The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
FELT THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE FOG
A Big Fleet of Steamers
and Steam SchoonerS
Arrived.
The Belgic From the Orient Was
One of the First to Get in
and Drop Anchor.
SHE HAD NoTABLEs ABOARD.
More DisgruntIed Miners Arrive From
Alaska on the Schooner Emma
and Louisa.
SHE HAD NoTABLEs ABOARD.

The Occidental and Oriental ship
Company's Belgic arrived from Hongkong
via Yokohama yesterday. The cabin
passengers were Prince Michel Hikoff
and son, Lieutenant Gregoire Tschertkoff
Mrs. R. Marshall Allen, Vassely Blocka-
koff, Miss NJ. f. Wheeler, DR.. w. R.
Scroggs and Mrs. Scroggs. Prince Hill
koff is Imperial Minister of Ways of Com
mun1cation in Russia, and is on his way
to New York and the East on pleasure
trip.
When the Belgic got in she came to an
anchor off Meiggs wharf, while DR.. Blue
the United States quarantine officer and
DR.. Chalmers the State quarantine officer
went over the vessel. There were eight
Japanese and 1877 Chinese in the steerage.
The latter were put aboard the United
States quarantine boat and taken to Angel
Island, where they Will be examined.
When all this preliminary work had been
gone through 1t was too late on the tide
to dock the vessel, so she steamed up into
Mission Bay and again came to an anchor.
In the meantime, Prince Hilkoff and his
party was landed in the quarantine boat
Governor Perkins and at once went to the
Palace Hotel.
The captain of the Belgic found no diff
Guilty in making port in the fog, and came
to an anchor close to the revenue cutters
Perry and Rush. During the day it was
almost impossible to see across the Golden
Gate, but, nevertheless, fourteen St amers
and several sailing vessels found their
way in. Among them was the steam
schooner Farallon, that left Eureka two
hours after the Monadnock. The latter
is probably outside in the fog and will
come in when it lifts. The sealing
schooner Rather was passed twelve miles
off ~ I'm, htlt 10 frnf IN
during the night.
The British ship Kelat also got in. S he
went from Muritias to Victoria, B. c.. in
ballast, but was outside of Cape Flattery
for over q week before a tug picked her
up. During that time she twice narrowly
escaped going ashore in Gains, and on ar
irving at her destination Captain Kursen
was informed that he had to come to San
Francisco to load. As soon as her ballast
is out the vessel will be filed with wheat
for Europe.
Another vessel that got in was the Rus
sian steamer Kotik. She brought in the
most valuable fur cargo that ever came
into port. Among the shipload of skins
were IA, 418 seal, 134 sea otter 1900 blue
fox, 1876 bear, 4014 sable, 3137 red fox,
4641 fawn, 383 martin, 200 ermine. 419 land
otter, beside thousands of white fox and
deer and four silver fox skins. The cap
tain of the Kotik reports that in Oonamak
Pass he sighted a steam schooner which
he took to be the Jennie bound to San
Francisco.
The one-time sealing schooner Emma
and Louisa, with thirty miners from
Alaska, also reached port. The men tell
the same story as that related by the men
who came back on the Prosper. They
clubbed together when the gold fever was
at it's height and purchased tine schooner
from Ross & Hewlett. James ]. Wake
L. Il i
turned out to be a dismal failure. Colors
of gold could be seen everywhere, but no.
where could it be found in paving guam
tites. Sick and disheartened the miners
packed up their belongings and returned
to San Francisco. The Prosper and Emma
and Louisa are now for sale.
People on the water front are asking
what has become OF the Lena L. The
captain of the Prosper reports that she
left Alaska before his vessel last August
for San Francisco, and she has not been
heard of since. The Schooner was formerly
a tug, but was almost consumed in a fire.
Her owners took the machinery out and
built another vessel The remains of the
burnt tug were sold 10 Captain E. Wey-
man, who rebuilt her and made the re-
mains into good-looking schooner. Wey-
man was formerly owner of the halibut
schooner Ellwood, that was lost in Alas
kan waters, and he took the Lena L north
on a fishing and trading cruise. His
friends think that he has stopped on his
way down and will get in all right.
Among the Mariposa's cargo will be
twenty tons of leather for Sydney and
thirty cases OF lager beer for New Zealand.
This is one of the first shipments of the
latter commodity that has ever gone from
a San Francisco brewery.
The steam schooner Tillamook is having
her boilers replaced and the Greenwood
her engines overhauled. Both vessels will
be ready for service again in few days.
Captain Shaw of the Red Stack Com
pany's tug Redmond did a clever piece of
work yesterday He was docking the Ger
man bark Bertha, and in order to each
her berth had to pass between two British
ships. The way was narrow and strong
food tide was running. Captain Shaw
took the Bertha in at full speed and made
as clever landing as has been seen on
the water front in many day.
The wife and family of Phil Riley. who
was killed by William Britten in North
Beach saloon, are destitute. His life was
insured up TO within week of his MUIR
der, but he then gave it up. saying he
could not afford to pay the premium. A
subscription to aid the widow is now being
taken up on the water front.
The Spreckels tug Rescue went up to
Eureka yesterday to tow down the
fitted with machinery at the Oakland Iron
Works and will then go into the lum ber-
carrying trade.
The Pacific Mail Com pany's China will
sail for the Orient at P. NJ, as will all the
steamers of that line. This is done in
order to allow the steamers to make good
ofing before dark.
The steamer Afognak that got in yes
terday brought down Captain Miller and
crew OF the wrecked bark James A. Bor-
land. Captain Miller says that the gaIcin
which the vessel was wrecked was a very
heavy one and that the Borland was
driven ashore IN spite of the best efforts of
the crew.
The following graduates of the McNeyin
School OF Navigation have been granted
certificates by the Chamber of Commerce:
Charles I. Rodin, United States license as
master of steam vessels; C. F Keilgard,
United States license as master of steam
vessels; +. O. Carlson, United States
license as mate of steam vessels; An
drew Hovland, Cham ber OF Commerce
license as mate; and V. H. Generaux,
Cham Der of Commerce license as mate
The steamer Mary Garratt when docking
Yesterday morning ran into the wharf and
knocked out half a dozen piles. The
vessel was not damaged. The accident
WAS due to the fact that scow was in the