The San Francisco call., 1908-03-21

The liner Manchuria arrived mere a.
the END OF its thirteenta -royage Fri
day. the 18th. and the superstitious
wondered that the combinations Of -
had brought no i'll luck TO the big ship
The Nippon Maru arrived here Nester-
day with 2 fun explanation The moo
doo that should have accompanied me
Nsnchuria missed The steamer at Noko =
hama and took passage on the Jap
anese liner
The hooGoo WAS in evidence shortly
after the Nippon left the Japanese port.
What had been fair wind turned
around and blew straight against the
Nippon's nose. The sky clouded over,
rain poured in torrents and quarrel
some sea slapped and banged the Iiler
al the way TO Honolulu Before the
steamer reached Honolulu Wong Ming.
steerage passenger, came down with
smallpox.
Wong. whose name being translated
means yellow" was twice l3 years OF
age. He was travelling on ticket mum
hered 13 He was taken sick Friday.
the 18th and when Surgeon Terrih took
stock OF the vaccine points on board
he found that there We're not enough
for the vaccination Of all hands
Wong. his ticket and his trouble We're
landed at Honolulu The steamer ar
rived here Yesterday. which was Fri
day. and was held in quarantine until
the Toyo Kisen Kaisha people had Sc
cured the necessary vaccine and sent
81 aboard the liner. where the yellow
rag continued TO float until Dr. Terrili
had vaccinated' a hundred passengers
The hoodOo disapp through the
wall Of the upper deck Of pier 81. the
Nippon poking a hole through the
structure with its bOs~sprit expressly to
Jet il ashore Then Port Superintendent
Gldden appeared upon the scene and
IN glow Of his welcoming smile every
body cheered up and the Nippon Maru
wss itself again.
The Nippon brought 2.oSl tons OF
cargo. which included sos bales OF raw
silk. substantial evidence that the sea
son OF exceeding thrift in America has
passed: 2s7e rolls Of mating. 5.612
mats Of rice and l55 packages OF Jap
snese lanterns.
Among the passengers was William
Johnston. a shipowner Of Liverpool.
England. who has been travelling in
the orient for pleasure. d. Q. Ems
berger and W J. Rogers. missionaries
returning from India with their fami-
lies. were also on board Another pas
senger was Captain Frederick staple
ton OF the British army Although
young. the captains hair shows a lib-
eraI sprinkling of gray, the result OF
his campaign in South Africa against
Oom Paui's sharpshootcrs. During the
Boer war Captain Stapleton COM
manded troop Of volunteer cavalry
He has Just completed a tour Of duty
IN Egypt and is on his way TO Eng
land.
Lieutenant 4 Andrews Of the United
States navy returned on the Nippon
from the Asiatic station.
The Nippon's cabin passengers were;
liam
Johnston: =. o. Ernslerger. wife and child;
". ]. Rogers wife and two childreu-
shsnghsi-Licutsnant 4: Andrews. e. : n
r Bsnnister. E J. Moss.
Yokohama aptain F. s Bretherton. X lao.
j.. y. Stevens. Mrs. a = Gibbs. Miss H. T.
noxs. Miss f. Saito Mrs F. r Pollard and
rbild X Hasigawa and ~ c. Somis-
Pistol Right Codfisher
A. NJ. Matheson. a "salter" on the
codfshing barkentine Fremont. was
brought ashore Thursday evening and
taken TO the harbor hospital for treat
ment for a EUnshot wound, inflicted ac-
cidentaily he explained, by friend.
The bullet had Knocked off the tip of
the little finger on his left hand, or,
as DR. Beasley put il on the hospital
register. had inflicted "a furrowed
gunshot wound, terminal phalanX Of
little finger of left hand. shattering
terminal phalan1-'
HErnanS MHtneSQu DOnQEltU dll
over Beasley's dia gnosis: perhaps his
finger hurt him when the benumbing
effect Of the shock had passed. At any
rate. he changed his mind yesterday
morning and reported to the harbor
police that Hjalmar Johsnson. mem
Der Of the Fremonts crew. had fired
the shot with intent to kill Detective
Tracey steamed out TO the Fremont and
arrested Johanson. After Investigating
oner with disturbing the peace. Tracey
wanted to charge Johnson with shat
tering the terminal phalanN.' but Cap
tain Michael Joseph Conboy said he
wanted none Of them Greek riddles
on his station register.
Johanson had been invited into the
Fremont's cabin to join the head
splitter in drink. Matheson. who
rates as a 'salter" and is the captains
cousin. objected to the presence OF
green hand in the cabin and ordered
Johanson forward. When Johanson re-
fused to go Salter Matheson produced
from his trunk a revolver and advanced
on the forecasrle hand. who erappled
with the salter In the struggle the
pistol was discharged. The. bullet.
which shattered the salter's terminal
phalanx. scorched a parting through
Johansons hair. Johanson refused to
sail with Matheson and his arrest fol-
lowed The Fremont is lying at anchor
OF Lime point.
Direct Line 30 Alaska
The traffic bureau OF The Merchants
exchange issued an appeal 10 local mer-
chants yesterday. asking them to sup
port the direct lines of steamers 20
Nome and ST. Michael that VIII be
operated this season from this port. in
stead Of shipping through Seattle. as
IL the past The Alaska steamship
company. which is owned and con-
lTolied by the Guggenheims and which
lately purchased and absorbed most of
the important lines hitherto operate
from Seattle. viii operate this year
from San Francisco. Tie line is repre-
scented here by the Barneson- -Hibberd
company. Steamers viii leave here
with freight and passengers for Nome
and St Michael direct june !. July s.
August 10 and September 90, and will
leave Nome June 26, July %. September
I and October j. after which navigation
closes. The freight rates from this
port viii be the same as those main
tsined from Puget sound.
AImirante Grau Is Swift
The news that the Peruvian scout
cruiser Almirante Grau would be here