The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-15
OVERDUE FLEET
CAUSING OWNERS
LITTLE ANXIETY
Change of Wind Will
Bring Them In.
MORE SOLDIERS FOR MANILA
SEVERAL TRANSPORTS READY
TO SAIL THIS WEEK.

One Of the overdue fleet made port yes
terday and brought some comfort to the
owners of vessels now out an unusually
long time for Puget Sound ports. Inc
British ship County OF Cardigan was o.
days out from Nagasaki for British Co
lumbia and 25 per cent was PAID by the
underwriters TO reinsure their risks. Yes
terday the ship arrived at Port Townsend,
and Captain hughes reports having been
driven north by the southeast storms and
had TO beat his way back. The local over
due fleet has probably had the same ex-
perlence.
Port Discovery ana the schooner Amerl-
can Girl for Port Gamble on october 8;
the bark Highland Light Tor Depart ure
Bay on October II; the snip Louis W aIsn
for Tacoma on october 10. ana the Dark
Germanla tor Seattle on october ~ Inc
suppOsitlon is that all these vessels nave
been driven past the Straits OF + dca, ana
ike the County of Cardigan VIII nave 10
beat their way back tor three weeks
il mas been blowing hard along the coast
from the southeast, but yesterday II
chopped around TO he northwest II TINS
change OF wind holds good as far north
as Vancouver Island, then the overdue
fleet of coasters should be heard from
within the next torty-elght hours.
AS against the long passages being maze
by the Thompson, American Girl, Gernla-
ma, Highland Light ana Louis alsh'
the runs Of the c. +. Sargent ard Column
Dld StaQU out III DOlu ISlltA. AlC 'eAA 49,
left here November , for Departure Bay
and made the run IN four days. The Co
lumbia left here for Tacoma on November
; and made the run in i've days cap
tains Haskell and Nelson went up the
coast in steamboat time, but were careIul
not TO pass Cape Flattery until they had
a good slant TO pass in through the
The transports City of Sydney and
Pathan sailed for Manila yesterday after
noon with the FOrty-siXth Regiment Inc
oil r,trr g T6
and as soon the orders were gwen the
transports dropped out into the stream
The transports Ben Mohr and Senator Will
sail to-day; the City Of Puebla and St
Paul next Saturday; the Ohio and Indiana
Monday, November 20, and the Duke OF
Fife and Hancock Tuesday or Wednesday
Of next week.
When the Ranger comes down from
Mare Island next week the old hands
along the front Will wonder what new
warship Uncle Sam has added to his navy
Not so very long ago she was known as
a slOOp-Of-war and was bark-rlgged NOW
she is a fore and after and Will be
classed as a gunboat., a complete new
battery has been added to her outfit, and
she is now manned by the crew or the
Badger, that vessel having gone out OF
commission. 1t was originally the lnten-
ton Of the Government to send the
Ranger to the Philippines, but news from
the seat Of war tend TO show that the sit
uation is now well in hand, so the Ranger
will remain on the coast.
Captain Rider has taken command Of
the cruiser Philadelphia, vice Captain
White, who retires on full pay: Captain
Rider was lieutenant commander of the
Narragansett when Admiral Dewey was
captain of that vessel.
The tug Ida w had hard time Of 1t
getting the schooner w. F. Witzemann in
from sea last Monday. There was a very
heavy swell on and the bar was breaking
in places. a very heavy roller struck the
schooner and the steel hawser by which
she was being towed parted. a Manila
h2wser followed suit, and for a time the
schooner rolled gunwales under Captain
James on the tug soon went to her assist
ance. however, and passing another haw-
ser aboard lowed her in safety into port.
There were a few critical moments for
both tug and schooner after the hawsers
parted and both captains were glad to
see the fort opening up as they passed in.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's Aus
trala will sail for Honolulu this after
noon. She takes away an unusually valu-
able cargo. nearly all the merchandise
being goods for the holiday trade in the
islands. The passenger accommodations
will be taxed to the utmost. as the Aus
tralia is one of the favorite ships in the
trade.