The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

The Pacific Mail Company's steam
ship China, Captain Friele, put in an
unexpected appearance yesterday after
noon, having made the run from Homo
lulu in FIVE days and fourteen hours.
Quarantine inspection, in spite of the
fact that the liner had on board more
than 400 passengers, detained her only
about thirty-five minutes, and she was
alongside. her berth at the Pacific Mail
dock by O'Clock.
The China brought a small cargo.
only 1880 tons, and stood higher out of
the water than she usually appears
coming into port. OF passengers she
brought Az. divided as follows: Ninety
eight in the cabin, 81 steerage. 122 Japa-
nese and 100 Chinese. She brought lit
tie silk and no opium, but in her strong
room carried treasure valued at $3.50, 600.
Lieutenant F. L. Sandoz of the navy.
who with his wife was a passenger
on the liner came from the Asiatic sta
tion in charge of number Of sick jack
les. Lieutenant Sandoz was attached
to the Kentucky. and when he boarded
the China at Kobe was accompanied by
as many of the f1agship's officers as
could get away. AS the China passed
the Kentucky the crew lined the rails
and in ringing cheers gave proof of the
/ lieutenant's popularity. while the flag
ships band contributed Home, Sweet
Home" to as fine a send-off as was ever
rendered to a young officer by his ship
mates. Sandoz is said to have been
one of the best liked officers on the
Asiatic station, and on board the China
every passenger was his friend. He
speaks with glowing pride of Admiral
Evans and the discipline on the Asiatlc
station generally, and on the Kentucky
in particular. On the Kentucky, he
said, Fighting Bob's enthusiasm had so
leavened the ships personnel that fric-
ton had been eliminated and the ships
affairs almost ran themselves. After
leaving the men in his care at Mare
Island the lieutenant will proceed to
his home in Louisiana.
Colonel A. Mackenzie, Major H. B.
Moon and Captain G. w. Read, who
were on the board of army officers sent
to Honolulu to select a site for per-
manent army post, returned on the
China.
borough, chief engineer Of the coast
survey steamship Pathfinder. He is on
his way East to join another ship, but
which one he does not know. The Path
finder is surveying the waters of the
Philippines, and Goldsborough says
that there would be fifty years work
before her If she remained in that part
Of the world until the surveying in con-
temptation has been completed
G.. Nederland. Commissioner to the
ST. Louis Exposition from the Philip
pines, was a passenger on the liner.
Two Filipinomerrived on the China and
will be sent % Los Angeles to join the
band Of students that arrived a few
weeks ago.
]. r. Harry, port steward of the Pa
cific Mail Company, returned on the
China. He left here on the Siberia and
has been playing passenger for the pur-
pose of finding out where the service in
his department could be improved.
The China encountered fine weather
throughout the passage. Her passen-
gers included the following named:
A. Agular. Miss c. NJ. chilcott. A. Cohn
Mrs. Dudley F. p Fernald. Walter Fulker-
A. Harris. T. Hasegama. Miss E. Hochhefmer
Denis Hurley. H. Kono. F. B. Morse F. A.
Newell NJ. Otagama e F. Robbins and ser
want Miss Theodore Robbins. J. r. Harry A.
r Sargent. T. Suzuki. Miss Emma Thursby
Mrs. J. L. Thurston. A. Scale. Mrs. F. NJ
Hatch A Lewis Jr., NJ. Walton. Mrs. Bradford
Newman. Mrs F. Lawrence Mrs. H. H. Cars
tin. Colonel A. Mackenzie, Charles Clark DR.
J. W. Amasse. Miss NJ. Chilcott. Miss L. Cohn
Charles A Edwards. Miss NJ ]. Fraser. Mas
ter r. Fulkerson Rev p. H. Gardner H
Harris. Master II. Harris NJ. Hochheimer E.
Ibalio II. d. Lamsher Miss Yu Moy. Miss
L -. Newell. X. F. Pearce- Mre
/ bins, d. J. Ryan. Lieutenant F. L. Sandoz,