The San Francisco call., 1897-04-12
THE GAELIC IN AGAIN,
People at the Ferries Played
Football With a $500 Roll
of Greenbacks.
Two Paper Vendors Secured the Bulk
Of the Money, but Gave 1t
Up 10 the Polio.

The Gaelic was 2S days % hours and "a
minutes from Hongkong and days 13
hours and "a minutes from Honolulu. At
the latter port a stop OF twenty-four hours
was made to enable the Chinese Minister
10 inquire into some matters in connec-
ton with cody labor on the islands. The
steamer brought up 55 cabin passengers,
II Chinese and Europeans in the second
class and AZ japanese for a colony in Mex
leo and 202 Chinese in the steerage OF
the latter nearly all are bound for Nash
vile, Tenn, where they are to form part
of a Chinese village. They are only the
advance guard, however, as at least 1900
more OF their countrymen are expected
here on succeeding steamers. The coolies
come here on the understanding that they
are to go back to China within a year, but
like the Midwinter Fair Chinese they will
vanish into thin air as soon as the day OF
departure comes. 1t is safe 10 say that
not i've out OF every hundred that 90 to
Nashville will 60 back to China inside OF
year.
The barkentine s. lG. Wilder and the
bark Andrew WEIGH got in from Honolulu
and The Russian barkentine Bering from
Yokohama got in yesterday. The Wilder
was passed by the United States quaran-
tine officer and Captain McNeal and his
passengers proceeded to 60 ashore on the
LuS LIZ Duuuoll, WuO WAS dCls
ing for DR.. Chalmers, the State quarantine
officer, ordered them back aboard again
and went through all the papers before he
allowed them to land. Captain Silovich of
the Vigilant was angry at having 10 go
back 10 the Wilder, Captain McNeal was
as mad as a halter, the passengers W ere
wondering what it all meant and the crew
called down blessings on the doctors h cad
because they had to go through another
mastering. In the meantime the men on
the Andrew Welch had to possess their
souls in patience until the quarantine
officer was through with the Wilder.
Mrs. c. A. Camp of 1899 Market street
had remarkable experience last Satur-
day evening. She was on her wav to By
ron Springs and while awaiting her boat
at the ferries pulled ont her handkerchief
and with 1t roll OF $500 in green backs. She
never noticed her loss and a few minutes
later a couple of actors came along and
one of them, kicking the roll into cor
ner, remarked, "That's theater money"
meaning the imitation greenbacks
used on the stage. Soon after
ward two crippled newspaper ped
dlers saw the money scattered around
and gathered it in. Harry Campbell Sc
cured $3.50 and Tim Casey $500. A few
minutes later hunter picked up $35 and
went to the ticket-window win it. The
ticket agent knew nothing about the mat
ter, and the hunter went away saying he
would call again this morning to see if
there was any claimant. The hunter was
hardly out of the way before another man
came along with $5 bill he had found,
and still another came on his heels. Mrs.
camp was the last one to appear and she
was In tears. She told her tale of woe
and he police were called in. Cameron
and Casey had been talking about their
''hnd. and they were taken before Cap
tain Dunleavy, where they at once deliv-
cred up the money. The $35 picked up by
the hun4er and the two IS bills reported
by the passengers on the boat will be
forthcoming this morning, SO that Mrs.
Camp will only be loser to the extent of
S., for which she ought to be more than
thankful.
1t was j. II. Gladstone who saved young
Harry Alverino's life last week and not
the Pacific Mail Companys gatekeeper at
LON bard street wharf, as stated. While
the gatekeeper was looking for a rore
Gladstone swan out to the boy and kept
him afioat until assistance came.