The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-22

The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
pays about % per cent Of the total income
of the city front. The total of the ferry
sims is $8905.
The following cabin passengers sailed on
the Oriental and Occidental steamship
Coptic yesterday:
For Observation-Disclosures N. McQuaid, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis Mills, W. II. Shearer, Mrs. Lieuten-
ant Il. P. Dixon and 6. C. Broome
For Yokohama-H. L. Lacazettes, Miss K.
Lindsay, Mrs. J. :. HaFgreaves, Miss Sarah S.
SpFague, Mr.. and Mrs. Livingston Roe, Bishop
John McKim and family, Rev. j. N. and Mrs.
Francis c. II. DenisOn, @. w. Rhee, Mrs. c. II.
Denison, DR.. r. Holta, Dr. Philip Jaisohn, Leo
D. Stein, Fred ". Stein, Mr. and Mrs. c. D. Ma
Grath Rev. J. Davis, L. S. j. Hunt Rev. c. e.
Rice and Nieis L. J. Gron.
For HongkOng-Captain Roosevelt Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. IL. II. Smith, J. Thomas and valet,
Mrs. J. Thomas and maid, B. Tozer and valet,
F. J. Bardens, F. Shipton Edwin Fowler Miss
Hattie ST. John, c. 6. Mead, Mrs. }. II. Kinder.
Mrs. Kinder is the wife of the new cap
tain OF the Belgic, and goes to Hongkong
to join her husband. Ellis Mills is the
United States Consul-General at Honolulu
on his return to his post from a vacation.
About 500 Chinese took passage in the
steerage.
The American ship Shenandoah sailed
Yesterday for New York with almost 5000
tons of merchandise aboard. Several hun
dred people were on the wharf to see the
splendid vessel pull out on her long voy-
age. One person, however. was not so en-
thusiastic over the ship. He was sailor
who had drawn and given his advance to
the clearinghouse masters, as sailors al
ways do, and then concluded that he
would not go to sea. He swan ashore,
but was captured and taken back to the
vessel. How about the Mcguire act,
which says no advance shall be taken from
a sailor, and neither shall he be forced
aboard OF ship?
The Pacific Mail steamship City OF Rio
de Janeiro arrived yesterday from the
Orient, being delayed one day by very I'M
favorable weather, which continued all
the trip. She had two cabin passenger,
H. d. Newcomb and John Connolly, the
latter the son of the United States Consul
at Kobe, Japan.
Advices from the Orient by the steam
ship Rio Janeiro state that the Japanese
officials have used the censor's scissors
upon the columns of the Shin Sekai,
japanese paper published in this City.
The recent issue of that journal, No. 407.
contained matter prejudicial to the public
peace of Japan, and the Minister of Home
Affairs prohibited its circulation in the
empire.
War talk is loud among the Russians
and their fleets are ready for trouble.
Forts and docks are being hastily con-
ot1 uCbSo at lo~lf ootOGlN IL VIC" VI al I'M
mediate conflict with England at a cost of
so, 000, 900 rubles.
By the Rio is learned the details of the
terrible explosion and loss of 800 lives in
the troopship Kungpai, which was lost
October IA. All the officers except an
engineer were drowned. and none of the
people on board escaped injury. The
steamer took fire from the first powder
explosion, which soon caused a second,
splitting the vessel in two and sinking her
in few minutes. She had 700 soldiers on
board, and only about 100 were rescued.
Many of the survivors are in the hospital.