The San Francisco call., 1899-07-12
Harbor Commission
erS Have No Power.
CONEMAUGH SAILS FOR MANILA
GUARANTEED PASSENGERS OF
NIPPON MARU LANDED.
Elaborate Preparations on the Front
for the Reception of Oregon
Troops = First Water
melons of Season.

The Harbor Commissioners yesterday
decided to take no action on the request
of the local Board of Health for their
cooperation in refusing to allow vessels
to dock unless they had a clean bill OF
health Two weeks ago a communication
was received relating to the subject,
which was referred to Attorney Budd for
his advice as to the powers of the Com
missioners in the matter, and he recon-
mended that the communication be filed
He argued that the Harbor Board could
not act except in q specific case where
there was no doubt of the presence OF
infectious diseases on the vessels and that
the Federal State and municipal health
authorities were competent to deal with
the contingency.
Commissioner Kilburn presented the
names of two men for appointment as
collectors and Commissioners Herold and
Harvey voted favorably. Eugene Sulli-
van, former Assemblyman of the Forty
fifth District, succeeds q. A: Murphy, ana
NJ. H. Barry, former Assemblyman OF the
Forty-fourth, took j. NJ. Nash's place.
The terms of the displaced officers have
both expired.
day afternoon for Manila with 276 horses
for the Fourth Cavalry. Lieutenant WI
mans and a squad of thirty-fve men are
in charge of the animals The latter are
ranged along the sides of the vessel IN
small stalls and will be given chance TO
stretch themselves at Honolulu. 20
the Nippon Maru came over from quaran-
tine yesterday morning on the steamer
Caroline. Captain w. 9. Leale lanoeo S
where three cheers We're given Tor Dr.
Kinyoun, Federal Quarantine officer. The
Governor Perkins met them off Lombard
Cohn stamped their health certificates
The transport City of Para will leave
four companies of the Twenty-fourth In
fantry and two troops of the Fourth
Cavalry. The Tartar leaves on the I'D
with hoo men of the Nineteenth Infantry.
The Tacoma will take on 200 horses in
about three days.
The bark Santiago. the first of the over
morning, thirty days from Hilo, with four
passengers. She went to Long wharf,
Oakland, to discharge her cargo.
waiting for assignment, was brought to
the Harbor Hospital yesterday to be
treated M for an ugly wound h on the right nsr
fectly sober, claims that he was struck
on the head with a revolver by Officer
Davis. a new member OF the police force.
provocation. He says he was walking
along near the Hotel Nymphia with a
friend, another soldier. whom Davis
Beaton. The latter was charged with
disturbing the peace. DIR. Rice dressed
Four minor cases were treated at the
Harbor Hospital. E. Moore. teamster,
sustained a compound fracture Of the
hand while loading boiler on Mission
and East streets. A Haven had a piece
of steel extracted from his right index
finger and Joseph H. Muller had his left
index finger ground off by an emery
wheel at the Daw Steam Pump Works.
Edward Lynch was arrested by Officers
Dalton and Crosby on suspicion of hav
ing broken Robert Hamilton's leg on
Ffshermans wharf last Sunday in an al
tercation. Lynch was charged with may
hem, but says he knows nothing of the
assault and was not there when it oc
Cured.
rived yesterday from Fresno. and Com
mission Merchant McDonough was en-
riched $3.50 thereby. His partner, Run
yam, bet that none would arrive before
In addition to the tug Governor Irwin,
which will take Adjutant General Sea-
mans and his staff out to the incoming
transports Ohio and Newport when they
erously donated by Captain w. j. Gray
to convey the Native Sons committee,
Colonel w. P. Sullivan, who will repre-
sent the Mayor. and the members of the
press The band provided by the Mayor
will also accompany the party, which will
leave from Mission-street wharf. Due no.
tice will be given through the telephone
and by the blowing of whistles and sirens
as soon as the vessels are sighted, and
there will be time enough given to reach
the wharf.
Yolo Mills by Adolph Hinz Jr., who had
the tip of his finger cut off at the Harbor
Hospital a result of his enthusiasm:
The whistle will blow at the appointed
time and be heard clear to Alameda.
The elaborate preparations made for the
reception of the Oregon troops is entirely
due to the press committee, who worked
unremittingly for it, The mem members NU are are
niger Percy Henderson and Assistant
George H. S. Dryden.