The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Head Winds Retard the Alameda and
!. Liner Arrives Eight Hours Late

The. Oceanic steamship company's
liner Alameda, Captain Thomas Dow
deli, arrived late yesterday afternoon
from Honolulu crowded with passen-
gers and carrying a full cargo. The
Alameda encountered fine weather un-
Ill two days ago. when heavy head
winds were encountered. which made
nearly eight hours difference in the
length of the passage
J. II. Parker, a wealthy lumberman
Of Seattle. slipped on the liners deck
yesterday morning, fell against the
rail and fractured his right knee cap.
He. was transferred from the liner to
a private hospital. Parker and his
wife were returning from an extended
trip to the orient Surgeon ]. w.
Clark made the injured man as comfort
able as possible, hst it will be several
weeks before he viii be able to make
the last stage OF his journey home.
T. Mrs. Terney, a steerage passenger.
gave birth TO a girl baby April %. and
both were IN good health when the
made up purse for the benefit of the
little stranger. who was christened
Alameda Terney.
The Alameda brought 113 steerage
pass seHgers; and the cargo of 1,42T tons
Included 1927 bags of sugar, $3.50
punches. Of bananas and S2S bags of
coffee. Among the passengers were:
A T: Brock MES Brock and child c. G. Bart
lerf, Mrs. 9. F. Brackett and son. Miss Brew
sier cameron G. I. Clemons, Miss S. Cohelan,
Sas,.e STs eo1ley q Miss Cooley w B. Cooley, G
=; w. Duckwal. Mrs. Duckwall. E. A. Fraser.
Mrs; a; c. 'Freemsn: Miss Freeman, J. F.. Fern
wick, Governor W. F. Frear. Mrs. Frear child
and maid Mr. Gerard Mrs Gerard. A GartIey.
Miss c. E. Gilbert Mrs. \. P Gregg. Miss G. II.
Hosmer,. R, H. .HOsmer. Mrs. a. Y. inmsn. Miss
{ a dan 1orae nd =
sen and valet, W. c. Lyon. Mrs K NJ Lawler,
Miss LSvle Mrs A: Logan, Miss Logan. Mrs.
McCandless, Mrs. H McCrum. ]. J. Mclaughlin.
Mrs. Mclaughlin, F. J. Nealand " OBrien
Parker. sfrs Parker. Miss n A. Porter, j.. G. G.
Pratt: Mrs J. I. ?. Robinson, Miss E. Rouse.
M-. g scSfS ,Ss9ttf = W @ Smith: IT, Miss stsgsEt
Smith. II. II. Spring. Mrs Spring Miss a
Teixsra, A. II. R. Yierra J. n warrington.
- Weber. Mrs. d. whitney. Mrs A. s. Young
Mrs: C. 7. Clemens. Mrs. F. J. Nealand.
Umatilla's Passengers Landed
The passengers who arrived at this
port two weeks. ago on the steamer
.Cmatilla and were placed in quarantine
on Angel island because a little Seattle
maiden. also q passenger, had blos-
somed forth with the smallpox during
I-the trip were released yesterday and
prought: TO Broadway wharf by the
steamer Isleten- The steamer T.. C.
= GA+~CA eN1S 70 LdN6 Drought the pas
sengers over early IN the day. but
broke down when half way across. AS
result of the naishap to the Walker
the Umatilla's passengers were not
landed here until afternoon. The pas
sengers say that they enjoyed their
stay in quarantine and before dfspers-
ing all signed q manifesto thanking the
steamship company for the liberal pro-
Vision made for their, sustenance while
on the island.
Boat landing Goes Adrift
= A big float. one of the new ones built
by: state harbor commissioners for
the use of the fleet, disappeared Mon
day night from Howard street wharf
No. 3. where it had. been chained to a
pile. The float was picked up early
yesterday morning of Lime point and
will be towed back to its berth today
As the float was not only chained to a
pile, but otherwise secured, il is
thought that somebody tried TO steal It
but found ii too heavy TO handle in the
swift running tide. The float cost
$1,000 and is one of a number provided
for the use Of the feet. AdmiraT Day
ton inspected the boat landing facili-
ties few days ago and expressed his
pleasure at the arrangements, which
were the best, he said, that he had seen
in any American port
- Ashore in the Eel River
!. A wireless message received yester-
day from Table Bluff rejorts the little
steamer Argo ashore in the Eel river,
for which place the vessel left here
April 25. 1t is not thought that the
coasters situation is serious.
Water Front Notes
Managing. director NJ. Shiraishi and
Assistant General Manager W H Av-
cry of the Togo Kisen Kaisha left yes
terday morning for New York on busf-
ness connected with the steamship
company.
The Norwegian bark Daghilde, out
l55 days from Newcastle, England, for
Caldera, was placed on the overdue list
yesterday at Is per cent
The British steamer Orland arrived
at Honolulu yesterday from Ocean ISL
and
The schooner R. P. slade arrived yes
terday at Honolulu from Newcastle
Australia.
Captain w. A. Boole eft for Monte
rey at o'clock yesterday morning in
command Of his new power boat Fight
ing Bob. 44e expects to lead the big
feet 10 San Francisco.
The ac.fic Mail liner Korea, Cap
tain Sandberg is due today from the
orient. The Korea has so many pas
sengers that a number with first class
tickets have been installed in quarters