The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
TEN THOUSAND
MORE TROOPS
FOR MANILA
Fleet of Transports
Will Soon Depart.
THE HANCOCK TO SAIL TO-DAY
BApGER WILL LEAVE FOR
SAMOA NEXT WEEK.
Patrick Kilcoyne Arrested for Smash
ing a Nickel-in-the-Slot Machine
in the New Ferry
Depot.
THE HANCOCK TO SAIL TO-DAY
RADGER WILL LEAVE FOR
SAMOA NEXT WEEK.

center of attraction on the front yesleI-
day. Crowds were on the front from
early morning until late in the AFTER
noon. but only a favored few were al
lowed on the wharves and ships. The
Senator came in from Manila during the
night and docked at Broadway in the
morning. She brought three passengers,
and her officers say that she ana the
Ohio were ordered to San Francisco In
hurry. The Ohio is hourly expected, and
both vessels will be prepared TO return at
once with troops.
The Grant was to sail from Manila SIX
DAYS after the Senator, with crowd OF
invalided soldiers and a number of bodies
for interment in the United States, and
should arrive Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Hancock (Arizona) at Pacific-street
wharf is ready to sail as soon as the
coming soldiers reach this port. Inc
Twenty-first Regiment of United States
infantry is expected this morning, and
as soon as it arrives the men Will De
marched aboard and the ship Will san at
high water tonight In order to have
clear wharf for the troops to-day the
loading of the mail steamer Mariposa was
carried on with a rush yesterday.
The WARREN (Scandia) is at FOLSOM
street, and Will be ready TO san to-Hor-
row. Men were engaged IN putting 4er
new name on her bow yesterday, ana a
crowd OF people watched the proceed
ings all day. She will finish loading to-
day, and as soon as the troops assigned
to her arrive she Will sail.
The work of loading the Morgan city
and Newport will begin to-day. me
quartermaster department could not nan
die more than the two shlps hameu' put
as they are now practically ready for
sea, work will begin at once on the New
port and Morgan City. While these two
vessels are being ttted out the senator
and Ohio will go on the dry dock for an
,IIrrflaIllne ara uy Jne ume they are
ready the other two ships will be loaded;
The Leelanaw is at Main street, and the
Bidston at the sea wall. The former Is
being fitted to carry load of mules TO
Manila and the latter IS now Almost
loaded with supplies for the troops. Al
most the entire fleet Will be away or ready
TO sail by the time the Grant gets in, so
the quartermaster will be able TO give his
undivided attention to the hitting out OF
that vessel. She is 3646 tons burden, or
lust about twice the size of the Senator.
The Grant will be followed by the Sher-
man about ten days later, and between
them they Will take away nearly three
regiments. 1t will be the first visit OF the
Grant and Sherman to this port.
The United States auxiliary cruiser
Badger, which arrived from Callao on
Saturday night, went to the Union Iron
Works Yesterday. Some necessary re-
pairs must be made to her machinery and,
as the naVy-yard is rushed with work. the
Badger Will be attended to here. The or
ders are to have her completed and ready
for sea by the 25th inst, so that to-mor-
row week will probably see her heading
for Samoa with the Samoan Commission
ers aboard She has not been in the dry
dock for q long time, yet she came from
Callao 40l2 miles, in less than fourteen
days. When she has been drydocked ana
overhauled she should, therefore, reach
Apia Samoa AGO miles, in much better
time and the 18th of May should see her
anchored alongside of the Philadelphia
Patrick Kilcoyne, a saloon-keeper at 5S
Bryant street, was locked up in the Har-
Dor Police Station yesterday by Officer
Charles Callaghan on a charge of mali
cious mischief. Patrick left his saloon
about noon in the care of the barkeeper
and started on a trip TO Oakland. On
reaching the ferry depot he made his way
to the upper waiting room ana there espled
a nickel-in-the-slot weighing machine.
Now, this particular machine, like many
another of its kind, happened TO be out of
order, but Pat was not aware OF the fact.
He got on the weighing table and, after
few seconds pause to steady the ma
chine he dropped in a nickel The indi-
Gator did not move and Pat swore softly
to himself. Then another nickel was
dropped in and still the machine would
not weigh and Patrick cursed the South
ern Pacific and all kindred monopolies
rob the guleless public. Then he
dropped in third nickel and lost all pa
tience Standing near kilcoyne was one
Of the jantors in the ferry depot
The thing is out of order, said he,
land all it does is rob people. 1t ought
to be smashed"
The idea struck kilcoyne as an excel
lent one and he proceeded to put it into
execution. He lifted the machine bodily
and threw it with a crash on the floor.
Women waiting for the ferryboat scream
ed and made a rush for the door. That
did not stop Kilcoyne, however, and he did
not leave the slot machine until it was
wreck BY that time officer Callaghan
was on the scene and at once placed Kill
coyne under arrest.
There were two narrow escapes from
drowning on the front yesterday. A
FN-NI@T
rescued by Frank Kenealy at Howard
street wharf and a boy named Teddy
Rodgers was saved by Harry Johnson at
Folsom street wharf. The ship ST.
Nicholas was docking at Howard street
and Tobin was taking her lines. After
making the headline fast he was stand
as the line tightened 1t caught around
Tobin's leg and pulled him into the bay.
Kenealy happened to be standing on the
wharf, and, seeing Tobin's peril, threw
him a heaving line and got him ashore.
Teddy Rodgers nearly lost his life from
the Folsom-st float. He was watch
ing the passengers for the, Iowa get
aboard the launch William d and stood
with one foot on the launch and one on
the float. The launch moved out of the
slip and Teddy fell into the bay. He
towed out some distance before he let go.
He could not swim and was going down
for the last time when Harry Johnson
plunged in and brought him ashore more
dead than alive The youngster was
taken to the Harbor Receiving Hospital
and relieved of the water he had swal-
lowed and then sent home.
The. ferry steamer Berkeley was in
trouble again yesterday. When making
landing on this side at 1:20 p. m. yester-
day she got caught in the tide rip and
went sideways into her slip. She jammed
there and it was nearly a quarter of an
hour before she could be moved. In the
the Newark was forced to drift around in
the bay, awaiting her turn to dock. The
Berkeley was finally Strengthened out and
which the Newark docked and landed her
passengers.
The new turntable at the foot of Market
street was in operation yesterday and
proved to be vastly superior to the old
one. as it does away with the curve into
East street
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