The San Francisco call., 1906-11-09
Korea Arrives From Orient and Among Her Passengers
Is Consul General Haywood Who Is Seriously ILL.,

cry to leave the vessel at Hakodate,
and Captain A. Sparks, who was the
whaler's mate. brought the vessel to
this port. The Alice Knowles catch
was eighteen whales. of which all but
one were of the sperm variety. The
rels Of oil and 1900 pounds of bone.
This is another case of 81 for the green
hands.
Two of the Alice Knowles boats were
smashed by whales that did not stay
to be counted in the seasons catch.
Captain Sparks was in the first boat to
come. within reach of whale. With
one little wag of its great tail the
leViathan knocked the boat and all
beneath tilwart and he was lame for
some weeks after All hands were
picked up by the other boats. A few
days later another whale sent into the
afr boat commanded by Shedrach
Tilton. the star boatheader of the Alice
Knowles. The boat was damaged and
all hands got bath, but everybody was
picked up uninjured.
Eaten BY Sharks.
AS the Pacific Mail liner City of Para,
which arrived here yesterday, was en-
tering the harbor at Panama, Manuel
Gonzales, a sailor, fell overheard. He
was a pOWer1uI swimmer ana was seen,
astern of the liner, making good head
way in her wake. Three life buoys
We're thrown TO him, the steamer was
stopped and a boat lowered. Gonzales
was seen to grasp one of the life buoys.
When the boat reached the life buoy.
however. there. was nothing in sight
but Gonzales cap, floating inside the
life buoy, and four immense sharks.
The boat cruised about for some time
xr-ffh of
the unfortunate sailor and the officer
in charge of the boat reported upon
his return that Gonzales had been eat
en- by sharks.
The City of Para brought twenty
four passengers and a small cargo.
The passengers included: Miss Dor
othy Weedy. Frank Cross. August
Schinman. Alfred Palmer, Charles D.
Harris. George Ross and William p.
Willard.
Encounters Heavy Weather.
The Pacific Mail liner Acapulco. Cap
tain Trask, which arrived Wednesday
evening. too late to pass quarantine,
encountered the tail end of the storm
which recently swept the Central
American coast. At Acajutla all the
lighters We're sunk at their moorings
and the Acapulco's had to raise
and clear them of water before the
Acapulco's cargo for that port could
be discharged. At Punta Arenas all
but three of the ports lighters had
been destroyed. The City OF Sydney,
outward bound. was unable to call at
Ocos on account of the weather and
carried her Ocos cargo to San Jose de
Guatemala, where the Acapulco picked
Il up and carried it to it's destination.
On the voyage down on September
II at ManzaniIlo, Larry Masterson, one
of the Acapulcos firemen, died and was
buried the next day at sea. Master
son. who was 81 years of age, had
served. in the Acapulco's fre-room for
eighteen years.
The Acapulco's passengers included:
O. B. wickham, r. z. Merriken and
wife, Paul Bes. wife and four child
ren.
water Front Notes.
The schooner E. K Wood is at Wins
low IN a waterlogged condition. She
was ali ready to sail for this port with
a cargo of lumber.
The army transport. Warren is to be
drydocked on Friday for extensive
repairs. sa @
The army transport Sherman, from
this port, arrived Novemberro at Guam
and November sailed for Manila.
The japanese liner Hongkong Maru
will sail at ! o'clock this afternoon for
the Orient. Among the passengers will
be Senator Lukens, who was seriously
injured recently in an automobile ac-
cf5ent