The San Francisco call., 1895-08-01

on a spree. and another mate was shipped.
The few people who knew Whitmore say
that he was not strong and appeared to be
consumptive. He drank, but not to .ex-
cess, and was rather quiet, even while un-
der the influence of liquor. 1t is supposed
that he went back to the vessel at night,
and. crawling around in the dark between.
decks, fell into the hold on to the ballast
and died from the effects of his injuries.
Captain Trask of the wrecked Raphael,
lost off Tanglefoot Island, Alaska, re-
Gently, states that the moorings at which
his vessel lay were defective and they
giving away, the Raphael drifted on the
reef before her own anchors could check
her.
Three coasters, the ship Kate Davenport,
bark Annie Johnson and barkentine Port
land, may be seen at Howard street wharf
taking in new lower masts, ard from the
scene the shore-going spectator may see
with what ease few riggers and set of
shears made from two or three old spars
can handle ana step IN place the big sticks.
G. Solomon, the commission broker who
is accused by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company of shipping infammable goods
as japanese ware" states that the charge
Is false, and as he always sent goods
charges paid by the receiver he would have
no reason to seek to evade any high freight
charges by Disgusting the dangerous char
acter of the goods.
The officials of the company state that
after the fires that nearly destroyed the
Corona and Santa Rosa they overhauled
several cases shipped by Solomon, and
while they were labeled Japanese ware"
they contained matches.
A .demented woman was found wander
ing around the water front yesterday, tell
ing people whom she met that she was
trying to escape from conspirators who
were pursuing her. At the Receiving Hos
pital she said she was Mrs. G. w. Hartman,
and had just arrived on the steamer from
Shelton, Washington. She also stated that
her husband was the District Attorney OF
that county.
Mrs. Hartman was given the freedom of
the corridor and during the temporary
absence of the steward she crawled through
an open window on the Larkin-Street side
and made her escape. She has not been
recaptured, and it is feared she may have
committed suicide, as she threatened to do
go.
The officers of the Fish Commissioners
yesterday seized bundle of deerskins on
board the steamer Humboldt, which had
just arrived from Eureka. 1t is alleged
that they were from animals killed out of
season.
William Moore, boatman, was arrested
yesterday afternoon on the water front,
charged with battery upon Carl F.. Neecha,
the proprietor of boarding house on East
street. Moore is a hard character and the
man who beat Oyster Jack about year
ago. from which injuries the latter never
recovered.
The Pioneer Yacht Club will have an
outing at Angel Island next Sunday morn
ing, leaving Powell-street wharf at 10
O'Clock.
The deep-water ships expected to come
in this week are: The Benjamin Sewell, 157
days from New York; Guy C. Goss. 154
days from Baltimore; Port Patrick, 1872
days from Antwerp; Sierra Nevada, 13s
days from Liverpool; Otterburn. 132 days
from Newcastle, England; Lord Temple
days from Burgess; Alice, $50 days from
Swansea; the Arkwright, rs days; Castor,
66 days; Miltonburn, 90 days; and Do
minion, 66 days from Australia.