The morning call., 1893-08-20
CALM AS A POND.
Celtic Chiefs Detention
Accounted For.
The Voyage From China Could Have
Easily Been rlade in an Open Boat.
A Man Missing.

| The British ship Senator arrived vester-
day. seveniy-one days from Hong Kong,
with general merchandise.
Captain Smith reports an uninterrupted
| succession of pleasant days, with very
light winds. For weeks be made only
twenty 10 forty miles every twenty-fOur
hours. Tie passage could have been made
in an open boat withOu the least danger
July 4 be spoke the British ship Celtic
Chief in latitude 81 deg. % min. north,
longitude 130 deg. 5S min. west. Captain
Owen asked him for provisions, saying he
had been detained by calms, and feared he
would run short before the END of the voy-
age. Captain Smith supplied him.
This news will remove apprehensions
for the safety OF the Celtic Chief, which
has been posted as overdue. 1t is reported
that % per cent was offered yesterday for
reinsurance.
Alexander Mclaughlin. an English
deckhand aboard the tug Reliance. aged
21, has been missing since last Tuesday
night, and IL Is believed he was then
drowned. The tug was lying at the outer
berth at the end of Folsom-street wharf.
| About IL p. VI. McLau2hlin laid the hose
| to take in water and started ashore TO
turn the water on. That is the last seen
| or heard of him, and the supp0sition is
| that he fell overheard. Il lie was sober
young man ana has been in the employ of
the tug about nine months. Yesterday
| the water at tile wharf was dragged for
| his body. but without result
Disengaged vessels in port yesterday
suitable for grain aggregated 23.0o6 tons.
| rs follows: British ships-l}iackb braes
PIG, Waren 1862, Cedarbank 1854. Ellis
anl 1885, Reliance 2499, FerDie 2410, Spike
2S24; American shipS-Bele O'Brien 1908
General Schotield 1876 Standard 1461, St
Frances 1911.
Six British merchantmen are IN the
stream ready for sea-the Auchencarn
Falkland, Hyberabad. Manchester. Mora
vel and Scottish Isles, and the American
snip Tam O. Shanter.
The ferry-bOat Piedmont got a floating
spie in her wheel yesterday and lost on,
trip thereby.
Three ships-two British and one Amer
can-cleared Yesterday for LverDoo
with cargoeS whose aggregate value il
S344. 4GS. The American ship Tan
o Shanter has on board 11.0G0 centals o
barley and $500 centals of wheat. tint
total value being S52.500. The British
ship Falkland has a general cargo of Cali
fornia products valued at S13. $50. includ.
ing $1,000 centals of barley, 35 GOO cental
of wheat. 1000 cases of salGlon, 157 bales o
cotton, 80 cases of honey, ITO rolls o
leather and $500 cases of canned fruit
The new four masted British ship Man
chester also carries very valuable cargr
Of S152.000. 1t includes 5000 cases o
salmon, 2100 cases of canned fruit. 21
cases of honey. 10000 centals of barley
$1,000 centals of wheat, 127 sacks of shell
and 121 bales of cotton.
The little launch Comet was Launched
yesterday at Fifth and Channel streets.
The steam schooner Celia has been lait
up in Oakland Greek.
The British ship Manchester dragget
anchor yesterday and the tide set her owe
near Goat Island into dangerous proximIt'
to the Pacific Postal Telegraph Company
cable. She was t0wed away before an,
damage WAS done.
Charles Nelson. formerly a sailor aboart
| the CeylOn, was arrested yeSterdal
charged with stealing an overc0at from
Oscar Lewis clearinghouse on Unlol
street.
The Pacific Mail steamer City of New
York sailed Tor Hong Kong with 1880 ton
of freight. two japanese in the cabin ant
twenty steerage passengers.