The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-07
Fears Now Entertained for the
Safety of the Steamer
Evandale.
UNDERWRITERS REINsURING
Captain Fulton of the British Ship
Ancaios Wanted on a Charge
of Battery.

reinsurance is being paid on her. Inc
gamblers are jumping at the offer and the
chances are that no advance in the rate
will be made for several days. When the
Occidental and Oriental Company's
steamer Belgic went ashore near Ioko-
hama several months ago the Evandaie
was cha rtered to take her place. On the
occasion of her first trip she took twenty
two DAYS and fears were then entertained
for her safety. She turned up all right,
however, and took away on November .
last one of the largest and most valuable
cargoes that ever left San Francisco.
Co9ntine in the coin and bullion it came
very near to the million-dolar limit. The
principal shipments were:
To China-29,574 barrels -four, 1860
pounds ginseng, 1S.069 pounds beans, 3l25
pounds dried fruit, $50 gallons whale OIL, 500
cases canned goods, sos boxes apples, oo' gal
ions wine, 5000 pounds rice.
To Japan-1125 barrels flour, SO4, 667 pounds
cotton, 246 rolls leather, 3249 pounds currants,
1914 gallons wine, lob cases canned goods, oo
boxes raisins, $50 pounds codhsh.
To Vladivostock-4791 pounds dried fruit,
JAS cases canned goods, IA cases salmon, 800
boxes herrings.
Before sailing the Evandale was fitted up
for Chinese passengers, and nearly 800 went
away on her. The steamer is now about
week overdue and the marine insurance
agents are worried, hence the rush to re-
insure. At the Office of the Occidental and
Oriental Company they will not admit
that there is any danger, and point to the
fact that she is very slow vessel. Ihey
admit that she is overdue, but say that
she has proba oily met with head wln0s
and that she will arrive all right.
There was an epidemic OF broken shafts
on the water front last Thursday and Fri
dav The river steamer SOnOma broke
hers and had 10 be towed TO her dock. She
was replaced by the Alvira, which ran for
a few months between San Francisco and
Oakland in the Davie Ferry. Yesterday
her shaft also broke and the California
Transportation Company is now looking
for a stern-wheeler TO fill her place.
Shortly after the Alvira broke down the
steamer Hope followed suit She was just
entering her slip on this side when the
accident happened and there was little
delay. She was not wholly dlSa bled and
was able to make another run with only
one engine while the repairs were being
made.
John Stuart, a sailor on the British ship
Ancaios has sworn ont warrant for the
arrest of Captain Fulton. He says the
latter was brutal in the extreme and
dubbed the men on the slightest provoca-
ton. When the Ancaios arrived in port
Stuart demanded his pay and the captain
refused to pay him. Tuesday night the
sailor deserted, and yesterday when he
met Fulton again demanded his money.
Instead of paying up the skipper assaulted
him. An attempt was made to serve the
warrant upon Capt. Fulton yesterday, but
he was not aboard. He will be arrested
to-day. His bail has been fixed at $3.50
cash.
The following telegram was received at
the Merchants Exchange last night from
Departure Bay:
December 6.
To Whom 1t Nay Concern: I will not be re-
sponsible for any charter made by II. A.
thompson late managing owner n OF The bark
Controlling owner of the bark McNear.
At the present time the McNear is load
ing coal at Departure Bay for K. d. Chan
dler and the cause of Captain Pederson's
telegram will not be known until his re-
turn. Captain Thompson has been man.
aging owner of number of vessels, but
somehow or another he never seems to be
able to get along with the masters.
The bark Albert is taking on board
very miscellaneous cargo for Honolulu.
Part of her deckload will be $50 pigs and
the crew had most exciting time getting
them aboard. Among the passengers will
be four stranded Hawaiians who are being
sent home by the Consul. They left
Hawaii on a whaling cruise and on their
return to San Francisco were paid off with
a dollar as the season had been failure.
Another addition to the Park Museum
arrived in port few days ago. Captain
Kennedy of the steamer Alice that plies
on the Yukon River sent down a pair of
mastodon tusks similar to the ones now
on exhibition in the Academy OF Science.
The tusks were consigned to G. Fogel and
be will forward them to Superintendent
McLaren next Monday.
There are three Captain Lewlses in port
and one is constantly being confounded
with the other. There is Captain Lewis of
the British ship Senator, Captain Lewis of
the British bark Invercoe and Captain
Lewis of the British ship Anglesey. The
two latter have been guizzed by every body
on the front for having been stood up the
other night by footpads, while the master
of the Anglesey has been worried half to
death py sporting men who want to match
a fighting cook that he is supposed to have
on board. All three are jolly good fellows
and they take the joking in good part.
Scott e. McCord's hay barn that was
burned down a couple of weeks ago is
gradually being cleared. The hay is being
loaded into scows, which carry it out into
mid stream and dump it.
The troubles on the revenue cutter Bear
seem to be without end. Lieutenants Dan
iels, Dorey and White have been held up
as the principal accusers of Captain Healy,
but the fact is that Lieuterants Ross and
Mcconnell and Chief Engineer Swartze
were the prime instigators of the move
ment. The crew evidently believe in their
late commander, as the following COM
munication will show:
To the Editors Of the San Francisco Ddily
Papers = GENTLEMEN: We, the undersigned,
mem bers of the crew of the United States
steamer Bear, having read In the columns of
your paper an article rejecting on the ability
and courtesy of the captain, NJ. A. Healy, deem
it necessary to refute such statements rs mis-
leading, and containing not particle of truth
that can be substantiated.
Signed: James Brown (boatswain), William
Rondy GUNNER Richard Cain (carpenter),
NJ. II. Burns (master-atarms), William +.
Quintall, Thomas Powers, Z. p. Hourihan,
Christopher Johnson, Joseph Burns, Michael
Burns, Joseph Harris (bugler), Daniel Haskins,
Z. Donberg II. J. Ritter, Dixon Van Zandt
(firemnn), William Surry, Michael Helbet,
Joseph Devine, Hugh Meanan (oiler), John Nc
earthly, Robert Emerson, Nelson Mexican,
Louis Anderson, II. Smith, Fred Arnold J. p.
Peterson, c. E. Peterson, w. C. Nidever, Will
liam Douglass.
Captain Thomas Ryan was arrested on
the water front by Sergeant Fitzgibbons
yesterday. His wife, Josephine, is the
complaining witness, and she had charge
OF Tha