The San Francisco call., 1906-08-24

them an Outnt or Wrecklng gear ana
have some hope Of getting the great
hull into deep water, provided the ele-
ments treat the stranded liner kindly
in the meanwhile. No more capable
men could have been selected for the
task. and if the floating OF the Man
churia is a posi- ibility Captains Metcalf
and Pilsbury viii take her off the
reef.
Among the passengers for Auckland
was Charles Morrison, who for sixteen
years covered the police beat for The
Call Morrison is going to take posi-
rfon under the New Zealand Govern
ment. Many members Of the local
police force. including Chief OF Police
Oman. were at the wharf TO bid
--Scotty" good-by.
The Ventura's passengers were;
For Bonolulu-Brother Albert, Miss
{. Albright Miss T. Albright, Dr. h, ".
Anderson, ". g. Ashley, MISS 6e+Ie
Ashley, Mrs. E. NJ. AugsPerger, q; ,rLS -
Z r Buckiand' Miss L, Codding-
Miss Cora Edmunds. Brother Ed Ed
ward, Brother Francis, w w: Gooe-
n: W Lehtgh, Miss Marie McPherSon'
Captain John Metcalf, Captain A. r;
Pillsbury. Miss Ida NJ Pope A5ise GapTaia Fya
Shaw, Rev. E. T. simpson, Mrs. Simp-
SON. Master simpson, R: ?. spaul-
ding, J, P: Stocksdale' Mrs otoTnS- ToS-
dale. f. NJ. Swanzy, Mrs Z; lot
bert, a P. Vrendenburgh, w: M9ter-
house, Miss Evelyn Vile, w. w. W llso4'
L A Wolff, S. D. Hampton, MIS-. :.
Hansnan and child, Miss Hansman, j.
gan, Mrs. z. MORRISON, MISS =. ,S8IdI, MorP1-
son. l. G. Marshall, Mrs M hoplhsoh'
4. .. Rogers, J. Warner 49,.
For Pago Pago-Paymas'er bright
Do -rr7, crar CoOrnbS
For Auckland-R- L. Broadbent, J. B.
Clsrkson. X. A. Knowlton, Major q.
X. : Patterson. Mrs. L. B. Parry, I. n
Race, Z. Barrett, Mrs. Barrett, w. =.
Dixon J. z. Mcintosh, G. Morrison, Z.
For Sydney-R. Anderson. F.. W.
Beard, Mrs. 7. B. CaYarly, Sidney clark
Mrs. Clark, Francis Drake, A 3 Dwy-
er. Paul EXanoff, Miss c. L. nayWarq,
A n. 3. Levien, H V. Mckay Z J.
Main, Harry Musgrove, Mrs: ,; Pecker-
man, Mrs. Z. Pitcher, q. H Richards
Mrs Richards, A J. Snyder, Mrs. Sny-
der and two children, r. {. Tlmson, w.
Wesche, Z. R. Yencken, John Blake
Mrs. E. Manning, Master Manning, Z.
Miss B. Rowe, E. Schuse, Mrs. Schuse
and enid.
Arrives From Panama.
The Pacific Mail liner City of Peking,
Captain Robinson, arrived yesterday
from Panama and way ports with
rwenty-one passengers, sos tons of
freight and treasure, valued at $lI,24O.
The Peking landed about forty cabin
passengers at Salinas Cruz. Among
them were a number Of officials and
one peace commissioner, bound TO
Washington from Salvador. They
went East from Salinas Cruz over the
new Tehuantepec Railroad. which now
gets most Of the transcontinental travel
from the west coast of Central America
Before the completion Of the Mexican
road all these passengers would have
10 come by way of this port.
The City of Peking encountered such
heavy weather at San Bias that no
communication could be had with the
shore and the liner was given clearance
by signal from the custom-house.
Among the passengers We're Mark ].
Harrison, W. s. Ramsay, Frank Scott,
c. Frazie, Salvador Frigueros and
Frank Banks. There were eleven pas
sengers in the steerage and four
Chinese.
Cargo Damaged by Water.
AS the result of somebody's careless
ness the fore hold Of the steamer State
Of California was flooded with water
yesterday morning and about $500
worth of cargo damaged. The depar-
ture Of the vessel for San Diego also
was delayed. The crew had been en-
gagged on Wednesday night in filing
the steamers fresh water tanks. By
an oversight, the responsibility for
which had not been placed late yester-
day afternoon, the hose was left in the
tank The officer in charge of the work
saws he is sure the water was turned
of II was running full blast, how
ever, yesterday morning. The tank had
overaowed before the mistake was dis
covered and a lot of perishable cargo
was soaked.
Ffve-Year-OId StOwaway.
John Alexander. FIVE years old and
q resident Of Sacramento. was turned
over TO the Harbor police yesterday by
the officers of the river steamer Modoc,
who had found the boy slowed away
shortly after leaving Sacramento. John
was lightly clad, wore no cap and was
without funds. He left Sacramento,
he said. with his two friends Pete"
and Sam, neither Of whom was found
or the Modoc. They wanted to see
what the big fire had done to San
Francisco.
Policeman Henneberry took the little
wanderer 10 a restaurant and gave him
a good breakfast, bought him a hat and
later in the day shipped him back to
Sacramento.
The Largest Log Raft.
The steamer Francis H. Leggett ar
rived yesterday from the Columbia
River, having in tow the biggest log
raft ever launched on the Pacific. The
raft is 7z0 feet long, so feet wide and
draws 24sk feet of water. II contains
Il coo, 600 feet Of lumber. On top of
rhe raft is 5Oo-ton lighter which will
be used to stow the chain which now
holds the logs in their cradle. The
Leggett and her tow encountered a
strong northwester August Is off Cape
Blanco and for twenty-four hours
steamer and raft drifted before the
gale. The raft weathered the storm
in good condition and arrived here in
tact.
Have TO Use OIL Bags.
The crew of the schooner Ivy, which
arrived yesterday from Coos Bay, don't
care if .ney never see another gale.
On August Is stiff northwester, ac-
companied by a heavy sea, nearly tore
the Ivy 10 pieces. The foregaf and
pinnacle box were carried away early
in the blow and the foresail was ripped
TO ribbons Sea after sea swept the
schooner's decks and the man at the
wheel was roughly handled and badly
hurt by one OF them. Oil bags were
put over the side and kept there for
eight hours, when the sea moderated.