The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
Will Sail Again With
More Troops.
SAW THE CAPTURE OF MANILA
SENATOR'S CREW WATCHED
THE SOLDIERS FIGHT.
The Steamer Chilkat Returns After
a Marrow Escape From Ship
wreck on the Hum
boldt Bar.

The transport Senator arrived from Ma
Mia via Honolulu early yesterday morn
ing and viii be made ready as quickly as
possible to go back again with reinforce
ments for the army in the Philippines.
She brought up thirteen invalided and
time-expired soldiers, and as some of
them We're still on the sick list when the
steamer came into port she was ordered
into quarantine by the United States
quarantine officer. 1t did not take long
TO fumigate and overhaul the troopshIp,
so during the afternoon she was locked
at Pacific street wharf.
The Senator was nearly ten days COM
ing up from Honolulu, where she stopped
TO have her boilers cleaned and some
minor damage received in a typhoOn re-
paired. She has not been docked since
her launching, and her stay in tropical
waters has not improved her any. She
sailed from Manila the day after the city
was taken by the American troops. Cap
tain Patterson had his ship anchored
about five miles away from the fOrtitica-
tons and watched the whole proceedings.
He saw the Olympia, Raleigh, Petrol and
CallaO open fire on the town to the right
of Maleta and the American troops march
along the beach and attack the lntrench-
ments. The CaIlao ana Petrel being OF
light draught, stood close IN snOre ana
shelled the entertainments over the heads
OF the marching soldiers. Soon after this
the Raleigh and olympia drew on, but
the two gunboats kept up their fire until
they could be of no further use to the
soldiers.
Seven of the men who came up on the
vessel have served their term of enlist
ment and are to be mustered out. They
should have been sent home long ago, but
begged TO be allowed to serve until Manila
was taken AS soon as that feat was &C
complished they were sent home.
1t will take about a week to get the
Senator ready TO go back to Manila. She
will probably go on the drydock to-day,
and as she has been cleaned and painted
she will have her stores put aboard and
be ready for the troops as quickly as pos
sible. The Newport, which sailed from
Kobe on September %, should arrive here
about Saturday next, and as she VIII not
require docking the chances are that the
Senator win wait for her and both vessels
will sail in company.
sailed from japanese ports for San Fran
cisco and will probably follow the Senator
and Newport. When last heard 70 from the
Puebla had coaled and sailed from Maya
saki, and the Indiana was coaling at \ O.
kohama. The chances are that both yes
sells will have to go on the drydock, so it
will be the oath or 25th inst. before the
second lot of soldiers will get away.
There will not be near as much crowd
Many of the hunks are to be taken out so
that there will be more breathing space
for the troops. The provisioning of the
vessels is also to be carefully looked after
and the men will be as well fed as they
The Mali Company's steamer City of
Picking did not get away for the Orient
yesterday morning, as expected. Some
minor defects were found in the machin-
cry and these had to be Strengthened out
before il was thought safe to let the yes
sci proceed. Captain Newt Jordan was to
have taken the vessel out, but two days
of idleness on the Mail steamer settled
him. so he came ashore and Captain Nc
Culough took his place.
The British ship Duchalburn has been
added to the feet now loading general
cargoes for London and Liverpool. This
makes six vessels now up and loading,
and as they will take principally canned
fruit and salmon the demand for these
goods must be on the increase in Eng
land. The American ship r. d. Rice will
begin taking in stiffening al Howard
street wharf to-day. An order for 100000
feet of rough clear redwood to form part
of her cargo has been placed in Humboldt
and will be brought here on sailing yes
sells.
The steamer Chilkat got hack from Eu-
reka yesterday after a very narrow es-
cape on the Humboldt bar. She was
crossing in when a heavy sea struck her
and turned her around. Before she could
be headed on her course again another
roller came along and broke aboard, car
rving away % feet of her bulwarks,
swapping the coal bunkers and putting
out the fires. The vessel was then help
less but luckily a little sail was got on
her and she drifted into safety. She was
temporarily repaired at Eureka, and will
be thoroughly overhauled here before she
goes out again.