The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-10
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
The Crew Get Drunk and Prevent
the Baltimore Sailing.
The Warships Adams and Patterson TO Sail To-
Morrow-Died From smsllpox-Fast
II the Mud

nc cruiser baIIlmOTe ala not SAIL at
noon yesterday as was expected, and the
captain was mad in consequence At sun
down Friday night party of 30 men were
given - hours liberty on shore and had
strict orders TO be on board by o'clock YES
terday morning. The men came ashore,
but not more than dozen of the party were
ready to go eff TO the ship when thu boats
came ashore yesterday morning. The rest
Of the liberty party were scattered all over
San Francisco. and most of them were
beastIy drunk. Captain Whitehead at once
ordered six different search parties ashore
to look the men up, but up to noon not more
than IA or 10 men had been captured. The
cruiser was all ready for sea, ana although
quite large crowd of people went along
side her in shore boats, not one was allowed
on board except the friends of the officers.
The vessel will leave for Sa n Diego as soon
us the men can be found and taken on
board.
RAN INTO A CAR
Considerable excitement was caused at
the ferry about 9:2o o'clock yesterday
morning by a runaway horse that tore
along East street. Car 124 Of the Castro
street line was crossing East street on its
way to the ferry. and the animal crashed
into il at full speed. The horse was thrown
to the ground and was badly cut about the
side of the car was smashed and consider
able damage done to the woodwork. For
tunately, no one was in the car. The horse
was secured before further demage was
dore.
The steamer Montserrat will 60 into com.
mission again If she can be hauled out of
the mud in Oakland Creek without pulling
the stern out Of her. When she was laid
up some time ago Captain Blackburn had
her run upon the mud at high spring tide
al % w ha tap
years unless high flood should occur. 1t
has been decided TO send her north, and
last night orders were given for the red
stack tugs Wizard, Sea King, Sea Queen,
Redmond and Rescue to get their hawsers
on the vessel and try to pull her off the
bank.
DIED OF SMALLPOX
Word was received from the Quarantine
Station yesterday morning that Charles Col
ton, fifth engineer of tie steamer Gaelic,
who was stricken with smallpox died about
o'clock Friday night. Cotton was one of
the four sick men that arrived here ON the
Gaelic on April l. ard his case was consid-
cred the worst of the lot. The rest of the
patients are progressing favorably.
The United States steamer Adams dropped
In alongside the Pacific Mail wharf yester-
day morning and began taking in supply
of coal. The steamer is all ready for sea,
and will probably sail for Alaska tomorrow
The revenue cutter Patterson is also in
the north tomorrow.
The creek-rOute steamer Alameda shifted
her berth to slip 8 at Larue's wharf yester-
day, and will make her runs from that slip
from now on.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The arrivals in port yesterday were the
steamers Costa Riea from Departure Bay.
Whltesboro from Greenwood and the VIII
lamette from Seattle.
WENT To SEA.
The departures yesterday were the steam
ers Empire for Nanaimo, Humboldt for Eu-
reka, Whitelaw for Port Hartford and the
Umatlla for Victoria. The British ship
Crown of Denmark sailed for Victoria and
the brig w. J. Irwin for Honolulu.
This moves yesterday were the Ben Dou-
ran to the seawall, British Isles TO the
stream, klikitat to the refinery, Electra to
Harrison street, S. n. Castle to Mission No.
Morse TO Beale street. To-day the Alec
Mcneil goes to Hunters Point, the Tam o.
Shapter, Mary Winkleman and Reuce tow
to sea.
LATEST CHARTERS.
Norwegian iron bark Urania, 1927 tons,
chartered Tor wheat to United Kingdom
Havre or Antwerp. 21s Sd. further ad-
vance.
British ship Narcissus, 1870 tons. barley
TO Cork. United Kingdom, Havre or Ant
werp, 81 1s-nothing less direc.-chartered
by G. w. McNear.
Ship l.. j. Morse, 1926 tons, nitrate from
Iquque to New York
H. is currently rumored that the British
and Foreign has purchased the business of
the Standard Marine, and that the Palatine
has reDsured the City of London Yester-
day these reports were not confirmed, nor
was any one Ia position to positively deny
them.