The San Francisco call., 1909-08-31

terday at Oakland lonk wharf ard
'-'li be shipped by fast freight across
the continent on their wy TO London.
Were they VIII be prepared for the
market This is perhaps the last ship
ihent OF sealsklns that the North Amer
ican commercial company win bring
from the PrihilOf ISLANDS as the COM
psnys concession there expires this
The Homer brought a. passen gers.
. A Clarke. who Is Ia id Starr Jor-
can private Secretary afd an assist
4nl IN the bureau or heHeries' ". J.
Lembky and Harry sCifc hester. govern
lnent agents on tHe isltnds Of St
george and St Paul. and J. G. Red
pain, an employe OF the North American n
commercial comnany- CIa-lxe said that
ms mission among the fur islands was
tllinportant but thai ae could not
discuss il. as IL was EoveTnment work
snd would be the subject OF s report
bF him TO Washington
Lhe Homer returned by WAY Of Una
tasks where captain Dona idson found
la port the British patrol Sloop AlRer-
ne. the whaling schooner Comic MA.
taptain Mckenua. and the revenue
ltters hEsh and Bear. The Manning
"a ferfE were out guard ng the seal
lands. The steamer Yucatan Which
Fas chartered by the J. Pierpont Nor
an interests 10 carry a party of money
4. Aliiss faT,9ugh Alaskan yaters. was
&C Dutch Earbor August g.
Ihe Homer brings word -of the dis
teNtF4 OF sulphur mine In the rim
- me crater on the top OF Mount
MakUshin. IT was discovered hv Can
tain Frank Meerwald ldt niso was pros
pectlng Tor gold. and The deposit Is
selQ 70 run 20 per cent pure sulphur
naiaska was shaken b. an earth
quake august ls. while the Homer
was IN port No damage was done at
Dutch Hsrb0r. but one OF the revenue
SutterS III port was going 70 make an
investigation Of the Bogosiof islands
70 see what the earthquake mad done
IN that changeahie neighbour ood II
was there that Perry islano was born
II April, 1906. Last year Perry island
disappeared and ia its place is a lake
OF boiling water.
BIG OIL TANKER REACHES PORT
The British steamer Pectau. naich arrived
ore Of the largest taukers in the world HAVING
carrying capacity either n fo.500 dead
veg Mlshs oi general cargo or 1000 barrels of
tsh rag, is owned here having bAen
bought. with two other tsnkers. BY the Onion
~ COMPANY The Pecfan. after being htfpd
With an improved oil burner ufu he used IN
connection with the Santa Rita and santa Marie
% supplying Panama and Chile vita California
The Pectan, Captain ". n. carrsck. aver.
isEed lg-7 knots hour ali the way fr5m
5Nne- Stops were made II Puma Arenas ana
Ccronel. while in The straits Of Magellan coe
ot the cylinder heads cracked. II was repni-ed
tenporariiy but effectirely bv The I,ecfsrs.s
black squsd. and the woodru spitufx fher ,t,,f
on were srl doing good service when the sim
1eacnec the Union iron works yesterday altar
Captain 'Carrice reports mar a Pernsmhu.o
ineg Witnessed q few rounds Of 3 ,attle between
tilrasDer ano whale. The fhrs .4,rs assiEtsnt.
ne tWor1lsn- they did not see BIZ they knew
1e vas mere bE the way the WHALE. proddcd
,..s.a .rom oeioV' remained On the surfaee Of the
The thrasacr. 2 modest athlete wtsShing about
~, tons, Nculd leap into the air and fali
Win neaFy third on fhe whales, back Every
t.le me thfasher landed the whale erunfed
80 :. \, SD D. ~ 9 spout q water Th&y were stiil
at y Wnel the Pectan passed over rie horizon.
FIRE TUGS NEARING coFPrrTrloE
The two. municipal Ere auRz -srid Soarralf
and Dennis Sullivan are nearing Cimpleffon 81
tie Risdon iron works and win s15n be rea6~
ftr service. The Pacific feet viii - fealons ~
these FIRE fighters. The Uarships win NOT hsre
their new military masts irstalled unfil nex-
Fcar- The FIRE tugs there alresdv win
two Wafer towers built on the same ntodei sz 10
midsble ia appearance and 10 n isvp1an ioot.
IS u They would be able n give - GOOD -
count u themselves IA action.
IS DUE EARLY ON FRIDAY
The japanese liner ChFo Afsru cant,ip
". " Greene. left Honoiulu SatuFfrv befors
noon and should be here early Frisier Tfe
liner Is bringing So cabia pasV,s,~aru g
and 655 tons II tea and orerisrd aelcl1sndise
The cargo totals about 1000 tons.
EAIER FRONT NOTES
smornted 70 2 Isl. 600 feet.
The Pacific Nail liner Siberia canfsfn
1eeder, arrived yesterday al Honolulu from fhis
The steamers Cape Finisterre and ls,psrn.sv
, 80 leaeee Nlsn "a cpai for ne nary We're Spoken
The Pacific Mail liner PENNSYLVANIA sailed A.
gust p from Acapulco f0r Ancon-