The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-01
SEA AND SHORE.
Chase of the Steamer Bertha by
the Tug Ida w.
Arrival Of the United States Steamer Nipsic.
Vessels Bar-Bound at Bandon-The
Schooner Serena Thayer.

steamer Bertha, Captain Anderson, sailed
from Mission-Street Wharf at II 80 O'Clock
yesterday morning for Kodiak and Karluk,
Alaska. This is her last trip of the season,
and she carried up large quantity of mail
matter. She was scheduled to sail at Il 80
o'clock, and a number of people who had
letters to send and waited until the last
minute were disappointed, their letters
being left
Among the belated was George Fritch the
wholesale cOal-dealer, whose boy, Edward,
is going to spend the winter in Alaska. As
soon as Mr.. Fritch found that the vessel had
gone he teTephoned to the Young Mems
Christian Association to his son Homer, who
was attending the MONDAY prayer-meeting
there. Homer went down to the dock in a
hurry, and it was decided to hire tug and
overtake the Bertha. if possible.
The tug Ida w, Captain Daniel James, a
small but powerful and swift tug, was char
tered. and Homer boarded her with the
dispatches. Captain James turned his en-
gines over to clean the water out of the
cylinders, warmed his boilers up and then.
started out. Just after passing the North
Heads the Bertha was sighted. The weather
was thick, and those on the Bertha could not
hear the whistles or see the: Signals made by
those on the tug. After going up the coast
a few miles, and when about midway be-
tween the Heads and Point Reyes. the Bertha
steered off shore, and Captain James opened
his vessel out
/. She creaked and Shiyered, and fairly flew
through the water. Anderson saw her Sig
mails as she crawled up aud turned around
to meet her. Nuan the Ida w came along
side Homer threw his packages of letters
and papers on board, the crews cheered
each other, the Bertha went on her course
and the gallant little Ida W returned to port,
arriving at her berth at o'clock In the
afternoon. Fritch says he will back the Ida
W against any boat in the bay.
FREIGHT FOR TAHITI.
The barkentlne Tropic Bird, which runs
between here and Tahiti and the MarquesaS
carrying the French mails, has more freight
offered on the present trip than she can
carry. Her owners have chartered the
Percy Edward, and yesterday the cargo for
The MarqueSas was removed from the Iropic
Bird and will be placed by Crawford 81 Co.
on the Percy Edward. The Tropic Bird
will probably sail tomorrow.
A brief item appeared on Monday to the
effect that the donkey engine driver on the
British ship Boutwell, slightly cut one Of
the crew five weeks ago while in a tit. Cap
tain Melmore Of the Boutwell, was wrathy
yesterday when he saw the item copied in
morning contemporary. with the addition
that the man was insane and had seriously
stabbed the first officer of the ship and would
be sent to the asylum. The man is not in
sane and did not attack the mate.
The weather was foggy and cloudy at
Point L0bos yesterday, and the wind all
day light yeering from south to southeast
The barometer read: o'clock in the morn
ing, 1907; noon, 5000; 5 o'clock in the
evening, 30.0i.
Captain Harry Rothery, well known here
as master of the bark Allonby and other
vessels, is at Londonderry experimenting
the building OF vessel, now nearly finished,
of which he will take command. She will
be called the Dimsdale, and will sail for
this port about the end of November.
The barkentine Malay was chartered yes
terday to go to Moodyville and there load
lumber for Port Prize, Australia rate e3 IS.
ARRIVAL OF TIE NIPsIC.
The United States steamer Nipsic, Com
mander Felix McCurdy, arrived yesterday
after passage of twenty-one days from
Honolulu, with all well on board. She left
Honolulu ON September 9th at O'Clock in
the afternoon. On the 22d she encountered
a moderate gale of wind, under which the
ship was hove to for few hours. After this
gentle winds were experienced from the
eastward and southwark. The officers of
the Nipsic are: Felix McCurdy, command
ing; Lieutenant John NJ. Hall, Senior Watch
Ciieer Ensigns-H. g. Parmenter, Hilary
| 2. jones, Isaac X. somer and William G.
Miller; staff ofiicers-H Webster. Passed
Assistant Paymaster: q. B. Cordello, Passed
/ Assistant Surgeon First Lieutenant Charles
| A. Dayen, q. S. NJ, c.; Pay Clerk, S. b.
| Brown. The Nipsic has an armament of six
guns and steams 9.5 knots an hour. She has
| a complement of 176 men. The Nipsic is
| anchored in the stream and viii leave for
| Mare Island tomorrow or the next day.
| The schooner Serena Thayer has arrived
| at Eureka from San Pedro. The vessel lay
| off the Humboldt Bar. unable to cross, for
ale daUs Eantain MrN pEpr told thu
| captain of the Corona. which arrived yester-
day, that the weather was SO thick at tunes
| that he could not see to light his pipe, and
most of the time he was unable TO distin-
| guish between day and night time The
Schooners supply OF meat was exhausted,
| and all hands took to fishing and caught
| good supply of balbut.
A di>patch received yesterday from Val
paraso. dated the 24th, states that the ship
Henry Willard would probably proceed OH
her voyage on the 9th inst
BAR BOUND AT BANDoN. =:
The schooners Coquille and Del Norte
were ready for sea at Banlan, mouth of
the Coqulie River, yesterday, bat the bar:
being rough they could not cross. Tie
steamer Corona, Captain Hannah, arrived
yesterday morning. She was bar bound
two days at Eureka and was due here on
Sunday. Among her cargo are 1,434, 75o
shingles and 10000 shakes.
G. Il. Allen, age MT for the New Wellington
coal mine, will deliver the coal to the win
ner in the recent unique rattle at the How
ard-stgeet Wharf at IL o'clock this morning
from the ship Ericsson. Stumpf. the winner,
has for the purpose wagon as big as a bay
schooner
A. Muir & Son have been awarded the
contract for repairing the damage done to
the British ship Ventura during her expert
ence in the hurricane.
The British ship California, for this port.
was spoken on August 18th, in latitude go
south, longitude TO west
The British ship Argomene, which put
into Pernambuco, is discbarging cargo
there.
The City Of Picking sailed from Hong
Kong for this port ON Sunday last.
The brig Sea Wait arrived at Apia ON
August Goth.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The W.. FL. Dimond shifted from tho re-
finery to Folsom street.
/: The German: ship Eleanor Margaret
locked at Green street.
The bark Hope went to sea.
The schooner Anna will go on the Mer-
chants Dry-dOck to-day and the ship j. 3.
Thomas will go to sea.
The Eleanor Margaret will commence dis
charging today.
The Rebeeea has. gone to Green street.
The Celeste Burrill locked at Green
street and the Corona at Fremont street.
|. The new missionary schooner Pitcairn
Their Own fnuit.
An inquest was held yesterday in the sad
case of Patrick Mulgrew. bother, and Michael
KGng, foreman of the Eisen Vineyard Com