The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
Shipping News and Gossip
Of the Water Front
Army Transport Thomas Encounters Terrible
Westerly Gale in Mid-Pacific Ocean

The army transport Thomas. Captain
z. Y. Lyman. which arrived yesterday
from the Philippines. encountered ter
p Tidc weather between Nagasald and
Honolulu A westerly gale of hurri-
cane violence ragged from January 2S to
January 81 The troopers upper decks
were washed repeatedly by seas. State
=rooms on the starboard side were food
ed, in many cases the stout hardwood
doors being wrenched from their
~ hinges The passengers were all sent
below and for four days the elements
had fun charge Of the Thomas
The Thomas brought $50 passengers,
OF whom SS came in the cabin.
she brought twenty-five civilian steer
} age passengers, twelve discharged sol
ciers. s1xty-twO casuals, l12 enlisted
men Of the navy and marine corps.
-thirty-one invalids and twenty-one gen
-eral prisoners.
Among the passengers was Lieuten-
anr g 5. kempn of the navy. accom-
panied by his wife. Kempff, who is a
son Of Rear Admiral Kempff, has been
on the Asiatic station for two years.
He left here on the Ohio AMI was on
the Raleigh when ordered $cme for
orders.
The passengers on the Thomas in
cluded:
Hugh A Allen. Mrs. A s. Anderson. Lien
Barber Mrs. H. A. Barber, Master Barber
Ms John Beach. Master J. Beach, Leonard S.
cen Mrs. C s. Bouve; B. L. Canaga, @.
y: ". L. " Clark, Lieutenant A. F.
Cox, W s. Cox, Mrs- c. DOremmatt and two
daqe5TerSs Ms. H Dorey end child, Gen
-sDant T, NJ F6ccbs Mr.. @ = " Ear NJ
C. r. GesJ Master Gest. Mrs G. W. Gilbert.
Arthur en-. J, E Haryen. Hilton Heckert, Lieu
tenant Colonel J, A. Hui, Mrs. J. A. Hull, A.
F. Hutchinson. Bishop ]. S. Johnston, p. ?.
Jones. 2. j. Kelly, Lieutenant c. S. Kempf,
MIS-. C. s. Kempf. r. II. Latin. Mrs. \. {.
Tanders. A. o. Larson. c. G. Lawrence Major
General Jesse n Lee, Mrs. Jesse n. Lee, Cap
-sin II Lee. Mrs. c. J. Miner and three chill
f-en. Captain G. v H. Moseley. Mrs. G.. V.
81 Moseley and child. J. r. Mount Mrs. J. r
fount. Miss c. MeHugh, Mrs. c. J. Naylor and
Qrson. Ms Paine, Miss Paine. Mrs. J. Pierce
~ A. Platts. T. Reeves. Miss B. Reynolds
M-s. J. Rangheim. Miss Irene Robinson. A.
Rudy. Miss Georgette sainzelle. Lieutenant John
T Sayles. Lieutenant ". F. l. Simpson. o. 7.
smith, Ms a. < sqr'eryiIle Captain a r, crO@- n
Thomas. J. g. Timoney. Mrs. E. G. Timoney
sad child. Marcos yintOs; b. G. waddle
g II Weston, Mrs, S H. Weston, J. c; Wick
Z sham. /. Williams, Mrs. ". D. witham.
japanese Liner Sails
TIE japanese liner America Maru
Captain Going, sailed for the Orient
Yesterday afternoon. She carries a
fuU cargo and twenty-three cabin
passengers Among the latter were:
Tor Yokohama-C. G. Edwards, Mrs. c. C
K. 7. In.anishi. ". S. Jones. Ms Clara French
kaufman. Miss Catherine F. kaufman
Kobe-Miss s. r. Brokenshire.
Hongkong-B G. Allin, p. Auge. F. s. Doug
lss. Miss Blanche G. Hamilton, Frederick "
Johnson. Ramon Mariana. Miss J. B. Newett
Miss = s aoughton, Mrs G. Peterson, H NJ
Plat Miss q Small. C. A. Vail Miss Glars
From HonoIalu@Louis i5ra1i6i C. C. Miller W E.
Moll.
san Jose Here From Panama
= The Pacific Mail liner San Jose ar
: rived yesterday afternoon from Pan
. anna and way ports. Her cargo Of 977
tons included 4017 bags Of coffee. She
brought Measure valued at $1,000. She
:. had on board thirty-two passengers.
One Of the passengers. H. ". Hen
dersOn. is a mining man from Ecua-
- cor. He was there last December dur
ing the comic opera revolution, which
lasted three weeks and finished with
the rout Of the revolutionary army.
This army, said Henderson. consisted
OF eighty men, of whom three were
-privates and all the others officers,
three Of them full geaerals. The rev
oIution did not receive popular sup
port. and General Alfaro, who seized
the reins Of government more than q
q year ago, is still President of the re-
. public.
Big Cargo of Coffee
The Kosmos liner sails, Captain Bar
tells. which arrived yesterday afternoon
from Hamburg. by way Of South and
Central American ports, brought from
Guatemala about 10000 bags OF cOf-
g Zee. Her cargo Of 2319 tons included
> large shipment Of general mer-
. cha ndise from Europe. c. Bolker and
c. Haur came on the Sais from Ma
zatlan. There were six passengers ii
the steerage. The Sais is new YES
sci and this IS her first appearance
81 this port
EncinaI Smashes Ferry Slip
The ferry steamer Encinal missed
her slip at the ferry depot yesterday
and smashed about a dozen piles in the
south dolphin The force of the blow
also knocked the south side of the
slip out of plumb. An unusually
strong food tide is blamed for ths
damage viii be charged to Mr.. Harri
man.
Carpenter Falls Thirty Feet
Walter Buck. a carpenter, who lives
in Oakland. fell from a building a
Fourteenth and Howard streets yes
terdav. a distance Of thirty feet. HI
suffered injuries to his right thigh
right wrist, nose and forehead. H'
was taken TO the Harbor Hospital.
Ventura to BE Laid Up.
When the Oceanic Steamship Com
panv's liner Ventura arrives here, ii
g. a.boGt three weeks. she will be laid up
Water Front Notes
Receipts OF lumber yesterday by SCI
amounted to 3.7S7, 600 feet.
The bark Annie Johnson arrived
Yesterday from Hilo with 1850 bag
Of sugar.
. The river steamer Pride of th'
River ran into Market-street whar
Yesterday and lost part OF her stem,
chunk OF her guard and about hfteel
feet Of her rail-