The San Francisco call., 1899-07-13
POISONED BY
PARTAK|NG Of
CANNED COFFEE
Narrow Escape of the
Caroline's Crew.
SAILING OF THE MARIP0sA
CITY OF PARA TO
DEPART FOR MANILA.
Battleship Wisconsin May Have Her
Trial on Puget Sound-Ship
Aryan Now Due Here
Is Leaking.

Four Of the crew of the steamer Caro-
line were poisoned yesterday and only re-
| covered after suffering excruciating
agony The vessel had been over to the
| quarantine station to bring back the
steerage passengers of the Nippon. After
| landing the Chinese at the Mail dock the
Caroline went back to Clay street wharf
| and tied up. The men then had their
| breakfast and shortly after that were
| taken violently sick. Four of the men
| Oscar Anderson, mate; T. Guerrero
| Charles Veilbaum and Ed Abbott, deck
| hands-were so bad that they had to be
removed to the Harbor Hospital where
they were attended by DR.. Morrison. The
coffee for breakfast had been made in an
old pot and an examination of this uten-
sill showed that there was some yerdigrls
| in it. This was what caused the poison
| ing. Veilbaum was very sick and could
not be removed from the hospital, but
! the others after being treated were as
well rs ever.
The transport City of Para will get
away for Manila to-day with companies
| and troops d and K, Fourth Cavalry:
Colonel Gilbert S. Carpenter and Colonel
geons s. Chase de Kraft, E. c. Schultze,
J. c. LIE Hardy, James Van Dusen, 5. L.
Harris and r. P. Robbins will go out on
| the Para.
The steam collier Washtenaw and the
| schooner Free Trade were in collision off
Point Bonita last Tuesday night. The
| Schooners main boom was smashed and
one of her crew hurt, so Captain Thor
| son came back for repairs. The Washte-
| nav proceeded.
| Some people seem to have a grudge
| against the steamer Cottage City and
every chance they get start rumor that
some accident has happened to the vessel.
! About month ago they had her ashore
/ and racing with the Humboldt. There
was not word of truth in either state
ment Yesterday another story to the eff
| feet that she had struck on a rock while
! en- route to Dyea was put in circulation,
! when the fact of the matter is the vessel
is alongside the wharf at Seattle, being
| overhauled. Such stories are malicious
and should be stopped, as the vessel car
! rieS a big crew and crowds of passengers
and their friends quickly hear the stories
and are scared nearly to death in conse-
! Quence.
The steamer Umatilla sails for the
| sound next Saturday and will connect
at Seattle with the Roanoke for st. Mich
ael and Cape Nome The Umatilla is one
of the largest and finest steamers on the
coast, and intending gold hunters are 60
! ing up on her in dozens. AT Seattle the
miners will join the ex-transport Roam
! oke and will go almost direct to the Cape
! Nome fields, as only a short stop will
be made at st. Michael.
| Captain Gielow has taken command of
the steamer Santa Cruz, as Captain Oh
sen has gone north to take command of
| the Orzaba. The latter steamer is go
ing to make a special trip to Alaska with
!
The battleship Wisconsin will go on
Hunters Point drydock next, week to
bette armor is in place on the. battleship,
! but her side armor may not be here Tor
months. When the latter has been put
on the Wisconsin will be unable to dock
| here, and that is why she is having her
wheel put in now. There is possibility
of the Wisconsin having, her trial trip r P
for her government test until the first of
next year, and by that time she will be
ar1nor on the only dock that will be able
| to accommodate her will be Port Orchard,
and if she has to go there She Will re-
main on the sound and have her govern
| ment test there instead of on the Santa
| Barbara channel.
The fine American steel ship Aryan is
! causing her owners some anxiety these
days. She is now out twenty-SlX days
! from Honolulu and the Irmgard, Stand
ard, Bendixsen and Mohican are out from
| twenty-six to thirty-one days Sun, II the
Aryan came along everybody would be
pleased, while 10 fears are entertained for
! the other vessels. When the Aryan came
| here five years ago on her maiden Voy-
age there was a leak somewhere that
! could not be located. That leak has Kept
on getting worse, until 1t cot SO PAD Whlle
| the vessel was in Honolulu that her CHAR
ter had to be Cancelled (she was to load
sugar for New York;. A diver was sent
down and everything possible done to 10,
! cate the leak, but all efforts failed, and
| the Arvan is coming to San Francisco TO
20 on the drydoek. That is why her own
ers will be glad to hear of her arrival.
The chances are that the American snip
George Curtis. now at Honolulu, will come
| to San Francisco and be added to the
| sugar fleet. The vessel is for sale; and
an offer for her by a San Francisco house
went down on the last steamer The offer
will probably be accepted, and the Curtis
| will in that event come here instead or 60
ing to New York.
N s w. via Honolulu, Apia and Auck-
land, last night She carried an unusually
heavy cargo and the following passengers:
Honolulu-Henry Alferitz and and wife, M i,o "
win. Fred Baldwin C. L. Beal w. s. Belfeld.
]. ]. Beiser DIR. D. R. Brewer Miss v Christ
enn Mrs W. e. Elliott Miss Elliott, Theodore
P F1uhr L. J; Frank and WIFE Mrs. Robert
! Mrs. George F. Kimball Miss Kimball W. T.
! Iucas r. w. McChesney, j. l.. Mclean, wife
and 4ames twS fhale MINER Mrs E. NJ Moore, R Mui
| len, Robert Owens wife and two children, Mrs
! F. A. Potter, J. s: SchweitzeT M Or. M: Sem D
Wilks, wife, two children, maid and valet, j.
| n S. Williams.
Apckland-F e. Baume and wife, W. Gentry
Bingham D. Craig. A; Duncan, Miss E. c.
Sydney-H A. Benson, Mrs. Henry Bratnob-
er, - T. TT j. Bush, D. \; Mcbride, H: Murdock,
RenDie M nj and Wife J. P. Richardson, George A.
Stonier. II. A Thomas. wife and child, Edgar
E Turner I5o5o G. H WSod6%TY Sog AcEYIand-captain
Chapman and Miss Poston.
Join at Honolulu for Sydney-M. c. Sherman.
r C. TAYLOR. Captain T. G.. Taylor, l.. G.
! Vanuxem Mrs. f. K. Vanuxem, Miss Florence
Vanuxem, Miss Mary Vanuxem, Hugo Wick
ems.
Senator c. D. Clark of wyoming is on
a pleasure trip to Hawaii. Mrs. Robert
Grieve is going back to Honolulu with the
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