The morning call., 1890-06-30
SEA AND SHORE.
Captain Brooks of the E. f. Her.
riman Buried at Sitka.
Sailing of the Eastern Oregon After a Two
Years Stay in Portfolios Guarding
the Bark Forest Queen.

by Magee q Battles oil 310 clay street. own
ers of the whaling bark E. F. Herman,
the following particulars are learned of the
death of the master, Captain Joseph f.
Brooks, who was we'll known in this port.
The letter is dated Stka, Alaska, May 31st,
and contains the following regarding the
bark:
son Saturday, May oath, bark was re-
ported standing into port under shortened
sail. She had the ensign at half-mast.
There was not steam-launch in,the harbor
fit for service and, though the weather was
rough outside and the breakers roaring
over the rocks which line the outer harbor,
Pilots Clement and w. d. Pracht braved
the fury and pulled to the vessel ID the
Custom-house row-boat, boarding her five
miles out. She proved to be the American
bark E. f. HERMAN of San Francisco ON
a whaling cruise. See had lost her master,
Joseph F. Brooks, who had died Of paraly-
sis May Sth in latitude go AZ north, longi-
tide 1922 IL west. and she sought the har-
boz of Sitka TO bury the remains on shore
and land his widow and daughter.
Immediately after dropping anchor in
the inner harbor the first officer, Mr.. Beau
vais, communicated with the Collector,
Hon. Max Pracht, and Mrs. Brooks and her
little girl we're landed and taken care of by
Mrs. Pracht. After consultation with the
widow, Captain Beauvais and First Officer
Ludlow of the whaling bark Tamerlane.
who had assisted in bringing the Herman
into port, it was decided to bury the re-
mains of the deceased in the military ceme-
terry outside the town.
AN IMPOSING FUNERAL.
"Citizen Albeftstone, a member of the
/. o. o. f., to which order the deceased be-
longed, attended to digging the grave,
Chaplain a. E. Austin of the Mission vol
unteered his services, and Superintendent
Kelly of the Mission rendered the services
of the boys brass band. By order of Cap
tain Harrington, in command of the United
States Marines, Sergeant Schaefer was de-
tailed with guard of honor to escort the
body to the cemetery. Captain Brooks hav-
ing served his country in the navy during
the great rebellion.
THE funeral services were held in the
executive-rooms of the Custom-house in
the presence of large concourse of citi-
zens and officials. Ten of the crew of the
Herman acted as pall-bearers and they
shed tears as they viewed the lace OF their
dead commander for the last tlme After
the coffin was lowered into the grave the
military escort fired three volleys over the
grave. Captain Brooks was honored in
having the largest funeral procession ever
seen in Sitka.
THE WIDOW AND CHILD.
1.-THE widow and child are in kind, hos
ptable hands, and the ladies Of Sitka are
doing all that Is possible to assuage their
sorrow. They will leave for their home
in Oakland, CAL, on the expected mail
steamer George w. Elder"
When the HERMAN arrived in Sitka she
had taken one whale, thirty-barrel sperm,
which she captured off Cross Sound Her
IA 'tamarIapp had napturpl
off Whale Bay. The officers stated that
whales were showing themselves plenti-
fully, and the sea was literally swarming
with fur seal, but owing to the gales which
have prevailed in the Gulf of Alaska 1t had
been impossible to secure any.
Collector Pracht, as ex-offici0 Shipping
Commissioner, inspected the HERMAN and
then she went to sea again in charge of
Captain Beauvais. Two of the crew
Domingo Checo, cook, and c. 5. Blanchard,
seaman-were examined by Marine Hos
pital Surgeon Rogers and lett ashore for
medical treatment.
Ward Battles speaks in the highest terms
of Captain Brooks, who was splendid nav
igator and successful whaler He will
meet the widow on her arrival and do all
in his power to assist her, now that her
natural protector is buried in the bleak
shores of Alaska.
TIE EASTERN OREGON.
The steamer Eastern Oregon, which has
been laid up in the bay here for the past
two years. and was recently purchased at
auction by the Oregon improvement Com
pany, sailed yesterday for Seattle, and will
probably hereafter ply on the sound. She
did not take up any passengers or pound
of freight. Captain Gage, formerly OF the
steamer Santa Rosa, which is now laid up
at SauSalito, went in command.
The weather was foggy at Point Lobos
yesterday, and the wind all day light from
the southwest. In the afternoon the
weather was so thick that the observer at
Point Lobos could not see across the heads.
The barometer read: s o'clock in the morn
ing 5005, noon 30:02, o'clock in the even
ing 20 :99.
The steamer Corona, Captain Hannah.
arrived yesterday twenty hours from Eu-
reka bringing forty-fiye cabin and twenty
two steerage passengers. and large list of
freight. Among her cargo were large ship
ments of butter and wool.
The steamer Columbia arrived Yesterday,
fifty-three and half hours from Portland,
fOrth-three and half hours from Astoria,
bringing seventy-eght cabin and thirty-five
Storage passengers. Among the passen-
gers was the Lady Peggy" Opera Com
pany. Among her cargo she had 40 sacks
of oysters.
SAILING OF THE FOREST QUEEN.
The bark Forest Queen left Mission
street Wharf l at O'Clock yesterday after
noon, bound for Honolulu, carrying large
list of freight, including forty mules. Cap
tain Muller, her former mate, was in COM
mand
During the forenoon a large number of
union sailors gathered on the dock and
word was sent to the harbor police that
trouble was expected. Officers McGlynn,
Donahue and McGreary were dispatched to
the dock. but their services were not
actually needed. 1t appears that the sail
ors were taking on board lumber from
steam schooner alongside. The captain
wanted to get away on the tide and re-
Quested the men to work through the din
ner hour, promising them double pay. The
unions patrolman, it is said, told them not
to work. hence the excitement.
No deep-water vessels arrived in port
yesterday, the only arrivals up to dark be-
ing seven coasting steamers and four
schooDers.
The Dolphin Club had their new boat out
yesterday and took spin along the front.
The crew consisted of l.. B. Thomas, cox
swain; A. p. Rothkopf, stroke; T. T.
Fraser, bow. FL. Kutchie, who was q pas
senger, went along as an expert examiner.
1t is stated that the club is not perfectly
satisfied with the boat and has not yet ac-
cepted 1t. Ed Calvin and Ed Conway of
the club accompanied the new boat in
whitehall, to assist if any accident hap
pened.
The steamer Emily, Captain Roberts,
went on a fishing excursion to the Cordell
bdukS ldIst pdIly On
board who had pleasant time. The boat
left Washington-stree Wharf shortly after
midnight, and returned to her berth at 6 80
o'clock in the evening. The party caught
over two tons of fish, Mr.. Meyer being
''high hook"
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The bark Alex Mcneil has gone to the
sugar refinery to discharge.
the bark Forest Queen lowed to sea yes
teIday.
The c. c. Funk locked at Section of the
sea-wal.
The Kenmore came down from Port
Costa and anchored.
The Bannockburn locked at Beale street
to discharge.
The Lord Downshire went to Howard
No. l.
The barkentine Amelia shifted from the
sea-wall to Lombard street.
The schooner Gardiner City and bark
SamOset went to sea yesterday.
The steamer Los Angeles went to Broad
way No. 2.
The Emasia will 90 to Union street to-