The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07

---A--------& est cargo that an
oriental liner has brought TO this port
Tor many months The 10000 tons of
freight includes $500 tons Of merchan-
disc for shipment overland and 2e0 tons
for the lower coast The cargo in
Cludes 10 tons of raw silk and silk
goods
on board the Mongolia is the new
Chinese minister to the United States
with. his suite. The local Chinese are
lnaltlg great preparations to receive
y Ting fangs successor, and the
Pacific Mail company Is prepared 70
lend the reception party every assist
@nce ia its power. The minister s
party numbers 6S and includes 25 gov
crnment students
Another passenger on the liner is
Charles stephens. chief boarding Off
Ger Of the United States customs at
lals port. who has made the round trip
on the liner. accompanied by his wife.
~ Honolulu, on the outward trip of
The Mongolia, Stephens tried to pay his
IsSpects 10 Collector of the Port at
Honolulu Stackabie. but was received
with q frosty face which so impressed
: tephens that he made a special report
10 COLLECTOR Stratten Of his low temper
ature reception. stephens friends here
are wondering what happened at Homo
lulu on the return trip.
Aztec Encounters Terrible Gale
The Pacific Mail company's freighter
Aztec. Captain Stewart. arrived yester-
DAY from Panama direct with a small
cargo Of New York freight. Until of
Point Conception the freighter was
favored with fine weather. North of
that 1t was one long fight, with the
snip rolling so heavily that the cargo
vas ratified about in the hold like dice
IN box. The telltale showed a list
Of 33 per cent every time the ship
rolled. and once when the man at the
wheel allowed the steamer to drop into
q II o - af r1Eao RI
rolled its smOkestack under In spite
oi the rolling. however, caused by the
confusion of the sea, the Aztec made
SGod time, as the wind, blowing with
hurricane force. was aStern.
shortly before the Aztec left Panama
tie police were searching with blood
hounds for the murderer of a Mrs. Tui-
ler. wife Of the master of one of the
canal commission tugs. The woman
vas found in her home deeapitated.
The Aztec will leave in few DAYS
Tor NanaimO to lOao coal for Acapulco.
Brings Cargo From the Orient
The steamer Bessie Dollar. Captain
Alexander Cow. arrived yesterday from
Eongkong with a large cargo of orr
enUsl produce The Dollar discharged
J 400 tons OF freight AZ San Pedro and
has on board 500 tons of sulphur for
icforia. B g. The cargo for this
port included 1000 tons Of general
cargo, 2l50 tons of sulphur and 100000
The Bessie Dollar left Hongkong Oc-
.tCber 8 ana called at Kobe. Yokohama.
Hakodate, MorOran and Kushiro. For
2 week of the voyage across, heavy
casteriy winds prevailed, increasing at
times intO strong gale with a heavy
head sea. The Dollar docked at the
China basin wharf
Asia VIII sail Today
The Pacific Mail liner Asia, Captain
Harry Gaukroger, viii sail at / O'Clock
this afternoon for the orient with a
small cargo, but crowded to its ca
ff Il rrn~
the Asia was reduced from first class
u an Intermediate ship practically
every berth has been taken both out
ward and inward bound.
AS the liner carries no first class
Passengers the intermediate travellers
enjoy the same quarters and all the
other advantages that in the old days
We're part Of a first class passage, and
al . greatly reduced rate.
The liRer VIII carry IS cabin passen-
gers, 10 In the second cabin and about
200 Asiatics in the steerage. The
cargo of l.1O0 tons includes shipments
% cotton, leather and general mer-
chandise.
Is Earning Nothing but Bounty
The subsidy paid to French ships by
the government Of the European re-
public is based on the number of miles
travelled irrespective OF whether or not
any cargo IL carried. The French bark
Emma Laurans. which arrived here
yesterday. left Barry. Eng. in ballast
for this port. calling bv the way at
Hobart This call al Hobart is made
necessary by the law providing the
subsidy. The Emma Laurans arrived
here yesterday. and today. still in bal
last. viii start back across the Pacific
to sydney heads for orders 1t is not
impossible that the ship will be or
CCred back to this port.
Liner Alameda II Due Today
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Alameda Captain Thomas Dow
dell, is due today from Honolulu with
a large number of passengers and a
cargo Of island products. The Ala
media was $50 miles away at o. m
December and in a wireless MESA ge
received Yesterday Captain Dowden
said that he expected TO be in by
noon TODAY.
Water Front Notes
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted 10 $4,000 feet
The Pacific Mali liner Newport sailed
December from Mazatlan for this
port.
The stea amer Hilonian. on its way to
this port from Honolulu, was 3I7 miles
cut at noon yesterday and is expected
TO arrive late this afternoon
The japanese liner Chiyo Maru from
this port fer the orient, arrived yester-
day at Honolulu.