The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-26

crew of thirty-one persons was taken Off
and landed at Capetown. The Sailsette
was consumed shortly after being aban-
doned.
The Miltiades is one of the famous
Dundee clippers owned by George
Thompson & Co. OF Dundee, and is sister
to the Aristides, PerIcles and Arontes She
was built twenty-four years ago, when
British ships were put up for speedy rivals
of the Yankee racers. Her cost was f28,
000-an excessive sum for ship now
days. She is the richest ship in the har-
bor her old fashioned large saloon being
con structed in maple and teak wood beau
tifully carved. Even along her railing and
the houses on deck the same ornamental
work is seen. She is fitted with long yards
and carries an immense spread OF canvas.
The plates of her iron hull are fiYe-eighths
of an inch thick, showing that the vessel
was put up to stand the battering and
pounding of the seas.
The Miltiades is sturdy and strong. For
almost a century's quarter she has crossed
and recrossed the ocean and has never cost
her owners one shilling other than the
usual running expenses. She has never
met with an accident never lost a sail, a
spar nor life. The same good fortune
seems to have followed her people. Cap
tain H. Ayling has been in the Dundee
employ for thirty years and never lost or
damaged a ship. First Officer A. Gauid
has been a sailor twenty-seven years and
has never seen a disaster, never met with
the slightest accident and never seen a
man die at sea. The lucky star under
which the Miltiades was launched has
never set and while other ships go down
this classic craft sails on defying wind and
wave.
Tl,o fo,,ooue poubooo eoIoon wan tEpilp,
Brent is missing from his place at the cor
ner of Clay and East streets. For years
Brent has been a noted figure in sealing,
hunting and whaling circles, and his
place has been the resort of Arctic sea-
faring men for years. He has spent sew
eTal fortunes In sending vessels to the
north, and has been the financial hacker
of many a hunting enterprise that failed.
His last two vessels to return virtually
empty handed were the Bowhead and
Winchester, both of which were seized for
unlawful sealing recently. 1t is reported
that Brent disposed of his interest in the
schooners as well as his other property
and left for parts unknown well provided
with funds. About a year ago his wife
secured divorce from him, also $1,000 ali
mony and $50 month, and it is said he
has not made the payments for some time.
The United States steamer Thetis sailed
yesterday on her surveying expedition, to
be gone until next May.
The ship Marion Frasier has cleared for
England with a cargo of cotton, canned
fruit and salmon valued at 1872, 293. The
steamer Australia sailed for the islands
with SCI, 800 worth of cargo. the brig Con-
suelo for the same place with $13, 200, the
ship City of Delhi for Queenstown with q
$50, 800 load, the steamer City of Rio
Janeiro with $500, 600 worth of freight for
the Orient and the steamer Progreso for
Panama took a $4,000 cargo. The
steamer Aztec left for the south with al
most 5000 tons of freight, the largest snip
load that ever went out of this port.