The San Francisco call., 1899-06-24
Amiral Troude Forms
Advance Guard.
MANY NEW VESSELS BUILDING
KEELS OF OCEANIC COMPANY'S
STEAMERS LAID.
Four Big Schooners for the Coast
Trade Nearing Completion.
Troops for the Yukon
and Manila.

The French bark A 'miral Troude ar
rived from Newcastle, N. S. W., yester-
day after long passage of eighty-three
days. Light winds and calms were re-
sponsible for the delay. While working
his way down the coast Captain Mace
got his vessel very close to Point Arena.
Luckily a friendly streak of wind came
from the right quarter and the bark was
got about and stood safely out to sea.
The Amiral Troude is the first Of
French fleet now on its way to the coast.
Two years ago a merchantmen flying the
tricoIor was rarity in these waters, but
the flag will be seen in ever increasing
numbers from this time France is
now paying a heavy mileage subsidy to
its merchant vessels and in consequence
a big fleet has been built and commits
stoned during the past year. OF these
new vessels ten are on their way here
from Swansea, six from Newcastle, n. ).
w, one from Hamburg and one from
Antwerp, while three more are bound Tor
Puget Sound ports.
II the Amiral Troude made long Yoy-
age the American bark Rufus Z. Wood
is making a longer one. She is now out
ninety-eight days from Sydney, y. 5. W.,
but may drop in any hour. Ten days ago
she was only about 700 miles off port.
The overdue British ship Eurasia was
spoken on May 10 in latitude north,
anxious about her and S per cent premi--
um was offered to reinsure vessel and
cargo. The Eurasia left here on Janu-
airy with a cargo of barley and wheat
for England. There were S942 centals of
the barley and Captain Hughes consid-
cred that so much of the stuff made MS
ship tender" He accordingly inquired
on making a long voyage as he would
shorten sail as soon as 1t began to blow.
The fact that the vessel was tender prob
ably accounts for the reinsurance, for the
,1ol ff.~.l
her has not arrived yet and no rein
suranCe has been paid on her.
Henry Peterson got off new answer
Cat least it is new to the water fronQ to
an old question yesterday. The United
States cruiser Philadelphia is lying in
the stream off PetersonS boathouse and
all day long he is besieged with questions
relative to the warship. One bright
partially satisfied her curiosity and
asked:
why do you always call the Philadel-
phia she, Mr.. Peterson"
Because there are so many arms about
her" answered Pete without cracking
a smile The young lady asked no more
questions.
port Sheridan and the heads of the quar-
termasters department are in quandary.
They have the remains of two soldiers
on their hands, and whether to send them
back to Manila with the transport or keep
them here is what is bothering them.
one thing is certain, there has been gross
carelessneSS somewhere and in matter
over which the greatest of care should
have been taken. The Sheridan brought
up quite number of casketS in which
repoSed the remains of volunteers killed
while lighting the battles of their cOun-
try. Two of these caskets have no iden-
tifying mark on them, nor is there any
thing in the ships papers to show whose
bodies they contain. Until the authori-
ties at Manila can be heard from the cof-
fins will either have to remain on the
wharf here or go back with the trans
port. If the authorities at Manila can
throw no light on the matter, then the
bodies will have TO be buried among the
unknown dead"
The Sheridan and Valencia will sail for
Manila to-day. The former will take
away over 1900 men,, while the remainder
of the Twenty-fourth Regiment (colored)
will leave on the Valencia
Hall Bros shipyard at Port Blakeley
has enough work on hand to keep 1t busy
for year to come. Four vessels for the
sugar and coasting trade are now on the
stocks and will be launched during the
year. one vessel is TO be duplicate of
the schooner Mary f. Foster that ar
rived from Honolulu last Friday. She is
being built for Allen & Robertson of Ho-
nolulu. q. E. Billings will be managing
owner of the other three, all of which
will be four-maSted schooners One of
them will be called the Winslow, after
the late Captain Hall, and will be COM
manded N by r; s. Birkholm, now of the
f. 5. Redfield. The other will be COM
manded by Captain E. E. Smith, now of
the Marie E. Smith, and she will be chris
tened the William H. Smith in honor of
not yet been named but she will be com
manded by Captain Rasmussen, late of
chased by c. d Lane last month and is
now on her way to st. Michael with a
load of lumber.
The Alaska Commercial Company's
steamer st. Paul will sail tomorrow for
St. Michael with soldiers for the various
military stations on the Yukon. Colonel
Ray Will be in command and about 430
The members of the Press Club and
their friends will have a most ENJOYABLE
time on the bay tomorrow. The steamer
Sunol has been chartered and will leave
Washington street at 9:45 a. m The Union
Iron Works and Hunters Point drydock
will be visited, and at II a. m. a land
cific Yacht Club has given the nse of IL