The San Francisco call., 1898-05-16
Part of the Mohican's Battery Was Put on
 Her Yesterday.
Rapid Promotion of Captain Thompson of the Ship
 Roanoke.
Troubles and DissensiOns Among the Crew of the KlOndike Steamer
 Cleveland.

The work of getting the Manila trans ports ready Is progressing rapidly. Car penters are working night and day on the steamers Australia and City of Peking, and both of them will probaD4y be ready for sea tomorrow night. Yesterday the Unadilla came down from the navy yard and took away the Mohicans battery. Four of the guns are for the Charleston S fighting top and the others were taken to the Peking and will be mounted on her forward deck Work on the Ohio and City of Sydney is not being rushed as much as on the other two vessels, and It Will probably be the latter part of the week before they get away. The Government finally decided not to take the Conemaugh Q and yesterday she left Tor Seatue to OFlls down a load of coal.
 The rise of Captain Thompson of the American ship Roanoke has been very rapid. He is only 25 years of age, and vet he commands one of the finest Amer ican merchantmen afloat. He IS well known on this coast, having served as mate on the bark Andrew Welch ana barkentine Archer in the Hawaiian trade. From here Captain Thompson went so New York and was appointed second oiil- cer of the Roanoke. When the snip reached Yokohama the first mate lert her and Thompson was promoted. From Yo- kohama the Roanoke went to houOiulu and loader sugar for New York. When thirty days out on the homewaTa voyage Captain Hamilton died and thompson was left the only navigator aboard lie made the boatswain take the nrst mate watch and promoted one ot the sailors to the position of second mate. Ihls was working under difficulties, but Tn spite or it all Captain Thompson took his snip 10 New York in the smart time of l0S days; In view of the splendid showing ne hd9 made the owners of the vessel confirmed him in the command, and his many friends in San Francisco are still con- graduating him upon his success.
 The brig Galilee arrived from Tahiti yesterday with three passengers-Mrs. Lambert, John White and J.. r. Rfec1z- and a full cargo of copra and cocoanuts. CaDtain Dinsmore reports that everything was very quiet in Tahiti and the Mar quesas, and that little or nothing IS known down there about the troupIe with Spain. The Galilee came up In twenty nine days, and the passengers say IL was a most delightful voyage throughout
 The barkentine Jane A FaIhnDurg was to have sailed for Kotzebue Sound yester- day. but owing to a falling barometer ana other indications of a storm Captain Cook decided to remain in port until this morn following passengers: c. D. Lane of the Utica mine and his son. Louis Lane; Hank Smith. the old superintendent or expert; L. Tamasini. s. B; Roberts, George Reeves, R. A. Reeves, N. Est, L. Larsen. L. Hill, Clarence Maxson' Charles MaXson, G: II. Louis, I .; J; Al Rowland, P. Bibert, J. L. Chase. G. Webb, c. M: Tozer, Charles coleman' Isir.an' C. c. Spencer, Henry Slump, R. McAIllstef' 2 2. B. Taylor, R. s. Henry. w. c. Larcom' R. l.. Schaeffer, O. Ketchen. s. ". BlakeIy. G shrael' stds5a | W; o,rE Boles; z,5. J. mann, A. Wetty, B. Nathern, M. Hooley, R. H. Thompkin, J. Shields, H. Roth, S. Sims, H. J. Schaefer, M; Gatz, J. Il. Elk inton, L. Doglow, F. M. Campbell, A. Campbell, F. Banner, S. Martinelli, W H. Smith, James Glenn, W. c. Percival, L. B. Gaiiiard, G. Redley, s; Lowne, " Wyatt, c. Metzgar, J. A. Shaw, J. Me shane, J. Carlisle, c. Wittara-
 The stern-wheel steamer Rideout will be ready to leave for the Yukon in about ten days She is now nov hayng ner ernnf a ed. and as soon as these jobs are com pleted a start will be made, She will be lowed to Dutch Harbor by the Tillamook, and will then under her own steam tow four barges to St. Michael. At St. Michael she will meet the passenger steamer Mor- gan City from this port and will take her passengers to Dawson City.
 Another schooner with gold-hunters aboard arrived from Boston yesterday. It was the Julia B. Whalen, and she took 150 days to make the run Her pas sengers will fit out here and then the voy- age will be continued to St. Michael
 The steamer Cleveland is once more in trouble and the chances are that an en- tire new crew will take her out. Captain Hall left her as soon as she docked after her arrival from Seattle yesterday, and almost everybody in the engineers de- partment will quit her to-day. The mate and the purser are at loggerheads, and yesterday the purser had to hire a long shoreman to do some odds and ends about the ship as the mate would not let one of the hands do them for him. Very little has been heard of the old steamer since so many of her crew were drowned and she nearly became total wreck, but 1t now appears that she IS once more to come before the public, and this time probably in the courts.