 3 and by the Harbor Commits
sioners last week. His commission dated
from the 1st inst. but Tom did not assume
control. He explained matters in shame
faced kind of way yesterday. sit just
amounted to this" said he. 'The women
folks won't listen to such a thing as start
ing new job on Friday. They insisted
it was unlucky, and although l tried to
laugh them out of the superstition, they
stuck to it and, WELL you know a woman
will get ber own way. l simply had 10
beg OFF for day and start work day later
than my commission called for. That's
one occasion on which a woman and her
superstition got the better OF me.'
There was an amusing scene at Main
street wharf yesterday, in which A. j.
Dunnell, the British Consul to Cham
perico, and Alec Mclean, the well-known
sealing skipper, figured. The Consul had
engaged passage on the schooner Una and
Dan Mclean, having fixed up all his
troubles in q satisfactory manner, was en-
route to Central America to bring the
schooner Nicolene to San Francisco Dun
nell wanted to make visit to some friends
uptown and Captain Hawkins allowed
him until P. NJ. in which to do his busi-
ness. At that hour the Consul was not in
sight and the tug being alongside start
was made. Wharinger Dryden called out
to Hawkins that the Britisher was not
aboard and the skipper at once made
stop and bundled all the Consuls belong
ings ashore.
Just about this time Dunnell was seen
running at great rate from the Mail dock
and wildly gesticuIating. The Una was
away from the dock, and Captain Hawkins
was again appealed to. A boat was Sc
cured and the various satchels and trunks
of her Maiesty's representative were low
cred into it. Alec Mclean, who was down
to see his brother off, was assisting in the
lowering of the things when he lost his
balance, and he and trunk went into the
bay. Both were fshed out, but the sealer
had not words enough at command to give
an ADEQUATE idea of what he thoupht of