The San Francisco call., 1899-12-30

there cabled to England Nothing has
peen heard OF the Louis Pasteur since
that date, and 25 per cent reinsurance
was at once offered on her.
The news of the loss OF a French bark
on the Falklands has been circulated: the
BlackbTaes, from Newcastle. England, for
this port, had to put into Stanley on Oc-
tober q with the loss of fourteen sails
and her steering gear damaged; the Canro-
pert, from Hamburg, was so long round
ing the Horn that she had 10 put into Val
line, from Swansea, had TO put into Rio
de Janeiro partially dismasted. The
news OF the loss of the French bark on
the Falklands has not been confirmed,
but the rumor, coupled with the authen-
tic news, has given the insurance people
a scare. and they are now offering the
IodIloWlng rates on vessels bound to Pa
cific Coast ports:
French bark Louis Pasteur. Limerick
for Portland, p per cent; French bark
General Neumayer. Swansea for San
Francisco, u per cent; French bark Nor
mande. Swansea for San Francisco. I
per cent: French bark General Turenne.
Swansea for San Francisco. per cent;
French bark Cassaro, Swansea for San
Francisco, per cent: French bark Jules
Verne. st. Nazaire for Astoria, per cent
British ship Godiva, Newcastle. England,
Rajore. Newcastle England. for San
Francisco, per cent: British ship Mat
terhorn. Antwerp for San Francisco, 10
per cent; British ship Australian, Cardiff
for San Francisco. 10 per cent.
The Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company's steamer Gaelic arrived from
the Orient yesterday and was sent into
quarantine. She brought up siXty-five
cabin passengers. many OF whom are
from Honolulu: six European steerage.
nine Koreans. twenty-nine Japanese and
l76 Chinese. After a thorough eXamina-
ton the cabin passengers were allowed
TO land on the Mail Company's tug NIL
len Griffith. but the steerage passengers
and the steamer will be held in quaran-
ah r6
thoroughly fumigated. The passengers
on the steamer say the plague was preva-
lent In Kobe. and that fires for the burn
ing of refuse were maintained in the
streets of Toxic. At Honolulu the disease
was reported as having been stamped
out.
Captain Finch reports that the big
freight steamer Algoa on her way here
from the Orient with over 1900 tons of
freight for the Pacific Mail. had a mar
row escape on the 22d inst. She arrived
off Honolulu at $3.50 p m, and while try
ing 10 make port went on the reef. She
was got off without much damage, how
ever, and will reach here about jan
uary s.
The Gaelic brings the news that the
British bark Nanaimo has reached Shang-
hal. She left Chemainus. Il. c.. nearly
$50 days ago. and shipping men were be-
ginning 10 wonder what had become of
her. She was caught in a typhoon dur
ing the month of November and was
spoken by the German steamer Hohen-
IN.
topmast and mizzenmast broken. The
captain would not accept any assistance
and navigated his vessel 10 Shanghai
The Gaelic made the run from Homo
lulu to San Francisco In six days five
hours. She had an uneventful passage all
the way from HonGkong.
The United States transport Warren was
at Honolulu when the plague broke out
AS soon as he heard the news Captain
Hart took his ship into the stream and
soon after sailed for Manila. Every pre-
caution was taken on the transport, and
there was not the slightest trace of sick
ness aboard when the Warren sailed.
The remodeled ferry steamer Ocean
Wave will he ready for service on the
Santa Fe route the first week in January
She has been renewed from keel TO gun
waie and is now practically a new yes
sell Her cabins are similar 20 those on
the San Rafael and are finished i'm hard
wood All the staterooms have been torn
e,,t and made into one large ROOM IN
which everything for the comfort of pas
sengers has been placed.