The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-22
LADEN Low
WITH GOLD
AND CARGO
Arrival of the Alameda
on Time.
A FULL PASSENGER LIST
SEATTLE HONOLULU STEAM
SHIP COMPANY IN TROUBLE.
The City Of Columbia Libeled in
Honolulu and Captain Miner
Sued for Falss I'm
prisonment.
SEATTLE HONOLULU STEAM
SHIP COMPANY IN TROUBLE.

The Oceanic Steamship Company's
Alameda arrived promptly on time yes
terday morning from Sydney, N. s. W..
via Auckland, N. D.. Apia,. Samoa, and
splendid service g.1en by this company
the New Zealand Herald says
The regularity and punctuality of the mail
steamers engaged in the San Francisco service
are proverbial. and the Alameda, on her presehe
voyage. has maintained the reputation OF tne
the Union Steamship Company of New zea-
land and Messrs. ]. D. Spreckels Co. OF
San Francisco have had the mail c9ntrac,, v vnr
been behind time in landing the mails
at this port and It is matter OF PUBLIC ond tins
as they did when they first started running OH
the line.
ger list and ali the Ie Cargo She could carry
She also brought up $4,000 0o worth OF
English sovereigns. which Purser Smith
was very glad to turn over TO the repre-
Among those who came up on the
steamer were the Hon. Robert H. Brand.
son of the Earl of Hampton, Governor OF
New South Wales, and Charles r. Bux-
ton, son of Sir Fowell Buxton. Bart, Gov
ernor of South Australia.
Miss Annie Rose of Hilo also came up
on the steamer. She is on her way to
Kansas to represent Hawaii In the Car
nival of States and Territories to be held
there shortly. Ex-Governor Hogg OF
Texas returned from visit to Hawaii
Robert Louis Stevenson, is on his way to
join his grandmother after graduating
from the Wellington University in New
Zealand.
Durward Lely the famous Scotch tenor
and Alfred Ashley, manager OF the Col
onial Sugar Company, were also passen-
gers.
The Seattle Honolulu Steamship Com
pany is in trouble. It's first and only
steamer, the City of Columbia was libel
ed in Honolulu for $4,000, and as the
bonds were not forthcoming the vessel
could not get away on her sailing day.
Rosa, the star of the American Comedy
Company, set the ball rolling. She as
serted in her complaint that Captain
Miner locked her up In her room and
had a number of indignities heaped upon
her. Russell and William Colgrove were
and as soon as he gave bonds in one case
the others swore out fresh complaints,
and 1t looked at one time as though the
City Of Columbia would end her days
The two Colgroves had a fight with one
of the actors of the American Comedy
Company that led to their confinement,
and as the beautiful Rosa was the dis
turbing element, according to Captain
Miner, she was locked up. 1t appears
that at one time Russell Colgrove was
ship Company and William Colgrove was
to have been the Honolulu agent Both
were passengers on the City of Column
bia from Seattle. One Of the false i'm
was to have been tried the day the Ala
media sailed
J. X. james. who left here as chief
steward of the steamer Scandia, was
taken sick on the way to Manila and
had to be landed at Honolulu. He will
probably be able to come back to San
Francisco on the next steamer.
Chief Engineer Little of the Alameda
discovered the remains of his famous cat,
Tom, while the vessel was discharging in
Sydney Tom disappeared the day the
CT ga
trip, and as he was very old 1t was sur
missed that he had crept away to die. He
found dead she
which the passengers presented to the
cat several voyages ago. and is going to
have it made into an ornament as a me-
The schooner North Bend arrived yes
terday from Bristol Bay Captain
Tnamak Pass. his vessel sailed through
square-rigger. He thinks the stuff was
piTp The steamer am South South Portland arrived
here from Astoria with wheat yesterday
She came around the Horn to, go into the
when She got here, 50 her owners have
The. San Francisco Harbor Of the
Plots iii of Of Steam vessels has secured very
handsome quarters in the new ferry de-
pot: The rooms open off the grand nave.
and as they nave been handsomely 1ur-
nished the members will be better housed
than ever before Captain Wallace of the
Walla Walla flies the harbor's pennant,
William M. Randall Is president and r.
n, Pippey secretary. The society is one
The steam schooner Aloha was injured
on her last trip to Fort Bragg, and was
put on the marine ways at Oakland few
days. While being shored up. she slipped
and was severely strained. Men had to
work on her night and day In order to
get her ready for her usual trip.