The San Francisco call., 1908-05-27
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Boycott Gives Bessie Dollar
Cargo From China to Japan

captain Alexander Cow, left Hongkong
the Chinese boycott of goods and ships
and everything else Japanese was in
full swing and worked to the advantage
of the Bessie Dollar The steamer did
not have full cargo for this port, but
at Hongkong was a great pile of freight
Tor Japanese ports which the Chinese
agents at Hongkong would not ship
oy Japanese steamers. The Bessie Dol
lar took all of this freight that could
be slowed away and duly delivered 1T
at Moji, Kobe and Yokohama
Although not loaded to it's full ca
pacity for the voyage across the Pacific
the Bessie Dollar brought a cargo
which included 1000 tons of general
cargo, 1000 tons of sulphur and 677 oak
logs. The Bessie Dollar also brought
four passengers and was favored with
fine weather all the way across the
Pacific.
The general cargo brought by the
big steamer was strong in variety and
included among other products OF the
lar east: pepper, fish, maize, coffee,
ginger, cassia, rice, tea, oil, rattan,
string, firecrackers, tapioca, flour. wine,
mating, beans, soy and porcelain
Siberia Sails for the Far East.
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia, Cap
tain Adrian Feeder, sailed yesterday for
the Orient with many passengers but
little more than 1000 tons of cargo.
Captain Feeder, better known as the
king, took with him a new prime min
lister, E. p. Kilt. for many years chief
officer OF the China. M. T. Bailey, who
served the king so well that the Siberia
became known as the queen of the
Pacific, has been transferred to the
China flagship of the fleet. The China
carries no prime minister Captain
Daniel Friele. commodore of the Pa
clf1c Mail service, being satisfied with
mate or chief officer
The Siberia's passengers included:
For Honolulu-Frank II. Armstrong, Miss
sqlist Atherton Aths1n & G. G. Bartlett Mrs Bartlett
Bruce Cartwright Jr., l. F. Clark. ]. F. Cowan,
Miss, Miss Edith 18th Cumming John Duggan. Mrs 2. c.
and infant William C. Furer. Charles A. Gerry,
Mark Green. Miss Hazel Green. Colonel A. 8.
Leighton Hind Arthur II. Hobart. P. L. Horne,
Mrs. Horne. John B. Keating. Mrs. Keating and
dnSshter snS hssn,as Herbert rt Kddsr Mrs F. Kamp
Mrs. Julia A. Macfarlane Fred Morgan. Mrs
Morgan and child. Alfred c. Musson, Z. A. Nc
Parks. Mrs: Parks. Miss J. Perrin. Miss Jean
nette Powell, E. J. Reese. Philip Roach, Miss
saGe nson g Eooerss9n, pn aubrey Robinson s. A. Rob
berg Joseph Rosenberg, Miss Hilda Rosenberg.
Miss I; Sargent g Mrs Alice NJ Schultz, Charles
Miss s. Towle: NJ &. Weinberg Mrs. A. B.
Wood, Allyn Wood, R. E. Wright. Miss Edna
For Yokohama-Aliss Faith S. Brock, ]. s.
Collbran, s. L. Selden Mrs. Selden, Ralph D.
Smith. Mrs. Smith, Miss L. NJ. G. stamm, J.
+. B. Fowler. E. Il. ellison, James n. Nc.
Rasasr SspssiS william z hs1sass 5fSsH Y 6
mann Friedlander, Miss Loretta L. Gibbs, r. j.
Gill, Mrs. C. B. Graves, Miss Dorothy Graves,
MeGinns. T John MikoI. in S. a. /. sfasan Morsan.
o'Connor. Clyde Y. Powers, Robert j. Ross. DR..
J. W Van de stadt. Mrs. l Van d de stadt, ni6r Dr.
Oscar league, DR.. Clifton Wallace, hudson +.
Join at Honolulu-w j. conroy. Prof R.
Koch, Mrs. Koch. John Matthews.
FlOtilIa Sails for Portland
The fourth torpedo fiotilla sailed
yesterday for Portland, Ore, in com
mand of Captain Freeman, and In a
few days the Columbia river will have
an opportunity to say welcome to
the feet" 1t is a fleet in miniature,
but worth welcoming just the same
The f1otilla is made up of the destroy
ers Perry and Preble and the torpedo
boats Fox. Davis and Farragut. The
battleship Missouri arrived yesterday
from Bremerton and proceeded direct
to the Mare island navy yard TO be put
into condition for the home stretch Of
the long cruise.
VIII Fly the Mexican Flag
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's little old steamer Bonita will
soon be added to the fleet of marine
curiosities that ply between the ports
of the gulf of California, with Quay
mas as its home port. The Bonita was
purchased by Mexican parties through
W. Iberie & Sons of Guaymas and will
be placed under the Mexican flag. The
steamer is now at the United engi-
neering works undergoing a general
overhauling
Will Take Supplies for the Whalers
The schooner Ivy is at Howard
street wharf loading for Point Barrow
and will sail north in a few days. The
Ivy's cargo consists of stores for the
whaling fleet and includes a shipment
of coal.
Water Front Notes.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet
The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria,
Captain Saunders, is due tomorrow
from the orient. The Manchuria is
bringing a large number of passen-
gers.
The American ship Reuce. bound
from Newcastle. Australia, put into
Sydney yesterday leaking and with
pumps out of order.