The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-20
MILLIONS IN
GOLD FROM
AUSTRALIA
The Largest Shipment
Ever Brought Here.
CAME ON THE MARIPOSA
TURNER TO FIT OUT THE AT
LANTIC TRANSPORTS.
Troopships for Cuba and Porto Rico
to Be Fixed Up in a Similar
Manner to the Manila
Fleet.
CAME ON THE MARIPosA
TURNER TO FIT OUT THE AT
LANTIC TRANSPORTS.

The Oceanic Steamship Company's
Marposa arrived from Sydney, N. s. W.,
via Auckland. N. T., Apia, Samoa and
Honolulu, H. l., yesterday morning The
voyage was very pleasant one, with the
exception Of the run between Sydney and
Auckland, where very heavy weather was
encountered. The Mariposa would have
been great prize for a privateer. She
not only carried a valuable cargo, but
also had in her treasury $3,670,000 in gold.
This was all in English sovereigns, which
will be turned into good American money
at the Mint here.
This Is the largest shipment of gold that
has ever come to San Francisco in one
vessel The Alameda on her last voyage
brought over three millions in sovereigns,
but the Mariposa beats her large conslgn-
ment by fully half a million. This sum
does not represent the balance in trade
between Australia and this port alone,
but also money owing by English houses
to New York merchants. The merchants
Ia Sydney and Melbourne owe money to
the merchants in England and the latter
owe money to houses in New York and
san Francisco. 1t is cheaper to send the
gold from Sydney than from London,
and in consequence San Francisco is made
the. point at which all contracts are set
tied and debts wiped out
Ihings were qulet in Samoa when the
mariposa left, but no one knew what a
day might bring forth. There was in
port the English men-of-war Ringdove
and Porpoise and the German gunboat
Among the passengers by the mail boat
from Honolulu was DR.. H. b. Enmerson.
He has been very sick from malarial fe-
yer, but is now slowly getting better.
Lieutenant Crowell of the Pennsylvania
Regiment that went to Manila also re-
turned by the MaripOEa. he was able to
be about little during the passage. J.
4. Cling and 9. r. Spodake returned from
Sophie Sutherland to search for gold in
the Solomon Group, but the expedition
was a failure. The schooner reached port
from Samoa some weeks ago, and Cling
hunters to get back home.
T. r. Turner, purchasing agent of the
back from New York, whittier he was
called by the qUartermaster general OF
the army His folding hunks have been
put in nearly all the transports In use on
Ohio and Indiana are now being torn out
and the patent hunks put in. With the
men had to sleep abreast, but with the
new state of affairs each man will have a
separate bunk, which can be folded up
It was in connection with these hunks
that Mr.. Turner was called East.
According to the New York Herald, the
Government thought so much of Mr..
Turner's idea that all the transports on
the Atlantic are to be fitted out with 1t.
accommodation of $500 troops when he left
for home, and the alterations to the Mo-
hawk, Mississippi, Massachusetts. Mime
waska, Michigan, Roumania,. Manitoba
and OLDHAM were to follow. The chances
are that the prizes captured, BY Samp-
sons heethRita. pan anna an and MaftuGa hd
they also will be fitted out with the San
Francisco article. The transports on tne
Nero and Brutus on. the. Pacific are to be
kept in readiness for infantry, cavalry
and artillery transportation.
The Willscott and Blairmore viii soon
have their American rig and he ready for
sea. The Willscott, 1t will be remem-
bered, was dismasted on her way from
under jury rig. while the Blairmore was
capsized in the harbor and her masts had
to be cut away before she could be raised.
s 0la nSf IDEAS The Willscett viii Be
heavily spared. as she was before her
accident, but the Blairmore's lower masts
are each six feet shorter and six feet nas
been taken off the length of each yard.
There is, therefore, no fear or her ever
capsizing again The Will Willse Sto on 3n Ne ger
naimo. 3. c., to load coal for Honolulu.
thence to New York with a load of sugar.
Charles OLSEN the able able boss sfevea 10 6n
perintended the coaling Of the Australia
at the na dbsat e be- on deck to oS ou
genial cRarieys illness viii be a short
The transport Zealandia has gone TO the
sugar refinery to coal for her next voy-
age to Manila. Joseph Seeley and J. q.
Penfield, two of the chief stewards,
change places. Mr.. Seeley goes back to
his old love, the Australia, and the route
on which he is such favorite-Honolulu-
and Mr. Penfield takes the Zealandia.
The order to move the Marion into the
stream is being held in allegiance. Yester-
day the officers of the Naval Reserve pre-
ser1ted such a strong case TO the Harbor
Commissioners that Assistant Chief
Wharfinger Scott was instructed not TO
make any move in the matter until fur
Their notice Should the training ship be
moved away from Howard-street wharf
ion as it would be Impossible to drill the
men until the vessel was locked again.
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