The San Francisco call., 1906-12-20
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Pacific Mail Company's Liner Newport
Sails for Panama and Way Ports


newport. Captain Russell. sailed yes
tercay afternoon for Panama and way
ports Among the passengers was
taptaln J. \. Ross Of the Guatemala
Central Railroad. D. NJ Burns, with
ms wife and daughter, and Charles
Dunphy. his son-in-law. were passen-
gers on the liner. They are going to
Mazatlan.
Shortly before the Newport sailed an
excited passenger paced the dock and
uttered wild denunciations Of Z man
who owed him 500 and had failed 10
Keep his promise TO repay II before the
steamer sailed He told his troubles 70
ali who would listen. II was not the
500 that he cared for, but he did
srieve at the jar administered by the
Ialthless debtor 10 his faith in human
nature Still protesting he was in
ouced TO go on board the liner The
Eangplank was hauled in lines cast of
and the Newport began to move. When
she was about ten yards from the
wharf a painting, sweating youth
oasned IN through the dock gates,
waved frantically at the steamer and,
calling the erstwhile indignant passen-
ger TO the rail, yelled.
Streetcar blockade. Couldn't get
here any sooner. Here's that SO I owe
you"
line was thrown from the steamer
N---SS CCAl-Sf wrapped piece OF
paper, We're made fast 70 the line. So
eager was the man on board TO get his
money that he gave the line frantic
Jerk The coins slipped from the Glove
hitch that held them and dropped into
The bay, but the man on board never
said another word.
The Newport's passengers included.
W P. Mariner, J. Soto Rios. Louis
Bradbury, Miss Louise Bradbury, Miss
Winston, Captain J. \. Ross, J. Il
Flynn, Mrs. T. F. Johnson, c. O. Sim
mons, ". T. Thornton and wife. Colonel
d n Burns and wife. Charles Dunphy
and wife, Mrs. W c. collins, W. Long,
r. Bilbo. W O'Neill-
Hathaway TO Command Mongolia
AS q result Of the accident TO Captain
Seabury, H r Hathaway. who was
chief officer, has been promoted to the
command Of the big liner Mongolia
Captain Hathaway came here recently
from the Ward line. William Fisher.
who was mate OF the San Jose, has been
appointed chief officer Of the Mongolia
and John AnseI succeeds Fisher on the
San Jose. Ansell was mate Of the army
transport Sheridan. and TO his seaman
ship. untiring and well-directed energy
the saving OF that vessel from the Ha-
waiian reef was largely due In losing
Ansen the army transport service parts
the
Pacific Nail Company acquires a valu-
able addition 70 the personnel Of its
seagoing force.
Damaged in Collision.
The British ship Clan MacFarlane
while being towed down from Port
Costa on Tuesday evening by q red
stack tOwboat ran into the fumi gatIng e
barge Omaha Of the quarantine station.
The MacFarlane's mizzen rigging was
badly damaged and several Of her
plates were dented. She was loaded and
ready for sea, but her departure viii
be delayed until repairs have been
made.
Heavy Weather on Cape Horn
The British ship DunfermHne. which
arrived Tuesday night too late TO pass
quarantine with a large cargo OF build
Ing material from Antwerp. encoun-
tered some heavy weather on Cape
Horn She was swept by seas on sew
ersl occasions and suffered consider
able damage about the decks
Water Front Notes
The Norwegian steamer Tellus ar
rived yesterday. ninety-nine hours
from Nansimo. with 1854 tons Of coal,
consigned 10 the Western Fuel Com
pany.
Receipts OF lumber yesterday by sea
amounted TO 100000 feet
The liner Sonona IS due today from
Australia the Mariposa from Tahiti
and the City Of Panama from the 18TH
mus
Transport sherman Sails
The transport Sherman sailed from
Honolulu for this port yesterday at 4
2 n Her delay at that port was oc-
cssioned by discharging coal, which
she had brought from Naga saki.