The San Francisco call., 1908-08-23
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Pacific Fleet All Ready to Leave
Tomorrow on South Sea Cruise

me pig armored cruisers of the Pa
cine feet, seven OF which are anchored
IA man Of war row. will be open to Wis
ltors this afternoon. and it is expected
that many viii take advantage of the
opportunity, as il. viii be the last that
san Francisco ,will have for at least
lnfee months. Loaded down with sea
stores until their armor betting is sub
merged nearly a foot, the big ships are
-Saay Tor their cruise 10 the south seas.
They viii sail tomorrow morning at
~ O'Clock and after crossing the bar
each cruiser viii take q torpedo boat
destroyer in tow. Their order at sea
ana the destroyer that each cruiser will
Tow Is 10 be as-follows:
hear Admiral Swinburnes flagship
" est virginia with the Preble in tow
VIII lead, followed in the order named
py the Maryland, with the Stewart in
Tow pennsylvania, with the Perry:
tennessee, Admiral Sebree's flagship.
with the Hopkins; Washington. with the
slu-I, Sallfornla, with the TruXtun. and
SoAtn Dakota, with the Whipple.
The Colorado, Uncle Sans other or
tnored cruiser. is at Bremerton repair
1Ng the damage sustained recently
~ Leh ashore IN Puget sound.
he Meet viii remain at Honolulu
from September ? until September 10:
- Fago Pago from September 20 until
september 2I; viii return To Honolrlu
a Sho remain at the island port from
october 10 until October II. The ships
VIII proceed TO San Diego and stav
tnere from October % until October "a
WAen they viii leave for Magdaiena
Day, arriving there October IS After
target practice. in which cruisers and
.SStsFoyefs viii participate, the feet
az return 10 this port arriving here
december l.
The Buffalo and soIaee. loaded with
stores Tor the cruisers, will aecomDanv
ne meet as Tar as Honolulu The Buff
- - VIII return from there TO San
lal-clsco or Bremerton TO load sun
pHes which viii be delivered TO the A.
Lantic feet at Manila The solace viii
pioOaoiy remain with the cruisers.
"Duma Duma" TO the Rescue
nathan COhn, an expressman who has
u u stationed at the ferry depot for
--.rSls -.ISls years and is better known as
,-est.-15. - - una graduated as a hero
Gay morning, when he stopped
kW2 horses that were running axvsE,
WIN wagon and were heading al
80 speed Tor a crowd Of people who
f.T-.v 'est s3t.,,, landed from the sausalito
Duma Duma" is cautious and too
HlSe 70 tackle runaway team from
80 -lOHL with leap that would
nave won him fame All the OIz,na1fas "a,
games he burdled the tafigate of t6a
,..i.E ~sEgh- another leap took him to
o1ous tugs AT Which brought the borees
TO q standstiu 's itD1 9tS
Policeman Thompson. who holds the
-s record Tor stopping runaWa VS.
could have done no better and YES he
--Lsl 70 congratulate the hero on his
egsea eg9a ~9fA eas. As a crowling act OF
SS-s, Nohh refused the 81 that the
lsanster would have pressed upon him.
breaks Jaw and Falls Into Bay
W, j. GiebeI. an electrician who lives
- Iog zoe street, was the victim yes
.sLoag OF peculiar accident while
So-,-l- hiils az the Key Route slip al the
- ueAoc lie was standing on a
narrow plank over the water A live
Wlre touched his wrist and. caused him
20 20 Jol.p. In coming down he missed
lue plank against which his chin
struck as he fell feet first into the
pay he was fished out and taken to
the the 1aroor hospital, where Or. Top
nam found that the blow on the chin
~ ADDITION 10 causing a deep laeera-
ton, had fractured both sides OF the
lower jaw The live wire had burned
q small scar on his wrist. but mis- was
the least OF his injuries, although the
Immediate cause of all the trouble
First OF the salmon Fleet
The ship Alexander Gibson. the first
sailed August Z from Kariuk and IS
due here at any time. The Gibson is
bringing a full cargo OF salmon and
Its appearance viii be welcomed as
marking the beginning of a busy spell
along the water front, where the grass
has been rather short of late for the
men who load and unload ships.
Ia Making His Last Voyage
Captain Chotard, master of the
French bark Marie MOlinOs, which
sailed yesterday for Queenstown, Is
making his last voyage. When he
reaches the old world he will bid the
sea q last farewell and viii devote the
rest Of his days TO cultivating a little
farm that ne owns near Rouen. Cap
tain Chotard is probably the best
known In the local shipping world of
the numerous French captains who
visit this port.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pauy's steamer Governor which arrived
yesterday from Puget sound, brought
StI passengers.
The Pacihc Mail steamer Indiana left
Acapulco Friday for this port, and the
san Jose left Acapulco the same day
for Ancon.
The Kosmos liner Setos left London
yesterday for this port by way of
South and Central America
The freighter Alaskan sailed yester-
day for Honolulu by way of Victoria
ard Seattle
Captain Weber has been appointed
master Of the steamer IaQua in place
of Captain Hansen, whose license was
suspended on ccount Of the collision be-
tween the Iaqua and the Acme.
The steamer Enterprise Is due today
from Hilo.
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST