The San Francisco call., 1899-05-08
RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE
TRANSPORTS TO DOCK AT FOL-
SOM STREET TO-DAY.
Steward Maddox of the Onward Near
ly Poiscned-George w. Stewart
May Lose His Life Through
a Broken Leg.

Three vessels are out hunting for the
broken-down steamer Elihu Thomson,
and the chances are that not one of the
three will find her, but that Captain
Whitney will bring his vessel in under
sail The Thomson broke down on April
30 and a few hours later was spoken b.
the transport Senator, to which she
transferred thirteen of the crew These
in turn were transferred to the MOana
and arrived in San Francisco on the 5th
inst. AS soon as the news was made pub
lie the tug Relief was. coaled and provi-
stoned and en- the morning of the 9Th
went out to look for the -derelict.
Saturday the City of Peking arrived
from Honolulu and reported having
spoken the Thomson about $50 miles west
southwest of the Farallones. She was
making about three knots an hour under
sail and Captain Whitney refused a tow,
but accepted a couple of bolts of canvas
with which to make sails. AS soon as
the Pekings news became generally
known the underwriters who have risks
to the extent of s125 900 on vessel and
cargo chartered the steam schooner
Rival to so out and tow the Thomson
in. 1t took all night to coal and pro-
away unit early yesterday morning
While the Rival was being got ready the
owners of the tug Rescue scented saf-
wage and hurried their boat away Sat
urday night.
The Relief. Rescue and Rival are there
fore on the lookout for the E1ihu Thorn
latter vessel The news brought by the
Moana- was to the effect that the Thom-
miles every day Instead. of that, Cap
tain Whitney was able to steer a straight
course and make practically, no leeway-
The Relief. however VIII allow allow for lee e >.
miss the prize. The Rescue has good
idea as 10 where the Thomson, is,
tow from the Peking he is not like
~ to accept one from the Rescue.
Should the Rival find the broken-down
steamer the case will be different. Cap
Captain Whitney, which instructs him to
accept the Rivals services 1t will thus
De DsF seen d ta a o the bu STT Thamson SO maze
Government wharf (Folsom street, will
be in full swing to-day. The transport
Sherman is now on the Hunters Point
and go back to- her old berth on the
north side of Folsom street wharf. The
Grant will go alongside the hulk at An
gel Island this morning and will be thor
oughly fumigated During the afternoon
she will be taken to Folsom street wharf
and docked on the south side. The Cen
tennial will be moved to Main street
wharf in order TO make room for the
Grant and then the work of loading all
wharf is covered with freight and it will
not take long to get 1t aboard the
steamers.
Harh0r Hospital Yesterday to have a
broken leg examined, but as gangrene
had set in. he was sent out to the City
probably be amputated Stewart is a
miner from Salt Lake Basin, Calaveras
County. He had made some money and
was proceeding to enjoy himself when he
got hurt. He went to hotel to get a
bed, but the place was crowded and a
cot was rigged up for him In a stable.
How the thing happened Stewart cannot
tell but next morning he was found lying
among the horses with a number of
bruises and a broken leg He was jolted
in rough wagon over rough road to
Milton. where the broken leg was set,
after which he was put on the train for
San Francisco. AS soon as the doctors
at the Harbor Hospital took the splints
off the limb they saw it was 4 case that
required more attention than could be
given on the water front. so they sent
it out to the City and County Hospital
er Onward, had n narrow escape for his
life Saturday night He made hearty
meal from some canned beef and shortly
afterward became very sick. DR.. Hopper
was called in and found the steward suf-
fering from ptomatne poisoning. He
worked over the patient for several hours
before Maddox was pronounced out Of
danger.
Two gun crews of The Naval Battalion
were out drilling on the front yesterday
morning. The first crew was under En-
Sirn Burke and the second under Ensign
Cameron. while all were under the com
mand of Lieutenant Harlow. The boys
are working hard and their drill will be
one of the features of the Native Sons
entertainment in the Mechanics Pavilion.
The long looked-for tramp steamer Bel
gian King will probably get here from the
Orient tomorrow morning. She took fif-
teen days to make the run from Yoko-
hama to Honolulu and it should take. at
least ten days to cover the distance be-
tween. Honolulu and San Francisco.
The Hawaiian owners of the steamer
Iva recently fitted that vessel with one
of the Wittram propellers. On the first
attempt she beat her own record between
Kaha,ia and Honolulu by six hours and
the captain OF the boat expects even bet
with one of these propellers and she has
done better work than ever before since
it was put on.