The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
OVERDUE FROM
 SHANGHAI Schooner NOmad Left There Sixty-Eight
 Days Ago. Another Large and Fast Col Her Purchased by ROsen-
 feld'S Sons.
Entire New Crew Shipped on the Oceanic Connpany's Steamer
 Zealandia.

Considerable anxiety IS felt over the non-arrival of the new schooner No mad from Shanghai. She is one of the last vessels turned out from Halls ship yard at Fort Blakeley and left on her maiden voyage on September IS. She was in command of Captain West Me- Allep, who was accompanied by his son and daughter. Miss McAllep had been very sick, and her father took her with him In the hope that the sea voyage would do her good. The Nomad reached Shanghai after a fast run, and started again in ballast for Puget Sound sixty eight days ago. Since then she has not been heard from.
 Among shipping men the impression seems to be that there is a good fight ing chance that the Nomad will turn up. George E. Billings of the firm of Hall Bros. says that number of cir cumstances may have arisen which might have detained the vessel She may have been driven way out of her course by a storm; again some of her sails may have been blown out of the bolt ropes and she may have even lost some of her spars. Any of these acci- dents would result in a long voyage, and he is still confident that the ves- sel will turn up all right. The Nomad was one of the best four 1nasted schooners and one of the best carriers that have been turned out by the Halls in some time, so her safe arrival at Puget Sound will be hailed with de- light.
 The Oceanic Steamship Company's steamer Mariposa arrived from Sydney and way ports yesterday with a very large passenger list, many of whom are bound for the Klondike. H. Maddean. detective from Auckland, N. E. was cabin passenger. He has come to this country to take back Dr. Arthur Her. bert Orpen, who is wanted in Auckland on a charge of murder. Orpen is now in the custody of United States Marshal Baldwin.
 The Oceanic Steamship Company's Zealandia is shipping new crew, and the Australia's men will not be trans ferred to her next Saturday, when that vessel arrives here.
 John Rosenfelds Sons have purchas- ed another large collier for the Nanai- mo trade. She is the Norwegian steam CT Titania, and is now discharging a general cargo from Antwerp at Kobe. Japan.
 
 in the fog again yesterday morning. She was thirty minutes late crossing the bay, and when she arrived at the Oakland mole the passengers by the 7:30, 5 and 8:30 trains were waiting for her. A quick run was made back to San Francisco, but when headed into the slip the captain backed out again, although the mate from the deck called out to him that it was all right and to cyn oh Vlo -fc how backed right out and turned around, going into the slip stern first This maneuver occupied fifteen minutes, and the atmosphere was blue from the lan- guage of the belated passengers as they scrambled over the baggage and lodged horses and teams in their en- deavor to get ashore. All the horses had to be taken out of the wagons and the latter had to be run ashore by hand power. To add to the discomfort the narrow gauge steamer had to follow the rule laid down by the Southern Pa cific, which says that no steamer shall leave her slip while another is trying to make a landing. Luckily there were not many passengers on the narrow gauge boat, so the delay did not work so great @ hardship as 1t did on the people on the Piedmont, who were anxious to get to their work on this side of the bay.
 The Pacific Steam Whaling Com panys steamer Alliance sailed for Cop per River via Seattle yesterday She took away eighty passengers from here and 140 more are waiting for her at Seattle.
 The City of Puebla sailed from Broadway wharf yesterday with 300 passengers, nearly all of whom are bound for Dyea and Skaguay. The de- mand for tickets was so great that the company could easily have sold 200 more had there been room in the boat for them. Large quantities of canned goods and other portable stuff was taken along by the prospectors, but it is doubtful if one-half of the stuff that has left this city and Seattle will get over the trail into Dawson this year.