The San Francisco call., 1899-10-09

| the principal Puget Sound ports has been
| here nearly a week awaiting a chance to
| welcome home the gallant boys from the
northern State. Friday Saturday and
Sunday nights the Vanderbilt people have
| had tug in waiting to take the young
| heir off the steamer as soon as she
! dropped anchor, and should she get in to-
| day he will be rushed over to Oakland
and will go flying East at express speed.
The naval hospital ship Soiace, which
arrived from Yokohama Saturday night,
! left one day after the Peking and two
| days after the Pennsylvania She had
! some heavy weather after leaving YokO-
mama, and it may have been responsible
Tor the delay of the mail steamer and
transport. Durlng the nrst week of the
run the Solace had some very heavy
weather to contend against She sailed
on September ~, and the first day she
only made Isl knots against the gale. She
is goOd 3V0-knor ship, yet ali sne could
make against the storm for the succeed
ing nine days was as follows: 21z, 229,
20. Z01, 2o2, 276, 30, f53 and 2S6 knots.
thereafter she mace better than 800 knots
a DAY until port was reached.
L he mail steamer City of Peking left
Yokcmaha day and the transport Penn
SyIVal.la two days ahead of the Solace.
1t was blowing hard when the Peking
sailed and Captain Dunlap of the hospi-
tai ship decided to remain in port. The
next day the storm showed no sign of
abaung, so the Solace put to sea. The
Vania both got the same kind of weather
as the Solace and were delayed thereby.
The Peking may also have beeen detained
at Honolulu. She had the America
Marus passengers and freight to dis
charge there, as well as her own, and
that would mean another twenty-four
hours delay, Still, she is now out nine
teen days from Yokohama and should
certainly reach port to-day.
The Pennsylvania left Yokohama on
September Is, and it was Captain Broom
fn foil
Gle Inc Solace only went as far north as
latitude 46 and had fine weather Upon
the great circle rodte. however, there has
been some very heavy weather. 1t will
probably be found that the PENNSYLVANIA
mas been hove to on several occasions
during the voyage.
ty-hve days from Hongkong and the New
port thirty-two days from Manila. Both
vessels are little behind time The Tar
tar is coming here direct and as an aver
age passage from Hongkong via Yoko-
hama is only twenty-six days she should
certainly be heard from soon. The New
lett Manila, and as she may have been
detained at Nagasah there is no telling
when she will get here.
II The :, British steamer Benmohr. which
arrived yesterday from Kobe japan. with
800 tons of coal, will be fitted out as
transport as soon as her cargo is dis
charged. She is a fine roomy vessel, about
the same size as the collier Robert Adam
son, and Will probably carry about a thou
sand troops. Captain Wallace reports
heavy weather off the Japanese coast and
also a heavy westerly swell couple of
days before the Benmohr reached port
The Russian steamer Dalny Vostock.
now on her way from Yokohama to Hon
olulu with a cargo of japanese contract
laborers. will come on here to be used as
a transport. She is a good carrier and
should arrive about the end of the month.
The. City of Pekng, on her arrival, will
also be taken as a transport, and the
pennsylvania. Tartar and Newport will
go back as quickly as they can be got