The morning call., 1894-03-11
FOSS EXTRADITED.
The Plumas Defaulter Is
Returned.
Was at Honolulu-A Captains Wife
a Jonah-A Boy Nearly Drowned
at FoIsom-S Street Wharf.

On the main deck of the steamer Aus
traia that arrived yesterday morning from
Honolulu stood Sheriff Bransford and ex-
School Superintendent B. r. Foss. both Of
PDumas County. The latter was the Sher-
ifs prisoner.
Foss Is the first man extradited from
Hawaii since the Provisional Government
has been in control
His case is rather interesting one, for
it shows how far-reaching is the law when
it can bring to justice man accused of the
crime of purloining paltry few hundred
dollars from distance of many hundreds
of miles across the sea.
Foss was at one time popular politician
of Plumas. and found no difficulty in Sc
curing the position OF Superintendent of
Public Schools.
When bis term of Office had expired and
an examination of his books was made it
was discovered that he was about $500
short.
Before this discovery was made. how
ever, Foss and his family had moved to
Honolulu. where he secured position as
a teacher.
Sheriff Bransford stated that Foss had
prior to his peculatiOn borne a very fine
character. He had a number of inf1uen-
tial friends in Plumas, who will lend their
aid to help him get safely out of his trou-
bic.
A large fleet of vessels cleared for deep
water yesterday. 1t included the bark
Leah, ship Crown of England, bark High
land Light and ship John Ena One of
the John Ena's men deserted just before
the vessel left the stream. Another man
was shipped in his place at the dock.
State Senator Williams and Z. III. Groves,
who have charge of the repairs to the
| Oceanic dock, have come TO the front as
| life-savers. Yesterday afternoon Fred
Carson, 16 wears of age, fell from Folsom
street wharf while attempting to gather
drftwood from the bay.
Carson had gone down for the third time
when Williams and Groves succeeded in
hooking him by the clothing with long
| handled spikehooks.
| The boy was taken into the engine-room
Of the piledriyer, where warmth and few
| stimulsnts soon revived him.
An apprentice boy on the British shin
Genesta, lying at Howard 8. fell over
| board In the afternoon but was quickly
rescued by his shipmates.
Marriage must be failure SO far as a
sea captain is concerned, for the crew of
the British ship Dominion have nearly all
deserted her, and all because the captain
wife is alleged to be Jonah"
An able seaman, who had joined the re-
| bellous tars, stated that so sure as the
| lady showed herself on deck the wind
would commence to blow and sail would
| have to be shortened.
Another thing" averred he. 1--WE are
only allowed one shilling day while In
| port and the grub On board is vile"
The reported libel of the ship Dominion
! for S83 So pilot fees is not correct. j. ID.
| Spreckeis q Bros. 0eny the allegation and
| lay that there is NO foundation for the
story.
Accidental deaths at sea are of such
| frequent occurrence on British ships that
masters of those vessels sometimes forget
| TO more than make line notice Of the loss
| of a seaman or an officer overheard. The
| following rather terse notice appeared on
! the memorandum of the British ship Chin
sura, that arrived yesterday from Swan
! sea:
ION November Mr.. John Cowse, mate.
| fell overheard and was drowned. Caught
the trade winds here" etc, etc.
! 1t is a good thing that Mr.. Cowse had
the trade winds 10 mourn over his watery
grave.
One of A. G. Frieze's barges came near
sinking at Mission wharf when living
alongside of the ship City of Delhi dis
! charging coal. 1t had to be tOwed to the
flats to be pumped clear.
The steamer Australia, which arrived in
the forenoon, was days and IL hours
from Honolulu. She brought up 20 cabin
and 50 steerage passengers.