The morning call., 1893-01-19
THE BURNED SHIP.
Her Identity Is Not Yet
Known.
SHE IS ONE OF TWO VESSELS
A Ship Thief Arrested Yesterday.
Other Marine Matters OF
Interest.

The principal topic of conversation among
seafaring men yesterday was In reference
to the burned vessel which the British ship
Goodrich sighted.
Nobody seems TO recognize her from the
description that the Goodrich brought up,
but according to all calculations 1t was
either the British ship Hornsfeldt or the
Hawaiian ship John End. Neither of these
vessels is we'll known in this port, but
bo n started here. and should have been in
that locality on the day sighted.
On his arrival In port the captain of the
Goodrich objected to making any report,
and said that whatever happened on the
voyage was his business. He did not state
until yesterday that the vessels name was
composed of two words, which seems to
confirm the belief that it is the John End.
The opinion of shippers is that the cap
tain of the Goodrich did not act as he
should have done They say he could have
remained by for few hours and found out
the vessels name. Had he done his duty
fully be would have taken some means Of
destroying the ship SO she would not be
danger TO navigation.
Reinsurance on both the John End and
Hornsfeldt is offered at 80 per cent.
For several weeks clothes and other
articles have been disappearing from the
day it proved impossible TO get hold OF the
culprit. But the police think they have the
| right one now.
On Tuesday afternoon a man went ON
board the steamer Australia and stole suit
of clothes with S12 In the pockets and gold
watch. When be was going down the gang
plank the quartermRster asked him what he
was doing with the clothes.
He said they belonged to Officer Jones
and he was going to clean them. lie was
| allowed to pass on, but when Jones returned
the mistake was discovered.
The QuarteTmaster told the police and
kept sharp lookout for the man himself
lie wasn't quite sure, but yesterday after
noon saw man he thought was the one. As
he looked suspicious the police arrested him,
and pawn-tickets for the stolen articles
were found on his person.
He was charged with burglary, and 1t is
likely there will be a number of cases
against him.
William Olsen. the owner of the steam
schooner Louis Olsen, was served with a
bench warrant yesterday morning and ar
rested on a charge of smuggling Chinese
Into the United States. He gave bonds In
the sum Of $500 and was released.
In the afternoon Olsen's attorneys ap-
psared before judge Morrow and asked to
be allowed 10 take the schooner under such
bonds any appraisers might name. 1t was
shown that the sealing season was now
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vessel and send her north. II he could not
have the use Of her it would cause him great
hardship and heavy loss.
The motion was opposed by the United
States District Attorney. Judge Morrow
took the mat tier under adyisement
A number OF vessels are closed up In
| UmpQua River on account OF the bar at the
mouth becoming silted up. A towboat tried
TO get the schooner Una out a few days ago.
but the work was too much. and the tug
came near being caught herself. She had
/ to leave the vessel and she struck the bar
several times before she got out The
| schooner's captain WAS on the tug and was
carried to Coos Bay. where he had to hire
! horse aud ride along the shore to reach his
J vessel.
The tug Fearless. with the hull of the Vo-
/ liant III tow, was spoken yesterday morning
by the schooner Maggie Russ. At the time
the tug was about twenty miles east-north-
east OF Point Arena and was making slow
progress with her charge. The wrecked
| hull is waterl0gged and almost entirely
under the surface, and therefore very hard
to tow.
The Vallejo steamer Sunol on the up trip
| last night broke crank pin and blew out
! cylinder head. She reached her destination
| in time and also made the return trip yes
| teTday morning with one engine. Tempo
rary repairs will be made at once, but the
| managers have placed an order Tor new
and larger set Of engines, with which 1T is
expected TO make the trip to Vallejo in
about an hour and q half. In the mean
time the SunoPs place will be taken by the
steamer Hope.
The steamer Emily sailed yesterday after
noon for Coos Bay. She took nOn-unIon
crew, but there was no demonstration of
any kind. as SQUAD of police was on hand
to preserve order.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
steamer Australia sailed yesterday for
! Honolulu. The passenger-lst was small
and the cargo about the average.