The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-11
Will Now Be Returned
to Her Owners.
MILLION DOLLARS IN SKINS
VALUE OF THE BARKENTINE
BEHRING'S BIG CARGO.
American Murdered in Korea-Ship
Barring Bros. Raised-Genera1
Merriam Visits the italian
Cruiser

The Oceanic Steamship Company's Aus
tralia arrived from Honolulu and the ORR
entail and Occidental Company's Belgic
from Hongkong, via Yokohama and Hon
olulu, Wednesday night and yesterday
morning. They left Honolulu within a
few hours of each other and arrived here
about the same time apart. The Australia
brought up seventy-four cabin and fifty
five steerage passengers, and the Belgic
brought forty-eight cabin, twelve Euro
pean, one Chinese and three Japanese,
second cabin, and forty-three Japanese
and 294 Chinese in the Storage. This is
the Belgic's last run on the Hongkong
route. Now that the Oriental and Occi-
DENTAL Pacific Mail and the japanese
line are to run three steamers each there
is nothing for the Belgic to do, 80 she
will be returned to the White Star line,
her owners. The officers are glad, as g.
rul,, that she is going back, but Captain
Kinder does not like the change, as his
home is here.
The Australia and Belgic were delayed
a few hours by northeast gales, q head
sea and high northeast swell
The Belgic brings the particulars of the
murder of an American named George
Lake in Korea. The deceased kept a
store at Chemulpo and was a great favor
lite with everybody. He lived alone and
some one stole into the house while he
slept and drove a knife into his brain
The murderer was not caught and the
matter was being investigated by. Deputy
United States Consul General ]. c. Sands
when the steamer sailed.
The American ship Barring Brothers
which caught fire and was sunk in Kobe
Harbor on August II last, has been raised
again. The wreck and cargo were sold
for song and the purchaser is going to
make a small fortune out of them Be
sides the hull there are 400 bales of rags
and 750 tons of manganese ore in the hold
Three attempts We're made to raise the
vessel. The first failed because the pom
toons were not large enough, a storm
wrecked the second and the third sue
ceeded.
The bows In blue at Manila are not TO
go short of fresh meat. The Belgic brings
word that the British steamers Urmston
Grange and Duke Of Sutherland have ar
rived there from Brisbane, Australia,
with 300 tons of frozen meat for the
Major General Merriam, accompanied
by his aid, First Lieutenant John B. Ben
mally returned yesterday the call made
Wednesday by Captain Giovanni Giorello
of the Italian cruiser Etna- General Mer-
RAM and Lieutenant Bennett left de-
partment headquarters about o'clock in
the morning. The two officers wore their
full dress uniform and side arms, They
went out to the Etna on the Government
steamer Mcdowell and were received by
the officers of the cruiser with full cere-
monies General Merriam and his aid
were invited 1nI4 .he bo Gapt IAN cabin
versing with Captain Giorello When the
general left the Etna he was given a
salute of fifteen guns. Captain Giorello
and the wardroom officers of the Etna
have been extended the courtesy of the
Bohemian Club.
The torpedo-boat destroyer Farragut
was out on her official trial trip yester-
day It is not known for certain whether
she has come up to the Government re-
ouirements or not, but the general impress
sion is that she has. In shallow water
she made a poor showing but In twenty
fathoms she made much better than thir-
ty knots.
The Russian barkentine Behring arrived
from Petropaulovski yesterday with
fortune in skins aboard She brings the
seasons catch OF the Russian Sealskin
sealskins and 10 packages Of beafskins.