The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

from Boston 10 the Southern Seas. Cap
tain Slocum has great faith in his little
craft, and says he intends circumnavigat-
ing the globe in her. Chief Engineer
Little of the Alameda was aboard the
little sloop, and says she is a remarkably
comfortable boat for her size. On her way
from Boston she stopped at numerous
ports and made her way into the Pacific
through the Straits of Magellan. From
Samoa Captain Siocum will visit all points
of interest in the Southern Seas and will
then go to the Orient, returning home via
San Francisco.
The schooner Ocean Spray played havoc
with section l of the seawan yesterday.
Captain Nelson attem pied to sail for Iger-
sons Landing, but his crew was more or
less under the influence of liquor, so the
schooner ran into the grainshed and poked
two holes in it. Then another start was
made and again the Ocean Spray came
about and ran into the shed. On the third
attempt Captain Nelson got his vessel as
far as Powell-street wharf, where he came
to an anchor. The schooner's martingale
and bowsprit were badly damaged, and
she will have to be docked for repairs.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's Aus
tralia sailed for Honolulu yesterday with
the following-named cabin passengers:
Brother Albert, Sister Albertine, Miss
Angus, T. ]. Birch, John Boehn and wife,
Miss Grace Carroll, Miss G. A. Carter,
Miss C. J. Carter, c. NJ. Cooke, c.. J.
dren, s. II. Davis, Brother Edward
Ellen EIwell, Mrs. T. r. Foster, Mrs. II.
Gum and child, w. B. Godfrey Jr.,
Miss Hadley. A. b. ingalls, and wife,
Brother James, Brother Joseph, Miss E.
P. Judd, DR.. s. Robayaski, Mrs. J. NJ.
Kitchen; ]. II. kirkpatrick, wife and
child; John Landers. Miss Lawrence; II.
F. Lewis, wife and maid; W. f. MacMil-
Ian, Miss Moore, Colonel George D. Morse.
The Southern Pacific overland train was
late, as usual, and number of people who
are en- route for visit to the P aradise of
the Pacific missed the boat. One gentle
man was particularly anxious to get away,
and took hack to Meiggs wharf in vain
attempt to intercept the steamer. He is q
consumptive and was anxious to reach the
genial climate of the island republic.
The Pacific Mail Com pany's steamer Rio
de Janeiro arrived from Hongkong via
Yokohama and Honolulu yesterday. Her
cabin passengers were: Colonel Wit
kowsky, Miss Witkowsky, George d. Wise,
d. o. Raynor, Miss H. Lewis, Mrs. Nyrup
and two children, G.. Lefevre, Mrs. Hrnce-
lot and two children, James g. Harwood,
s. z. Harwood, Captain Lindestrom. Rev.
Ir 1 .. ~, a, DSi1' \ IL a.. - p
Melendez, Mrs. W. r. Eckart, Miss Eek
art, Il. II. Hough, U. S. N, G. r. Gim-
ther s. Il. Pell, john Lieag, G. B. Gene
want, a. II. Wilkie. j. H. Fax, David
MIizendorf, ]. Curing.
Father L. l. Conrardy has been for eight
years In charge of the Catholic mission at
the ieper settlement in Molokai. He IS
troubled with asthma, and while here for
treatment will be the guest of Archbi shop
hloroan. The reverend gentleman has no
1eiIn IN the Goto cure, and says it is only
paiIlatlVe. 1t was used in the Kalihi sta
tioh under the most favorable circum-
s!ances, and cure was never accom-
plished, although the patients got much
rellef This will be bad news for the
iiepers now using the cure at the Pest
house.
The Rio was swept by typhoon during
ner last Trip to China, and was on the dry
uock at dongkong when the second storm
oroke over the Orient. The German gun-
Doat isis was driven ashore and eleven of
ner crew were drowned A Chinese gun
boat went ashore, but was got off. over
seventy ]unks were wrecked
The German warship was driven be-
tween two rocks and her back broke. The
forward part held fast with eleven men
on 1t, but the after part went down with
all hands. The only names of the
drowned brought over by the Rio are:
Commander Braunn, Lie uten ants Hol-
bach, Fraunstadt. Prasse, Seig~on and
Hilderbrandt, Navigator Ihobacn. Assist
ant Paymaster -, Engineer Hill. an
Englishman.
The eleven men on the forward part of