The San Francisco call., 1908-03-31
Shipping News and Gossip
OF the Water Front
Liner City Of Panama Is Shaken by Jar
of Guns Sixteen Miles Away

The Pacific Mail liner City of Panama.
which arrived Sunday too late to pass
quarantine, docked early yesterday
morning al Lombard street wharf. All
the way from Mazatlan the City of
Panama bucked strong head winds. The
liner passed the entrance to Magdalena
bay about noon. March p. and hoisted
signals offering TO take mail from the
feet. From the deck of the City of
Panama fourteen aattleships could be
seen and they We're all too busy TO pay
any heed TO the merchantman's signal
flags, the line' passed on.
While the feet was IN sight the ships
were firing their small guns. Over
the warships aoated a dense cloud of
funnel smoke. There was no smoke to
be seen from the guns. but Judging
from the flashes of flame they were
talking 10 the targets at a high rate
OF speed. After the liner had passed on
and was about sixteen miles away from
the feet the ships turned loose their
big guns. IN spite OF the distance.
every explosion Jared the little liner
force TO make all on board glad the
distance was sixteen miles and grow
ing greater.
Captain Henry F. Morton, who
brought the City OF Panama north.
Joined the ship at Ancon. relieving
Captain Jones. who assumed charge of
the Barracouta. Captain Morton's for
mer command. Captain Morton and
the Bsrracouta have been on the Cen
trsl American coast for Is months.
gathering freight at the smaller ports
for the ships of the regular line
The City of Panama brought q pas
sengers. most Of them from New York.
Among them was J. II. Wilson. q retired
officer OF the British army. who has
come from London TO visit his son.
owner OF a ranch near Los Angeles. DR..
Eugene Taimage. New York medico
and relative of the famous preacher.
was another passenger. Manette Carl
haldi. also of illustrious descent. was
or board. He is civil engineer, is
on his way from Rome to Shang
hai. and is said to be a grandson of
the famous champion of liberty. c. E.
Moses. now q merchant in Philadelphia,
who was 2 passenger on the City Of
Panama, has come to revisit this city,
where he was in business until 1864.
The City Of Panama brought S62 tons
or cargo with treasure valued at $751;
7e2. The passeng gers included:
Eugene Talmage. J. II. Wilson, Les
ter Hammond. Manette Garibaldi. J. Z.
crUthers. c. Z. Moses. Mrs. H. B. Kush
and three children. Leon 5. Hawley,
George Stone. Y. A. Wallace, J. B. Con-
VOID and Mark : ECSon.
saves His Life by Swimming
II he had not been q good swimmer.
=. Flynn. boaEswain's mate of the first
class. attached TO the cruiser Tennessee.
might have lost the number Of his mess
yesterday when he tumbled overheard
while stepping from launch to the
Nssship's gangway. The tide was run
ming swiftly and the cutter went to
Flynn's assistance without delay. but
before q shipmate grabbed Flynn he
had put in 10 minutesNo of the hardest
swimming he ever did in his life. He
came out of the water with a whole
some respect for the strength and
swiftness of the current that maintains
communication between the bay and
the ocean
Picks Up Runway SlOop
Henry Peterson's launch No. ! picked
up a sloop yesterday afternoon of Coat
island. The sailboat had evidently
broken away from its moorings in the
upper part of the bay. The sails were
snugly furled and IN the cabin. which
was half filed with water. was the
rUd6er The only other thing the boat
contained was some ballast. which had
shifted to one side The slOop lies at
the Mission street bulkhead awaiting
an owner.
Nippon sIaru Sails Today
With a fun cargo. the bulk OF which
consists OF army stores for Manila. the
Japanese liner Nippon Maru. Captain
Greene. will sail today at ! o'clock for
the orient The Nippon viii carry
about 40 cabin passengers and about
100 Asiatics in the steerage.
Water Front Notes
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1.263, 600 feet.
The ship star of Alaska cleared yes
terday for Chignik bay.
The liner Manchurja arrived yester-
day at Honolulu from this port
The. British bark Caithness- shire
from Tacoma for the United Kingdom
put into Bahia Sunday for medical as
sistance.
The steamer HilOnian. Captain Peter
johnson, is due today from Honolulu.