The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-05
SEA AND SHORE.
Release of the City of Peking's
Guaranteed.
a Seaman Drowned at Sea-Another Monster
ship-Ths Kinkora Safe at Portland
Armor for the Monterey.

All the CnlneSe ana Japanese were taken
on board the steamer Oceanic. where they
will remain until allowed to land or be sent
back to China or Japan. Some of the
whites did considerable kicking" because
they were coOped IN in the same room with
the Chinese, and allowed only very limited
space in which to take exercise. When
questioned about the food, they said 1t was
all good except the beef. and that was SO
tough that "adog could not get his teeth into
it," The crew of the schooner James
Hamilton Lewis was am ong those released
from the island. The men say they have
no more use for Captain Daniel Mclean,
because he treated them brutally while on
board the Lewis They also say he forced
them TO raid the islands. and is responsible
for all that they suffered since they have been
away. They affirm that they will bring
suit to compel the owner to pay them their
wages.
WASHED WESTWARD.
The steamer Pomona. which arrived from
Eureka yesterday, had rough trip of II
down the coast She also brought word
that the schooner Maggie c. Russ had ar
rived at Eureka, having lost one man on
the trip from this city. The schooner was
caught in the heavy gale that prevailed
along the coast and while hove to heavy
named Alfred Larsen was swept from the
deck and drowned. No boat could have
lived In the terrible sea, SO nothing was
done TO save the poor fellow. Larsen was
a member of the Coast Seamen'o Union
and resided in this city. He was native
of Norway and unmarried.
Two more steamers VIII 60 to Sausalito
10 join the fleet already there, until times
are better" on the Coast. They are the
George w. Elder and the Montserrat.
A MONSTER SHIP.
A. Sewall & Co. are building another big
ship st their yard at Bath, Me-, aud 1t is
EOw nearly in frame. This leviathan, 10 be
called the Roanoke, stands on the same
ways on which the RappahannOck and the
Shenandoah were built. Tie Roanoke VIII
be the largest sailing ship in the world, and
will be on the same lines as the Snenan-
doah, with IL feet additional length. Like
the SHENANDOAH, she Will carry four maSts.
The dimensions are: Length on kee!, 800
feet inch registered length over all, 80
feet: beam, 80 feet; depth between cen!ers,
% feet. The tonnage, Of urse, cannot be
determined anti! the ship Is flushed, but II
will exceed 10y the capacity of the extra II
feet The 3406 tons Of the Shenandoah.
The Uniied States steamer Ihetis will
leave for the south to-day and will resume
the work of Surveying where it was eit by
the Ranger in Scammons Bay on the coast
Of Lower California
The weather outside the heads yesterday
was cloudy with the wind northeast i
miles an hour, The barometer stood 1918.
SAFE AT PORTLAND.
The ship kinkOra is safe in Portland,
Oregon. John d. Spreckels u Bros. re-
ceiyed a dispatch from Captain Dan Has
kell, stating that the tug reached Portland
with the ship in tow on Sunday The trip
up the coast was a rough one, and after
reaching the mouth Of the Columbia River
the bar was 50 rough that they had to re-
main outside several days Haskell re-
ported that the ship lost arly all her sails
and some OF her ya-ds In a gale on the trip.
All tie ships light spars were lost before
she put into this Port, so she must be nearly
If not quite stripped al0it now.
The Well-kuown schooner yacht Casco
sailed from this port for Victoria on Decem-
Der 9th, but returned 10 port yesterday on
account Of her topSldes leaking badly. This
was caused by the vessel being exposed to
the sun so long while she was laid up In
Oakland Greek.
A circular saw TO be driven by steam
power will be used to saw of the piles under
water at Section s Of the sea-wall near the
ferry.
THE HATTIE GAGE.
There will be soma interesting develop
mentS when the case of the steamer Hattie
Gage comes up IN court, because the crew
say the stories published about the dOingS
of the vessel while in the northern sea are
about correct. They say the steamer car
red of all the machinery from the Lit lie
Joker mine and stripped the store-house of
tile Alaska Commercial Company, not only
OF the stores they found there but also Of
the shelves and counters.
There is some prospect that the lOng-delayed
aTmOr for the coast-delense ship Monterey
will soon be on its way to San Francisco
The Union Iron Works has received intelli-
gence from the Bethlehem Iron Works that
the armOr for the tuTTet has been forged,
bent and tested, and the big plates will ar
rive in this city about February 1st. The
side armor will also be ready about the same
time.
The steamers San Bent0 and Wellington
arrived from the north yesterday and report
having had very bad weather on the way
down.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Arrivals were the steamers Mexico from
San Diego, Pomona from Eureka, Caspar
from Caspar. Wellington from Departure
Bay, and San Benito from Tacoma, the last
two named laden with coal. The British
ship West Lothian arrived from Newcastle,
n. :. w, with a cargo Of coal consigned to
John ID. SpreckelS IL Bros.
The moves were the Celtic Queen to the
dry-duck at Hunters Point, the Tamerlane
to Beale, Acapulco to the Mail Dock, South
ern Chief to SausalitO. United States reve-
nue. cutter Bear 10 Oakland Creek and the
Carnarvonshire from Port Costa to the
stream. To-day the Vera will go to Oak
land and the Desdem9na dock at Harrison
street.
Departures were the steamers Keweenaw
for Seattle, Alcazar for Greenwood, NoyO
for NUyo and the ship ADgerona for Vic
toria.
LATEST CHARTERS.
Among the latest charters reported are the
following:
British ship Bardowie, Poll tons, wheat to
Cork, United Kingdom, Havre, Antwerp or
Dunkirk, 81 los 6d--chartered prior to ar
rival
British ship RVersdale, 1853 tons, now at
San Pedro, lumber from Burrard Inlet to
SXdneN. g Is 6d-chartered i'm Anstralia