The morning call., 1893-05-09
NEW STEAM LINE.
The Arago and the Arcata
for Coos Bay.
Mystery of a Bloody Coat Cleared
Up-Members of the Naval Re-
serve Missing.

Goodal, Perkins & Co.. who purchased
the interest Of the late Nicolas Luning in
the Oregon Coal and Navigation Company,
will commence shortly to run tha steamers
Arago and ATcata between here and Coos
Bay. They have been running formerly
TO Eureka.
The Arago has been sent to the Union
Iron WORKS for repairs. and when she is
ready she will make weekly trips up and
down the coast. The Arcata will also be
repaired and used in the same service, car.
rying coal aud passengers.
officer George Lake found bloody coat
on Pacifc-street wharf Sunday morning
and carefully conveyed it to the North
HarboT police station.
Some one has been murdered" thought
Lake, "and although he might have been
pitched overheard, it might lead TO his
Identity"
Lake, as well as his brother officers.
hatched theories without number. as to The
Identity of the man who was murdered d,
who murdered him and for what reasons.
Their anxiety was appeaSe and their
theories murdered yesterday. by the ap-
pearance al the police station OF coatess
sailor named John Quayley. He belongs
on the British ship, Kate Thomas, lying q {
shapeless, owing TO a succession OF boots
landing on il, and his face bore other IN
miStakable signs OF recent struggle.
lie said that late Saturday night he had
been attacked by three unknown men and
brutally beaten. and that in attempting to
get away lie lost his coat
The police returned it to him. and are
now satisfied that he mystery is cleared up.
The revenue cutter Rush went 10 sea
yesterday to try and meet the revenue cut
ter Bear, and help her tow the old man-oI-
war lroquOls up to Port Townsend.
The Union Transportation Company.
which runs line OF steamers from Clay
street wharf to Stockton, secured favor
able decision in Judge Nallace's court yes
teTday, IN It's Injunction suit against the
State Board of Harbor Commissioners.
Il viii be remembered that the Commits
sioners wanted to change the company'S
berth from Clay street to Folsom-street t
dock !. he company objected, claiming
that the commission had no authority, and,
Furthermore. that it would ruin their es-
tahlished business
Judge Wallace decided that it would be
unjust discrimination, as an opposition
company Is doing business from an ad-
1acent dock. and also that the commission
had no authority TO change their berth.
he therefore sustained the injunction.
Tie steamer Queen, which has been
lying up at Sausallt0 for some time, will
be fitted up at Broadway wharf shortly,
and VIII then proceed north and carry
excursionists to Alaska. She will leave
Port Townsend on June Z, so it is ex-
pected that she will leave here the latter
part Of this month.
The British ship Earl of Shaftesbury.
according to adyices received here, has
been wrecked off the southwest coast Of
Ceylon ana Captain Marquart and five Of
the crew we're drowned. The ship, which
Is well known here, having been in port
year and half ago, arrived at Bombay on
March 13 from New York and then left on
her i1l-fated voyage.
Captain Roberts Of the steamer Emily,
which arrived yesterday from Eureka, re-
ports that while docked at Shelter Cove,
near Capo Mendocino, the 35Q-foot wharf
suddenly collapsed. Several men and
about thirty tons of freight were on the
rotten wharf at the time, but fortunately
none OF the men were injured. About five
tons OF freight was lost.
The wharf, which belonged 20 Dutard e.
Go. OF this city, was built about twelve
years ago and in that time had received
but little repairs. The piles were all rot
ten and the collapse was natural
The British ship Earl of Dunmore.
Captain Kay, arrived here yesterday,
eiRhty-three days out from Newcastle, \.
). w. Kay reports that the ship eXpe-
rienced hurricane tff the New Zealand
coast.