The morning call., 1892-08-23
The bark Northern Light ashore.

the crew got James Smith. the third officer,
and John +. Armstrong, the fourth officer,
to join In protest, aud finally they fatty
refused to 90 10 sea till the ship had been
subjected to n Government inspection.
They sent deputation to Captain Evans of
the cruiser Yorktown, aud the board of ill.,
spectiOn appointed by him promo nnced the
ship unseaworthy. and ordered her back to
San Francisco. The board consisted OF
Captain n. il. Tanner OF the AlbatroSs,
Captain Nelson of the Adams and Captain
Hooper Of the Corwin."
The captain went on to state that having
convinced himself of the mutinous condi-
ton of the crew and their intention not TO
he sent word TO the Ranger. as the York
town had by this time left Oonalaska. a
lieutenant and boats crew came aboard
from the Ranger. and 26 of the bark's crew
were put in irons. They gave in at the end
OF that time, and the bark made her way
down the coast without furthersilcldent
The Northern Light is 40 years old, and
was built at Rochester, Mass
The steamer TamalpaiS of the North Pa
cifc Coast line has had temporary quarters
assigned her al Fisherman's wharf, the gap
between ferry slips and 4 being now occu-
pied by the piledriyer.
Captain Andrews has succeeded Captain
Pelznger in command of the steamer Cap
tain Weber Of the opposition line to Stock
ton.
Mary Brown. which arrived on Sunday
from Alaska, was interviewed by CALL
reporter with reference to the reported
troubles between the Indians aud the whites
in Southern Alaska. He said there had
been trouble at MarZOria, the end OF the
mainland of Alaska. This peninsula and
Unimak form the False Passage There is
naval brigade at this station and the Off
GERS are accustomed TO take away from the
native Indians all the guns III their possess
and L fs,C
other words" said Captain Brown, 'they
wont allow the Indians to live. for when
you take away his gun from the Indian you
rob him of everything. He has hunted from
his youth. Ike his forefathers, and he can
not support himself any other way. know
what am talking about. for have lived at
MarZoria IA years"
Captain Brown said that the Indians
have 10 use for sealskins, only for the
other skins. The otter feet has been doing
fairly we'll. An otter skin is of course
nearly 20 times as valuable as a sealskin
so that even small catches count for c0nsd-
cradle money. Among the vessels sighted
were the Olga, the Emma and the Helen
Bluhm. The last named had 40 otter skins
on June 3. The schooner Hunter had six
skins. The Active was seen off Sauak with
$50 sealskins. The schooner Unga had
eight otter skins. Captain Parker of the
whaler Alaska saw the Pearl with IS skins.
The schooner st. Paul was seen with four
steam launches out on July II, but had only
three otter skins.
The moves yesterday included the ship
Falls of Clyde from Oakland to Balfour's,
the ship Oriental from stream TO Mail
dock, the schooner Excelsior from stream
to Oakland Creek, the ship Garfield from
the Union Iron Works to Oakland, the bark
Centaur from the seawall to the rolling
mills, the schooner Laura from Steuart to
sea.
To-day the ship Florence will tow from
Sausalto to Harrison and the steamer
Grandhoim from Pacific to Oakland Greek
The steamer Newbern arrived from Quay
mas and Mexican ports yesterday. Among
her passengers was Hon. X. t. BOYLE. SON
inoIaw OF j. 7. Hale of MagdaIena Bay.
The Dora Blnhm went to sea yesterday
with non-unlcn crew.
The British tramp steamer Mascotte, Can
tain Ross, arrived yesterday, So days from
Kobe via Yokohama 80 days; Is days from
Victoria, and six from Vancouver and four
from Departure Bay. She brought passen-
gers and merchandise to Williams. Dimond
IL Co., and will probably run hereafter in
the coast coal trade.
The Union or opposition line to Stock
ton met the cut In passenger rates of the
regular line yesterday. and when the j. ID.
Peters lett at o'clock with a deckload
the Captain Weber kept her eompany.
When the two steamers were last seen they
were running at full speed, stern and stern,
Off the south point Of Angel Island An
other cut to rs cents is predicted.
Three ships, which are now considerably
Overdue. are keeping those interested in
them on the anxious bench The American
ship Alameda. Captain CHAPMAN. con-
signed Ia Sutton q Beebe, is 227 DAYS out
from Philadelphia. On May 10 she put
into Monteyide with loss of topmast and
some sails, and sailed thence on June g.
The American bark William w. Grape, Cap
tain Hardy, consigned to Sutton 81 Beebe, Is
1856 days out from Philadelphia. On Feb
ruary Is she left Newcastle, Delaware.
having had four planks damaged by
Ice. On April she put In at Bahia
with bulwarks damaged and sailed
April "a. The British ship Old
Kensington. Captain McKechnie. is 153
days out from London, and consigned to
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. On June % She put
Into Port Stanley partly dismasted, lost
yards, sails aud rigging, and had bulwarks
damaged.
The following ships of the August grain
fleet OF 1892 have sailed up to date: Glen
CARD. Vanduara, Renmo re, Routenburn,
Dundonald, Mayhill, John Mcdonald, Dun
syre, Ulrica, Dovenby, Ilala, Wanderer,
Poseidon, Shenandoah and Bracadale.
Steps have been effectively taken by the
United States Government to put a stop TO
the practice among whaling captains of
shipping rum to be traded off with the
Alaska Indians for skins. The revenue
cruiser Bear recently boarded a number of
whalers and threw all the rum overheard.
Joe Gray. newsboy, saved little Abe