The San Francisco call., 1908-07-19
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
President Brings a Large Shipment of
Beer and Many Passengers

The Pacific coast steamship COM
pany's steamship President, Captain
Cousins. which arrived yesterday from
Puget sound, brought one Of the heavi-
est cargoes that ii has carried since
going into commission The cargo in
cluded 727 barrels Of beer. the first
shipment OF its kind that has come from
The north by water for many months
After discharging the beer at Broad
way wharf the President went 10
China basin 10 81 rid Of 1883 sacks
OF oats. The ship also brought 1881
sacks Of wheat and $50 bags OF -four.
The President brought 342 passengers
She encountered fne weather all the
way from FIattery 10 the Golden gate
Many Visitors Expected
This viii probably be Japan's day on
the water front The japanese train
ing ship Taisei Maru VIII be open 20
visitors and every little brown man
with his wife ana tamlly Is LS eApsctSe -
70 be out on the bay and aboard Ihe
Iaisei 10 learn the latest news from
Nippon. The japanese VIII not oe t1e
only visitors, as the training salP =
one OF the most complete OF its kind IN
the world and already has attracted
much interest
Captain Furuys is a retired japanese
navy officer. He took part IN the war
with Russia and sliu holds 2 commls-
sion IN the reserves Every thing on
the training ship IS conducted on mill
tary lines The bugle does al tne
talking. and discipline Is n evidence
IN all parts OF the ship. Captain tu-
ruya yesterday made an oInclal cal a.
the Xerba Buena naval training sta
tion-
The Colonel Lost His Hamper
Colonel John 7. Harrington Of Colusa
county dropped into the haroor ponce
station yesterday and conadeo 70 cap
tain Michael Joseph COnooy tnaL ne
had lost his hamper. II was no LeLe
BIT Of hamper that the wind might
have blown away without ms noticln6-
II contained q new pair or p2ntaloons,
TWO new wllle sllrtS- loLL ---ST I SS
and the toilet articles that al selI-
respecting colonies carry WITH tneIn
when travelling. he lost II ne eX-
pIained. between Front and MasnlnS-
ton streets ard the ferry. How or
when or where or why ne Go-l9 10 -
explain. He knew that ne nad Il IN MS
hand when he stood al tne corner o.
Front and Washington streets ana ne
knew that IL was not there when he
reached the ferry
IT'S sherlock Holmes you want,
colonel not any mere poiceInen, salo ,9
Captain COnboy after considering tle
problem. BY the way, colonel, were
you drinking"
The colonel admitted the iupeach-
ment and Captain COnboy, with a sign
Of relief, called in one OF MS brightest
sleu-hs and gave him this order
This is Colonel Harm gton- he
started FOR the ferry yesterday with a
hamper and when he got there FOUND
he had only package Elnd the
hamper The colonel VIII tell you ali
The hamper was found The bar
tender had Il, waiting for the colonel,
OF top OF the ice chest
VIII Have Saturday Half Holiday
George H. Higbee. the new general
manager Of the Pacific Coast steamship
EDrToEeA OF MS
subOrdinates by introducing the SaIur-
day afternoon half holiday LntI yes
rerday the entire clerical force OF the
company worked until clccA odl-
urday afternoons. Higbee Is something
OF q baseball ian himself. and came 70
the conclusion that a little more TreSn
air for his stan would n1rt neLlLeI me ne
sLan nor the company ne new oroet
went into effect yesterday AFTERNOON
One clerk in each department VIII re
main on duty Saturday until O'CLOCK
This for the convenience ot the pub
lie Everybody else hereafter Is Tree
AZ 1 O'Clock until Monday morning
steamer sehomesIs in Commission
The old steamer Sehome, rejuvenated
and looking smart as II fresh from the
builders hands. IS again IN commission
and Yesterday was placed on the run
between here and Vallejo. The Senome,
which was brought down rrOm FUsel
sound shortly after the big nre 70 oe
used as q floating restaurant, was
bought from the Pacific Coast steam
ship company BY the Monticello steam
ship company. The SehoTne has been
practically rebuilt. and for all practical
purposes is good as new
Water Front Notes
The army transport Buford sailed
July Is from Manila for this port
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted 10 100000 feet
The cargo OF the steamer Iaqua,
which arrived yesterday from Eureka,
. included Z53 head OF cattle and 20 tons
OF butter
The log raft from Astoria arrived
yesterday at san Diego in tow OF the
Spreckels tug Dauntless. The Daunt-
less viii 20 north after another raft.
The berkeutine Irmgard sailed and
the bark Kaiulani cleared yesterday
for Honolulu.
The steam schooner Sybil Marston.
from Albion for Guaymas, put IN here
yesterday for fuel
The liners Alameda and Hilonian are
due Tuesday from Honolulu, and the
HongkOng Maru on Wednesday from
the far east