The San Francisco call., 1907-01-05

The schooner Halcyon, anchored off
Meiggs wharf, dragged her mud hook
Yesterday morning during a heavy
suuall and drifted into collision with
the schooner Joseph Russ. A passing
red-stack tug hastened to the scene of
the mixup and separated the schooners
before either had received more than
nominal damage Several lusty squalls
swept the sharbor in the course of the
day, but no other mishap was re-
ported. -
The bar was breaking heavily all
day and arrivals and departures were
few.
VIII Carry Many Passengers
The Oceanic Steamship Company S
liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell, will
sail at IL o'clock this morning for Hon
olulu. She will carry. a full cargo and
about l--ty cabin passengers. Among
the latter will be:
Miss Margaret L. Williams, Miss NJ. Flack,
Miss A. Schleef, Mrs. H. E. Highton, Mrs G.
E. Meyers Mrs. Roy Chamberlain and son. A. d.
Hills, L. Fl. Burton. Gus Kuhn: A. NJ. Culver
Miss NJ. G. Wallace, Miss B. Meyers. Mrs. W
H. Bailey Mrs. G. Davitte, Miss Carrie Clay
pool, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Welch. Gus Hunter Miss
Mrs NJ a W. fnVlip w. Emery. 1s Miss A. n. Evans, Miss
G. Ranger. Henry Newhouse, Charles s; Dole,
Mrs. G. MayfeId, w. A Love and wife. Mr.. and
Mrs s. o. johnson. Guy Livingston, R. P.
Mps. 1o1S0P f. l. Ebbetts. G. N symonds, Mr. and Mrs
Es L. Scott, H. SAKE, J. Reid, H. Morton NJ E.
Waite, w. II. Davidson
Coal Would Not Burn
The steamer North Fork sailed on
Thursday for Eureka. Prior to taking
her departure she had filled her bunk
ers with coal supplied by the Western
Fuel Company. To the surprise of her
owners she returned to this port yes
a
still filled with the coal purchased
from the Western Fuel Company. The
engineer had discovered that. although
sufficient in quantity, the coal lacked
quality. 1t would burn. but with re-
luctance and when he reported to the
master that 1t would be impossible to
keep up steam, Captain Nelson decided
to return for some real coal.
Held Up on Water Front
Fred Pauliotte of the stewards de-
partment on the liner Alameda was held
up on Thursday night on East street
near Pacific, as he was returning to
his vessel He was attacked by two
men, who robbed him of 81, after
knocking him down and inflicting q
laceration, which was dressed later in
the Harbor Hospital.
Ventura Arrives at Honolulu
The reported arrival at Honolulu re-
Gently of the Oceanic Steamship Com
pany's liner Ventura was erroneous
but yesterday the Ventura reached. the
island port all WE'LL No anxiety was
felt for the vessels safety at the COM
pany's office here. as she was not ex-
pected to reach Honolulu until yester-
day. The liner Sonoma from this port
also reached Honolulu yesterday.
No Panama Liner Today
The Pacific Mail Company's Panama
schedule has been running out of tune
for some time and discord still reigns
The City of Sydney. which was to have
sailed for the isthmus today. will no
leave until noon next Tuesday. She
will carry a large number of passen-
gers, including a party of colonists fol
Acapulco. M
Injured In Runaway
]. Fry, teamster employed by Nc
Nab & Smith, was injured yesterday a
| the result of being thrown from
| truck, the horses of which ran ava.
near Steuart-street wharf. Fry suf
fered painful injuries to his left arm
He was treated in the Harbor Hospital
Arctic Changes Hands
The steamer Arctic has been pur
chased by the Union Lumber Company