The morning call., 1893-05-26
ALL HOPE GONE.
Fruitless Search for the
Missing Six.
Arrival of the New York With a
Light Cargo-Brave Act of the
Bark Sagamore's Crew.

Late Wednesday night a dispatch was
received by William Lenihan, cousin of
the young man of the same name who is
supposed to have been drowned Sunday.
together with four companions. in Mission
Bay, stating that the plunger had been
seen on the Alviso fats by parties who own
a tugboat at Redwood City.
At O'Clock yesterday morning two gen.
temen friends of the missing man hired a
buggy and proceeded to Redwood without
delay. The steam launch was chartered
and all day was spent in cruising about the
slougbs of the south arm of the bay.
Not trare of the missing ones could be
found. This decided the fate of the lost
men; they were und oubtediy drowned as
was described in THE CALL last Tuesday.
The owner of the launch at Redwood
was the person who reported having seen
the boat on the mudflats and he immedi-
ately supplemented his telegram with an
offer to loan his vessel for the sIm of $50,
urice far in excess of usual rates.
1t was question of losing no time to get t
TO the stranded boat if she was on the fats
as reported, so generous friends did not
stop to bicker about few dollars.
The steamship City of New 7 ork, which
arrived yesterday morning from Panama
and way ports, brought a very small cargo
from Central America. 1t consisted of
272S bags of coffee-about $50 tons; one
case of matt, and one package of treasure.
From Mexico the principal shipment
was fifty-four bags of silver, valued at
S54.S3S.
This is one of the largest shipments of
coined silver TO this port for long time.
The Colon left in the afternoon for Pan
ANA and way ports with an unusually
valuable cargo. That to Central America
Is valued at S39, 600, and consists mostly of
rice. tallow. malt and corn.
Freight for Mexico is valued at $40, 200
OF this amount $4,000 is included for
quicksilver.
The British steamer Monowai, which
sailed yesterday for Honolulu and Sydney,
had cargo for the former place manifested
| at $50. 700 and for the latter at $40. 500.
For Melbourne she has freight valued at
$4,000, fer Auckland at S4700, for Apia at
$4,000 and for various points in Australia
and New Zealand at S11, 900 more. Among
the principal shipments are quantity OF
stores for the United States steamer Ben
ton.
For almost every important town in the
colonies canned fruit is billed on the Mon
Owaps manifest.
The big 2o00.ton ship Barring Brothers
sailed from Philadelphia on October l last
for this port with cargo of general mer-
| chandise consigned to Sutton d Beebe.
! She was in command OF Captain I. Muir
ply. who is well known here.
On October 26 she put into Barbados
| leaking. She was temporarily patched up
! and sailed thence on January 10 for Now
York Tor repairs. arriving there on Feb
! ruary 4. Her cargo was taken out and the
| vessel thoroughly Overhauled and repaired.
! The cargo was restowed and on May 5
the Barring Brothers sailed from New York
to again try to make this port. just before
| she left Captain Murphy resigned and Cap
/ i NJ int fa1 IN ho
| command.
! On her last passage from Puget Sound
the bark Sycamore lost one of her men
overheard from the topgallant yard. A
nasty sea was running at the time and a
| stiff southwest gale blowing.
CAPTAIN w. Fl. Moore says that his crew
acted most CALAMITY in gong to IheI rescue.
boat was lowered in four min utes and
the skipper had to use force to keep his
men from crowdng into her.
The boat was gone an hour and the man
at the masthead lost sight OF her. Finally
| he spied her in the wake of the bark hav-
ing battle Tor life with the elements. At
last the brave fellows were hauled on
! board. all wet and tired out. 1t was a gal
liant deed and deserves praise.
The following sealing schooners have
been spoken: Henry Genness, $50 skins
Walter l.. Rlch, 430, and Mary Taylor, $50.
During last month sugar to the amount
OF S1,573.o86 was imported at this port;
coffee. $500. 1855; rice. S49920, and tea,
SIS, ,367 For the four months the value
of these imports was Sc, .205 against
SO. oS35 in the same period of 1892.
While the steamer Willamette was at
Port Costa last week sneaktheves entered
her cabin aud stole sundry articles and
small sums in coin.
Captain Monroe of the non-unon ship
ping office is not the Captain Monroe re-
ferred to in an article on spirltualism in
! The CALL of last week.
The steamer Walla Wala sailed for
Victoria and Sound ports yesterday with n
cargo valued at $4,000. including 1000
pounds coffee. 1000 pounds dried fruit,
10.6So pounds malt, 725 boxes tinplate, 67l
91nnds tobacco, 600 sacks millstnff5 and
400 pounds gum copal To go forward
by the Canadian Pacific Railroad she has
a load for Boston of 1881 pounds secured
wool, valued at S10.92o, and for Hartford.
Conn, 33, 900 pounds grease wool, valued
at Sl1, s54. She also has ten rolls of leather,
value $500, destined for japan.
CAPTAIN Neil p. Hansen has taken com.
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