The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1906, Page 11

A Army Transport Thom- | as Arrives From Manila. - —e Captain Reports See-| | | | | ing Wreckage in | Midocean. Russian Stowaways Al- lowed to Land at 1 This Port. i i | rived after after nila Gale way and isted als, 24 sick in 25 men of the Navy >vernment s and 18 a nd | [ chil- | & b i K. Brown Jr., R. 3 3 Troedson, Mrs. Kate Ehaefler. Much Wreckage Sighted. that on the afternoon of J v a 25 15 north, longitude 146 10 eact, he sighted a large quani 1 which probably formed the deckload some | » hour later & barnacle covered spar | which apparently had been in the onth. Lumber and spa from some il fated vessel, per B R O Alameda Salls Today. The Oceanio Steamship Company’s liner Ala- meda, Capt Dowdell, will sail at 11 ¢'clock ng from Pacific-street whar? Her passengers will include the fol- Thomas Bell, Miss A. Bever- Mrs. P. Brasch, Mrs. 8 child, Capiain 1. Bray, A. W ell, ¥. Brommer, Mrs. Brommer, D. asc, J. W. Cathcart, Mrs. Catheart, ristte, Mrs. Christie, A. Currer, ney and wife, H. Gehlen. Mrs. H C. Hartm Mrs W. J Lent, George ax &nd wife, McAlitster, J. Nyhan, 3. W. Pegse, Mrs. Pease and daughter, Jose Lee Poy, C. T. Raymopd, Mrs. ' Ray- H. P. Roth, Ralph H S. Taylor, G. H. Umb- —_—— Hengkong Maru to Depart. sner Honghkong Maru, Capiain - h a full cargo and about fifty cabin passengers, will sail at 1 o'clock toGay for the Orient. It is not long since the »go Kisen Kaisha resumed business out of is port, but with each succeeding limer the unt of freight number of passengers Hongkong's passen- veral parties of tourists. Mre. Olive Byrme, is Lieu- rson Britt asch ex Broest lonel G. Johojl of the Japanese army will be & passenger on —_——— Now in The Oceanic Steamship Company’s passen- ger @epartment is now installed fn its hand. some new quarters in the Monadmock building on Market st it ! L F. Chapman Dismasted. The ship 1. F. Chapman, Captain Benfield, which lert Philadelphia February 17 for Ma- nile, was sighted vesterday anchored off the Sandy Hook lightship, pertly dismasted. R L The Overdue List. H hie vessels on the overdue list are quoted for reinsurance as follows: Davlight, Pactolus end Sea King, all st 15 per cent. capn ok ~Sey Water Front Notes. Sixteen cabin passengers have been booked to sail today for Panama and Way ports on the Pacific Mail liner City of Sydney. The Peru is due this morning from Panama end way ports. Seventeen Jumber-laden coasters were report- «d as having srrived yesterday up to 2 o’clock . m. st San Pedro. The American ship Manga Reva, formerly tie British ship Pyrenees, arrived yesterday ®t Maniia. She left Philadeiphia November 32 and mede the long voyage in 123 days, one of the best passages recorded for some time. The Pacific Mail liner Korea, which has becn =t Hunters Point undergoing her classi- | ST to her the Ps vesterday NEWS THE OCEAN. oF Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. schooner A. Grays Harbor to ¥ of the Seas has been pur- Barneson-Hibberd Company PSSV A S Shipment of Fertilizer. her was cleared yester- The barkentine Arc ith 1400 tons of acid phos- , valued at $9600. Tl ucimetint Merchandise for the North. en sailed yesterday for Vie- ed to various British 96 and includ- Ibs raisins, 441 vegetables, . tuffs, 34,125 21 pkgs table prep- 15 cs canned goods, 6600 pkgs fresh Ips 5 lbs dried fruit, 12 pkgs machiner: pig iron, 31 pes 6 bdls steel, 250 1bs dried frult 5187, en route g and i salmon, valued at $2684 for Minot, —_— | Exports by the Kosmos Liner. steamer Mera of the Kosmos erday for Hamburg and | ral merchandise cargo, valued at $151,056 and to For Mexico, §20.927; The German Iin, 592,504 ) The following were the priz ris To Mexico—558 bbls floi 23 gals 24 cs cs whisky, 12'cs n al water, 1596 fruit and raisins, 794 lbs sago, 648 888 Ibs milistuffs, 26 cs salmon, 50 s, 58 cs canned and provislons, 109,820 , 16 pkgs nails, 2 rolls «, 16 pkgs railroad ma- g machinery, 9 pkgs dry goods, 16 cs paints, 5 bbls tar, 4 uniti 820 bbls flour, 1100 gals 8 cs canned goods, 84 ovisions, 18 crts potatoes. 900 railroad ties, 16 pkgs | cs soap, 2 pkgs leather, pkgs spikes, 6 bdls iron, 9 pkeg: , 212 cs coal oil, 18 pl ft lumber, 14 cs 6 bbls oils, candle vk 5 reels barbed wire, 3 pkgs oye. 043 Ibs dried fruit, 17,367 Ibs 66 cs canned salmon, 40 cs ealad ofl, 266 , 10 cs syrup, 237 1bs tea, 2 2 cs wine, 13 pkes ifions, 6200 Ibs tallow, 186 | 60 bdls rope, 3 pkgs machinery, 13’ bdls | ms, 30 bbls oil, 4 pkgs acid, 1842 lbs grease, 10 bales paper bags, b cs drugs. | To Chile—300 bbis flour, 1000 cs salmon, 5600 400 oceries and 8005 cs coal ofl, 2 pes machinery, s olls, 4 bales dry goods. 26,039 cs canned salmon, 50 cs 1185 Ibs Fops. e honey, 2046 1bs beeswax, 118 bags roots, e Sum, Moon and Tide. States Coast and Geodetic Survey— ime and Height of High and Low Waters Fort Polnt, entrance to San Franclsco Bay. Published by official authority of the superinterfient NOTE—The high and low waters gccur at front (Mission-street wharf) about 25 United T} the cf minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of the tide ie the same at both places. SATURDAY. MARCH 17. Sun rises [ Time L wi |Time] . -] Ft. L wl except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights given are in addition to the soundings of the United States Coast Survey Charts, except when a minus (—) sign precedes the helght, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth given by ihe charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. solses GAEa N Movements of Steamers. TO ARRIVE. From. | Due. 1 San Diego . [Mar. 17 Grays Harbo: |Mar. 17 | New York v Mar. 17 Humbolde Puget Sou Humboldt . Seattle . | Coos Bay . .. |M: Mendocino & Pt. Arena.|Mar. Humboldt .. Mar. Antwerp via Yokohama.|Mar. Grays Harbor .... .| san” Pea 5 a ar. Homer. ro. ... Elizabeti Coquille River . San Pedro...| Ban Pedro .... Mandals: Crescent City . Redondo §. Barbara. .. San Pedro State of Cal Dieg; a: Ba; San Pedro & Way Ports Mar. 4 Grays Harbor . China & Japan optic. . B San Pedro Del Norts Corona. South Ba Vanguard Aurella. M. F. Plant Pomo.. Santa Rosa.. Newport Tmatilla £. Monica. Bonita. . Newburg. Columbi; ¥. Kilburn, Nebraskan. Queen. . San Diego & Way Ports|Mar. New York via_Ancon..|Mar, Portland & Way Port Hogolulu & Kahulul. Puget Sound Ports. s bR — THemAS Santa Ana Bertha. . Seward & Way Ports. Beward & Way Ports../Mar. Skagway & Way Ports.[Mar. Skagway & Way Pts.. |Mar. Valdez & Seward Valdez & Seward... Time Ball. Branch Hydrographic Office, U. S. N., Mer- chants’ Exchange, San Francisco, Cal., Thursday, March 15. The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry | butlding was dropped exactly at noon today, i. e., at noon of the 120th meridian, or at 8 v. m., Greenwich time. J. C. BURNETT, Lieutenant, U. §. N., In charge. it s SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED, Friday, March 16. U € stmr Thomas, Nyman, 29 days and 6 hours from Manila, via Nagasaki 24 days and 17 hours and Honolulu 7 days and 10 hours. Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, 38 hours from San Diego and way ports. Stmr Newport, Chelmens, Pigeon Polat. Stmr Chas Seattle. Stmr Samoa, Madsen, 15 hours from Caspar; bound south; put in to iand passengers, Stmr Coaster, Higgins, 66 hours from Grays Harbor. Stmr Greenwood, Adler, 16 hours from Al- bion. Stmr Sequoia, Reed, Pedro. Schr J K Bruce, Swanson, 9 days from Port Blakeley. Stmr Coquille River, Olsen, 73 hours from Tillamook; bound for San Pedro; put in for fuel, G5 hours from Nelson, Preble, 80 hours from \ 42 hours from San Bark Mohican, Macdonald, 24 days from Honolulu. Schr Santiago, Anderson, 15 hours from Monterey. Tug Dauntless, Shea, 15 hours from Mon- terey, with schr Santiago in tow. CLEARED. Friday, March 16. Stmr Queen, Cousins, Victoria and Port Townsend; Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, San Diego, eto; Pactfic Coast Steamship Company. Stmr Corona, Glelow, Eureka; Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Gor stmr Reldar, Strangebye, Nanaimo; Western Fuel Company. Ger stmr Mera, Reimer, Hamburg and way ports; J D Svreckels & Bros Company. Stmr Jennle, Esser, Kodiak via Kusstloff; Alaska Packers' Association. Ehip Liewellyn J Morse, Starr, Kuseiloff; Alaska Packers’ Assoclation. Bark Levi G Burgess, Younggren, Belling- ham; Alaska Packers' Assoclation. Whaling_bark California, Willlams, whaling voyage; Wm Lewis & Sons. Bktn Archer, Lancaster, Homolulu, Welch & Co. SAILED. Friday, March 18. Stmr Samoa, Madsen, San Pedro, Stmr Queen, Cousins, Victorla and Port Townsend. Stmr Chehalls, Johannson, Grays Harbor. Stmr Corona_Gielow, Bureka. Stmr Santa_Cruz, Hall, Monterey. Stmr F A Kilburn, Merriam, Astoria, Coos Bay and Fureka. Stmr Harold Dollar, Thwing, Seattle. Stmr Navarro, Jacobs, Eureka. Nor stmr Reidar, Strangebye, Nanaimo, Stmr Despatch, Weber, Portland, Bktn Fremont, Felton, codfishing. Bkin Fullerton, McKechnie, Port Harford, in_tow of tug Sea (N Power schr Chetco, Beck, San Vicents Landing. Power schr Berwick, Caughell, Rogue River. Power schr Bessie K, Stark, San Vicente Landing. Schr Santiago, “Anderson, Monterey, in tow of_tug Dauntless. Tug, Rover, Thompson, Port Harford, with bktn Fullerton in tow. SPOKEN. * Jan 23—Lat 25 8, long 35 W, ship Wm P Frye, from New York for Manla. Feb 11—Lat 23 §, long 40:W, Br ehip Car- nedd Llewellyn, from emen for Port Los Angeles. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, March 16, 10 p m—Weather cloudy; wind NW; velocity 6 miles per hour. DOMESTIC PORTS. ASTORIA—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Aurelta, hence Mar 13. . Salled Mar 16—Stmr Roanoke, for San Fran- cisco: stmr Alliance, for Coos Bay; stmr Noyo, for San Franciseo, i Weather Report. | (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) { SAN FRANCISCO, March 16—5 p. m. | The following maximum and minimum tem- { peratures are reported for the previous day: | Chicago .. 16/ St. Louis . 28-26 i Cincinnati 28-20| Washington . | Boston S-18| Jacksonville . g New York . 22/ New Orleans | Philadelphia l»%‘ Honolulu .. 5 Pittsburg .. 4-22) e -— SAN FRANCISCO ........... 52-42 ARMY TRANSPORT . THOMAS The following are the seasonal rainfalls to L At L f date. as compared With those of the same date A N D A last " seazon, and rainfall In last twenty-four hours : i * oge: s et sTm! Last Stations 24 hours, Season. Season. TO SAIL. Eureka ...... 0.00 23.88 Red Bluff ... 0.00 Steamer. |1 Destination. . |atle] Pler. | acramento . 0.00 ] s San Prancisco Trace 17.93 San Jose 0. 14.01 .| 4 pm|Pler 11 | Fresno . 0.72 9.20 6 pm Pler 2 | Indepenierce 0.48 3.60 1 pm|Pler 40 | San Luis Obi 0.08 18.93 z 12 “m|Pler 40 | Los Angeles 0.56 17.65 Los Angeles Ports.|[10 am(Pler 2 | San Diego 0.07 © 13.21 <111 am|Per 7 Summit— ; cloudy: maximum tempera- -/ 4 pmiPier 2| ture, 25; minimum temperature, 20; average | Ix snow, 207 inches. e '\'.‘,';;1; Pier 11 THE COAST RECCRD. Columbia...| Astoria & Portland(11 am|Pier 24 S, Rosa.... | 8an Diego & Way.| 9 am|Pler 11 gk B Ry Coronado. .- | Los Angeles Ports.|10 am|Pler 10 5 ofug 33 48 8 March 18. g EgE3 2 85 € SAL Pedrfl.i Grays Harbor .| 4 pm|Pier 2 2 g& g:s: 53 52 = | S. Barbara. | Seattle direct . 4 pm|Pler 2 v & 53 Bl s Pomona.... | Humboldt . Bop(pler | STATIONS. S8E 2 > § | Los Angeles Ports.| 5 pm|Pler © e H 8 | Grays Harbor ....| 10 i 8 3 H : | Humboldt ... 5 b % e 3 < | Beattle & Bel’ham.| 2 pm Pler 10 |7 Maren 20. | | Baker . &l Northland..| Astoria & Portland| 5 pm|Pier 27 | Eureka 24 Breakwater.| Coos Bay. ...| 5 pmjPier 8 | Fresno 1 March 71, S. E. Fara Coquille River 5 pm|Pier 20 | Flagstaft . | Humboldt . 9 am|Pier 27 | Independe: Humboldt .| 9 am Pier 2 | Los Angeles .| Los Angeles Ports.|10 am|Pjer 27 | Mt. Tamalpals City Topeka | Puget Sound Ports.|1i am|Pler 9 | North Head 00 Sea Foam. . | Point Arena ......| 4 pm/Pler 2 | Phoenix = | . Marcm 22. | | Folpt Ray o Corona. ... | Humboldt . .11:30 p{Pler 9 Pecatello i Redondo, ...| Astoria & Portland| § pmiPier 2| Portiand - Y am|Pier 11 Red Bluff 36 .00 pm|Pler 40 | Reno .. 3 e Pm{pier 23 | Roseburg 22 -00 Grays Harbor pm|Pler 29| Sacramento B 2 g amiPler 11 | gln Francisco. .. 02 42 SW. Cloudy~ T. pm|Pier 20 | San Jose .. 54 38 W Pt.Cldy .00 amPier 24 | 8. L. Obispo. g: ‘gv Cloudy’ % {Prer 20 | San_Diego S n - . am Prer 20 | San DIe€o 23 N Cear o | Spokane . v par. = | T2Pier 49 | matooan 222050 30 NB Cloudy 00 Astorla & Portland| 5 pm|Pier 27 [ Walla Walla. 10 ear . | 2 Saaren 26 |- Winnemucca. 4 NE Cloudy .00 Umatilla... ' Puget Sound Ports.(11 am!Pler | Yuma ........ 50 W 5200 FROM SEATTLE. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORBCAST. Steamer. | Destination, | Salls. The storm has made but slow progress cest. = % = ward and dontinues to cause cloudy weather Jeftetuon. . SRExway. W Wy Tis with showers in Southern California and un- sottled, threatening weather as far north as San Francisco. The increase in cloudiness and change of winds will probably prevent the expected frest conditions. The temperature Is rising slowly from Fresno northward. Generous rains have fallen in the Sau Joaquin watershed. 2 FORECAST FOR MARCH 17, 1006. San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy and un- settled weather Saturday, possibly light show- ers; light west winds. Tos Angeles and vicinity—Cloudy and un- settled weather Saturday; fresh southwest winds, Sacramento - Valley—Cloudy Saturday; lght south winds. San Joaquin Valley—Cloudy Saturday; light north winds. Coast—Showers Saturda Nevada—Cloudy Saturday; warmer. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. light west winds. ; warmer. & Salled Mar 16—Ship C F Sargent, for New k. YO A TTLE—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Meiville Dollar, from Seward; stmr Santa Ana, from Valdez. V% PEDRO—Arrived Mar 16—Sche Expan- ston, from Grays Harbor; sch J H Lunsmann, from Everett; schr Mindoro, from Port Blake- ley; schr Caroline, from Umpqua River; schr Alvena, from Anacortes: sch Fred J Wood, from Grays Harbor; schr Borealis, from Grays Harbor; schr Espada, from Grays Harbor; schr Meirose, from Willapa Harbor; bktn Retriever, from Port Hadlock, ‘Arrived Mar 16—Schr Louise, from Umpqua River; schr Annie B Smale, from Bellingham; bkin J§ M Griffith, from Port Hadlock; sehr Wm Nottingham, from Ballard; schr Okano- gan, from Port Gamble; schr ‘Transit, from Grays Harbor. Safled Mar 16—Schr James Rolph, for Grays Harbor; stmrs Olympic .and Prentlss, for San Franciaco. PORT HARFORD—Arrived Mar 15—Stmr Bonita, from San Pedro for San Francisco; stmr Coos Bay, hence Mar 14 for San Pedro. FPOINT LOBOS—Passed Mar 16—Stmr Pasa- dena, from San Pedro for Eureka. EVERETT—Salled Mar 16—8chr Manila, for San Diego. SANTA BARBARA—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr San Pedro, from San Pedro; stmr State of Cal- ifornia, hemce Mar 15, and sailed for San Dlego, rrived Mar 16—Stmr Coos Bay, hence Mar 14, and sailed for San Pedro. TATOOSH—Passed out Mer 16—Brig W G Irwin, from Port Angeles for San Franclsco. Passed in Mar 16—Stmr Jeanie, hence Mar 12 for Seattle. Passed in Mar 16—Br stmr Miowera, from Brisbane for Vancouver. PORT ANGELES—Salled Mar 16—Brig W G Irwin, for San Francisco. BANDON-—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Elizabeth, hence Mar 13. TACOMA—Sailed Mar 16—Schr § T Alexan- der, for Kahului. GRAYS HARBOR—Sailed Mar 15—Schr C A Thaver, for San cisco. JUNEAU—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Dora, from Seattle. SKAGWAY—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Dirigo, from Seattle. , SITKA—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Cottage City, from Seattle; stmr Farallon, from Seattle. VENTURA—Arrived Mar 16—Barge Santa Paula, hence Mar 14, in tow of tug Sea King. Salled Mar 16—Barge Santa Paula, for San Francisco, in tow of tug Sea Kin. REDONDO—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Nome City, hence Mar 13; schr M Turner, from Bel- lingham. Halled Mar 16—Stmr Aberdeen, for San Francisco. o PORT LUDLOW-—Sajled Mar 16—Ship Chas B Moody, for San Francisco. SAN DIEGO—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Del Norte, from San ro; schr Blakeley, from Port Blakeley; schr Ethel Zane, from Everett. LOS ANGELES—Sailed Mar 16—Stmr for San Francisco. bara, COOS BAY—Sailed Mar 16—Stm dro. San Pedro: 1o AND PORTS, HILO—Sailed Mar 15—Schr W H Marston, for San Franclsco. 15—Ship Manga HONOLULU—Safled Mar CAVITE—Arrived Mar Reva, from Philadelphia. g a, for Eieele. Wrtohe dome ond, for 9 : m " "'GASTERN PORT. r NEW YORK—Salled Mar 15—Stmr Advance, Colon. ""c °““_ FOREIGN PoRTs. ARDIFF—In port Mar 1—Fr bark J Bart, for Sen Francisco. i s HAMBURG—In port Mar 1—Br ship Aus- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1906. TROOPSHIP ENCOUNTERS MANY GALESINEW [IFEBOAT 'SPRING TRADE STANDS TEST First Craft of Kind Ever Designed and Built by a Local Man Proves Worth PLEASES THE OFFICERS By S Contains Many New Features That Promise to Make 1t a Success in the Serviee The Pacific Coast life-saving depart- ment will have the opportunity in the near future of testing for the first time a new lifeboat. This boat has been con- structed by artisans of San Francisco and it 1s claimed to be far in advance of all other types now in ue. This is the first boat of the kind ever built and offered for test upon this coast. For several weeks past Major Blakeney and his crew of life-savers have been sub- jecting the new boat to every sort of trial which their ingenuity and experi- ence could suggest and the new craft has stood all the tests in a manner that pro- claims the invention a conspicuous tri- umph. The Government entered into a contract with the local buflders to comstruct two lifeboats, acceptance to be dependent upon the success with which the boats withstood the rigorous tests of the life- saving department. The boats are 33 feet long over all, the standard size, with beam of 8 feet and depth from bottom of keel to top of sheer strake of 38 inches amidships, with depth at stem and stern from top of sheer strake to top of thwarts, amidships, 8% inches. The distinction between the mew life- boat and the old style lies in the intro- duection of many diminutive air-tight com- partments below decks instead of the few commonly to be seen. In the new boats there are as many as forty, each 4x32 inches in dimension, the advantage gained by this great number being that a majority even might be punctured with- out totally impairing the power of the boat to sustain its load. The large margin of airtight compart- ments can, under any but extraordinary contingencies, be depended upon in this new type in places where the old, with but few airtight supports, might fail Each of these small compartments is pro- vided with plug, or ventilator valve and drain, while at stem and stern are air chambers, as customary in ordinary life- boats. Another novelty of the new bcats is the relieving ports, which are automatic, six in all, three on each side, two amidships and one near bulkhead of air case. As the boat rocks any water shipped flows out of the relfeving ports by its own grav- ity. Each boat carries two sails, jib and main sail. The frames of the new lifeboats are of white oak with floors of fire seven-eighths of an inch thick. Deck planking and out- side is af white cedar and deck shelves of white oak 2% by 3 inches thick. Cen- terboard~is 8 feet long and extends to bottom of thwart resting on oak plece 1%XT7% in size fastened through keel with half-inch galvanized iron bolts. The special advantages claimed for the Twigg patented lifeboat are its lightness com- bined with a maximum of stability and atremtm-mwnh'nu:orflmry buoyancy, e great number of its airtight compartments in connection with qualities which makes it unsinkable ex- cept under conditions which amount to a total wreck. The arrangement of the self-baling ports is a novel one and a valuable adjunct to a craft of the char- acter of lifeboats, as their action is en- tirely voluntary and rapid and independ- ent of any attention on the part of the crew. The trials which have thus far taken place, of the most searching character and under alll conditions of wind, tide and weather, have proved conclusively that in the manufacture of lifeboats as well as in building ironclads or sailing ships the Pacific Coast has no rivals to which it need yleld any claim to superi- ority. WANT BRICKLAYERS TO BE INSPECTORS Members of Union Ask Board of Works to Appoint Practical Men. A committee of bricklayers waited on the Board of Works yesterday to urge that inspectors of all public buildings to be built under the bond issue be required to belong to the Bricklayers’ Union. The committee stated that the by-laws of the union prohibited a bricklayer from work- ing under an inspector or superintendent unless the latter is a member of the union. The board explained that it is powerless in the matter, as it is compelled to ap- point inspectors from the civil service list. The board discussed a way out of the difficulty by appointing a superintend- ent of brick construction who could be a practical bricklayer. The fact that there ig no civil service eligible list for that position would permit of the appointment of a non-civil service man. While the board took no formal actionm, it is likely that such appointment will be made as a concession to the Bricklayers’ Union. In that event the inspectors will continue to be taken from the civil service list. tralian, for Honolulu. MAZATLAN—Sailed Mar 15—Stmr Newport, for San Francisco. 'GIBRALTAR—Passed Mar 16—Br stmr In- drasamha, from New York for Yokohama. PORT SAID—Arrived Mar 16—Br stmr Wray Castle, from New York for Hongkong. LONDON—Railed March 15—Ger stmr Setos, for San Francisco. ST THOMAS—Sailed Mar 16—Stmr Massa- chusetts, for San Francisco via San Diego. GUAYMAS—Sailed Mar 14—Ship Henry Failing, for Port Townsned. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Ulto- nla, from Palermo; stmr Armenia, from Liv- erpool. 'WPORT, R I, Mar 16—Stmr Bordeaux, fron Havrs for New York, passed Nantucket light. GLASGOW—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Astoria, from New York; stmr Hungarlan, from Port- “%NDON—AMVCA Mar 16—Stmr Philadel ia, from Boston. e ar 16-Stmr Belous, for San Fran- cisco.. I—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Cor- inthian, from St John and Halifax. NEWCASTLE—Arrived Mar . 14—Stmr El- leric_ from Portland, Ore. VER—Sailed Mar 16—Stmr Kronprinz vana. DO’ Wilhelm, from Hamburg for Ha GIN'(-)A—A.H!M Mar 13—8tmr Brazil, from ‘New York. COPENHAGEN—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Hellig Olav, from New York. —Arrived Mar 15—Stmr Califor- nian, from New Orlean stmr. Mississippl, from New Orleans. MANCHESTER—Arrived Mar 16—Stmr Iberian, from - YOKOHAMA—Sailed Mar 16—Stmr of Japan, from Hongkong via Nagasaki, and Woosung for Victoria and Vancouver. : —_———————— DEPUTY CRAWFORD RETURNE.—Deputy United States Immigrant Commmissioner Thomas_Crawford returned yesterday morning from New York whither he had gone in charge of Benedetto Tordini, an The prisoner was deported to Italy. : LETS SETBACK Widespread Winter Storm Is Causing Some Complaint at Large Jobbing Centers | PROSPEROUS OUTLOOK SR Very Little Anxiety Is Felt| in the Commercial World Over the Labor Situation —— it NEW YORK, March 16.—Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: The widespread storm has delayed the opening of spring trade at retail, causing some complaint of bad roads and interruption of personal buy- ing at leading jobbing centers. On the other hand, the benefits of accompanying heavy snows or rains to the crops prob- ably far outweigh the damage due to this cause or injury caused to small fruit and truck interests by the freezing weather. Altogether there is everything to indi- | cate that the 'spring trade, present and prospective, will break all past records. Business. failures .in the United States for the week ending March 15§ numbered 187, against 177 last week, and 136 In the like week of 1905. In Canada faflures for the week num- bered 33, as against 34 last week and 22 in this week a year ago. ‘Wheat (including flour) exports from the United States and Canada for the | ‘week ending March 15 are 2,010,237 bushels, against 2,563,983 bushels last week and 895,742 this week last year. From July 1 to date the exports are 99,152,792 bushels, against 45,590,111 bushels last year. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade will say tomorrow: ‘Wholesome conditions are maintained in | commercial channels, the tenor of most | reports being favorable, and comparative- 1y little anxiety is felt regarding the labor | situation. Exports of farm staples in February | exceeded last year’s by $23,500,000, or about 45 per cent, and the movement of foreign commerce at this port for the last week shows gains of $3,358433 in exports and $1,152,157 in imports, as compared with the same date in 1905. Railway earnings for the first week of March were 8 per cent larger than last year's. Nominal quotations no longer prevail for packer hides, large transactions hav- ing been effected at promounced conces- sions. Faflures this week numbered 299 in the United States, agalnst 20 last vear, and 3 in Canada, compared with 26 a year ago. FRIEL IDENTIFIED AS SALOON ROBBER Henry Muller Says Prisoner Is Man Who Used the Revolver. William Friel, who was arrested on Thursday night on the barkentine Fre- mont by Detectives Conlon and Me- Gowan, was positively identified yester- day by Henry Muller as one of the four men who held up his saloon at Fremont and Howard streets on the night of March 8 and shot Willlam Eilis, one of the customers, in both legs as he was leaving the barroom. One of Ellis’ legs was amputated on Thursday. Muller declared that Friel was the man ‘with the revolver and said he could not be mistaken. Special officer W. H. Beatty also identified Friel as one of the four men who passed him on Howard street about ten minutes before the hold- up. This has given the police a clew and Conlon and McGowan will follow it up in the expectation of arresting Friel's three companions. Friel had joined the crew of the Fre- mont, which sailed yesterday morning for the Alaska cod fisheries. The detectives went to the vessel about 2 e'clock on Thursday afternoon, but could find no trace of Friel. The crew’'s master was so threatening that when the detectives returned at 7 o’clock that night they took three uniformed officers with them. Every member of the crew was drunk and they were fighting among themselves. The cap- tain and other officers had to use physical | force to suppress them. . | Conlon and McGowan, after an hour's search, found Friel hidden under some sacks of potatoes in the forward part of the hold. He did not resist arrest and as he was leaving the vessel he shouted to the crew to divide his clothes among themselves, as he “guessed” he would not need them for a long time. PUPILS DECIDE UPON TIMES OF VACATION California School of Mechani- cal Arts Leaves Question to Students. The result of the election held at the Califorma School of Mechanical Arts to determine the will of the student body regarding its future vacations was given out yesterday by the faculty. Two weeks will be granted for an Eas- ter vacation, beginning April 1 and ending on the 15th, with the reguiar eight weeks for a summer vacation. The latter will commence on June 15. Graduation exer- cises and the senior dance will come dur- ing the following week, and the recess will close on August 13. The senior class voted almost bodily for two weeks this spring, instead of one week, and the extended summer holidays. The seniors will get a longer vacation, anyway, before entering college, so they were not slow in deciding what they wanted. News was received at the school in the morning of the death of Edward Hunt, who up to the time of his death held the office of treasurer of the senior class. A committee was appointed by his class to see that several floral pieces were on hand at the proper time. - Edward Hunt, whom all the faculty deemed the brightest pupil in the senlor class, was to have graduated in June of this year. 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