The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03

and said she would take the risks of catch
ing the fever and smallpox. when we
reached Rio, said Captain Gibbons, ''the
epidemic was at it's worst. Men were dy-
ing every hour and | have seen dozen
corpses taken from the ships surrounding
us in day. Several OF the crew of the
Edenballymore died, but strange TO say,
there was never case of sickness on the
Fanny Kerr.
s'From Rio both ships went to Newcastle.
and as some of the men on the Edenbally-
more died during the voyage the entire
ships crew was sent to Sydney to be quar-
antined. l was laughing at Captain MAYS
misfortune and congratulating myself on
having sent my wife over by steamer.
when the Orient steamer Cusco arrived
flying the yellow flag. Mrs. Gibbons was
on board her and she was sent to ouaran-
tine to keep Mrs. May company. The lat
ter was released just in time to catch the
Edenballymore, but / came near to leay. sN
ing my wife behind. The Fanny Kerr was
under way when saw a steamer making
port. / decided to wait for her, and sure
enough Mrs. Gibbons was on board. We
had pleasant passage to San Francisco.
but | would have liked a little more
wind.
Oh. honey, while our pockets full of money,
Come and trip. trip, trip, come and trip it on the
quey,
For the winds in the sail and the thunder in the
gale
And the good ship plunging TO be free
Fred Ferguson, chief officer of the
American bark Aureola, descended the
gang plank OF his vessel at Center street
yesterday singing the above song. Half
an hour later he was not tripping it on the
quey, but he was driving couple of young
damsels at furious rate along Howard
street. A mounted policeman gave chase
and an exciting race to the water front
ensued. At the corner of East and Howard
Ferguson collided with a cable-car. and
during the pause that followed, Officer
CIisham secured his man and took him to
the Harbor Police Station, where he was
charged with furious driving" The girls
were allowed to go home and the horse
and buggy were sent back to the stable.
A late hour in the afternoon Ferguson
was still singing away in his cell, "There
was sweet-eyed Margaret and trim-set
Sail, and sweet Kitty from the north
countree."
James McDougal and his wife of Oak
land had an experience In the bay yester-
day that they are not likely to forget in
hurry. They started from long wharf in
row boat to visit the coast defense vessel
Monterey. When in midchannel the
wash from the ferry steamer Bay CITY
caused the little craft to roll a great de al
and Mrs. McDougal in her terror threw
herself against the rail and overturned
the boat. Luckily there were two White
hall boats in the vicinity and both the
people were rescued in few minutes.
Mrs. McDougal was far more calm and
self-possessed in the water than she had
been in the boat and did not make
struggle while being hauled into the
Whitehall
The gullibility of the general public was
amply illustrated on the water front yes
terday. For some time past the papers
have been publishing telegrams about GER
tain districts in California where the
orange crop was partly spoiled by the
frost. This fruit has been shipped to San
Francisco, but as it is perfectly worthless
there is no sale. A couple of peddlers
struck on scheme by which they could