The San Francisco call., 1908-12-04
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Transport Buford Will Take to Manila
Great Fortune i'm Pesos and Pennies

The army transport Buford, which
sails al noon tomorrow, will carry to
the Philippines the first shipment Of
copper pennies minted especially for
circulation in Uncle Sans island pos
sessions. The troopship's treasure
room will be worth guarding in other
respects, for in addition to 5000 of
the small copper coins there viii be
stored there 100000 silver pesos, all
fresh from the mint in this city. A
special guard viii accompany the
treasure from mint TO ship and an
armed watch viii be maintained at the
door OF the treasure room on the trans
port until the coin is landed at Manila.
The Buford is taking a large cargo
Of military stores and viii leave here
deep down in the water. Among the
passengers viii be a large number of
bluejackets and marines for the Asiaic
station. The cabin passengers Will in
clude 20 West Point graduates. or
"shavetails." as they call the newly
emancipated cadets in the army. These
trained but untried warriors, slender,
straight and beardless, have been COM
missiOned as lieutenants in the Philip
pine scouts and viii be assigned TO
posts in different parts Of the islands.
Mules for Pearl Harbor Work
The MaGson navigation company's
steamer Lurline VIII sail today at noon
for Honolulu crowded with passengers
and carrying about 5000 tons of cargo.
The freight includes about 200 tons of
material and supplies for the work at
Pearl harbor.
on deck the Lurline will carry 10
mules, also for Pearl harbor. These
mules were dragged, showed, hoisted
carried and, in a few cases, driven on
board the Lurline yesterday. Ordinary
steYedores are not usually happy in
their dealings with government mules,
so special detail of experienced mule
skinners was assigned TO the task of
persuading the Lurline's four footed
passengers 10 walk up the gangplank
and take stall on deck.
VIII Carry Many Passengers
The Pacific Mail liner Peru, which
is due here late Saturday or early
Sunday. viii leave here again for Pana-
ma and way ports December 16. Many
passengers have already been booked
them is Mrs. ". T. Swinburne, wife OF
the commander in chief of the Pacific
fleet The feet. which has finished
record target practice at Magdalena
probably viii continue its journey to
the Atlantic side. In recent order
Issued by the navy department, New
York was given as the postofice to
which mail for the feet should be ad-
dressed.
PASSES DeckIoad of Lumber at Sea
The schooner Esther Buhne. which
arrived yesterday at Coos Bay from
san Pedro, reports .aving sailed
through a large quantity or lumber
November %. in latitude 1857 north
longitude 1861 west. The lumber was
made up of heavy and long timbers
and three inch flooring and Captain
Olsen of the Esther Buhne estimates
that what he saw was the full deck
load of a large vessel. The Esther
Buhne encountered a strong northerly
gale with squalls from the southwest
Due at Honolulu Today
The Pacific Mail liner Korea, which
is coming from the orient crowded with
passengers and carrying a large carg
Is due today at Honolulu. On board
the Korea are 100 cabin passengers
including part of the Pacific coast mer-
camille delegation TO Japan. Other dele
gates who stayed over at Honolulu viii
join the Korea at the island port.
Collision on Puget Sound
According 10 a dispatch received from
Seattle the steamer Charmer was in