The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
The Corvette Fasana May Stop
Here Another Week.
A New Line Of Steamers to the Mexican
Gulf-The City of Sydney Leaves for
Fanama-Mare Island Notes.

The eity-front boatmen are congratula-
ting themselves on the fact that the Aus
trian corvette Fasana, appointed to leave
for Honolulu yesterday, may remain here
another week. The detention is not caused by
lack of coal or supplies which are all on board.
nor by the accident TO the steam launch,
but simply because the Fasana's cadets have
begged the commander to stay little longer.
AS the corvette is chiefly tralnng-shlp
for the cadets, who belong to some OF the best
families in Austria the probability IS that
the commanders duty, inclination and pol
icy have all moved hun to aequiesce. Three
boats are running daily from the ship but
they do not take passengers off from shore
except in the case Of friends OF the 9fhcers
Last Sunday the bOatmen made quite g0Od
thing Of it, taking of sightseers, ana they
will have another chance to-day.
The p. NJ. 5. Co.'S steamer CITY OF Syuney
left Yesterday for Panama with ~ cabin and
SO Steerage passengers.
The new building of the Harbor Commits
siOners, at the corner OF Paclhc ana East
streets, is nearly completed. ana the upper
portion will De occupied by superintendent
of Repairs II. G. Patterson. The quarters
in the Chief Whartinger's office, now occu-
pied by Mr.. Patterson, will be turned over
and his assistants will take possession OF
the lower part Of the new building.
The schooner III. {. Wright is being
locked and will take over general cargo
to Petropaulovski, Siberia.
TO COME DOWN.
Kerwin's saloon, at the north end Of Chan
mel street, an old-time place of resort for
fishermen, stands on State property, and
notice has been given to kerwin TO move
out as the saloon is to be pulled down.
E. Ii. Hanson of the firm OF Wright,
Bovine 81 Co. has gone East IN the whaling
interests of the firm. He will visit New
Bedford and other points and will be gone
about two months
A large number of Sunday-school children
from Alameda went over to FL Campo on
the Ukah yesterday
The schooner CZarina sailed yesterday for
Sandy Point in tile interest OF the Mcclellan
Fishing Company. She took large guam
tlty of mail for fishing points on the Alaska
coast.
The ship Orlssa. which was badly dam
aged some months ago by collision with the
Gowanburn off Mission Rock. has been COM
pletely rettted. and sailed yesterday with a
full cargo for Europe.
new line Of steamers, Of which George
& Dietrich are the agents. has been arranged
TO sail for MeZatlan, La PaZ and ports in
The Gulf Of California. The first boat, the
Signal. will leave on the 18th inst.
The big sea-going raft lying at Fort Bragg
awaiting launching and towing to this port
has net yet gotten off the ways. The
weather is untavOrable, and the tides are
beginning TO neap. 1t is unlikely that any
effort will be made now till the next spring
tide, In about 10 days time.
Bow-wOW JACK.
The harbor police continued yesterday
an investigation of the disappearance of
John Connors, better known on the front as
"Bow-wow Jack" Phil Hayes aud George
hansen, who were arrested on suspicion of
having pushed him overheard last Sunday
night, are still held in custody, although
they claim not TO know anything about
Jacks disappearance. 1t is asserted, how
ever, that Hayes, Hansen and COnnOrs
were seen together on Jackson-street
wharf several hours before the latter is
alleged to have been thrown into the bay.
Officer Eagan, who has been specially
detailed TO investigate the mystery, says he
does not believe that the accused men
caused COnnOTS' death. Last Monday night
q roughly dressed man fell overheard from
the steamer J. ID. Peters while that vessel
was on the way to Stockton, and was
drowned. 1t may be that the victim Of the
accident was COnnOrs. The man was seen
to fall overheard by several deckhands and
az attempt 10 rescue him was fruitless.
Owing TO tie darkness the man was not
seen plainly enough for his description to
be given,
NOTES.
The brig Gallee will 20 on the drydOck
before making her next trip to Tahiti.
TIE removals yesterday were the brig
w. Ii. Dimond from the refinery to Folsom
and the II. &. Wright from Oakland TO
Howard No. 2. The schooner Dora Bluhm
will tow to sea.
The Kate Davenport is at Fremont street
for repairs. The schooner Archie and
Fontle, which has been laid up for six
months, is ready for sea and will 20 up the
coast with lumber.
The British ship Netherby has gone over
to the boneyard at SausaIito
The Sea Walt is loading for Champerico
at Mission No l.
Another case Of varioloid was discovered
at Angel Island yesterday, and will cause a
further detention OF the passengers. In the
morning DR.. Lawler received summons 20
attend and examine a Chinese on the City
of Peking, now at the Mail dock. The man
had been Isolated, and was suspected of
having smallpox. 1t turned out to be case
Of amshoO-1ag.
The schooner La Gironde is undergoing
repairs at Main street.
The ship Frederick Billings, which sailed
for New York yesterday, had an immense
cargo of canned fruit and wool. The ship
also conveyed away the emhamed corpse
OF Charles Smith, the New York drummer
who recently committed suicide at the
Captain Fred Wickman has taken COM
mRnd Of the schooner Express, in place of
Captain Hansen.
The survey of the cruiser Boston has re-
suited In the finding that the vessel VIII
have TO remain at Mare Island two months
to have new fiues made for her boilers The
mast of the monitor Monadnock, three feet
In diameter. with q military top 10 feet in
diameter, Is up. The Steam Engineering
Department is building a boiler for the tug
Nellie.
The American ship Conqueror, which has
just received charter, will dock at Vallejo
street on Monday.
Captain Erskine of the steamer st. Paul
reports that CAPTAIN Bill Brown, better
known as "Old Marzovia," who left here
some time time ago in q new schooner
called the Mary Brown, has arrived safely
at his island home, Marzoyia, in the Alaskan
archipelago.
Freight 81 per ton Is the announcement in
the advertisement of the Hawaiian line TO
Honolulu. This cut promises to be the be-
ginning OF freight war
The schooner Golden Shore, which will
sail to-day for Mahukona. will carry a non
union crew and Is guarded by the harbor
police.
The steamer Lakme, which left on Nav
for the Central American coffee ports, is re-
ported at Ocos, Guatemala.
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