The morning call., 1894-09-11
THE BLUE ENSIGN.
British Naval Reserve
Ship in Port.
ROW ON BOARD A VESSEL.
Chinese and Boatmen Have a
Battle on the Kenney.
YELLOW FEVER AT AMAPALA.
Several Cases of the Plague Reported.
A Present to Al White.
Marine Notes.

The blue ensign of the English naval
reserve was attached to the halyards of
the jiggeTmast Of the British ship Dun
staffnage yesterday. reminding the naut-
cal observer that the Dunstaffnage is the
first vessel of the reserve that has been in
port for long time.
The Dunstatfnage is docked at Howard
wharf No. l. Her commander il Captain
James Alexander Patterson, who by
virtue of his standing with the Royal
Naval Reserve of his country ranks as a
first lieutenant of eight years. standing.
Captain Patterson came here three years
ago in the ship Crompton, Which was at
that time reserve vessel. 1t is a strange
coincidence that the Crompton is at pres
ent in port
The laws of England require reserve
ships to carry ten or more seamen of the
order before the mast The Dunnstaff-
mage has thirteen men in her forecastle
who have passed The required examina-
ton.
The examination is very rigid one, and
no man can be placed on the reserve list
who has not qualified by spending not less
than i've years at sea. lie must be an able
seaman and classed as a irst-0rder mari
ner.
Altogether there are $4,000 men on the
reserve list of Great Britain. These men
have to drill for twenty-eight days out OF
every year, unless by press Of circum-
stances they are forced TO duty in the mer-
chant marine service, in which they have
enlisted
Dropping the subject Of the reserve Cap
tain Patterson has explained that the re-
cent attacks made upon him by his csrpan-
ter we're unfOunded. Not a man on the
ship has any Complaint against the skip
per other than the Glsgrunted carpenter.
A lively row occurred yesterday morn
ing on board Of the salmon packet Charles
b. kenHey that arrived from Nusnagak
River in the afternoon.
The keDney brought i0 the usual num-
ber Of Chinese and bad smells, together
with 30,075 cases of salmon.
Shortly after she had dropped anchor in
the stream a number of boatmen tried to
board her, and among these was Boatmau
Harkns from the North End. Harkins
became involved in a dispute with one of
the heathens, seized him and flung him
over the rail
There was wild scramble to the side of
the ship to see the Mongol strike the water,
but instead Of doing so his arm caught in
one OF tAe channel braces and remained
wedged there, thus saving him from bath.
Johns arm was nearly wrenched out of
its socket. He yelled Justify and a horde
OF bis companions came to bis aid full of
fight and revenge. The boatmen scrambled
for their boats, but Harkins was not quick
enough.
One enraged cody grasped brass bar
used on The com mpanion ladder and aimed
blow at the boatman's head that would
have Drained him bad it struck home.
HaFkins lodged and the blow fell on
his shoulder. Before IL could be repeated
he clambered over the poop rail and
dropped into his boat, distance of about
ten feet.
The officers of the KenDey very quickly
restored order among the heathens.
Though the story was widely circulated
about the front that the fight was very
bloody one, Investigation proved other
wise. No serious injury was done to
Harkns or the Chinaman whom he had
attacked.
The shin Robert Duncan fouled the
Pacific Postal Telegraph Company's cable
yesterday. The services of the tug Re-
lance were engaged al s25 an hour to free
the vessel from the tange. Four hours
were spent unsuccessfully in attempting
to accomplish the task. Further trials
were more successful and the anchor was
freed.
News has reached here of the loss of the
Norwegian bark Ephialtes, bound from
Sydney for Fiji, on coral reef. No lives
were lost, the crew taking shelter on an
lnha bited island. Ii is also rumored that
the bark Helena has been wrecked at the
Caroline Islands.
Ihe British ship Penguin has sailed |
from Brisbane, Australia, on surveying
cruise in the interest of the proposed
trans-Pacifc cat bic from Australia to
Honolulu.
The crew Of the United States cruiser
Philadelphia have presented Al White
with beautiful diamond ring in appre-
Citation OF his kindness in forwarding mail
and reading matter to the ship when she
was IN active service abroad. A delega-
tion from The warship waited upon Al and
presented him with the jewel, present of
which IL Is needless TO say he feels Justly
proud.
Quarantine laws for vessels touching at
Amapala, Honduras. may be enforced
hereafter. Yellow fever has broken out
In that port, and Mexican, Central and
South American countries Will be obliged
10 use care in receiving passengers and
goods from craft touching at the place.
Several deaths from the fever are re-
ported and a number of cases spoken of.
1t is generally accepted that the disease
cannot be transplanted in this locality, but
it IS well to Look out for it.
Pacific Mail through steamers do not
touch at Amapala, but a good deal OF
freight Is received here from there.
Provisional President Gutierrez of Sal
vador is reported to have settled his griey-
ances with General Rivas temporarily and
has come to some understanding with the
Guatemala powers. The settlement Is
said TO have been forced by Guatemala.