The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15

that the supports of the combustion cham
pairs were necessary. When these were
completed. the Miowera made fresh start
and reached Puget Sound in safety.
When the steamer got back to Sydney
some of the cabin passengers left her, and
one of them, g. W. DIckerman, came over
on the Alameda. He insists that the Mio-
vera was not we'll found, and asserts that
he wrote to the Sydney Morning Herald
and Daily Telegraph to that effect but the
papers mentioned refused to publish his
statement. The Miowera is the steamer
that went on the reef at Honolulu and on
the rocks off the coast of Norway.
Charlie Fairs new yacht Lucero seems
TO be etiil IN the unfortunate class" She
was brought over from Sausalito yester-
street wharf ran into the shed and
damaged her standing rigging. She is
now being fitted out for a cruise, and took
on board q full supply of gasoline. Every
thing will be in readiness about the 1st of
next month, and then Mr.. Fair and his
friends will make trip up the Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers. Governor Budd
in company with George A. knight in
spected the pretty little craft during the
afternoon, and the Governor was loud In
his praises of her. He knows all about
gasoline launches, and thinks the Lucero
will be success.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
China sailed for the Orient yesterday.
The managers of the concern were careful
to see that she could not get into the same
predicament as the Rio de Janeiro, as they
put nearly 500 tons of extra coal aboard.
The China took away 43 cabin passen-
oar of w hnro On1v a for Hon oh
and 126 steerage, of whom 100 were Chinese
for the Flowery Kingdom. Among the
cabin passengers was General George Will
ltams, who is going to Yokohama to repre-
sent the Cramps. He expects to be able
to secure q contract for building q ship
for the new Japanese navy. General Mana
ger Fillmore of the Southern Pacific and
Irving M. Scott of the Union Iron Works
were down to see him off.
J. Sohii, a Japanese sailor boarding. g.house
keeper, was also cabin passenger. Some
say he has gone to Japan to escape from a
white wife of whom he is tired; others say
he will be back inside of two months with
consignment OF japanese, who will be
ready to fill vacancies on vessels that may
be short of sailors during the summer
months. About a month ago Sohji at
tempted to get away, but his wife locked
up all his belongings and he was compelled
to come to terms.
Mao Nebraka, manager OF the Yoko-
hama Specie Bank, and the Japanese Con-
sul-General to Mexico were also passen-
gers. The respect in which Mr.. Nebraka
is held in the mercantile community was
shown by the number of business men
who were down to see him off. He estab-
lished the bank here five years ago, and is
now going home for a rest. The lnstitrl-
ton Is the only concern of its kind in this
City run exclusively by Japanese.
A driver OF one OF the Viking Brewing
Company's wagons had O narrow escape
for his life on the front yesterday. The
back axle broke and the borses bolted. As
they dashed around the corner of Spear
street and the bulkhead the driver was
thrown out and picked up in an uncon-
scious condition. The horses were stopped
near Main street, but not until one of
them had fallen and was so badly hurt
that be had to be shot. The driver was
revived and was afterward able to repair
damages and drive his wagon home with
one horse.
The ship Two Brothers will dock at
Main-street wharf for O thorough over
hauling tomorrow. AS soon as she is
fixed up she will go to the canneries for
the Alaska Packers Association.
The revenue cutter Rush was more Sc
riously damaged in her collision with the
steamer Peter Jebsen than was at first
thought. Eleven planks were put in, and
she is now as good as ever.
The ship Rhoderick Dhu, which was re-
Gently purchased by San Francisco par
ties, will sail for Hawaii tomorrow. She
has, on board forty mules that were sold
recently by the United States Government,
and their owners expect to make a good
profit on them in Honolulu. Captain
Slater, formerly mate of the bark Gath
erer. will take the ship to Honolulu as
captain. James Madison has too much
urgent business on hand to leave the City
at this time.
Cannon balls. shrapnel and old shells,
condemned by the naval authorities, are
coming down from Mare Island by the
boatload. Piper, Alden, Goodall & Co.'s
schooners Pinole and Solano each brought
down a load yesterday and there is more
to come. Some of the stuff was munitions
OF war during the civil strife and it will
now be turned into old iron. A lot of cloth
ing sold at the same time came down on
the steamer Herald, but when the vessel
reached San Francisco the quantity had
shrunk considerably. The deckhands ON