The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

which. although quoted for reinsur-
ance at only 10 per cent, was source
of considerable anxiety in the lnsur-
ance world, arrived yesterday after
noon, PIT days from Hamburg She
reached quarantine just as the sun went
down. but as her anchor was not let go
until one minute after the firing OF
the sunset gun the Federal quarantine
officials did not board her and will not
until sunrise this morning. Detained
on board is Pilot Jimmy Miller, who
brought the vessel in.
The Palgrave tried to come to San
Francisco by the way of the Horn, but
encountered such fearful weather off
that storm swept headland that Cap
tain Scott abandoned the effort and
steered for the Cape Of Good Hope. by
which route he had better luck The
vessel sustained no damage OF the
Horn and there is no sickness on board
in spite of the long voyage.
To Equip New Lines
Assistant General Manager w. III.
Avery and Managing Director Shirashi
of the Togo Kisen Kaisha will leave
this evening for Europe. They are TAX
ing with them James Gliddon. the port
steward of the company. The object
of their journey to the old world is to
order equipment for the new Togo
Kisen Kaisha liners now building in
. Japan for the service between here and
the Orient. Before placing any orders
the newest liners of the British, French
and German merchant marine will be
inspected for the purpose of acquiring
first hand knowledge of the latest i'm
provements in steamboat equipment
During Gliddon's absence Chief Stew
ard Newton of the liner Nippon Maru
will act as port steward His place on
the liner will be taken by NJ. t. Smith.
Their Money Refunded
Jake Maxwell and C. Hegley reported
to the harbor police yesterday that they
each had paid a fee of 81 to Fred Erick-
son. who conducts an employment
agency at loo East street. and sent the
two applicants for work to I'LL two sup
posed vacancies on a job near Golden
Gate Park. The men found that there
were no vacancies and that Erickson
had no authority to hire men for that
particular job. Erickson refused to re-
fund the fees until Police Captain Con-
boy sent Policemen McGovern and Con-
Ian with Maxwell and Hegley to inves-
tigate. Erickson then refunded.
Junk Whanx Ho Arrives
The Chinese junk whang Ho. which
flies the American flag by virtue of au-
thority granted by the United States
Consul at Shanghai. arrived late last
evening from San Pedro in tow of the
steamer Hanalai- The Whang Ho was
built in imitation of a Chinese war YES
sci of long ago and has been brought
here for show purposes. Her authority
for flying the American flag Is said to
be irregular and the Federal authorities
will probably take possession of the
vessel until her papers have been
Strengthened out.
Kicked I'm Face by Horse
]. Kuhn of 221s Suffer street was
kicked in the face by a horse yester-
day while superintending the hosting
of some heavy frames at the Has1ett
warehouse. "A Bryant street. The horse
was supplying the power Suddenly. as
1t passed Kuhn. the animal turned loose
a vicious kick. which landed on the
left side of Kuhn's face. causing ex-
tensive and painful decorations. His in
juries were treated at the Harbor Hos
pital
OIympia's Cargo Shifts
The steamer Olympia. bound from
Everett for this port with cargo Of
lumber. put into Port Angeles yester-
day with her cargo shifted. The vessel
was heavily listed. there was four feet
of water in her fore hold and number
of her boats were smashed.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Mail liners Peru and In
diana sailed yesterday for the isthmus
and the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany's Curacao sailed for Guaymas and
way ports.
The army transport Sheridan was
taken off the Hunters Point drydock
yesterday and berthed at the transport
wharf.
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia, which
was detained on account of thick
weather, sailed at o'clock yesterday
morning for the Orient.