The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-30
THE CLEVELAND
WILL co BACK
AS A TRANSPORT
May Garry Soldiers to
Manila.
"A HAPPY FAMILY" ABOARD
ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR
SUNDAYS REGATTA.
The Barbara Hernster Breaks Down.
Captain Barber Celebrates the
Anniversary of His Ar
rival Here.

The transport Cleveland will go on the
drydock next Monday after which she
Will be fitted out for another trip to Ma
Mia. On this occasion she may carry 400
soldiers, as well supplies for the army.
The last trip of the Cleveland to Manila
was the most successful ever made by
that vessel during her eventful career
She made good time both ways and came
from Nagasaki via Yokohama in twenty
six days to this port The officers and
men were so pleased with the vessel that
not single man has left her and all will
go out on her again next week. In this
respect the Cleveland has broken the rec
ord, as she is the only transport that has
returned to San Francisco without some
one having "a kick to register
The officers of the Cleveland are: c. F.
Klitgard, captain; r. Peterson, chief Of
ticer; ]. w. Dill, chief engineer; Thomas
Nj. Simpson, purser. Along the front they
are known as the happy family" and
each one is looking forward to another
voyage with pleasure.
The Cleveland is in the very best of
shape for voyage to any part of the
earth.
The Fourth Of July regatta committee
has made all its arrangements for the
celebration on the bay Sunday. The row.
Ing races will start at 10 a. m. and will
be contested over course that gill COM
give the general public chance TO view
the various events from the wharves be-
tween Mission and Harrison streets.
The whitehall and fishing smack races
will start at p. m. from line off MeiggS
wharf. From there the course will be to
the Berkeley shoal buoy, thence around a
the stakeboat off Meiggs wharf. Entries
for the various events will close at p. m.
to-morrow and must be made with W. r.
Fitzgerald, at the foot of Powell street.
"a too Of ha L>nr /,
OF July committee will go out on the tug
Governor Markham and the regatta com
mittee will be on the tugs Relief and Sea
Queen.
The gasoline schooner Barbara Hern-
ster returned TO port yesterday on ac-
COUNT Of a breakdown in her machinery.
with a large cargo in her hold and the
launch Goslin on deck. She will be over
hauled and will probably sail again to-
Captain T. H; Barber, port captain for
the pilots, celebrated the anniversary of
his arrival in San Francisco yesterday.
port on the ship Diadem. 1t is many years
ago since he began looking after the
finances of the pilots and his administra-
ton has been such a success that no one
Captain J. c. MCGOWAN leaves on the
Rio de Janeiro for Manila next Thursday.
command Of the Monadnock, filing the the
vacancy caused by the death of Captain
Nichols. Mrs. Lescom, wife of General
Lescom; and Chaplain Holway will also
leave for Manila on the Rio.
The German steamer Modestia has ar
rived at Montevideo with the crew of the
wrecked American ship John r. Kelly.
Captain Chapman and his wife and family
are on their way here on the ship CN-
rus Wakefield. The Kelly was on her way
here from New York and put into Port
Stanley, Falkland Islands, in distress.
While making port she went ashore and
became a total loss. On June IA the Cy-
rus Wakefield put into Stanley slightly
damaged and with her captain dead. Cap
tain Chapman of the Kelly has probably
taken command of the Wakefield.
The French bark President Theirs from
San Francisco is now overdue at Liver
pool and per cent reinsurance is being
paid on her. She is now out 1S9 days.