The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
Passengers and Crew to
 Be Detained.
DEATH OF MILES BATEMAN
STRANGE ILLNESS OF A PAS
 SINGER AT SEA.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry McCoy's Wife Sailed on the Belgic Yes terday to Join Her hus-
 band at Manila.

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer Newport was placed in quarantine yesterday by Dr. Rosenau, for what reason no one but the medical gentle man knows. All the passengers will be kept in quarantine on Angel Island for five days, but a new crew will be sent to the vessel on Monday and she will be released.
 While on the way up the coast Miles Bateman, one of the cabin passengers, was taken sick with intermittent fe- yer, but recovered under the care of Dr. Auberry, and on the 18th inst. was as well as ever A few days later he was taken very sick with Bright's dis ease of the kidneys and growing steadily worse died at 10 a. m. on the 17th inst. He was buried at sea, and Dr. Rosenau thought the body should have been brought into port. Bate man was an Englishman, 53 years of age.
 The steamer Umatilla, which arrived from Puget Sound ports yesterday, was thirty-siX hours behind time, ow-, ing to a delay caused by having a new blade put on her propeller at Victoria, B. c.
 A guard of soldiers was put on the steamer Valencia yesterday. and she will be fitted to carry troops to Manila. Captain Lane, who got into trouble at Seattle for assaultlng the carpenter, will take the vessel out, as Captain Humphrey is going East.
 The steamer Nero, that is to ac- company the MOnadnock to Manila, is down from the Navy Yard and is talk ing aboard the coal cargo of the Brit ish ship Rahane.
 The Ohio, Indiana and City of Para are coaling and will be ready for the carpenters tomorrow. As the Valen- cia will be ready as soon as the other vessels, the next fleet will consist of five instead of four vessels.
 The steamer Dirigo was to have sailed for St. Michael yesterday, but owing to the rush of freight she will not be able to get away before to-mor- row afternoon. She will tow up the river steamer City of Dawson, and at the mouth of the Yukon the passen- gers and freight will be transferred to that vessel. The California-Alaska Transportation Company's new steam CT Alice RiX had her engineers tialr trip yesterday and proved herself a speedy and comfortable vessel. The Alice Rix belongs to the same line as the Dirigo and City of Dawson, and will be lowed to St. Michael by the new steamer Aloha
 The steamer Professor Morse, which came here from New Orleans to go into the Klondike passenger trade, has gone to the Fulton Iron Works to have her condemned boilers taken out. AS soon as that is done the inspectors of hulls and boilers will thoroughly test her hull.
 The boilers of the steamer Centennial, which the Government decided was not suitable for a transport, were tested under ninety-pound pressure by the inspectors of hulls and boilers a few days ago and found to stand the strain well. A certificate allowing the boil CTS to be worked up to a sixty pound pressure was issued to the owners of the vessel. The hull was inspected by Captain Metcalf Lloyd's surveyor, and found to be in excellent condition.
 The steamer Belgic sailed for the Or tent yesterday with a full passenger list and a very heavy cargo. Among the cabin passengers was the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mccoy, who is going to Manila to rejoin her hus- band. Mrs. Mccoy tried by every means in her power to get away on the China with her husband, but was refused passage on the troop ship. If all goes well and she makes quick con- neCllOIlS at lOlIShOllS Nllll lLc SledlIltI for the Philippines she should be in Manila waiting to receive her husband when the China arrives.
 The children of the Starr King Kin dergarten, under the care of Miss Grif- fin and Miss Ash, were treated to an outing on the bay yesterday. Captain Leale placed the steamer Grace Bar ton at their disposal and the young sters were taken up past the Union Iron Works and Hunters Point dry dock to Baden and then back home along the Alameda shore.
 The officers of the Montana regiment were the guests of J. B. Stetson, presi- dent of the North Pacific Coast Rail- road, yesterday. The party was to have left for a trip over the road on the 9:3O a. m. boat. but owing to a mis- understanding the officers did not show up until II a. m. The trip was some what curtailed in consequence, but ha