The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

The transport Sherman arrived in
port early yesterday morning from the
Philippines with every cabin filled
Fifteen young officers were obliged to
stow themselves away In the dormi-
tory on the lower deck
| The crowding of the vessel was due
| to the fact that in addition to the
army officers and their families return
1 ing from the Philippines, the congress
sional party that had been visiting the
Hawaiian islands was taken on at
Honolulu. The transport made a quick
run from that port
The trip across the Pacific was an
unusually pleasant one. There were
concerts and entertainments and field
day meet on the main deck of the
! steamer. with the soldiers and crew
as contestants. Prizes for the games
were given by the congressional party.
Chief among the army contingent
was Brigadier General A C. Markiey,
| retired. General Markley was for
/ three and a half years in command
of the post at Angel island. He will
remain here two weeks, visiting friends
| in Berkeley, after which he will go
east and settle either in Chacago or
New York.
| Major J. B. Goe, an officer we'll known
| in this city, came back in command of
the First battalion of the Nineteenth
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early this morning for Fort Bliss. Tex.
| Captain "A NJ Wetherill was among
the passengers Wetherill was one of
the officers who took part in the Mount
Dajo fight and was in command of
Company D, Nineteenth Infantry, at
that time.
Besides the Nineteenth infantry the
Sherman had number of casuals in
| the steerage.
M. G.. Porter an old employe in the
army offices. died in the transport on
May "a of asthma and heart trouble.
There was a death on the outward
trip of the Sherman. Quartermaster
o. N Smith died suddenly on April 20
from spinal meningitis.
The Sherman was 81 days 10 hours
fand II minutes from Manila, % days
] 1s hours and 6 minutes from Nagasaki.
and days II hours and minutes
from Honolulu.
Following is a list of the cabin pas
sengers:
Brigadier General A. G. Markley, Major o. $
Stanley. Captain Ira L. Fredenal, Captain
Fred L. Muson. Ninth infantry: Captain c; l.
| McKain Seventeenth infantry; Lieutenant John
Ssp9apR R,f rtn 5aag 5an Charles
Coke. Eighth infantry; Lieutenant F. ". Bos-
esise Nineteenth infantry; Captain S. Burkhardt.
Nineteenth infantry Chaplain S. J. Smith,
Infantry Gsptaip wsbeT Nine
teenth infantry; Lieutenant J l. Bond Nine N;I
teenth infantry; Lieutenant J J. Miller Nine
teenth infantry: Lieutenant W. III. Screws,
| Nineteenth infantry; Lieutenant ]. u Dodge,
Nineteenth infantry; Lieutenant @, W Tillot-
son, Nineteenth infantry; Lieutenant r. c, Tay- M
! lor Nineteenth infantry; Lieutenant A B. Ter
ker. Nineteenth infantry; Major w. a. johnson,
Sixteenth infantry; Captain NJ Wheeler, Six
teenth infantry: Captain B. H. Watkins. Thir-
teenth infantry; Lieutenant John hoisnar' n
nantsg nspDns snep aassps ass and
child Mrs. @. L. McKain and child. Mrs J e,
clapham and mother. Ms S E M MeD9nalaa'
Erwin and daughter Mrs. ]. K. Thompson, Mrs.
r. J. Maxey and child. Mrs ]. 3. Goe. Miss
Miller, Samuel A. Anderson. Mrs Eugene Pear
son and infant, Miss Alice Finley, Mrs r. D.
Klein and infant Mrs. William smith, Mrs g.
Della Mason MIS-. A. H. Hewscn and son; J. r.
Underwood. wife and infant; Mrs s A. Lun,
aunt aunt; B. Carpenter, wife and child: O. s. Cole,
Harry Coleman. William A Durkes Mr. Gray
and infant, Theodore A Hunter; mi MIS-, .ns F. son NJ
Charles Bingesser. Harry W. Harnish. William
| Guenther William F. Lickel, H. ]. Duffy, ]. O.
Cobb, h P. Rahbusch. H O. Pratt, W; b.
Moffatt, W. J. McCartney, Frank Hunt. J. K.
Devins. Mrs. Harry w. Harnish, Mrs, William
| E. williams, Mrs. L. W. Roberts. Mrs G. W.
Mckenzie and two children, Mrs. n. ~ Fuller.
From Nagssaki-Najor F. L. Palmer. o. S. A..
| retired: Lieutenant F. G. Bingham, medical de-
a. a1 Chamber ssonnsF Hrn asn'aI
Palmer and son. Mrs. w. 81 Chambers, Mrs.
Enochs
medical department: Lieutenant Louis soleliac.
Sixteenth infantry; Major John a. Russell, Lieu
| tenant N. e. shearer Mrs l. soleliac Miss NJ
Mrs. T. R. Harker. Miss Harker, Miss Mcleod,
Mrs p Shillock and two children.
Presented with Ring
! Richard ]. welch. former chief
wharfnger. was presented with a dia-
| mond ring yesterday by his former
associates in the wharf1nger's Office.
The presentation speech was made by
John Hoey. Welch responded and
thanked the men for the services they
| had performed while under him. He
| then congratulated his successor in
office. Thomas A Hender. in having an
efficient staff to work under him.
The new chief made a few remarks
and the ceremonies came to a close with
a happy little talk from Colonel Thomas
Burgoyne,. who has been the ma1ordomo
of the wharfinger's Office for the last
! 80 years.
Wires 700 Miles From Sea
The transport Thomas since leaving
| this port last Wednesday mas been IN
constant communication with the naval
| station at Yerba Buena by means of
its new wixeless plant. Yesterday
morning hevThomas sent a message
100 miles to the naval station The sta
ton on the island was unable to reply
on account of the weakness of its ap-
paratus.
/ All of the transports will be fitted out
with the same style of instruments as
those which have proved so success
| full on the Thomas
steamer Jim Butler ON Fire
The steamer Jim Butler caught fire
yesterday on the Willamette river, and
/ had the vessel not been run ashore near
lLynton 1t would have become total
loss The engines, boilers, cabins and
hull are badly damaged. The Butler
was loaded with lumber, bound for this
port. The fire was occasioned by the up
setting of a lamp ip the engine room.
The vessel is owned by Olsen & Ma
honey of this city.
Lumber Arrivals
i Lumber arrivals from the north coast
by sea yesterday amounted to 2,359, 600
efoa Navarro hi