The San Francisco call., 1898-04-07
HEAVY TRAVEL FROM AUSTRALIA Noted Men and Gold Bul- lion in Plenty on the
 Alam eda. "Swiftwater Bills" Party De- lays the Sailing of the
 Humboldt. FIX Lieutenant Bennett Goes to Alasks-Cows Stampede the
 Water Front

The steamer Alameda reached port yes terday from Sydney and Auckland via Honolulu, making her first trip under the new mail schedule. which requires the run to be made from Auckland here in nineteen days. The steamer took twenty three days coming from Sydney and SIX days seven hours from Honolulu. North of the equator, especially according to Purser Thomas Smith. the vessel en- countered fierce northwest trade Wlnds for eight days, accompanied by heavy seas, but the voyage after that was very pleasant. Ninety-five boxes of gold bull lion amounting to about $2,345 900, were brought up from the Colonies, the bullion being mostly consigned to the Anglo Californian and the London, Paris and American banks.
 From Australia and Honolulu came 107 cabin and 96 steerage passengers. Many of them were without staterooms, so large was the list, and thirty-five pros pective passengers at Honolulu had to be turned away for lack of accommodation. Fifty of those on board are bound for the Klondike.
 The purser says he never saw so many celebrities take passage on the steamer at one time before. Among them were T. B. Cusack-Smith, late British Consul
 
 promoted to the same position at Val paraiso; Captain Charles Sanders of the Mohican, who took passage at Honolulu; w. G. l.. SpoWerS, editor of the Mel bourne Argus and the Australian, and his wife; J. T. Arundel, the owner of Clip perton Island; Samuel Wilcox, the we'll known Honolulan planter; MT. Kennedy of the firm of Kennedy & Fitch, who own a line of ships plying between there and Tahiti; pr. Vondersteinan, the celebrated scientist, and William Signal, president of the Marine Engineers Association of Australia. MT. Signal was met at the wharf by delegation from the Marine Engineers Association of San Francisco. He is going to England on a visit and departed for the East last night on the overland.
 Monday evening the starboard side of the vessel was covered with a canvas awning and Captain Van Oterendorp gave the cabin passengers grand ball. In testimonial of their courtesy during the voyage the passengers gave Chief Officer Rennle and Purser Smith a testimonial and purse. The testimonial was signed by all the cabin passengers.
 The Alameda brought advices to the effect that the steamer Cape Otway ar rived at Honolulu March 29 with 203 pas sengers, all bound for the Klondike. The vessel docked for one day and was SUD- a, the officers of the Alameda do not be- lieVe she got away so soon. Several ladies were on board. It is believed that the passengers will all be landed in Dyea in about two weeks.
 The steamer Mary BidWell also sailed for Alaska yesterday with seventeen passengers on board, all shareholders. They have secured certain special privi- other concessions enjoyed by few whose bourne is the Alaskan gold fields Among the number was eX-Lieutenant George w. Bennett, who resigned from the police force last Monday in order to make the trip as representative of Judge Camp bell, one of the shareholders. The vessel departed early in the afternoon.
 The steamer Umatilla took over 300 passengers north yesterday, many of whom will go to the Klondike. The little schooner Thomas S. Negus, which re- turned to port last Sunday on account of yesterday with the party she brought here from New Haven.
 The Oceanic Steamship Company's Zeal- andia sailed for Honolulu yesterday at p. m. from Pacific-street wharf There were forty-one cabin passengers who un- dertook the trip. In leaving her dock the vessel scraped too close to the piling and tore about four feet off the top of one of the piles. splintered the face of others and lost two headlights on the port side. If great presence of mind had not been manifested by her officers greater dam age would have been done, both to the steamer and to the wharf. pr. Milan Soule, the ships surgeon, took sick early in the morning and was unable to leave on the steamer, Dr. c. H. Lowell, the Hong, slim doctor" of the Harbor Hos pital force taking his place.
 ''Swiftwater Bills" Alaskan company did not get away on the steamer Hum boldt yesterday, according to schedule. All day the steamer lay at Washington street wharf taking on freight, of which there will be about 300 tons Bill's party of thirty-seven will take along about ninety tons of provisions, eleven head of mules and horses and sixty dogs About twenty of these were tethered In various spots around the wharf and made the day hideous with their bowling, to the evi- dent discomfort of the female contingent who will take passage. There wifi be about 1o0 passengers in all on the steamer. Departure was delayed by the fact that not all of Swiftwater's provisions could be got aboard in time. It is expected that the steamer will sail to-day at n. m. William himself is looked for to join the expedition at Victoria.
 The British tramp steamer Mount Ta- bor arrived yesterday morning from Hak- odate with cargo of sulphur, consigned to the Pacific Steam Whaling Company. She has been running between Portland and Yokohama and will soon return to