The morning call., 1893-10-06
A SMALL REWARD.
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: The WeeOtt's Crew Get
: Little Salvage.
( MONSTER LUMBER RAFT.
Serious Charges Against an Ameri-
:: can ConsuI-A Longshoreman's
:: BatIi-Marine Notes.

According to the statement OF one OF the
crew of the steamer Weeott and the sworn
affidayit of the amount due him for his
share of salvage money from the owners of
the steamer BawnmOre, the seamen, fire.
men ard eabin-hands only received $50 A
as tbp{r:portion of the 5000 allotted by
the courts.
The officers of the WeeOtt must either
have. received avery large sum in proper
ton TO that assigned the seamen, or else
the lawyers fees consumed all of the re-
ward.
F. L. Powell, one of the Weeotts crew,
signed over his share of salvage to Fred
erick Nobmann Of Nobmann Bros. in pay
ment of money due on loan. Mr.. Mob
mann says that the amount allotted the
Weeott's crew is altogether too small
Mate William Mcdonald of the British
ship Saratoga, who was suffering from
cancer of the throat and who was shame
fully neglected during the passage of the
Saratoga TO this port, died fe W days ago
at the Marine Hospital. His funeral was
held yesterday. The commander Of the
Saratoga refused to allow any OF bis crew
to attend the burial services.
Fishermen from the union and fisher
sembled before the Harbor Commissioners
yesterday and complained that Fisher
mans wharf should be used as public
property instead of being governed by any
one faction. The commissioners informed
them. that the board had no right TO de-
eide personal quarrels of combinations of
any kind on the water front
The sealer j. d. Peters and schooner
Kodiak arrived yesterday. The Kodiak is
the North American Commercial Com
pany,s vessel and brought down a very
valuable cargo of skins. No news of any
i'm portance was brought from the north.
-Purser Plate of the steamer National
City says that one of the largest lumber
RATS ever constructed at Coos Bay, Or.
will be tOwed to San Francisco by the Ma
tienal City on her next return trip from tie
north.
Three unsuccessful attempts have been
made to tow the raft over the bar at Coos
Bay The raft is eigar-shaped and draws
sixteen feet of water at high tide next
week it is hoped that the big concern can
be successfully fioated into the OCEAN.
. The raft was built by 81. R. Robinson
and is 625 feet long by 45 feet beam. 1t
contains 3515 piles or 4, 100, 900 feet of lum-
BET. The piles are for the San Francisco
Bridge Company and will be used in the
construction of the ferry depot foundation.
BAD luck seems TO attend the schooner
% Garcia. During the recent blow outside
she:was forced to re turn TO port with her
miZZeDmest carried away. Yesterday she
plFt TO sea, repairs having been made TO
her rigging, and carried away her b0bstay
and foremost head while of Point Reyes.
She nad 10 turn back, and will be delayed
several days longer in port while the
breakage is repaired.
Architect Page Brown wants S12,500
from the HarbOr Commissioners for plans
anG Specifications furnished the board for
ths new ferry depot Commissioner Cole
seys that Browns money should come out
OF lhe depot fund and not out Of the gen.
eral fund. and that is the reason his ac-
cOuS1 has not been settled. There is no
lquf s. =. present in theaeY5 fund.
GIngshoreman William Connors went
hunting for wages due yesterday morning,
and; after finding the object of his search
and signing for same. be proceeded TO dis
bose Of his haIG-eaTned coin over the bars
of waterfront saloons. 4 few minutes
later COnnors was seen reeling about Clay
street wharf in state of intoxicatiOn, and
still later observed 10 plunge beadlong
over the edge of the dock into the bay.
But for the bravery of young English
apprentice COnnOrs would have been
dfowned. The young sailor jumped in
after the struggling l0Dgshoreman and sue
:ceeded in keeping him above water till
Bcatnlan Frank Nelson threw line to the
apprentice, who, with the man be. had so
calamity rescued, was then drawn safely
to the boat landing.
Conners was not content with having
received a bath externally, but he imme-
dfately tried to flood his interior with
more liquor. He got obstreperous and was
arrested by Sergeant Mahoney and hustled
of t6jall.
The schooner Albert Walter is reported
to- haye gone ashore in gale near Kodiak
on the 23d Of last Septem Der. The vessels
crew got ashore safely. The schooner was
a total loss. She was a small vessel of
:torty-fve tons net, was built IN 1888 and
owned By A. Schultz of this city.
"a letter has been received in this city
from Captain Groth, commander OF the
'barkentine John Smith. in which he
charges United States Consul Arnold of
Nagasaki, Japan. with assault.
One of the seamen of the Smith was
taken sick at KuehinotZu. which is forty
FIVE. miles from Nagasaki. and was sept
back to the latter port for treatment. The
sailor went to Arnold, who is an English
rnan, and. it is supposed, must have told
story of i'll treatment. Captain Groth was
arrested and brought back TO Nagasaki.
Trouble occurred in the Consulate and Cap
tain Groth claims he was unjustly as
saulted and searched. On reaching this
port it is said that he will demand an in
Yestlgaton.
The. letter referred to alleges that the
United States Government has afesidens
of Nova Scotia acting as Marshal and o
Portuguese employed as interpreter
Mariners are notified by the Lighthouse
Board that the fog signal at st. Georges
Reef light station will now run regularly
during thick and foggy weather, the sup
ply of water on hand being how sufficient
for all purposes.
Captain George Patton has succeeded
Captain Conway in command of the
steamer Point Iona.