The San Francisco call., 1907-03-01

- The steamer City OF Topeka and the
collier Iellus, which arrived yester-
day from the north, report having
sghted the capsized hnll OF a gaso-
line schooner I'M the vicinity OF the
CoQuihe River and 81 is feared that
the derelict is the little coaster Bes-
SIC =. which left Bandon February "a
Tor this port with a cargo OF lumber.
Ihere were eight men on board the
Bessie * when she left Bandon. and
considerable anxiety is felt for their
safety.
The City Of Topeka sighted the dere-
ltct February rs. between Cape Blanco
and the Coquille River The rudder
ard propeller Of the capsized hull were
- both attached. Several empty gasoline
tanks were seen IN he vicinity of the
wreck.
The collier reElus passed the dere-
llct FEBRUARY p at O'Clock p. m. A
mast was floating beside the hull
which was painted brown. Captain
Berg Of the Tellus considers the dere-
4ict dangerous to navigation. as II is
drifting directly ia the track Of coast
fw Sc steamers.
fle Bessie X is owned by Healy s.
5gfbaitts OF This city. and from the
descriptions Of the derelict furnished
by captains Hall and Berg they are
slfra3o that disaster has oVertalSen their
aessel. II the dereiict should prove to
pf he Bessie Is n does not of neces-
follow that a-l hands have been
whed. and tie owners are hopeful.
tat no loss of life has AIT snded the
cspslzlng Of the lfttle schooner and that
tln DAY or 50 they VIII receive some
loInIRunicarion from the crew
Ile Bessie Is was commanded by
3eaPteiu Louis IazzareFich. J. Davis
was the mate and Elmer Ward chief
engineer. T. NJ McGovern was hrst
assistant engineer In addition to
aese the Bessie x carried Seamen
ehris Peterson, Herman Thelig. Her
man. Feline end Charles Schmidt n
schmidt, the cook, makes up the COM
spieHFeht. The Bessie * was gasoline
schooner OF ninety-e ght tons register.
She was built in Alameda IN 1893.
sonoma Lands Passengers
IRE Oceanic Steamship Cohpany's
liner .SonoEna Captain J. II. Trask.
which arrived Wednesday evening from
Australia passed quarantine early yes
terd8y morning and doeked at Pacific
street wharf where passengers and
the British mails were landed. The
e .SQnpma 5eft Sydney three days late on
= ssfccQlnt OF the crew refusing duty and
8 ceserrlng fn BODY Just as the liner
= yzastleaVing the wharf on the day orig
fna llS- scheduled for her departure.
) At Honolulu on the outward passa &c.
stopI kanaka- hreuen. selected by the
diners crow 10 6ll vacancies in the
black squad. were shipped As the
SonUma was about TO sall. fror1 sydney
tae men dewanded that these four
kanakas Pc discharged. The request
was refused and fifts--sea-en men. fire.
men and sailors picked up their clothes
and jumped asnoTe. Among the de-
fserters were the four Eanabas The
deserters, including the kanakas. We're
arrested bg- tae colonial authorities and
sentenced 90 one month's Imprisonment
with hard labor
her or d 81
days laoer the Souoma sailed.
among the passengers were L. r.
tCQcizrOft Mrs. CDckroft and their two
daaghters. Cockroft is the company S
general passenger agert and has been
-sn Australia and Kew Zealand superin-
tending the change OF. representation
trom agencies 1p branch offices of the
oceanic STEAMSHIP Company.
The manager at sydney is Thomas S.
Jones, who was brought cut from Lon
don 10 take charge Of bbe conpsnv's s
interests in Australia. o. a. Hodson,
formerly purser Of the Sonoina. is as
sistant Hlal.ager. Cockrort has been
away for ahout FIVE months.
an elaborate fancy dress bah was
given on the Son0ma in honor Of Wash
3Hgtons birthday Miss NcCurran, a
pretty san Francisco. girl represented
columbia. and Mrs. Tegetmeier Of Lon
don assumed the role or Britannia
Rev. 7. J. Curtis. pastor Of the largest
tEresbTterian church in sydney. was a
passeng 0n che liner. accompanied by
MS w1fe. He made The voyage for his
lfealth and viii visit the Eastern States
Before returning 10 the Antipodes.
another passenger was Alfred ~
Erskine. II was reported on board
rhat Erskine had been sent TO the colo
mics by the state Department 10 make
= secret inspection Of che American
lcousulates in the Antipodes. Erskine
streuuously denies that he is ia the
EGovernment service in any capacity.
My home is In New York he said
yesterday. j am a private citizen and
am travelling for pleasure.
Ene S0nOma.s passengers included a
large number Of skilled mechanics from
Australia and New Zealand. She brought
1863 passengers in. all. and her cargo
lincnded 1888 bales OF wool and ii5
.IboXes OF New zealand butter. From
RaEo Rag0 she brought ten drums Of
lavhale oil. Her cargo from Honolulu
3ineluded 1919 sacks Of sugar $40
punches OF bananas and $40 cases OF
canned pineapples
Her passengers were.
From sydney-Dr Frnest Black and wife
Ref z Curtis end wife. Alfred = Erskine.
Pau ENanoff Mfs. Alice Francis, jos 9 Hardy.
aIuirein. Madam smith Charles ~ ssvley. Mrs
J1ouie shaw, franz Wells. Richard Aneiin, I'd
James Bulmer and wife. Cece J. Burge Mrs.
Jane Dudley and children. Mrs. Freda Evers.
a
thur GIL, George j. Harding. Joseph Holer and
wife. Mrs. Sarah Hewitt Miss Jessie Hewitt.
frank Hayball and WIFE, Mrs Olive M Hewit
Frank Hamilton. Thomas Jones ~ n Levin
son, wife and children. A. D.. Lattimore wife
and children Charles Wilkinson Miss May Nor.
srison. r. b. Mccormick. ~ Morrison, Bruce
Mellor. Joseph J. Mellor. Miss Christina Penner,
John- PEBBLES, James 81. Philips William
Powers. Mrs X. Rowe aud children Bert G.
Sreet, Herman Sommer, Charles r. NJ. Smith.
Miss b r. Swanson, Thomas y. T. Stabh. Ed
ward Smith; ~. SlomysDsky, wife and two
children. Mrs. q. 81. Vince Robert Walker.
George Walker. Alfred Waglaud, John a. WI
llams Lars ~. J. Altern, Alfred Boyett VIII
lism IT. Berwick. George II. Bunting. Telams
ch0s Black. Thomas o. Bonneth Henry Erers.
william Evans. George G. Hewitt. Arthur Hewitt.
Walter Hewitt. Walter II. Hardy. Tai 4. Jones.
Peter KouVaraE. Alfred kohu. George Lucas
Colin G. Mckenzie. John Mclean. Hans psetz.
Albert Paefz Herbert Pomfrct Otto Palmas.
Daniel n. Palmer, Edward Reddick. Matt Ryan,
Peter Soutar. n. Twinam, y. Twinam, George
Vince D. Walker, Charles West. 7. r. Watson.
Robert Watson.
Auckland--Miss NJ. Booth. Francis II. Botley.
j. BaRshaw; J.. - Cockroft, wife and two
rsupsfarSs I-xfur f-o,olrroff Ioeouh DevIfn Johr