The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-16

home the Twenty-siXth United States
Infantry. which has been IN the Philip
pines for two years. and is now on its
way to Fort Wayne and Fort Brady,
Michigan. 1t viii probably be Satur-
day before the Twenty-sixth can move
on. as it will take until then for the
customs officials to inspect the large
amount of baggage that accompanies
the regiment.
Two days out of Nagasaki, J. BelisIe.
the Twenty-siXth's bandmaster, slipped
while going down a companion ladder.
He saved himself from a fall by grab
ping stanchion. but he grapped so
two places. He made the rest of the
trip home in the hospital.
When leaving Honolulu the Sheri-
dams propeller fouled one of the moor
ing lines and the services of a native
diver had to be requisitioned to clear
the wheel. This delayed the troop
ships departure about an hour.
Among the passengers on the Sheri-
dan was Lieutenant Colonel w. II.
Miller, who has been chief quarter
master in the division of the Philip
pines, with headquarters a { Manila. He
is now on his way 10 Seattle, where
he has been ordered as depot quarter
master. Colonel Miller says that in
Manila this summer they have eXper-
fenced the hottest weather that has OPP
pressed that part of the world in %
years Month after month the thermo-
meter rex iSlci6Q III the SDaQe. IN
view of those perspiring months the
prospect of the snow tipped scenery
around Seattle in quite alluring.
Although. owing TO the amount of
business being done ny the shore sta
tions, the Sheridan had some difficulty
in getting into wireless communication
with this city there was no time dur
ing the voyage that the army ship in
case of emergency could not have COM
municated with the outside world.
VIII Be Here Tomorrow Morning
The Togo Kisen Kaisha received a
wireless message yesterday from Cap
tain Bent. master of the turbine liner
Tenyo Maru, now its way to this
port from China and Japan.
The message left the ship at p. m.
Wednesday. The liner then was $50
miles away. The wind was blowing
gently from the northeast, the sea was
smooth and the sky cloudy.
Captain Bent announced that he eX-
pected to anchor off Meiggs wharf
about o'clock tomorrow morning The
Tenyo is bringing a large number of
passengers and a cargo which includes
large consignment of raw silk.
Change I'm Wharfage Rule
The harbor commissioners yesterday
modified the rule governing the han
ding of grain on the water front by
extending to IS days the time that
grain may be left on the wharf at a
charge of cents a ton for the period.
At the end of Is days the charge will
be five cents per ton per day.
Under the old rule the daily piling
up Of charges began after the tenth
day.
No extra charge is made for grain
moved within "a hours, and the board
reserves the right in case of wharf
becoming congested with freight to re-
move the freight at any time at the
expense Of the consignee.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 2,260,000 feet.
The Kosmos liner Uarda left Salina
Cruz yesterday for this port, and July
IL the liner Ramses, bound this way,
sailed from Genoa.
The Pacific Mail liner China arrived
yesterday at Hongkong. The China s
voyage to the orient has been event
full. Early in the voyage the steward
ess committed suicide by jumping over
board and at Yokohama the liner was
ordered into quarantine on account of
having a case of smallpox on board.
The Matson navigation companys
steamer Lurline will sail today for
Honolulu with freight and passengers.
The Oceanic steamship companys
liner Alameda, which sails tomorrow
for Honolulu, Will carry large num-
Der Of passengers.
Big Liner Runs Aground
NEW YORK, July 15.-The steamer
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm. which left
today for Bremen, ran aground in the
Ambrose channel on her way down the
bay but hoated later and resumed its
voyage.