The San Francisco call., 1910-04-16

mere were 209 passengers in the cabin,
10 second class and 332 in the steer
age. The Asiatics included 232 Chinese.
most OF them returning from the cele-
| bration of the Chinese New Year, and
S5 Hindus.
Ihe day after the liner left Yoko-
mama case of smallpox was discov-
cred in the Asiatic steerage. and only
Innie Ine herolc action taken by DR.. Won
thtI fitCnter, t the liners surgeon, saved the
snip from long detention in quarantine.
Hlchter isolated the patient, Chinese,
ana Vaccinated everybody on board
Passeengers and crew, all Jared alike,
| and incidentally the doctor established
a record, as he vaccinated S38 people in
Y hours. Some Of the victims of the
d9octors activity are still suffering
from sore arms, but they forgave him
yesterday when Chief Quarantine Off
Ger Trotter announced that Richter had
fsI saved them en- two weeks stay at Angel
island. The ship was released from
quarantine at 5 o'clock p. m and pro
ceeded at once to pier IL. The passen-
gers were allowed to take only their
wharf this morning, when the customs
Inspectors will examine the rest of their
effects.
Among the steerage passengers was
a pair of Filipino twins. joined together
py ngament in the same manner rs
the Slamese twins that the late P. T
! by the immigration authorities the
/ twins VIII be taken through the United
states and exhibited as freaks. They
are two years of age. One of them is a
| fine, healthy youngster. The other is
sickly, and the combina tion is more of
a tragedy than a curiosity.
MaripOsa Sails for south Seas
The Oceanic steamship companys
liner Mar1posa, Captain Hayward, sailed
| yesterday for Tahiti, with a large num-
Der of passengers. most of them tour
lists who will make the round trip be-
tween here and the south seas. Among
| the passengers were many French peo-
pie, some of the French government
officials assigned to duty at Papete.
who Is going to the south seas to keep
tab on Halley's comet, was also pas
senger, accompanied by IA trunks filled
with scientific apparatus. Probab bly, the
most interesting of the passengers were
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Arthur Shuay,
who walked aboard under a shower Of
Grace Hayden. They were married
Thursday evening at ST. Paul's Epis-
copal church in Oakland. They are go
ing to spend their honeymoon in the
south seas, and were attended to the
steamer by a large party of friends.
In the steerage the Mariposa carried
deposits near Tahiti. The japanese
were reluctant to leave San Francisco,
where they were not entitled to land
and the immigration authorities had to
keep close guard over them until the
steamer sailed.
Returns for New Chronometer
The bark Emily F. Whitney caused
surprise along the water front yester-
day when it was sighted 90 miles up
the coast headed back to this port The
Whitney left here Wednesday,. bound to
Bristol bay. 1t had only been out "a
( hours, when the spring of its chro-
nometer snapped Captain Jorgensen
at once put the vessel about and made
for this harbor, where it came to an
chor off Meiggs wharf at o'clock
captain Jorgensen came ashore and ad-
vised his owners, the Alaska salmon
company of the accident. A new chro-
nometer was ordered and the Whitney
will again start on its journey north at
6 o'clock this morning.
Salmon Ships Sail for North
Three salmon ships sailed out
ernoon. bound for Bristol bay. They
were the ship Indiana, Captain Olsen;
the ship Llewellyn j. Morse, Captain
Peterson, and the bark Star of Iceland,
Captain Hemming. They all had their
holds filed to capacity with cannery
| supplies, while each carried its quota
of Japanese and Chinese cannery hands
and cosmopolitan bunch of fishermen
Barbound at westport
The bar at Westport, Wash, has been
rough for the last few days and the
following vessels, already to put to sea
are held inside awaiting for the wealth
er to moderate:
The schooner Sehome, bound for San
Pedro; the schooner Borealis, bound for
Hilo; the schooner w. olsen bound for
San Pedro, and the barkentine Benicia
bound for Guaymas.
Sails From Honolulu
The United States transport Sherman
sailed Thursday evening from Homo
lulu for Manila. 1t left this port April
5, having on board the Ninth infantry
and a large number of casuals.
Loses Three Fingers
Henry Sattler. living at 2Ss Lily ave-
osom W6e at GorE got IN his Band Raining ssnb %
in a ripsaw, which cut off the first
three fingers of his right hand. After
emergency hospital from Doctor Howell
he was taken to his home.
President Arrives From South
The Pacific Coast steamship Presi-
dent Captain Cousins, with a large
number of passengers, arriged in port
yesterday % hours from Redondo beach.
OFF for Honolulu
The Oceanic steamship companys S
steamer Sierra. Captain H. c. Houdlette
will sail today at II o'clock for Homo
lulu. 1t has large number of cabin
passengers and big cargo of general
freight.
VIII Receive Annual OverhauIfng
Three harbor boats which belong to
the state are to receive their annual
overhauling next week and will be
drydocked at the same time. They are
dredger No. 9. the fire tug Governor
Markham ana lIlS passenger IauncH
James N. Gillett Jr
Water Front Notes
The schooner Santiago arrived yes
terday II hours from Monterey with
II, 600 barrels of oil to the Associated
oil company
The Pacific Mail steamship City of
Panama will sail today at IL O'clock for
Ancon and way ports.
Lumber receipts from the north coast
yesterday by sea amounted to 1900 600
feet.
Vessel Blows Up at Sea
LOS ANGELES, April 15.-According
to meager advices received here the
little steamer Venice, owned by CAPTAIN
G. Henry Thompson, blew up at sea in
and is a total loss. The captain and
crew of four men escaped in an open
boat. They spent the night at sea and
arrived at Guaymas late Wednesday.
The Venice was valued at $4,000 1t
was used for transporting mail and
supplies along the Mexican coast 1t
had a capacity of 80 tons.
by United Wireless
STEAMER MARPoSA-s1 miles of Iightsbin.