The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
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is VALUABLE CARGO FROM ORIEHTl

-: The Pacific Mail Companys liner
-Manchuria, Captain j. w. Saunders,
which reached port late Thursday night
from Yokohama direct, passed Quaran-
tine early yesterday morning and long
before noon her passengers had landed
and. the work of discharging cargo was
In full swing.
:, The Manchuria brought 48S passen-
gers, of whom 421 were Asiatics. The
liners cargo was large, varied and of
great value. 1t included 707 cases of
opium, valued at s26S,0S9; 1882 bales of
raw silk, worth about S799, 200; Al, $50
:. rolls of mating, containing 1906, 400
yards, or enough to stretch from New
York to more than 100 miles beyond
. Chicago. There were shipments of tea,
peanuts, gunnies, rice, oil and gambler.
There was also treasure, valued at
$4,000
The Manchuria was In heavy weather
from the time she left Yokohama until
: she reached this port. Time and again
the forward end of the giant liner was
hidden beneath green seas and no part
OF her lofty superstructure was high
enough to escape the salty spray which
. envelOped her almost constantly. The
Chinese boatswain narrowly escaped
being washed overheard He was
caught by sea and swept about the
: deck Ike an animated cork Twice he
grabbed a winch and twice his hold
was broken by the force of the flood.
When the waters subsided the Oriental
sailor man was picked up, alive, but SO
badly battered that he has been out
of commission ever since
In spite of the weather, however,
Captain Saunders brought his big ship
Into port looking just as clean and
yachtlike as he always kept his smaller
charge, the Newport The Manchuria,
in spite Of heavy weather, reached port
nearly two days before she was ex-
pected, as neither she nor her sister,
the Mongolia, were built for speed She
was Is days, 8 hours and 81 minutes
coming from Yokohama
Pay Inspector NJ c. Mcdonald of the
navy, who has been stationed in the
Orient for the last eight years, returned
on the liner He is on his way to
Washington Y Hirose and H Ko-
mada, passengers on the liner are jap
anese merchants on their way to New
q. York, and Rev. G. E. Ryerson Is an
Episcopal missionary, who has been in
Japan for about four years
Mr.. and Mrs George W. Wilder,
wealthy Londoners, who are making a
. leisurely circuit Of the globe, were pas
sengers on the Manchuria- The Gus
toms inspector who searched the Will
ders' baggage received a Cocos-island
thrill when he opened Mrs. Wilder's
j.: jewel case 1t was a burglars dream.
Not even in shop window had he ever
seen such wealth of rare stone and
precious metal, and all the jewels ever
lost by careless soubrettes seemed but
= trif1ing toys in comparison.
Collector of the Port Stratton, who
was on the dock, took charge of the
jewel problem and solved it by allow
ing Mrs. Wilder to keep her rings and
like possessions. At first sight the col
lection of jewels looked like a whole
sale jewelers. full stock, but the Wild
ers satisfied the Collector that they
were people of great wealth; that IL
their fancy called for a Cleopatra cock
q. tail before each meal, they had the
means to provide the ingredients, and
that these jewels, which to some might
seem expensive luxuries, were to the
W1lders merely the incidental trim
mings Of a travelling wardrobe. The
pretty things were not for sale and
would leave America with the Wilders.
The Manchuria' passengers We're:
W A. Adams, J. Becker W. c. Bennett.
A. H. Goodall J. Goodnow. Rev. 6. E. Ryer-
son. A Humphreys. Miss Hester p jerks,
Pakenham, Pay Inspector II. c. Mcdonald GU.
s. NJ. George R. Smith, Mrs. j. w. Smith.
Mrs. John Stevenson. Captain II. Won Roeder.
Mrs. Captain h. Won Roeder Pope Yeatman.
Uchida, Miss NJ. C. Brett. Mrs. G. W. Carrie
ton Miss Carleton, J H. Greefkens, Mrs. J.
r. Greefkens and infant, w M. Milne, Mrs.
W.. NJ. Milne George I. Shaw; C. H Stalker.
~ Wilder Mrs George w. Wilder. Fung
. Fow Chan Gut ST, Yuen Som.