The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-07
AN ARGENTINE
TRAINING SHIP
REACHES PORT
First Visit of the Re-
pubIic's Flag.
TIE w. H. DIM0ND IN A GALE
VESSELS TO LEAVE FOR MExI-
CAN PLACER MINES.
Steamer Homer Sails With Gold
Hunters for Cape Nome-Battle-
ship Iowa Leaves for Port
Orchard.
VESSELS TO LEAVE FOR MEXI-
CAN PLACER MINES.

The training ship Presidente Sarmiento,
belonging to the Argentine Republic. ar
rived in port yesterday, tWenty-nine days
from Acapulco. She Is commanded by
Captain Betbeder, has ten officers, forty
midshipmen and 1858 men. The Sarmiento
entered port shortly after y m, and was
boarded by the Federal quarantine officer,
Or. Brooks. That official made a most
thorough examination of the warship ard
Kept her In the quarantine grounds for
two and one-half hours Consul w. Y.
Loaiza of the Argentine Confederation,
and Consul Estenos of Peru, who were on
the tug Alert. were unable to go aboard
owing to the doctors orders.
Consul Loaiza expressed much indigna-
ton as to the length and carefulness of
the quarantine inspection. and thinks it
was extremely discourteous on the part
OF DR. Brooks to subject a warship to the
same scrutiny that ne would a coasting
schooner which carries no medical man
The war vessel will stay here ten days.
then go to Honolulu and thence around
the world She is well equipped and her
arms are of the latest invention
The barkentine W, H. Dimond, which
arrived from Honolulu yesterday. had a
very rough time of it on the night of
June f. heavy gale was encountered,
and the vessel was hove to. AT $50 p. m.
a heavy sea struck the Dimond on the
Port side near the fore rigging. 1t broke
aboard carrying the bulwarks with it and
smashed in the forward house. Three of
the sailors on watch below were washed
into the scuppers and got a number of
nasty cuts from the boxes and lumber
that was floating around the deck. The
gale then subdued and the Dimond
reached port without further incident.
The rush to the Sierra Pintada placer
gold mires from San Francisco promises
to be large. The Pacific Coast Steamship
Company will dispatch to-day to Lower
California the Curacao, which is loaded
down with freight and has a large number
q passengers for the gold fields
Among the many VINO have been seized
with a severe attack of the Lower Cali
fCrnia gold fever is Matthew Martin. who
yesterday purchased the gasoline schoon-
er Jennie Griffen and will shortly sail her
to San Diego. He will take large outfit
with him and is prepared to thoroughly
exploit the new gold fields.
The Fourth of July will be duly cele-
brated on the water front by a series of
aquatic exhibitions Among the events
is to be a race of whitehall boats, for
which there are twenty-five entries. Thir-
ty Italian fishermen will enter their boats.
There will also be a barge race, but the
prettiest of all these trials will be the
single scull races. Percy Henderson is
Raabe is on that of music.
The steamer Homer, operated by the
Alaska Exploration Company. left for
Cape Nome. via St. Mchaels, yesterday.
She had good passenger list
The battleship Iowa will leave to-day
for Port Orchard, to go on the Govern
ment drydock. She will remain in the
north for a month and will then return
tc this port for ammunition and stores.