The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-30
SEA AND SHORE.
Loss of a Missionary Schooner
and Her Entire Crew.
mistaken for suicide-A Waterfront Joke.
Fouled the Ceble-Vessels in Colli-
sion-sugar and Coal.

Ihe waterfront presented lively scene
yesterday, the docks being crowded with
people and nearly every ship in the harbor
having more or less bunting Tying from
peak or masthead. Travel across the bay
was good. and everyone seemed to enjoy
The fine weather
AS usual, the stree. preachers and medi-
cine fakirs were cut in force, while the man
with the knife-board did rushing trade.
crowds of people boarded the big FIVE
masted schooner Governor Ames, lying at
rremont-street Wharf, the vessel being still
me main attraction for the curious on the
front.
NOT A SUICIDE.
One Of the crew of the steamer Scandina-
Via came on shore early Yesterday morning
ana al once began filling up on water front
whisky and by noon he had taken on a full
cargo. lie started for his ship, but got no
farther than the boat landing at the foot of
jackson street, where, in spite of the fer
vent appeals of water front preacher to
come and be saved, the fellow laid down on
'ne hoat and was soon in drunken sleep.
some wag got stone weighing about thirty
pounds and tied it to the sailors leg AID
T9 p,en poured bucket of water over him.
ne report was at once spread that the man
aad committed suicide. Scores of people
Ilutk 10 the landing, and words OF SYM
Pathy were heard on all sides. Officer Ellis
"as informed OF what was going on and
Ssnt Tor The patrol wagon ard the loaded
mariner was taken 10 the old City Hall to
sober up.
LOST WITH ALL HANDS
news comes from Honolulu of the
5 HSsu OIL the missionary schooner Phoebe
Chapman. The schooner went ashore
on the west coast of Tahiti during n
Heavy gale ON November so, 1890 and IA pidly
went to pieces. She carried a crew of six.
Teen, all told, every one of whom were lost
The vessel was bound to Pitcairn Island
from Honolulu. No other information was
gwen, and 1t is not known whether any of
the missionaries were on board the vessel or
not
Many Of the men on board the whalers
now at Honolulu are watching for chance
10 desert from their ships, and the police at
That port have hard time preventing them
from getting ashore. -Four policemen were
on board the bark Emma f. Hermann on
Inc night OF the 10th inst watching that the
crew did not leave her, when boats crew
from some whaler was seen heading for the
beach at Kahului, but did not land when
lhey saw the officers Oh the beach.
IN COLLISION.
The brig COnsuelo, sugar-aden, dragged
ner anchor about 2:30 o'clock yesterday
morning, and fOuled the ship Alex Gibson.
rockets We're sent up from the ship, and
soon brought the tug Vigilant out 20 the
vessels. The tug took the brig in tow and
soon had her in a safe anchorage. Beyond
being somewhat chafed neither vessel uf-
tered any damage, and yesterday morning
ule Orig was taken up 10 the refinery to dis
charge her sugar.
Wien the British ship Allyn dragged her |
anchors Saturday night she fouled the Oak
land cable, and the tug Redmond spent five |
hours IN clearing them yesterday morning,
UP TO shutdown last evening three sugar |
laden vessels had come inlo port. They |
We're the British steamer Eaton, from Homo |
lulu. with Il, 1913 bags; the Hawaiian bark |
Mama Ala, with 1926 bags, and the |
schooner Tampa, with 9356 bags, making a
total of 1850 bags.
The cOal-laden vessels were the shin Pal |
eStlne, from Tacoma, with 240O tons, and |
the Z. T. Sargent, from Seattle, with 245O |
IONS. The steamer Los Angeles also came
In from Eureka with twenty-eight pas
sengers.
WENT TO SEA.
The steamers Willamette Valley and Sill |
yer Spring, the Dark James A. Boland and |
the schooner Alexander sailed yesterday.
The latter vessel goes to Santa Rosalia
The ship Hesperides and the bark Pit
calrn went up to Port Costa yesterday to |
load. The Grassendale came down loaded |
ana anchored in the stream.
The weather was clear yesterday, with q
n northwest wind, winch Increased from
Ihe barometer went up to 80 % but hafore |
night drOpped to 301S