The morning call., 1893-06-09
MARINE ENIGMAS.
They Are Creating Much
Comment.
A QUEER AMERICAN SEAMAN.
The Australian Consul Sent Him to
This City - Captain Monroe i'll
Trouble-A Derelict Sighted.

The mystery of the schooner Santa Cruz
the sheep carrier"-has not yet been
solved
Engines, sail and clean hull, with fancy
cabins and no room for cargo, does not
very accurately describe the customary
vessel used to carry cattle, but it fits the
description of the Santa Cruz.
The schooner was launched some time
ago from Turner's shipyard. and ever
since she has been at section of the sea-
wall she has attracted the notice of nau-
tical eyes. The rumOr Is that the Santa
Cruz is a smugger, but of course there are
lots of rumors that are without foundation
regarding queer little crafts for coast
trade"
The Santa Cruz should have the benefit
of the doubt, but nevertheless it is rather
strange that a vessel so entirely unified
for the trade for which it is said that she
is built should be booked by her owners as
cattle-carrylng craft.
A. j. Carre, owner of the Santa Cruz
says that his vessel is for trade among the
southern islands off the California coast.
Sheep will be brought from Santa Cruz ISL
and, and other freight traffic will be So
licted.
That costly conundrum, the Rosalie, is
now reported to be having a new deck put
in at the Oakland shipyards. After this is
finished she will return to San Pedro.
This is the fifth destination reported for
the Rosalie in the past three weeks.
Among the passengers on the steamer
Alameda from Honolulu was Miss Ada
Walker, the charming vocalist.
During the trip from the island to San
Francisco the vessels passengers rendered
Miss Walker an entertainment aboard
shlp. A number of the cabin passengers
took part.
Ex-First Mate Dowdell of the Alameda,
who was badly injured several trips ago,
returned to this city yesterday from
Hawaii Mr.. Dowdell was joined in Hon
olulu by his wife. who made all haste to
Join him when she heard of the accident.
He is not yet fully recovered and was taken
TO the Marine Hospital.
The Indian chiefs, Eagle, EIk and Bear,
who went to Australia with Buffalo Bllls
Wild West show several months ago came
10 town on the Alameda. They did not
like the Antipodes. but have no complaints
to make against the show people. They
will return to their reservation in Montana
A poorly clad and detected looking man
paced the planks of the Oceanic dock from
o'clock yesterday morning till o'clock
in the afternoon. He attracted consider
able notice BY his strange actions. In
vestigation proved him to be an insane but
wandering sailor, who was put on board
the steamer Alameda at Sydney by the
American Consul.
No one knows his identity or from
where he went to the Antipodes. All
that is known of him is that papers found
in his possession at Sydney proved him TO
be a seaman, but afforded no clew to his
identity.
The poor fellow proved white elephant
upon the hands of the officers of the Oce-
anic Steamship Company The city au-
thorities seemed TO be al a loss TO know
n In with he IN fortDn faIIou
The Government officials declared the case
was beyO their jurisdiction, so the man
walked weary hours away waiting for a
decision in his behalf. Finally the police
officers of the South Harbor station took
him into custody and spirited him away to
the City Hall.
Captain George Monroe of the nom
union shipping Office and Thomas Fin
nety, a coast seaman, could not agree
yesterday morning on point of marine
law, and the captain settled the argument
by force. He grabbed FInnety by the
collar and wiped the street up with him.
Frnnety appealed to the police for war
rant for Captain Monroe's arrest and it
was issued.
The captain was taken into custody and
bail fixed at $50 This was quickly pro-
cured and his case will have a hearing to-
day in the Police Court. Several wit
nesses say that Monroe was not to blame
in the matter. as Finnety was very in
sOlent.
The British ship Cape Wrath. which
arrived yesterday from New Zealand, re-
ports having sighted deIe|ict about 400
miles east of North Cape, New Zealand
The wreck was that of a wooden vessel
about 200 feet long. 1t was blowing gale
al the time and the wrecks name could
not be made out. Some rash guessing has
been made. but no one seems able to
identify the hulk with that of any recent
wrecks.
May is will always be remembered by
the crew OF the British ship Y ola, for on
that date was born to the wife of Captain
Pennicuit a son while the vessel was
blowing her way toward San Francisco in
the teeth of a northwest gale.
This is the first birth at sea on sailing
vessel reported for nearly fifty years on
the Pacific side Of the Northern hemi-
sphere.