The San Francisco call., 1906-10-30

plCdcneQ she move 10 and sigma
response 10 this request Captain
liners surgeon. in one Of the Hong
zongs boats 20 make an iuvestiga-
tion.
Dr. HauXhurst did not board the ley
land Bros fearing that he might find
there some disease his exposure 10
which would lead 70 quarantine deten-
zion for the Hongkong alaru- He
learned from the captain that beri-
bsri had broken out among the crew,
that Steward Henry Trotman had died
from the disease and that I'VE seamen
were seriously i'll
The liners doctor gave the captain
of TIE sailing vessel directions for the
medical treatment OF the berI-beri VIC
tins. explained that II would be i'm
possible 10 take The sick men on the
steamer. and offered any assistance in
the way Of drugs or supplies that the
Leyland Brothers might lack Nothing
was wanted. and the Hongkong 3laru
resumed her voyage The Leyland
Brothers should be in port in q day or
two.
The Leylsnd Brothers reported hav-
ing encountered some very heavy
weather. in which her foretopsail yard
was carried away
According 10 the overdue list the
LeTlanc Brothers Is now out 20S DAYS
from Antwerp. According 10 DR.. Haux-
hurst the captain reported 70 him on
October s that the ship. was out 10
days The rate OF reinsurance on the
Leyland Brothers was advanced yes
terosy from 10 10 - per cent, but the
tact that she has been spoken SO near
me end OF her voyage viii take her Of
the reinsurance map for the time being
Large shipment of SIX.
In spite OF the tact rnat the Canadian
Pacific. and Great Northern claim 10
have annexed the entire SILK trade OF
the Pacific, the steamers running into
this port usually manage 10 pick Up
from 1000 10 1o0o bales OF the precious
product every trip. and the SIX special
SUI leaves for New York Immediately
after the arrival here OF an Oriental
liner. and always with a pretty good
cargo. The Eongkoug MarU, which ar
rived Yesterday from the Orient,
brought 3ssS tons OF cargo. which in
cluded 22iS bales Of raw silk Raw six
is worth about see z hale. and the
shipment brought by the Eongkong
=
The EorEzong 8Laru also brought
z257 mats OF rice and 1884 chests Of
tea she brought fifty cabin passen-
gers. thirty in the Assatic sIeerage and
siKty-seven Asiaties-
The EO1gk0ng sEaru was in the sec
ono rypho0n a. EIongkong. but escaped
damage she has big dent on her
port side. however, that was the indi-
rect tesult CT the first typhoon- In
that storm SO Per cent OF the lighters
were destroyed and as cargo IS there
loaded II the strean=. the business OF
1he port is being carried on under
6iHculties.
The German steamer Stulberg ar
rived Al Hongkoug with some freight
Cor The Eongkong- Under ordinary cir
c1n-stances This freight would have
been transferred On lighters no light
ers were available, 50 Il was decided 70
run the Stulberg alongside the Hong
kong. The StuIbergs captain said that
the chief engineer misunderstood his
signal and. instead Of sending the en-
giues fuu speed asrern- turned then
fulI speed ahead All that IS definitely
known on board the Hongkong IS that
the German steamer suddenly charged
the liner head on and never stopped
until q deep Impression OF the Scul-
berg's bow had been imprinted on the
Hongkongs port side Al least two
plates VIII have 70 be taken out and
strsi ightened-
Among the Hongkong's passengers
was Victor Marsh Of -1os Angeles Wh1
IS one OF the regulars" in the great
army OF trans Pacific travellers Marsh
has made many trips back and forth
and knows the Pacific in all its moods
r c. Ross, another passenger, comes
from. the Orient 70 marry z Seattle girl
ard MarshS is 70 be best man at the
wedding. which viii take place in this
city
Another passenger on the liner was
A Heise. who has been engaged II
mining AZ Masbste, in the Philippines
and brought with him on the Hong
kong small shipment OF ore OF which
he SAYS they have taken out large
n Ketz and H. De Hees are Belgian
civil engineers who have been en-
Moved on the Hankow Railway and
have come 70 san Francisco in the in
terest OF Belgian manufacturers OF
structural steel
The Hongkong's passengers were:
L Alh. Miss H Azuma. Il E Bard
George Barnes. J. C BentZ Y. Blao, L
f. Dtngemznss Captain 4 Douga--- J.
GODDARD. J. r, Hargreaves. Mrs J. r
FrsrgreaEes Mrs T HaEaShi- II oe
Hees A. Heise and servant Mrs a
TTe5se ard infant, Miss Freda Eeise
Miss Marjorie Ide. Il kakiuchi, T.
Kanagawa, T. Ketz. K kodama, Miss
n. Kurozaws. A D. Law. L J. Leon
Mrs. L : Leon. Judge W LinebargeE
~ Naecz. Victor Marsh. J r. McNiel
Mrs. K Oguro and maid P Reinecke
r C. Ross William So-ley. E L stan
fo-d. X Tskemura. Mrs K r Thomas
Rev W o. Valentine, r NoEel. LIS
= " Williams. Miss Helen Wyckon
George YankOwsky.
Was Bound for This Port.
The French ship Leon Bureau. bound
from Swansea for this port put into
Port Stanley yesterday IN distress The
cargo had been OF FIRE. and 70 extin-
aa1fsh the flames * had been necessary
Ia beach the vessel and pump her ful
~ water. The water was pumped oU'
and the vessel hoated and taken intC
Port stanley In addition 70 the dam
sze to the cargo. the vessel was con
siderably injured
Damaged in TyphOon-
The expense OF repairing tbs BritisE
steamship Monteagle, which was driver
ashore al Hongkong during the y
phoon. VIII amount to 100000, ezclu
eive Of the cost Of q new stern fram'