The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-21

As.ng q quantity OF new urecx.~. Of
80 xsnington coast, which iafo-m atior
A@4 oeen Published in all the Caas. rrw.
nen those facts were Unmarried
xpt. Ioxier last Monday he expressed
- surprise. and said be had 40. heard
sosisctor OF C-storns Saunders. who
notiEed officially for the frat time last
- ~ ondsy OF the reported wrecka~e. or4ered
ap1 y zier 70 take the cutter and 90 out
s.ae OF Cape Flattery and make a thorough
srsFch up and down the coast for tnforna-
TSa concerning The supposed disaster.
ne .srsnt saiIe5 Monday after noon and
s.s nited Ss3xes signal service opera tor
:. iasoosn Cape Fiarfery, reported thas
she passed out on Tuesday az III ~ a m
sha returned q; $50 p. m the same day.
having made four hours search Thts
information II confirmed BY Capt. sprsvue.
OF TIE tug Sea Lion. WHO sas al the csus
aia the tine the cutter sas in that viciuitv.
strong westerly wind was blowing and
tne drsnt could not have steamed further
than twenty miles from the care a. the
most
IApt- Iozier says he me. Brit
isn sealing schooner but could
not refnsmber her name, coming down the
vancouver shore, which reported seeing
10 indications OF marine disaster Tie
sac.orla totonss OF the same day published
as.atement that al the sealing vessels
bad arrived in port except two, which had
decided 20 winter In Japan One of the
orant's crcw 10 reported 10 have said that
no such seaier vas met, and that assertion
l. backed up BY Capt. Sprague, of the sea
Lion, .ho says ne vas near the cape ali
the time the Grant was there and he saw
no sealing schooner. The cutter then
went into Seah bay, where an Indian ses-
tlefnent Is located. and without making
any further effort. other than TO make a
lev inquiries among the Indians, 10 flnd
the reported wreckage, returned to Port
Townsend at O'Clock Wednesday after
noon. Capt. Tozier told the Posr-TxrEr,.
LIoEscEs correspondent ''that if the Eco
pie were not satisfied with the search he
would make another effort"
"Wednesday afternoon the captain vas
entertained ashore at q private dinner.
and In the evening he and his officers
attended political gathering At the opera
houses. Thursday morning be took
aboard large party OF friends, including
wives OF himself, men aud officers, and
went 70 Tacoma to visit the fair The
attention OF Collector Saunders was called
20 Iozier's seeming neglect of duty and
his apparent failure 10 make any further
effort 10 save any lives or property. even
we're II possible, and he promised 10 wire
iozler 10 return TO sea and make further
search.
In the meanwhile public sentiment was
maturing against the apparent cold
blooded action of the Grants captain aud
Capt. Libby. OF the Puget Sound Tugboat
Company, decided TO send one of his own
tugs. the Pioneer, up the coast of Van
couver island TO perform the duty rightly
imposed on United States revenue marine
vessels. ToZier is not only criticised but
severely condemned for the apparent wan
ton neglect of his duty when twenty hu-
man lives and n valuable vessel were sup
posed 10 be In danger. Capt ]. b. Libby
has for several days made the most diiige
inquiries from all incoming vessels for
news concerning the Ivanhoe, and has
now sent the tug Pioneer cruising up the
Vancouver island coast, which is costing
his company sl25 day.
That this is not the first time there has
been cause to complain OF lack of zeal on
the part OF revenue cutters in searching
for and aiding shipping in distress is
shown by the following dispatch:
TACOMA, Oct. 20-ISpecial. T. Capt
Mountfort, of this city, one of the most
Coast. said today, apropos Of the failure OF
she revenue cutter Grant TO make a thor
ough search for the bark Iyanhoe:
at reminds me of an instance seven or
eight years ago. There was a ship in dis
tress in gale of Flattery and the Wolcott
was ordered out 10 the rescue. Her cap
tain took her out and held her nose to-
ward FIattery. aud then put back to Neah
bay, saying he could not so out In tho
storm and proposed to wait until IL abated.
Now the Wolcott and the Grant are sup
posed TO 60 out into the ocean, in fact 60
anywhere. especially In a case of this kind
when human lives are at stake. but. as is
too often the case, their officers are fearful