The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21


oid not dock until yesterday afternoon.
an effort was made 70 take the liner
alongside Pacifc-street wharf shortly
AFTER she had passed quarantine, but
Inc nigh sea and strong northeasterly
wind made this impossible and she
anchored in the stream until the tide
hac turned and the weather somewhat
moderated. When she did go TO the
Mharf Captain Hayward took her
elongside in splendid style.
Ihe Ventura brought 1e6 passengers
and 632 tons OF cargo. She brought a
saipment Of British gold. valued at
solezoseees consigned TO local banks
Her cargo included zoo cases OF canned
pineepples from Honolulu.
among the Nentura's passengers was
captain John Metcalf, who, with Cap
tain A F. Pillsbury. succeeded in saw
ing the liner Manchuria from the Ha-
waiian reef
Another passenger on the liner was
Dr- h Simpson Newland Of Adelaide,
who is said 10 be the first colonial
neotco 70 come to this country for the
purpose OF study in connection with
his profession. K L p. Owen, q prom
tnent steamship owner Of Detroit
9lich-, was q passenger on the liner
from Sydney, accompanied BY his wife.
with whom he has been touring the
world
J. H Adams. a Los Angeles banker.
arrived on the Ventura, and as the
liner lay in the stream learned of the
death OF his partner, Herman W. He'll
man, concerning whose health he had
been worrying ever since leaving Homo
lulu.
Ade s. CsnsFsrro. Portuguese Consul
ct Honolulu. was a passenger on the
Ventura He has come TO the main
land 70 visit his son, who recently met
with an accident
The Tentura's passengers Included:
From Sydney-Colonel H. willard
French. Dr, II. Simpson NewIand. Mr..
end Mrs. J. Samuel, Arthur Isaacs, Mr..
and Mrs. K. L P. Owen and valet. Miss
A. Keene, Miss B. Samuel. Mrs. F. B.
Auckland-E. A wood, z. Gist S.
Renolds.
Paga Pago-Mr ana Mrs. Frederick
and two children, J. J. Manning, c. J.
Parks, P. c. GaskNl.
Honoluiu-Mrs. S. Dunbar and maid,
Miss MacLymont, Colonel @. ". Mac
farlane, Captain John Metcalf, Mr. and
Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Hough. A Herbert,
Lr. ana Mrs z. Stauf. P. S. Woolsey,
S. f. Slade, Mrs. B. Boots, c. H Kline
gel. A. n. Campbell, 2. K Meyers. Mr..
and Mrs. H Nasco, 3. Tasco, 7. ".
Jennings, Mr.. and Mrs c A Neal, Ade
s. Canavarro. Mrs. H z. Highton, Ar.
and Mrs. J Fl. Adams, Mrs. II. A Nc
HattOn, Miss Y. Bowman. III. H Rice.
Alr. and Mrs. Mumbrue, s. Rosenberg,
j. A. Luis. E. A Berudt, ". Wsinrich,
J. Mcqueen. A H. Guerra
BriRgs No Cabin Passengers.
The Occidental and Oriental Steam
snip Companys liner Coptic, Captain
Dixon, which arrived Friday night from
the Orient, brought no cabin passen-
gers She carried 29s japanese to
Honolulu and brought here thirty-eight
Asiatics in the steerage- Her cargo
Of 262s tons included only small Ship
ment Of raw silk. seventy-two bales.
and fourfcases Of opium She brought
a shipment of gold yen valued at
$3.50 0Oo
The Coptic was at Hongkeng dur
ing the typhoon OF September Is and
has twisted bow 70 show for it She
was anchored in e sort OF cove, into
which everything that went adrift was
blown. The German steamer Petrach
where she hung for e while. The wind
finally dislOdged her and she drifted
ashore. The Coptics anchors with
stood the double strain and came out
Of the typhoon with nothing worse
than badly dinged stem
The Manila observatory issued a
warning Of the typhoon two days be-
the Jesuit observatory at Sicevei
warning bulletin was issued September
IS. Director Figg OF the Hongkong
observatory. however, declines to take
suggestions from either of these
sources, and as q result Hongkong was
the storm broke.
Northeaster Sweeps the Bay.
A brisk northeaster stirred up the
waters OF the bay yesterday and made
things lively for vessels at anchor and
alongside wharves. Nearly all day the
sea ran high and a number Of ves-
sells lying at exposed wharves had to
be tozved into the stream to save them
selves and the wharves from damage.
PART Of the shed IN course OF con-
struction on UniOn-street wharf No. 2
oughfare collided with the Sixteenth
street drydOck. indicting considerable
damage. The brig Lurline. the steamer
Thomas L Wand and the berkentfne
John c. Meyer were towed away from
the seawalI, where the sea was grind
ing them against the wharf. One Of
the State piledrivers broke adrift from
I4oward-street wharf and brought up
with a terrific crash against the fantail
Of the river steamer MOdoc- The Modoc
was not seriously harmed, but the pile
driver was badly wrecked The liners
Ventura and COptic were unable to
dock until afternoon on account of the
weather and the Doric went TO sea in
a smother OF spray The vessels at
anchor saved themselves from drag
ging By paying out chain or letting
20 extra mudhooks. AS a storm yes
ferday's blow was not very severe and
did comparatively little damage
Jimmy Blacks AIisadventure.
II was too rough yesterday for
Jimmy Black, boatman for the Mer
chants Exchange. TO board the liner
Ventura OF Meiggs wharf. so after
she had docked Jimmy hitched UP the
Merchants Exchange rawboned steed
10 the Merchants Exchange cart and
drove to Pacifc-street wharf Arrived
there Jimmy concluded that he had bet
ter moor his steed while he boarded
the steamer Now Jimmy knows all
about boats. He can row them, sail
them. race them, build them. repair
them, and AT a pinch can capsize them,
ali with the easy grace Of long ex-
perience IN fair weather and foul He
knows something about the care and
navigation OF horses and understands
which strap wraps what In the mat
ter OF harnessing, But when il comes
10 automobiles Jimmy is a sailor.
when he boarded the Ventura he left
his horse securely m0oFed TO the stern
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