The morning call., 1892-12-22
QUARANTINED HER
Smallpox on Board the
Umatilla.
CAPTAIN AND CREW HELD.
A Small Boy Starts on the Road to
Riches by Stealing FIasks
of Quicksilver.

The steamer Umatilla arrived from Puget
Sound ports late Tuesday night and lay in
the stream. off Melggs Wharf. until yester-
day morning. AS has already been pub
lished, the butcher was taken sick with
smallpox on the run from Tacoma TO Port
Townsend, aud on arriving at the latter
port the vessel was placed In quarantine.
The passengers. after being fumigated,
were allowed TO take the train for their
destination. The steamer was then fumi-
| gated and allowed to proceed to this port.
After DIR. Lawler examined her yester-
| day morning he concluded TO put her in
quarantine, and she was accordingly move
to Angel Island and the entire crew landed.
Captain Holmes, Chief Engineer Lacey,
Purser Campbell and all the other mem bers
of the crew will be kept in quarantine for
four days.
At about o'clock yesterday afterno on
the steamer was towed to seawall section 2,
for the purpose of discharging her cargo.
She was thoroughly fumigated while al
Angel Island.
A youngster of about 10 years was ar
rested by Officer Dillon yesterday alter
noon for stealing several TASKS Of quick
silver from the Mail dock.
He has been suspected for Sums time and
had been watched. The TASKS weigh about
fity-eight pounds, and his method was to
roll them along the wharf and then let them
drop into a small boat which he had.
His work yesterday was successful. but
one OF the TASKS fell onto one side of the
boat. and when he got in The thing was out
Of balance and turned over, dumping him
and the quicksilver into the bay. He swan
to place at the wharf on the other side
where lie could crawl out and went TO his
home on Folsom street and got into bed for
his clothes TO dry. But the officer followed
him and placed him under arrest. He was
made to get up and come to the South Har-
Dor station, where charge of grand larceny
was placed against him. In his room two
! TASKS of quicksilver were found, and these
with the two that were lost are worth about
$500. The youngster said he had taken
some before: which he drained from flask
on the wharf. He hada large whisky bot
tie full, which he sold for 81 90. AS he is
very young 1t is unlikely that anything
can be done with him.
Frank Johnson, the man who brutally
assaulted Sam Wynne, the shipping agent,
at the shipping commission office last Mon
day. WAS arrested yesterday. His attack
was said 10 be most brutal and uncalled-
for one, but for some mysterious reason
his bail was placed st only $50. When
the captain OF the North Harbor sta
ton saw his paper he could not believe his
until he had ascer,alned that mistake had
not been made.
The schooner Emma Claudina, Captain
Mas, arrived yesterday from San Pedro.
She reports that on December ii she lost
her foremasthead in gale off Point Con-
ceptiop.
The ferry-boats had their flags at half
mast yesterday out OF respect for the death
Of L. II. Miller dr., secretary of the Central
Pacific Railroad.
The British ship County # Dartmouth,
Which has been lying at Martinez since
October, 1891, has been chartered TO carry
lumber between here aad the sound. She
had charter q year ago TO carry wheat,
but that has been cancelled, and her lining
will be sold for lumber.
The ship Alex. Gibson viii commence
loading ballast to-day for a trip TO the
sound for lumber. The lumber will be
discharged at Cork. and from there she
will proceed 10 New York to load for Grace
& Co.
The schooner Volante, which was re-
lieVed from distress by the Lena Sweasey
few days ago. arrived yesterday. She was
thirty-eight days from Tres Maries, and all
were well on board.
Chief Wharfnger Boobar is trying to
get the Harbor Commissioners 10 fly the
weather signal flags from the Office a; the
foot OF Clay street.