The morning call., 1891-11-30
SEA AND SHORE.
Loss of the Trading Brig Tahiti
and Many Lives.
Whalers Refuse to Sail Without Their Clothes,
and Almost Cause Mutiny-The Mys-
FERROUS Yacht Beagle.

reported having seen the wreck of the Ia
hiti eleven miles southwest of Lizard Point.
The Inflated vessel was reported to have
been seen floating bottom up with the
rudder gone.
No official information has yet been re-
ceived here in reference to the wreck of the
brig. FL. II. Leavtt of New York owned
three-fourthS of the brig. and Captain w.
ii. Ferguson, who recently went East, the
remainder. A. Crawford & Co. were the
agents. but the firm has received no definite
information in regard to the reported wreck.
The Tahiti was of 900 tons burden and
one of the fastest salers in the South Sea
island trade. She left here on the 9TH OF
last april for BGtaritari, via Honolulu, with
miscellaneous cargo for trading purposes.
TOOK A CARGO OF NATIVES.
After the wares were disposed of 27O ma
tiyes of the Gilbert Islands were taken
aboard, bound for San Benito, Mexico. to
work under contract in the coffee plauta-
tons for three years at SIS month.
Driven northward by a storm, the Tahiti
put in at brakes Bay on September 4th for
repairs. After the damage to the rigging
and hull had been repaired Captain Fergu-
son left the vessel and was succeeded by
Captain {. Erickson. DR.. Gibson, the sur
geon. also left at brakes Bay and came TO
this city. He was succeeded by DR.. Scrym-
ser.
Reports in reference to the cargo of Gill
bert Island natives reached the ears OF
Treasury Agent Evans and Collector of the
Port Phelps, but this Government could not
interfere, because IL was shown that the
natives were merely passengers on the YES
sci and not held AGAINST their VIII.
The brig sailed from brakes Bay Septem-
Der Sth. and should have reached her desti-
nation some time ago.
ALL HANDS Persisted.
AS none of the briggs passengers have
been heard from since she sailed southwark
from brakes Bay it is feared that all on
toard persisted. In addition to the captain,
surgeon and three mates the Tahiti carried
crew of two cooks and twelve seamen.
The steamer Rosavills. which reports hav-
Ing pass the Tahiti is small vessel of
only twenty-elght tons burden, and Is EN-
ployed on the Mexican coast MS toT-boat.
She was built in this city three years ago,
and is owned in San Diego.
The Inflated brig Tahiti was built in 1881
at Benicia by Mathew Turner. and was sold
by him to her last owners last December.
She was 120 feet long, 80 feet beam and IL
feet deep.
ALMOST a MUTINY.
There came very near being o mutiny on
board the whaling bark john p. West as
she lay at anchor OF the Oregon Dock,
day morning. Wild rumors of murdered
mates and CORY decks few along the front
when some one on board the bark placed
the ensign in the miZzrD rigging union
down as a signal for tho HarbOr Police.
The revenue cutter CorWin was ut anchor
only a few lengths asteIn of the West, aud,
as soon as the signal was discened, her
whale boat, in charge of lieutenant, was
at once sent alongside the whaler TO See
wh;t was the matter. The officer was told
r -. l.. a 4
tentOn Of going on shore If they had to
murder the rest OF the bark's crew to get a
boat.
Not having any authority in the matter
the whale-boat rowed ashore, and news of
the mutiny was sent to the South Harbor
tailed to 90 off to the vessel and see what
the row was about.
On reaching tie West the officer found
that the trouble was caused by the board
ing masters having neglected TO send the
mems clothes of to the vessel, and, not car
ing to go to sea nearly naked, the men went
aft in body and asked for boat. in order
10 60 ashore and get their clothes The
vessel was on the point of going to sea and
the request was refused, as the officers had
no guarantee that the men would return TO
the vessel.
DEMANDED THEIR CLOTHES.
This made the men mad, and the leader
of the party-a big, brOad-shOuldered six
fouter-swOre he would not go TO sea in the
vessel unless lie got his clothes. The other
i've stood by him. and they told the mate
that II their clothes were net on board in an
hour they would take a boat and kill the
first uan that attempted to stop them.
Seeing that the men were In earnest the
police flag was at once hOisted. The men
demanded that the officer take them ashore,
and fearing that some one would get hurt
he acceded to their request and the men
were placed in the boat and taken TO the
South Harb0r Station.
The boarding masters were sent for and
soon settled the difficulty by furnishing each
man with his outfit as agreed upon and the
men at once returned to the vessel This is
only one instance where the rapacity of the
sharks" have raised trouble on board YES
sells. Not content with the eXnrbitant prices
they charge poor Jack for everything he re-
ceiVes they Will If possible retain the outfit
they have sold him and send him to sea
with only the clothing he has on his back.
IN FROM PANAMA.
The mail steamer City of Sydney sur
prised every one by slipping in day ahead
Of the time MS she steamed into the harbor
about o'clock yesterday afternoon and
came to an anchor off Meiggs Wharf. He
had very fine passage up, and was not de-
tanned at way ports as is usually the case
and was thus enabled to make Il. quick run.
She brought fifty-seven passengers all told,
but no news Of any importance.
i H6 Oyu0ey Will UOCR 1T LUe racine Mall
Wharf about o'clock this morning. The
officers knew nothing whatever of the re-
ported loss of the brig Tahiti. but stated
that the little steamer Roseyille was al
anchor in MaEzanillo when the Sydney left
that port eight days ago.
PURsER JACOBS MISSING.
A sad accident occurred on the steamer
Yaquina on her last trip down the coast
from this port. Purser J. Jacobs, one of
the most popular men in the service of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company was
missing when the steamer reached Monte
rev last Saturday morning. The vessel was
| thoroughly searched, but no trace of the
missing man could be found and it was then
supposed that he had been lost overheard
| The last seen of the purser was when the
steamer was off Pigeon Point, and as he was
| then in good spirits the Off ers are loath to
believe that he committed suicide. Nor dc
they think lie was washed overheard, as the
weather was comparatively fine, and the
| oh anceS are that by some manner he lost his
balance and fell into the sea while leaning
over the vessels rail.
Jacobs was native of this State. having
been born in Berkeley twenty-nine years
ago, ana has sister at that place and one
at LOmpoc.
MYSTERY OF THE BEAGLE.
There Is mysterious party registered al
| the Russ House, the members of which
know great zeal more concerning the
ciuiso VI tue yacHl beagle IMAM they care to
| tell. 1t was rumored about the hotel YES
| terday that they were making preparations
| to leave. and it is thought probable that
they Will meet the Beagle, which is due here
soon, outside the heads
}. ). Leonard, who boarded the cutter a,
| HllO, 200 miles from Honolulu, explains his
connection with the affair by saying that he
: was at Hlo settling up an estate when the
! Beagle arrived and soon became acquainted
with Douglas and Bloom, who are charged
with wrecking the Westminster Bank. He
was invited by the pair to make cruise of
the Islands and accepted. In a week
| or SO the cutter arrived at Homo
lulu and the Dougas-Bloom party
engaged house on King street and
sent for their families Here they
heard of their proposed arrest and com.
menced preparations to leave, but on the
Thursday before the day set for leaving the
warrant was served and the King-street res.
idence thoroughly searched, but without
finding any gold. On the following Monday
they were released and left for parts un.
| known.
Tbs Beagle cleared soon after for Sar
| Francisco but Leonard says that ba doc.