The San Francisco call., 1899-10-16
NO NEWS FROM
OVERDUE SHIP
CHAS. E. MOODY
The Gaelic Arrives
From Honolulu.
ANOTHER TRANSPORT IN PORT
WESTMINSTER WILL CARRY
HORSES TO MANILA.
Six Troopships Will Sail for the
Philippines Next Week-Tartar
and Manauense the First
to Sail Westward.
ANOTHER TRANSPORT IN PORT
WESTMINSTER WILL CARRY
HORSES TO MANILA.

The Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company's Gaelic arrived from the ORR
ent yesterday. She was looked for Friday
night last but was a day late leaving Yo-
kohama and met strong head winds and
a heavy sea all the way from Honolulu.
She brought up 50 cabin passengers, Is
second cabin and 334 Chinese passengers.
Her cargo is very valuable one. among
It being $SS9,0O0 in specie.
COIonel j. w. Pope, L. S. A, who went
TO Manila on the transport Newport, was
passenger on the Gaelic. HIS wife had
been waiting at the Occidental for him,
and yesterday went on tug to the quar-
antine station to meet him
Inc steamers Gaelic and Mariposa met
on the 10th inst The Mariposa left here
on the 9th inst. for New Zealand and Au-
stralia, and was about thirty hours
sleamlng from Honolulu when the Gaelic
spoke her.
The overdue ship Charles E. Moody
had not arrived at Honolulu when the
Gaelic sailed The Moody is now out iSl
days from Norfolk, Va, for Honolulu
with a cargo of coal, and 45 per cent is
pelng paid TO reinsure hull and cargo.
captain Anderson of Lewis, Anderson &
Co, one Of the owners, is confident that
the ship is afioat. He thinks she is going
VIA the Cape Of Good Hope. and will ar
rive in Honolulu in due course No anx-
iety was felt in Hawaii about the shin
when the Gaelic sailed.
me transport Centennial arrived at
Honolulu on the 9th inst. and the Sheri-
can on the Ith inst, while the Aztec sailed
Ior Manila on the Sd, Sherman on the
zth' hospital ship Relief for Guam on the
olh' Grant Tor Manila on the 9th and Ia
coma on the Ith. The officers on the Gaze
lie say that Honolulu has been having a
buSy time Of 1t with the TRANSPORTS
The barkentine Omega. Captafn Hsr-
Tngton, cleared at Honolulu for San
FFhanclsco hdotio2 i IN ballast on October 7.
Another vessel was added to the trans
port fleet yesterday. The British steamer
Nestninster arrived from Newcastle,
Australia yesterday, and as soon as her
cargo or coal is discharged she will be
made ready to sail for Manila She was
5utVeyeq by Captains Bafneson and
gay and round TO be in firSt-class condi-
non. The Westminster has accommoda-
lions for 500 horses and nearly that num-
1er OF animals will be sent away on her
me Leeianaw viii be ready for service
again about the end of the week She
VIII carry 254 horses. The Conemaugh
VIII carry over 300 horses and she a aiSo
will be ready for the trip about the end
OF the week. In all over a thousand head
OF stock viii be on Its way 10 Manila in
OF the fleet of troopships now in port six
OF them will be ready for sea about the
same time. Work is being rushed on the
tartar, Manauense, Olympia, City of Pc
King, Pennsylvania and Newport and all
OF them VIII probably be ready for sea
next Saturday, but it will be the 23d inst.
before they sail. The Tartar and Manau-
ense will be the first to depart They
will carry the regiment that has been
OF Peking and Pennsylvania will each car
Ty a regiment, while a third viii go on
he Olympia and Newport. In all about
SyD men VIII sail during Monday and
Tuesday Of next week
These vessels will be followed in rapid
succession by the Ben Mohr Hancock
Victoria, Scindia and probably the Justin
The two latter vessels are at Mare ISL
and, and viii doubtless be got ready for
the voyage at that station.
Besides these vessels quite a fleet is now
on its way here from Manila. which will
be sent back as quickly as possible. The
Senator with the F'ifty-first Iowa Regi-
inst. She made a good run to Yokohama
and left there for San Francisco on Octo-
Der Z. The Wyefield is now ten days out
from HOngkong and the City of Sydney
nineteen days from Manila. The Ohio
and Indiana are carrying the Tennessee
boys. The Ohio is II days out from
Hongkong and the Indiana eight days
from Manila, while the City Of Puebla is
ten DAYS, the GarOnne nine days and the
St. Paul six days out from Manila. All
of these vessels should reach here be-
tween next week and the first week in
November and with anything like luck
the last Of them should be back in Manila
by the middle Of December
The State officials of Iowa and the dele
cation that has come out here to welcome
home the Iowa regiment were on the
front yesterday. They heard that divine
services were held aboard the battleship
Iowa every Sunday morning at II o'clock,
asking permission TO attend. Their
quest was readily granted and two launch
es We're sent ashore to bring them out.
After the services the visitors We're shown
over the ship and came back ashore de-
lighted with the warship and her officers.