The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-07
SUPPLIES FOR
THE SAILORS
AND SOLDIERS
A Fleet of Transports
Now Loading.
TO CARRY MUNITIONS OF WAR
BURGLARS NOW AT WORK ON
THE WATER FRONT.
The American Ships Erskine M.
TO CARRY MUNITIONS OF WAR
BURGLARS NOW AT WORK ON
THE WATER FRONT.
The American Ships Erskine M.
Phelps and Marion Chilcott
Racing From: Baltimore
to the Coast.

Ammunition and supplies are what
Uncle Sam is going TO rush to Manila He
thinks there are plenty of soldiers there
now to handle the Filipinos and the reg
Ulars will be sent along as at first in
tended. The steamer Roanoke now in
Oakland Creek may be chartered and
sent away with another regiment, but
supply ships are what will be leaving
this port for the next week or so.
The Centennial is now loaded and will
probably get away early this morning.
She has full cargo of general supplies
and will probably reach Manila inside of
thirty days. The Connemaugh left Seat
tie yesterday for this port and on her
arrival she will probably load munitions
of war for the army and navy. The Gel
tic and Justin now at Mare Island are
being overhauled and will be ready for a
trip to the Philippines in a few days. The
Justin will carry coal for the fleet and
the Celtic frozen meat for the soldiers
and sailors.
The. steamer Cleveland is hourly ex-
pected here from Seattle, and 1t is said
along the front that she will be char
tered to carry stores. The Cleveland has
and is now in first class shape.
All these vessels could be loaded and
G1lspatchea IN n, week or ten, days, so
with munitions of war and provisions in
a little over a month
The, Celtic. Centennial, Connemaugh,
Cleveland, Justin and Roanoke will make
quite fleet and they should have no
trouble in keeping the soldiers and sailors
IN the Philippines we'll equipped with the
neceSSaries.
along the front. Sunday night or early
Monday morning they broke into the
store of NJ. d. Nanvales & Co and made
quite haul. They must have used a
hA
could not have carried them away ex-
cepI by making several visits to the place
After going over his stock, Michael
Nanvales finds that the burglars got
away with seven gallon cans and nine
nalf -gallon cans Of imported olive oil,
thirty Roman cheeses imported from Italy,
dozen tins of canned olives, bunch of
bananas and two boxes of apples The
door of the store had been burst. open and
the goods taken were close to the en-
trance. Mr.. Vanvales is of the opinion
that his place was robbed after a. M
yesterday. At that hour the catman fed
the felines in the store. and he said the
door was not burst open at that hour
The police are working on the case, but
nave been unable to discover any trace
of the burglars.
The ships Marion Chilcott and Ers1ine
N: Phelps are supposed to be racing to
this coast from Baltimore. The Phelps
is a a. new vessel on her first voyage. and
Is l5S days out. The Chilcott was form
eriy the British ship Kilbrannan She
went ashore in a fog during visit to
Puget Sound, and was got off and sold
TO Barneson & Chilcott of Seattle, who
fixed her up and put her under the Amer
lean flag On January 20 she was spoken
by the schooner Ethel Zane in latitude a
north 1874 west. and should make the sound
any time now
The collier Washtenaw has returned to
port. and Captain Crosscup denies most
positively that he refused to answer the
signals Of distress from the schooner
Nettie Sundborg. 1t will be remembered
that the steamer CoQuille River supplied
the Sundborg with provisions last month
and the captain said the Washtenaw had
passed without paying any attention to
the signal OF distress Captain Crosscup
says that al the time mentioned # was
blowing southeast gale, and was very
thick. In consequence. he could not and
did not see the schooner. and even if he
had sighted her the weather was so
heavy that he could not have rendered as
SiStance