The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
To Balance Trade of
 Three Countries.
HONOLULU'S NEW Y0RKERS
SOLDIERS CHEER THE ALA
 MIDAS STEWARD.
Presentation to Captain von Oteren- dorp and Chief Officer Rennie by the Balmain Regatta
 Committee.

The mail steamer Alameda arrived from Sydney, N. S. w, via Auckland, N. E., Apia, Samoa, and Honolulu, Fl. l. From the latter port she brought 320 soldiers of the New York Regiment and the fol- lowing officers: Major Emmett, Surgeon Mccullough, Lieutenants Oliver, Gresham, Tucker, Boyce, Oothoudt, Wood, Board man and Captain Ferguson, Sergeant Ma jor Wright and Charles w. Yeomans.
 A number of sick men who were return ing from Manila on the troopship Scandia did not like the bill of fare on that yes sel so they paid their way up on the Ala meda. They are: Day S. Hutchins, hospital steward on the Scandia; Sydney Callan, Thomas P. Davis, Pat Dooley, P. O'Donnell, Jacob Evans, John Ii. Grabb, Isaac Levy, Charles Morton, William J. McCreedy, Charles Saunders, John Sloane (from the gunboat Bennington), w. H. Stroud from the gunboat Bennington and Tom Ellinger. The Scandia was to leave Honolulu last Saturday, and will probably reach here next sunday. She will bring up the remainder of the New Workers now on the islands.
 If the food served out to the men on the Scandia was not all that could be de- sired, the soldiers on the Alameda must have fared well. As soon as the cabin passengers were landed and the boys came ashore they sent delegation
 
 N Clark on the wharf. As soon as he put in an appearance one of the officers, on behalf of the volunteers, thanked him for the royal manner in which they had been cared for during the voyage, and then they gave three cheers and tiger for MT. Clark with such vigor that the onlookers ceased to have any more sym pathy for the invalds. Then every one of the soldier boys had to shake the chief steward by the hand and wish him good by, so he was @ pretty tired man when the ceremony was over.
 Among the cabin passengers by the Ala meda were John D. Connolly, who for ten years has been United States Consul at Auckland N. E.; William Sherer Jr. of the Winchester Repeating Arms Com pany and Professor w. M WoodWorth tlemen have been to Samoa in the inter ests of Yale University. In those islands there is a worm-the Pablo worm-that lives and dies in a day. Only once during appearance at sunrise and at sunset dis appears for another twelve months. Pro- lessor Woodworth and his companion were successful in studying the life and death of the worm, and are returning to Yale well satisfied with the results of their voyage.
 The McKee- Rankin Company also re- of the spring Valley Water Company and Mrs. Schusser returned from a visit to the islands, and w. s. BurZacott, mer
  and pleasure trip. The Alameda brought up among her cargo 12O boxes of sover- eigns and "A boxes of bar gold valued at $3,510, 900. This is one of the largest ship ments of gold that has come here from Australia in some time. It represents the balance of trade between England, Aus tralia and the United States. Thus San Francisco sends many cargoes of wheat to England and England very little mer- chandise here, so that the wheat has to be paid for in cash It would be very ex- pensive to send the gold to New York and then over the continent, so as Australia is always in debt to the mother country for merchandise, the matter is so ar ranged that the money the colonies owe shipped to Europe. In this way everybody Is paid and a months interest on $3,51O, 900 is saved.
 A notable passenger by the Alameda was "Cocker'F Tweedie, champion bantam weight of Australia. It will be remem- bered that when Tweedie was defeated by He took his defeat so much to heart that he got on the Alameda the next day and returned to Sydney. Since then he has developed into an actor-pugllist, and lett the Bland Holt Company to return to San Francisco to retrieve his iaurels. He and Third Assistant Engineer George Brown of the Alameda are great friends, and Brown resigned his position as soon as the vessel docked in order to be with the champion.
 While lying in Sydney harbor the Ala ueQ9 was the HdSSHlp at 6dlLlldlu re- gatta The Sydney News said of her:
 Certainly one of the attractions of the carni- val was the fine steamship Alameda acting flagship. Despite the fact that the Alameda the grimy occupation of eoaling, the steamer presented an excellent appearance, looking pleasant cruise than if it had been subjected so recently to the dirty operations incidental to taking in fuel. Aboard the Alameda was the genial Commander Van Oterendorp, who; aided by his officers. did all he could to render the stay of his visitors on board as enjoyable as it could reasonably be made. It Is estimated that there were about 20Oo visitors to the flagship.
 Before the Alameda sailed for San Francisco the regatta committee, through the Mayor of Balmain, presented, the ohRsa chief officer Sin with fe gold ring as R me- mento of the occasion. On the fruit dish was engraved "Balmaip Regattta, PrlSGe l1Ss MasY by the Committees o Captain @ Alameda" On MT Pennies ring was in scribed, Presented by the Balmain R Re, }, Both officers were entertained at lunch con after the presentation.
 The steamer Alice Blanchard arrived from Clipperton Island yesterday; She brought up the Japanese who went down some months ago to work the guano de- posit, and 300 tons of guano.
 Fire again broke out in the hold of the Shenandoah at noon yesterday. It seems to be burning about the stump of the mainmast. One stream of water keeps it in control.
 W. D. Mighell, the well-known ship owner, who has been seriously Ill for a month past, was able to be on change yesterday.
 The schooner W. F. Jewett has made the voyage of the year between nere an Puget Sound. She left here on the 10th inst. and arrived at the Sound yesterday morning.
 The Oceanic Steamship Company's Aus tralia sailed for Honolulu yesterday. She took away 34 cabin passengers and a very heavy cargo Included was a num- Der of Christmas trees and a quantity of Christmas delicacies for soldiers on the islands
 Cornerstone Laying.