The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25


that Jesse Ellis, master of the Sisters, burthen
10 tons, navigated with three men, British built
ana bound for Portland having on board fish,
hath here entered and cleared his vessel accord
ing to law
Given under my hand at the custom house at
this port of Yarmouth, in the province of Nova
Scotia, this Goth day of May, 1886.
(Signed) VIM. NJ. GILL, Deputy Collector.
The schooner was hauled into Commercial
wharf where she began to discharge her car
go. A large number walked down and view
ed the vessel during the day. Captain Ellis
yesterday afternoon was busy keeping tally
as the baskets of large handsome mackerel
were raised from the hold. He is young
man about 26 years of age of good appear
ance, but did not seem inclined to talk much.
He said that the schooner was owned by
Crowell Brothers of Deerfeld, N. s., and
chartered by W. A. Killain of Yarmouth by
whom the cargo was shipped. Captain Ellis
said that he is not accustomed to command
ing vessels trading in American ports and
his failure to provide himself with mani
fest arose entirely from ignorance. He pro-
CURED his clearance paper supposing that to
be all that was necessary. Of the cargo,
1000 mackerel were stored on deck, packed
in boxes and spoiled on the passage. The
captain said that he is married and has two
children. He is poor man and evidently
very apprehensiye as to the liability he has
incurred. He thinks his trouble is caused by
the fishery dispute. One of the two men
forming the crew seemed to be laboring I'M
der the belief that he was likely to lose his
salary.
The following protest was drawn up for
Captain Ellis by Custom House broker W.
c. Rich and filed with Collector Anderson:
PORTLAND, Me-, May 29th 1886.
Hon. Daniel Manning, Secretary of the Treas
Dear sr:-I hereby appeal from the decision of
the Hon. s. j. Anderson, collector of this port, in
leyyng fine of five hundred dollars $4,000 on
British schooner sisters from Yarmouth N. s.,
respectfully represent that | had clearance
from the Collector of Customs at Yarmouth, spec
flying this vessels cargo 10000 fresh mackereD
shipped by ". A. killan and consigned to +. l..
Clement & Co., at Portland, and owing to my igno-
rance OF the necessity OF a manifest l neglected
to make out the necessary document until NV ar
rival. Owing to this and the fact that l reported
at the Custom House within eight hours after ar
rival in port, having arrived at one in the morn
sells doing business in American ports, and hav-
ing little knowledge of the regulations of the
treasury department and nc IDEA whatever Of
unjust and most respectfully ask that the same
may be revoked
am sir, very respectfully,
JESSE ELLIS
Master Schooner Sister,.
The protest having been signed by Capt.
Ellis was sworn to by him before Deputy
Collector Chase.
The seizure Of the vessel occasioned con-
siderable stir around town yesterday. Fines
have been imposed under the same section
of the statutes upon shipmasters in this port,
a number of times. Three times, the Eng
fish steamers have failed to produce mani
tests. The fine was RENTED in two of these
cases and its payment required in the third.
A great many interested persons visited the
Custom House yesterday and everywhere on
Commercial street the seizure formed the
topic of conversation. Many thought it to
be form of retaliation for the seizure of
American vessels in Canadian ports. Secre-
tary Manning and Secretary Bayard have
been notified.
Collector Anderson said last evening that
the usual course had been followed in this
case A statement has been sent to the de-
partment and Captain Ellis's protest to
Secretary Manning. The case will probably
be settled one way or the other in the course
of a week; meanwhile the schooner must re-
main here.
IHE DOUGHI1 CASE.
The following letter has been received by
Sargent, Lord & Skillin from Capt. Doughty
of the schooner Ella M. Doughty:
ENGLIsHTowN, c. B., May 20.
Dear Srs:-I received your letter and am much
obllged TO you There is not man here to get
any information FROM have wired to Halifax
for the Consul General He will be here to-mor-
row morning Weleft the Western Banks on ac-
count of scarcity of fish and intended to go to St.
Pauls Island, but fell in with the ice and could
m n yyhf oh xrxrn ffnrs, ~
at last got so surrounded that were glad to get
in here without losing the vessel We anchored
here in the bay and next morning went out again
to see If we could not get by the ice but had to re-
turn, the ice being everywhere. Some OF the
bergs were fifty feet high. Finding our bait get
chased $12 worth and next day we tried again to
get by the ice but had to return and anchor in the
harbor proper the ice crowding into the harbor so
fast did not consider it safe to 70 ashore in a
dory and not knowing of any custom house or Off
Ger being here did not think there would be any
officer came on board and informed me that he
seized the vessel in the Queens name for buying
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paper. wired to you directly, and in the after
noon reporter came on board to get the partl-
culars for his paper and he informed me of the
Consul General residing at Halifax. / wired to
him to come here if possible. He will be here to-
morrow. The officer has returned my permit.
They have stripped the vessel of her sails. We
begin to feel like prisoners. Will write or wire as
soon as anything else is done.
YOURS truly, w. a. DOUGHTY.
OTHER MATTERS.
1t is reported that cargo of seventy bar
rels of fresh bait from Nova Scotia is on its
way to this port. The people of that pro-
vince finding their home market gone have
entered upon such ventures that they may
still realize something from what has hereto
fore proved to them source of considerable
revenue. Bait thus shipped in sailing YES
sells will be of little value when sold here,
compared with what could be obtained for it
if delivered to fishing vessel in Nova
Scotia port, because of the more limited
time that it can be preserved by the fisher
men. The present complications will lead to
improved arrangements being made upon
fishing schooners for the preservation of
bait. that the necessity for replenishing the
supply may be reduced to the smallest posi-
BILE degree.
The Canadian schooner Ariel, which is
filling it's hold with thousand barrels of
salt bait, will probably leave this port TO-
morrow.
A Washington despatch says that Messrs.
George w. Biddle of Philadelphia and VIM.
l.. Putnam of Portland have been retained
by the United States Government to repre-
sent its interests in the trials arising from