The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-08
RETURN or rHE woLCorr.


Catcher Bertha.
PoRr TowNsEED, Oct z-[Special 1.-The reye-
nue. cutter Oliver W0lcott which left this mort
Thursday morning, returned to her anchorage
shortly after 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, in
Port Townsend bay. She did not leave Victoria
for 6itka on the 18th of November, a. pub ished
in the Associated Press dispatches Monday.
When Captain Russell Glover took the vessel
but Of Port Townsend 1t was given a. surmise
4hat she had gone out to meet the
Alaska Commercial Company's steamer
Bertha. The Bertha cleared from San
FrAHeisco last Tuesday. osiensibly for
Kodiak. In reality the nearest she win go to
Kodiak ID ounalAsks. Like ali else said in these
xD.umns on this subj OF ever since the ders to
go north were issued by Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury Spalding. the above statement 10
IN actual fact, as are also the following:
The Wolcott arrived at Port Angeles Thursday
evening. Sne laid there until early Friday
morning. Saturday night, about 9:30.
the Bertha steamed into Port Angeles She
made fast close to the cutter. Then commenced
q period Of unusual activity between the two
vessels It required several hours to load the
Wolcotts two month"; stores into the Bertha's
hold. The latter also has 400 tons OF coal. When
The Bertha left Port Angeles, at O'Clock SUM-
day morning, she was commanded BY Captain
Glover. who will take her north as Commander
Captain Glover's aide 10 Lieutenant Benham,
who was relieved at San Francisco by Lieuten-
ant Broadbent, of the Wolcotr The latter yes
sci will, until the return of Captain Cover be
in com mand Of Lieutenant Wiley.
Captain Glover's instructions are to proceed
with the Bertha direct to Pribylov islands
where the sealing schooners Triumph and Adele
are supposed to be illegally cruising. Should he
discover that 70 be . fact Captain Glover 10 to
seize the poachers and tow them into Sitka. He
is to remain In thu North as long as he thinks
there IL probability of waylaying the vessels
mentioned. The intercsption Of Cinnamon
from the northern canner.es. who might try to
effect m illegal landing into the United 8 ates,
has nothing to do with the Berths's cruise
That vessel has, In spite of the denials of it,
owners, been chartered by the government to do
the work of q revenue cutter because Of the
Wolcotts uuseaworthiness.
That both the Triumph and Adele have left
Victoria, the good people Of that city do not
deny. 1t does not. however, LOOK probable that
either of them have gone to the seal islands, for
the reason that the seals have deserted the
rookeries for q warmsr ciimat. since September
Is The Adele 10 owned at Yokohama, Japan,
and when she left Victoria cleared for the Japan
port direct The Triumph is believed to be
cruising of the Kurile islands, near ROBINSON
sons inlet. These islands are situated off the
Asiatic coast Of Russia's empire, near the Japan
coast
II this sudden activity on the part of the
treasury department ID the result of Special
Agent Frank J. Evans report, the government
has been led into an expensive and useless
undertaking, because the sealing season where
the United States has jurisdiction. IL long over,
and bat one, If any sealers. can possibly be ct
present in the forbidden waters.
Lieutenant Wiley reported to the treasury
department the safe return of the wolcots to
this port a. soon a. he arrived. He also wired
the department that Captain Glover and Lieu
tenant nham are in charge of the Bergha's
cruise.