The San Francisco call., 1899-08-29

ports that will be ready to leave within
the next fortnight and two more are ex-
pected from the Philippines that will leave
again as soon as they can be got ready.
The new transport is the Sikh, vessel
that has been in the Oriental trade for
nearly ten years. but came here from Yo-
kohama under charter to John Rosen-
fields Sons. She was to have gone into
the coal trade, but will now be fitted out
to carry troops. The Sikh was built in
1889 by Wigham. Richardson & Co. of
Newcastle, England, for the Mogul
Steamship Company. She is 1877 tons net
burden, 335 feet long, 40 feet broad and %
feet inches deep. She is very roomy
vessel, is fitted throughout with electricity
and will make valuable addition to the
fleet of transports. She carries almost an
entire crew of Asiatics, but nearly all of
these will be replaced with white labor
before the steamer returns here from
Manila
On May 2Sth last the Sikh was in New
York. From there she went to Singapore,
thence to Hongkong, Shanghai. Hioko and
Yokohama. At the latter port she was
chartered to come to San Francisco.
OF the other transports the Warren and
City of Puebla Will get away this week.
The Puebla has been painted white and
looks well in her new dress. She will
probably get away this afternoon or TO-
pleted loading and is scheduled to sail
Thursday. The Columbia is coaling at the
Government wharf: She will be painted
Union Iron Works, but her repairs are
completed and to-day she will so into the
the drydock yesterday and she also will!
coal in the stream. The Centennial is
COaling at the Government wharf and the
Leelanaw is loading at Harriso1-street
wharf. Both these Vessels viii AXE away
a load of horses The George w. Elder
is now at Astoria and the Belgian King at
during the week and will be fitted cut as
transports. The Grant is now out twenty
nine days and the Sheridan nineteen days
from Manila Both these vessels should
be on their way back to Manila by the
middle of September. The hospital ship
Relief goes to Hunters Point drydock to-
day and after an overhauling she also will
return to Manila. 1t was originally in
tended to send her back empty. but If the
Government finds itself pressed for ships
she may take back load of troops These
vessels will carry all told between u,000
and Y 600 soldiers and all of them will be
on the way before September 20th.
Yokohama for most brutal murders and
the officers and men of the steamer
Sikh are commenting upon the fairness
of the japanese court. Robert Miller was
an A. B. on the American ship Tam
O'Shanter. At Yokohama he fell in love
with Tonooka Suye, a Japanese, woman
who was running a saloon under the name
of George Henry. sailor on the United
States steamer Olympia. Miller deserted
his ship and went to live in the house kept
by Tonooka Suye. He wanted her to put
the house under his name and she at first
consented, but finding that Miller was
drinking heavily, changed her mind.
Helping Tonooka Suye in the saloon was
a maid servant named Suzuki Aki. In love
with Suzuki was another American sailor
named Nelson Ward. Miller did not like
Ward and when he saw the latter in the
house with Suzuki Aki the day Tonooka
Suye refused to put the saloon in his
name he got angry. That night when
everybody was asleep Miller armed him
ed to run amuck. He entered Ward S
room and after slashing him with the
razor beat his brains out with the ham,
mer. He then went into the room of Su-
then served Tonooka Suye in the same
manner. Miller then made his escape, but
was captured and was under trial for his
life before Judge Miyajima Kenjiro when
the Sikh sailed from Yokohama.
The British ship King David has ar
rived at Antwerp after experiencing some
terrific weather. Her sails were blown
away, the forecastle was damaged. the
cabin flooded and everything movable on
deck washed overheard. The King David
was towed from here to Portland and
there loaded wheat for Europe Captain
Jones was accompanied by his wife and
daughter.
The Mail Company's steamer Peru sailed
! for Panama and waypOrtS yesterday. Cap
tain Irvine of the Barracuda went out in
command as Captain Friele is on the sick
The store of Dennison. FEELING & Co..
! 205-207 Davis street, was burglarized last
| Saturday night. The thieves got in
through skylight@ "a and tried ao to t5 open the the
drawer and secured S. 40.
! Attempted Murder on the Sprtngburn.