The morning call., 1894-07-12
A LITTLE LIGHT
IS Shed on the Senegal
Mystery.
CAUGHT in A NOR'WESTER.
She Was in Company With the
Mary c. Russ.
SURVIVORS OF THE BARK ALLEN.
The John Worster Lands the Crew of
the Third Boad-Mules for
Hawaii
SURVIVORS OF THE BARK ALLEN

News has been received at the Merchants
Exchange that practically settles all doubt
regarding the fate Of the British ship
Senegal. Captain Thomas of the schooner
Mary C. Russ, now at San Diego, reports
that on March Is. when in latitude 30 deg.
II minutes north, 119 deg. minutes west,
the Russ was in company with the over
due ship for several hours.
As night approached a severe northwest
gale sprang up. 1t blew with terrific vio-
ience through the night, causing the Russ
to lay to under shortened sail. 4 tremen-
dous sea was running.
When morning dawned the weather had
moderated, but the sea was very lumpy.
The air was clear though, and search
was made for the Senegal The glass
failed to locate her, so Captain Thompson
made note in his log stating that in his
belief the vessel must have shifted her
ballast, turned over and gone to the bot
tom with all hands.
The Senegal is now uninsurable; the
Ll0yds have reported her as lost.
The barkentlne JODn WOrster from
Seattle yesterday forenoon brought down
the balance of the crew of the wrecked
whaler James Allen, The men, fourteen
in humber, were the occupants of the third
Il.
They were picked up by the Alaska Com
mercal COmpany's steamer Dora and
taken 10 Onalaska. as described in the
story OF the nine survivors who arrived re-
Gently on the Crescent City.
No tdings have been received of the
missing boat commanded by Mate Elliott.
The men say that they have no hope of
ever seeing its crew alive again.
Whenever vessel takes on a deck load
of mules for Hawaii there is lots of free
sport for the waterfronterS. A crowd of
about 100 longshOremen and sailors
gathered at FolsOm-street wharf yesterday
morning TO see a band of mules enticed on
board the barkentine Annie johnson. The
mules did not entice worth a cent and had
to be persuaded to embark by a powerful
steam winch, with the result that heels
were "a-fiying through the air" and brays
were long and ptiful.
The mules tried to kick against the
winch, but they might just as well have
tried TO convence Acknowledgement Olney
that it doesn't require a Pullman car TO
carry postal card.
1t seemed to surprise the mules a whole
lot that their pull was not what thew had
supposed 1t TO be. They seemed at first to
be laboring under the impression that
there were only a few old salts and a
cabin boy al the other end of the line.
They pIayfuily stood on their hind, then
q
knowing way, apparently wishing to con-
vey tile idea that they intended TO have a
little sport with the JOhnson's crew.
Then the winch would commence to
work. Ears would straighten up and tail
untwist. A clatter OF hoofs and a scrap
ing sound; then the mule would be
landed unexpectedly on the barkentine
trouble. The mules PLAYED bold game.
but the winch was too much for them.
A schOOner-load of mahogany and cedar
logs from San Juan del Sur was brought
to port yesterday. The schooner Nora
Harkins brought them here. The pro-
motors of the venture will undoubtedly
make good profit by their speculation.
Cedar and mahogany is always in de-
mand, but the ltficulty Of securing cargoes
of the logs lies in the danger attending
the logging parties who are sent out to
gather the timbprs along the Gulf of
Nicoyo and the coasts of Costa Rca and
Nicaragua.
Natives have to be employed to do the
umbering. They cut the trees and rough
new the logs.
To avoid the tariff on lumber all the
logs are sent here in the rough II would
be cheaper 10 do the logging with the aid
CT portable sawmils, but the tariff is ap-
plcable TO all ium ber cutby mill.
There is large field for cedar and
icas and an immense profit in dealing in
the woods.
The Nicaraguan Government will grant
concessions to any one who desires to en-
gage in the business, the cOncesSiOnaire 10
pay the Government 80 cents for every
tree cut down.
The American lumberman cannot stand
the humid and residential climate of the
Central American seacoast; the native is
too lazy TO work hard, therefore hard
woods in cargo lots are scarce.
The f0uT-masted wooden ship Kings
County cleared yesterday for Loudon
First Mate Salter took command, Captain
MonrO having left the vessel. He will re-
main In San Francisco.
There is now some talk of making the
steamer service to Alviso a permanent
thing for the purpose of transporting
freight TO the Santa Clara Valley.
The proposed charterIng of the steamer
Sirius for a voyage to South Africa has
been temporarily abandoned. Very few
San Franciscans evinced a disposition to
leave for the goldfieds.