The San Francisco call., 1899-03-09

moved from place to place while the
quarantine officer was trying 10 count
them and in consequence the task had 10
be gone over again and again before the
doctor could get them to tally with the
passenger list.
The Alameda brought the news Of the
wreck of the American ship Edward
O'Brien. The vessel left Departure Bay
on February for Honolulu with a cargo
of coal. On February q she passed Dia-
mond Head and stood in for honolulu.
Captain Banfeld ran close to the entrance
in the reef, intending to anchor and wait
for a tug. The starboard anchor was let
go, but the headway on the vessel was so
great that 1t parted the anchor chain. The
port anchor was then dropped but before
it held the ship crashed on to the west
side Of the entrance and in spite of every
effort struck there. She finally became
t{ total w wreck and Vas to be e,s3 s9ld at aue
The Edward O'Brien was built at Thorn
astown Me, in 1889, and was 2157 tons net
burden. She was 2591 feet long, 42.5 feet
broad and S.9 feet deep.
The Alameda brought up ffty-six cabin
and 100 steerage passengers. Among them
Jackson and Nine. Alice Power of the Sis
terhood of the Sacred Heart. They have
been transferred from Australia TO Amer
lea. Thomas r. Kyle, professor of physi-
cal science in the University of Mel
bourne, was also a passenger. Orpheus
McAdo,. head of the Jubilee Singers in
cure more talent for his organization.
John Wynton, the ventriloquiSt, will be
seen at the Orpheum next week, and VIII
liam G. Bingham, an electrical engineer,
is on his way to England in connection
with the electric street railways TO be
built in Auckland, N Il. DR.. Raffel, the
German REPRESENTATIVE in Samoa. who
made so much trouble, came UP from
Apia. He has been removed from office.
lided members Of the First Colorado and
twelve of the First Nebraska regiments
returned on the Alameda.
The Alameda brought up in treasure
s1010,000 being the balance in trade be-
tween Australia and America
The Norwegian bark Prince Edward
has been posted at Lloyd's as missing
and the gamblers in reinsurance will
have to pay up. The Prince Edward left
Baltimore for Honolulu over eight
some time ago. She was formerly the
British bark SOmersetshire and was built
in 1867. She was 1885 feet long, 1913 feet
broad and 23.9 feet deep, with a tonnage
of 21SO net. She was coal laden.
The Chilean bark Elisa, which went
Shanghai and became wreck, has been
sold at auction. She was lumber laden
from Puget Sound. The hull sold for
S4050 and the cargo for $500.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
Australia sailed for Honolulu yesterday
with the. following passengers:
Broadfield, Ed Brunsman, George H. Col
Inns, ]. L. Davis, James Ferdon, Harry
Cooley and, wife, Mrs NJ Gorgas, Miss
wife, Mrs w. F. C. Hasson and child.
Miss N. HawIey. Miss E. Helms, Miss
Ida Howell, Mrs. b S. Hubbard, E. A.
Huber. G. L. Johnson, n A. Johnson, W.
b. Jones, Mrs. NJ Madden. Mrs. w. E:
Miles, r. s. Moore and wife, Mrs. Paul
Neumann, Ed Pollitz, H. Pollworth, w.
H. Quinn, Mrs. D. R. Rae. Fred Rayner
and wife, George S. Ringland and wife,
Miss JEANNE Ringland Mrs; S. Roth 5.
Schwartz. Mrs. Skdmore, p Susmann,
w. H. Taylor Jr, Mrs: E, NJ. Titus. Mrs.
Wagner William j. Wallace and wife,
c. NJ. White and wife, Mrs. Winter, E.
O. Young.
The whaling bark Gayhead was at the
islands when the Alameda sailed. She
goes from there to the Arctic.