The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26

danger Captain Rasmussen hove his ves-
sci to, and through the whole OF thal TER
rife night and part of the next day stayed
by the disabled ship. When Rasmusse1
saw assistance coming ne up heIn anu
stood away for Newcastle n. ,. W.5i
Captain Corkhill of the Crown OF lnola .a
did not forget the incident. and as soon
as he got his vessel into piace oI Isatoigg sateig
he sent a handsome preseht; TO ,,fe Who
was with him on that memoraple hIene,
II was late in May when the Crown OF
India was towed into Sydney harooF, ,aiInd atld
it was December II before she salleo
again for San Francisco. New spars nao
to be procured from Scotland, causing tne
delay. The run here was mage In tns SS lasS
off Meiggs wharf, and during the iaiftad iaLter5
noon the revenue cutter Rush drl1teo
down on her. The latter had been over 70
California City for target pr prafoff fo tbe ar front
the Rush was anchored near the CTow4
of India. The cutters anchor olo nc, noe
hold and she drifted down on tne @ SaIp'
Tugs separated them before mtch Dam
The British bark Cardigan Castle ar
rived from Newcastle, n. s. W. @ aIter
Goufding was beWailing his hard luck IN
having met nothing but light winds ana
calms until in latitude "a deg. 10 MN, "a
spoke the British bark Brussels, which
sailed from Newcastle for san FRANCISCO
twelve days before him.
A new steamer mas just DSSH Ia
at Stockton for the California .Navigation
and Improvement Company. She has peen
named J. r. Mcdonald after the e%,Stale
Treasurer She is los feet long, "A lees
broad, 5 feet deep and draws 16 inches OF
water.
The old steamer Newport is going PACK
into the coasting trade. Away BACK IN
the seventies she was built by the iaIih-
ers of Anaheim to run in opposltlon 10 s tls
Pacific Coast Steamship Company. After
a time the two concerns amaigamateu,
and for wears the Newport sailed under
the steamship company's nag Ineh , she
was sold TO the Pacific Steam WhalinB
Company and made two cruises TO the
Arctic, arriving home on the last occa-
sion in October She has now been cut
down and thoroughly overhauied, ana
when she next appears on the Ironl shc
will be a steam, schooner and ready 1or
business
The transport Roanoke is to sail at
D. m. to-day for Manila. Captain hldstoh
goes out in command and captain 7 er-
guson will be his first officer. DR.. Dig
gins will be the vessels surgeon and
genial Tom James the chief steward
Members of the Grand Army OF the he
public visited the Iowa yesterday aIter-
noon. One hundred of the members We're
taken out on the launches Amy and VIII
liam d and they had a most enJoyapIe
time The battleship will be open TO tnG
public again to-day, and the launcnes VIII
run as usual from the FolSom-street noat.
William Stockings was treated at the
Harbor Receiving Hospital yesterday for
a painful cut on the right arm lie was
climbing a fiagpole at the corner or
Broadway and Montgomery avenue to nix
the halyards When half way up the pole
he slipped and began TO slide back When
twelve feet from the ground his arm
caught in a projecting piece OF TN ana
tore the skin badly. The shock caused
Stockings to drop to the ground, from
which he was picked up unconscious and
hurried to the hospital