The San Francisco call., 1909-12-23

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steep ascent safely and when the last
one rolled over the rail into the arms
of a husky quartermaster the people
on the wharf gave three OF the loudese
cheers that have echoed alohS the
water front in many days.
The Governor carried 4O0 passehsels
Among them were:
f. Homer and wife Alden Wheeler
DIR. j.. s. Brown Elmer DENT
Miss 4 Bailey Miss Mylotte
Miss a Warren Miss Stetson
Miss L. Morante Mrs. W. Watson and
c. B. Walker daughter
E. u. Mcdonald and Miss NJ Moore
wife Miss Alice Bennington
FL Jordan lC.. d. Stark and wife
Mrs. P. Darling and CAPTAIN Griffin and wlie
daughter Il. j. Chess ana wlIe
Dr. W A. Wood G. H. Miliard and wife
l. X Garnett and wife NJ. J.. Horton and wife
G. Mason and wife J. H. 0'Brien
Miss Cora Sfahl II. d. Stutzman
Miss L. Stohl MISS r. Dau9her
w F. sheldon G. n. Surman
George Hanscomb and Miss Anna Hannabeth
Fire Tugs Do Not steer Well
The new city fire tugs have proved
satisfactory except IN one lmporlalil
point. They both steer badly. At any
| time they are likely to take sheer
to one side or the other and only good
luck prevented one of them the oIher
1 day carrying away CHUNK OF mar
rison street w wharf stns arle are beinr udn taken
to remedy it. The Dennis T. Sullivan
was taken to the Union iron works
yesterday, where the tug will be placed
on the drydock for the purpose of at
taching d false keel or skag, which, II
| is believed will make the Xessel s
course correspond with the position OF
the rudder. The Scannell will be sim
ilarly equipped as soon as the work
on the Sullivan has been done and
tested.
Water Front Notes
The Kosmos liner Salatis, which lett
here July 20. is ashore at Dungeness'
i-i1A Tbe oceanic steamship company's
! liner Alameda left Honolulu at 10
| o'clock Yesterday morning and is due
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet.
| from Rotterdam, with $500 tons Of
coke and 500 tons of pig iron. o,,oa
/ with a full cargo, mostly of New York
1 freight. but few passengers
The harbor commissioners will hold
| their regular weekly meeting this
morning in the ferry building.
The Curacao arrived TUESDAY at
Mazatlan from Guaymas and sailed
again for this port.
Accused OF Picking Pocket
David Stanley, a sailor. was arrested
! yesterday on a charge of grand lar
ceny, having been identified by G. u;
Elliott, &c Marshall street, as one OF
| the men who robbed him OF purse
/ containing S73 on an Ingieside car last
! Saturday afternoon.
Libel SUIT Is Tried
| The $4,000 suit in libel brought by
| Basilios Hanos, Greek hrena n,
| tried yesterday before United States
| District Judge de Haven. The case
! will be argued this morning. Hanos
was so badly sealded by the explosion
| of boiler tube that his hands are
now crippled. The accident, he al.
| leges, was due to the negligence OF
| the ships owners In using delectlVe
/ boilers
Northern Merchants Sail for Orient
Norfhern f1n = Steamship s., Minnesota sailed
| for Japan, China and the Philippine
! islands at noon carrying 80 representa-
| the party are merchants from seattle,
! Spokane, Everett and Ellensburg,
Wash; Portland, Ore. and Livingston
Most of the men are accompanied
| by their wives. The object of the
| excursion is to establish better trade
relations with the orient. A study will
| be made of what 1t will be necessary 10
do to increase trade. The, excursion
lists will go as a body and Will wear
| badges.
New Steamers for Whaling Fleet
| VICTORIA, Dec. 22.-Four steam
whalers are to be added to the fleet
operating off the west coast of Van
| couver island and the Queen Charlotte
! group A steamer built at Christiania,
| Norway, is on the way in sections, TO
| be put together here in March, and
another steamer built at st. John,
| N F. is making the voyage to this
! port. Two other vessels. to operate
! from Rose Spit, Queen Charlotte ISL
ands, are being negotiated for.
Another Marine Disaster
SEATTLE, Dec. 22.-Another prob.
able marine disaster off the coast of
Washington was reported today when
| the japanese steamer Kaga Maru re-
ported to the wireless station at Cape
| Beal that the American schooner Susie
NJ. Plummer was in distress and had
been abandoned 100 miles west and
south of Cape Flattery No news re-
garding the extent of the schooner 8
| trouble or the fate of the crew was
! contained in the brief message from
the japanese vessel which is on her
way to the orient
The United States life saving tug
| Snohomish left her station at Neah
bay at 4 o'clock this afternoon to go
to the aid of the schooner's crew.
The Susie NJ. Plummer, a vessel of
/ go tons gross, sailed from Everett,
| Wash. December ), with a cargo of
/ lumber for San Pedro. Cal. She is
owned by w. G. Tibbits of San Fran
cisco, and was built in 1890 at Thomas
! town. Me. She was commanded by
Captain Hansen and carried small