The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-31
Warned Out OF Boring sea-Death Of .
Sailor.


PORT TOWNSEND, July 3o.-rspecial. 1.-The
sealing schooner James @. Swan arrived in port
yesterday after voyage that could hardly be
called successful, though she did not come home
empty.
The schooner ia owned by Chestoqua Peterson,
Of Eeah bay, and Captain T. ]. Powers is her
master. She was equipped with six canoes and
carried q crew of Ave white men and ten In
dian hunters. She left Port Townsend May Is,
and went as far north and west as longitude l6s
deg. IS min west, and latitude 50 deg. A min.
north, away above the Aloutian islands. and
though seals were not scarce, the weather was
90 rough that the catch was not large. She had
taken 2ls seals when, on July 2, the United
States steamer Thetis was sighted, and soon
after the schooner was boarded by Ensign III. l.
Dodd, who presented the following order:
U.s. s. THErIs Third rate).
Noon, lat 81 deg 90 min n, \
Long 161 deg 50 min w.
Sir: In accordance with the proclamation of
the president OF the United States, copy OF
which IL enclosed. and In compliance with
orders OF the navy department thereof, you are
hereby warned to leave the waters of Boring
sea and the vicinity thereof forthwith.
The name OF your vessel will be furnished TO
all vessels of war and revenue vessels in these
waters fAmerican and British), and you will be
subject to seizure II you fail to heed this warn
ing and are found to be or 70 have been sealing
in Bering sea east OF the line OF boundary be-
tween American aud Russian waters after the
GEORGE G. REITER,
Commander OF q. s. n, Commanding.
To Tom J. Powers, master OF schooner James
@. Swan
Accompanying Commander Reiter's letter
was q copy Of the presidents proclamation,
mention OF which has been made frequently,
and which contains the peculiar error in the
name of the British minister, giving IL a. Will
lam Panncefote, instead of Julian. Notwith-
standing this peculiar discrepancy, Captain
Deu- A,rf AnA 49,
had the amount Of his catch Endorsed on his
sailing certificate, and soon after squared away
for homo The voyage down was made in thir-
teen days
On the voyage Captain Powers spoke a num-
Der OF sealing vessels. all Of whom reported
trouble from the rough weather. The Allie /.
Agar reported o catch of between 700 and 500
$50, and the c. II. Upper $40. The sealers were
early apprised Of the orders issued by the gov
eminent the news coming by the Alaska
steamer and soon spreading from one vessel to
another. When the Thetis was seen Captain
Powers well knew her GRAND, and says that he
might have avoided her II he ad had q good
breexeL All the sealers were anxious to make as
large catch as possible before they were or
dered to stop. There was no disposition to dis
obey orders, a. all knew the result would be I'M
pleasant
The saddest feature OF the voyage was the
death OF Frank Hayenor, sailor on the
schooner. which occurred May 81, from an acct
dental injury received on shore six days before.
The deceased was from San Francisco, and left
mother In Brooklyn. n. Y. The remains were
taken ashore in Luxana bay and buried on the
southeast side Of Provost island one OF the
Queen Charlotte group, in British Columbia
Captain oftadalil, of the Norwegian ship Sage.
seventy seven days out from Rio de Janeiro,
which arrived In port Tuesday night, met with
q serious accident while the vessel was out He
fell down a hatch. breaking Ave ribs and dislo.
eating both shoulder-blades. He is now ON
board the vessel. His condition IL precariouA