The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-01
THE BARK HAMSEIZED
Charged With Violation Of the
Customs Laws.
sroRm orr CAPE FLtTTgRY.
a Vessel ~asrewfy E@sap~s Wreck on
Dsssrnef1es Tsiasss-AFxfval % sha
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Porr T0x<sxxp. Oct. af.-The Port
p4mk~sew MI Ccrar9ny'a bs-k Richard 3.
Ham was seized yeessraay b. 1esa@cssi'
gsaasSSw and Placed IS charge Of taatsa
stats ofzrey The ex8se If tbs sstxare NAs
tie violation q tire Enstesi states statutes
ard customs regulations BY gosng foreign
or enroll fFseslf ard license, End nst ta4lsGg
aat rnwssser ~hs had 5eea employed
Es- ssverai years II tkss coastwfse tTiacs.
ga August sAe cleared from this isJri
ssr Honolulu with cargo 81 lumber, and
through mistake she failed 10 get re glitter
ans eissrss with her enrolment and IL
eense Il pon her arrival at Honolulu, she
wss ssip3es 20 enfsr and after dischzrg1ng
70 clear for ithfs port w1tl1nat ter register,
Asst she American consul 40 Hoacluiu no
uasd the department as Washington Of
the omission, and tae department ordered
collector Bradshaw 10 make the seizure,
The bark arrived here frorA Honolulu on
the stb ssss and took q Load a. Port
EGakelev and had reached this port 20 clear
Tor saf francisco when the seizure was
msde.
The collector telegraphed the depart
ment ihe faets in the case Secretary Win
dofa iu answeE teiegraphed, declining 20
tase ans steps Ii the matter. The vessel
SIT therefore proIabiy BE A5eled and re-
leased on Bond psading the orsier OF the
Iplses, states court.
ga shls saae voyage the vessel omitted
- take out AeT consular paper and had 1t
not bseu Tor iaage James 9. 6wau. Iia-
waf4au consul 70 tais port, this, coming on
top oi TIE defect i1 her clearance papers.
woukl likely have eansed heF serious
troahle. The Hawaiian customs suthorities
are mueh more vigitaut and eXacting
ncW than formerly. OF account Of the the
lane amount Of opium heing Struggled
into their siaFiom. Judge =wan. after the
vessel departure made 0as her consular
papers and forwarded them 81 mail. In
resty he received the following from the
Hawaiian minister OF foreign affairs. dated
August "a
A rDpy 81 xouf iesssF Of tie 18th inst. re-
porting lh4t toe bAik gichtrd X. Ham, sailed
from four pnFs % Honolulu on the ist Inst,
without proper epgxuiar papers, has been sent
81 fbe collector general ~ tie Kingdom by the
or3s - hss sxeeiiency. who desires 20 thank
500 tss yoaf Flgianea alli pfninp'ness Of action.
Colonel J. c. Haines. attorney OF the
Port Blakeley Mili Company. returned
from Port Townsend yesterday, where be
has been attending court lie stated that
the difficulty was all misunderstanding
The error occurred through a mistake on
the part q the customs officer who issued
the bark $ papers
The Hams captain LETT Port Townsend
with the impression that his papers were
ali right He ssa gone 20 the custom
house and presented bis papers. receiving
In return a packet Of documents which he
failed to examine az the time. The clerk
had neglected 20 giEe him the papers which
we're necessary - admit his vessel 20 the
foreign port 10 which be went.
Assistant United States District Attorney
Aunday and Colonel Halnes agreed on the
appraisers az Port Townsend yesterday.
and the appraisement will tie made today
The matter viii 20 ahead in the courts. but
when clear statement OF the case 81 made
to secretary Window there Is no doubt
that he viii remit the penAlty.