The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08

less mass, now driven toward IN
wind, and in another instant driven
back again.
Captain lie Bail expected that at any
time an iceberg would come thunder
ing against the side of his ship, sma sh
her TO atoms and send all hands to the
bottom of the ocean. Occasionally two
great icebergs would crash together,
and when they-met 1t would sound
like the roar of cannon.
For forty-fve days the bark was in
this terrible situation. All hands kept
on deck night and day, expecting at
any time their ship would be crushed
to pieces. She finally succeeded in
getting away from the frozen ocean
and then made a quick run up the
coast.
Captain LIE Ball reports that on Octo-
Der 4. when 500 miles west of San
Francisco, he spoke the French bark
La Perouse, bound from Swansea to
Portland.
The Gen de Boisdeffre brings 14.177
barrels of cement and 500 tons of
chalk.
Oldest Mariner on Coast.
Captain E. Howard, the oldest skip
per on the Pacific Coast, IL not on
any coast, was visitor at the Mer-
chants Exchange yesterday. He is s6
years old and has followed the sea for
! seventy-two years, having been mas
ter of vessels for sixty years. He is
still hale and hearty. He now re-
sides in Alameda and yesterday came
to town to look up his old friend,
Captain Blair.
mand of the old bark Richard the
Third, which is now a coal hulk at
Puget Sound. Captain Howard took
the first cargo of sheep that was ship
ped to Australia from England. He
stayed in Australia with his vessel
until the wool was clipped from the
sheep and then sailed back to London
with wool that he had taken from
that port many months before.
He says he feels as lively today as
he did when he was 81.
Big Lumber Receipts
The lumber receipts were unusually
large yesterday. Eleven vessels came
in heavily loaded, bringing in some
thing like 100000 feet, besides $500
railroad ties. The eleven arrivals were
as follows:
Schooner Bessie K, Captain Darwin,
fifteen hours from Delmar Landing,
Ice. 900 feet of lumber.
Steamer Del Norte, thirty-six hours
from Crescent City. 100000 feet of lum-
Der.
twelve hours from Jenner Landing,
10000 feet of lumber
Steamer Whitesboro, Captain Eager
lund fourteen hours from Greenwood,
$50 900 feet of lumber.
steamer Acme, Captain Walvig, sew
enty hours from Grays Harbor, $4,000
feet of lumber.
Steamer Point Arena, Captain Fosen,
twenty-five hours from Monroe Land
ing, $500 railroad ties.
Steamer Pasadena, Captain Kalnin,
fourteen hours from Albion, $4,000
feet of lumber.
Schooner Snow & Burgess. ten days
from Port Gamble, 100000 feet OF
lumber.
Schooner F. NJ. slade. Captain Lar
sen. eight days from Grays Harbor,
100000 feet of lumber
Schooner Hugh Hogan. twenty days
from Siuslaw and seven days from
Coos Bay, $4,000 feet of lumber.
Steamer Santa Monica, Captain Olsen,
twenty-five hours from Eureka, $4,000
feet of lumber.
New Commander for Sherman.
When the transport Sherman sails
for the Philippines on October
Is she will go in command of Cap
tain Loughlin, who will take the place
of Captain Bruguiere, who is going on
three months leave. Captain Lough-
lin has been in command of the trans
port Burnside for the last two years.
The Sherman will take out big list
of passengers, which will fill her cabins
TO their capacity. She will not only
take those originally intended for her.
hut she will also take those who ex-
nected to sail on the Sheridan on Sep
tember %.
CAPTAIN Campbell E. Babcock will
remain with the vessel as quarter
master.
Lieutenant James D. Heysinger. who
has been surgeon of the Sherman for
the last two and a half years, will
leave for the East tomorrow, having
been ordered to washington. d. c. Yes
terday he received the news that the
stork had visited his home in Philadel
phia and left a little daughter. His
mace on the Sherman will be taken by
Lieutenant Omar w. Pinkston-
Planter wnterlogged.
The barkentine Planter, bound from
Port Gamble to this port, sprank aleak
when ITO miles off Cape Flattery and
nut back to Port Townsend yesterday
in a water-Iogged condition She ran
into terrific gale on October 2, which
nearly threw her on her oeam-ends and
in order to save the ship it was nee
essary to jettison part of her deckload
of lumber.
Head Badly Smashed.
John Ambrose, who says he is a Sal
walton Army officer. came to grief yes
terday He does not know exactly
what happened to him, but he was
taken to the Harbor Emergency Hos
pital late yesterday afternoon with his
face battered up. He was found at
the corner Of Broadway and Montgom-
cry avenue lying in the street in a
pool of blood. He had been visiting
friends in that section of the city, and
he said he had taken some refresh
ment that didn't agree with him, and
after that he could not tell whether
he was hit with a brick, or fell off
a car, or was run over by an auto.
DIR. Pinkham patched up his face and
head, after which he meandered down
the water front
Water Front Notes.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany.s steamer Mongolia. Captain Por-
ter. is due TO arrive here today from