The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-16
THE VALENCIA
RETURNS FROM
THE PHILIPPINES
Brin gs Back a Num-
Der of Volunteers.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC ROBBED
QUANTITY OF FREIGHT STOLEN
FROM ITS WHARF.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC ROBBED
QUANTITY OF FREIGHT STOLEN
FROM ITS WHARF.
Battleship Iowa Getting Ready to Go
on the Drydock-The Overdue
Bark Diamond Head
Reaches Port.

The transport Valencia arrived from
Manila via Nagasald yesterday after a
good passage of twenty days. In
the cabin she had the following passen-
gers: Mrs. T. H. Mead and child, Captain
F. E. Buchan, c. S. Parker, ]. H. Hester,
DR.. James McAdory and John w. Taylor.
The Valencia also brought up the follow
ing discharged soldiers: William T. AL
len, Walter S. Mcbride. James E. Calyey,
w. ]. Manning, Samuel Harvey, w. L.
Phillips, Howard H. May, Bert D. Car
rier, James Z. Fritter, Austin o. Sims.
Robert O. Wright, j. D. Dixon, Thomas
Quirk, Francis w. Johnston, John John
son, Albert Ross, Michael Hulub, w. b.
Walker, Herbert Monson, f. D. Sweet.
F. D. Brown, A. A. Dorm, c. II. Wallace,
j. c. Tucker, James Walsh, Thomas M
Farmer, Ed. Arnold, ]. F. w. Kreyer,
Benjamin Gilman, w. f. Shank, Rudolph
Blauer, John Fellows, Phil Ballard,
James W. Council, F. NJ. Wilson, G. O.
Stryker.
Captain F. E. Buchan is of the TWEEN
tieth Kansas Regiment and he accom-
panies the remains of his wife. She sue
cumbed to the climate of Manila and the
body will be taken to Kansas for inter-
ment. J. H. Hester was formerly fore
man of the Report pressrooms, but went
Government printing office He did not
like the climate and came back to San
Francisco.
The Valencia experienced fine weather
throughout the trip except on Sunday
night, when she was caught in a heavy
gale off the Farallones.
Some wharf rats made a good haul at
the depot for the Sacramento River boats
last Sunday. They got under the wharf
in boat and then clambered up a pile
A large quantity of wine and canned
goods was secured and passed down into
the boat. When all that could be COM
fortably carried away was secured the
about the time the robbery is supposed
to have been committed Agent of the
Steamers White was within a hundred
yards of the, depot talking to some
the trail of the stolen goods.
The battleship Iowa is being made
ready to go on the drydock The schoon-
ers Shasta, Alpine and Solano were in
alongside the battleship TO receive 450
tons of ammunition. They will then sail
up to Mare Island and discharge their
load. After the Iowa has been cleaned
be brought down from the navy yard and
put aboard again. Everything possible is
being taken out of the battleship in order
to tighten her so that there may be no
difficulty in getting her into the dry
dock.
An experiment that has proved great
success in Hawaii and Manila is to be
tried in Fiji. In the former places all the
work on the plantations is done by mules,
but in Fiji the horse is still employed.
The nobler animal does not stand the CHI
mate well and the cost of horseflesh adds
considerable to the price of sugar in Fiji
The planters are now going TO try the
mules and thirty-two of the animals will
leave here on the Moana tomorrow.
They will be taken as far as Auckland
y. H., where they will be. given week S