The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-22
Sailing Of the Steamship Australia
for Honolulu.
4 SUICIDE FROM THE DlUNTLESS.
Joke That a DisgruntIed Land.Lubber
Played on Captain Day Of the
Parthia and Others.

The prevailing southeaster of yesterday
did not play the usual havoc with
shipping; but it caused nearly every vessel
lying in Mission Bay to drift near the
ferry crossing, and at least one OF them to
interfere with the Postal Telegraph cable,
which, together with the various other
cables, are constant nuisance to masters
of vessels.
Aside from the legitimate receipts which
these cables yield to the corporations
owning them there seems to be hand
some revenue derived from extorting
money from ships which have in stress of
weather been driven upon them.
The barkentine W. H Dimond fouled one
of these and the Spreckels were mulcted in
the sum of $1,000; the British ship
Dunstaffnage paid $1,000 for just such an
unavoidable accident, and only few days
ago the cruiser Philadelphia tore one of
them from its western fastenings, but
Uncle Sam will not be apt to REIN burse
the company for damage caused by the
occurrence. Many more vessels have had
to pay heavy damages into the Golfers of
the corporations owning the five different
cables.
Although these wire ropes are supposed
to be laid in a direct line from the foot of
Market street to Goat Island, they are
picked up by ships often as much as mile
on either side of the prescribed line IN
which they are supposed TO remain, where
they have drifted. Sometimes they swing
with the tide as far westerly as Lombard
street wharf and then sway back as far as
the Folsom-street dock.
Ship-owners are talking seriously OF
making these companies conform to their
franchises and not monopolize all the an
oh Harv I,
and the ''fairwaysn of the ferries 1t is
suggested that cables laid from Hunters
Point or thereabouts to Oakland would be
entirely out of the way OF shipping and
would be of little additional cost, while the
numerous accidents which now happen in
rough weather would be avoided.
The Italian ship Caterina Accame
dragged her anchor early yesterday morn
ing and swung into the British ship Butte
shire, stavingsin one of her boats and dam
aging her port bulwarks TO some extent.
The tug Active responded to signal from
the ships in distress and made an effort to
pull them apart, but the anchors had
fouled, and it took the combined efforts of
the Active and two of the red-funnel tugs
from 10 O'Clock in the morning to in the
afternoon to clear them.
The river steamer Dauntless, which re-
turned from Stockton yesterday, reports
that man was lost from her at Antioch
on the trip up last Wednesday. The IN
fortunate was young fellow and was
known only as a peddler of jewelry. He
is described as being well dressed and fairly
good looking. He was trying to beat his
way to Stockton, but on arriving at Anti
och, it is thought that he became despond-
ent and sprang overheard with the fnten-
ton of committing suicide. Captain
Hansen of the barge Eden plunged after
him, but the wheel OF the steamer, which
was backing water at the time, drew the
peddler under and the captain himself mar
rowly escaped with his life.
An unknown scow schooner was sighted
ashore in Quarry Cove on the northern ex-
tremity of Angel Island yesterday after
noon by the steamer Sunol, which tried to
get in 10 her, but could not on account of
the roughness of the weather. The report
was confirmed from other sources but no
one learned the name OF the vessel.
"Bootblack Jack" had his revenge on
Captain Day of the American ship Parthia
yesterday. The ship is laden with grain
and bound for Queenstown. The crew was
all shipped last Saturday, and among them
was Jack or "the Bootblack." 1t was soon
discovered that he was no sailor and the
captain shipped him ashore forthwith.
The moment he landed he began to spread
report along the water front TO the effect
that terrible mutiny had occurred on
board the Parthia, and that eleven of her
crew had been placed in irons. He did not
explain why the police had not been called
on for assistance. An investigation was
made by the police, and it was found that
the whole matter grew out of one of Jacks
revengeful yarns, and had no foundation
whatever.
There was a furry of excitement on
board the steamer San Rafael on her 4 80
o'clock trip from this city yesterday such
as has not been witnessed on the decks of
that craft since she was built When not
great distance from the Sausalito landing
there was heard a snap which shook the
steamer all over, and Immediately she be-
came unmanageable and began to drift
helplessly toward Kershaw Island, where it
was thought she would land before her
signals OF distress were answered The
tug Tiger came to the assistance of the
steamer in time and towed her to her land
ing, where the rudder chain was replaced
and the passengers went off with lighter
hearts than they had a,short time before.
The sloop yacht Sweeper, anchored off
Sausalito broke from her moorings yester-
day morning, and drifted up the bay, col
Hding with several other yachts riding at
anchor but only damaged herself. An
employee of the Marin boathouse got on
board the craft, and beached her before
more damage was done.
On her GIG trip from Sausalito, the ferry
steamer oauStlAtO encountered nalf good
sized wharf floating only few hundred
yards out. twas drifting up the bay.
The steamer Australia sailed for Homo
lulu at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning with
a full cargo and fairly large list of passen-
gers for the islands. The captain says that
he expects to beat the Philadelphia down.
although she has the start of him by
twenty-four hours.
Among the passengers was F. NJ. Hatch.
the Hawaiian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
who is in charge of the shipment of arms
and ammunition to the Government.
There were also Mrs. Admiral Beardslee
and her ward, Miss Delgardo; Mrs Wer-
Itch, wife of Lieutenant Werlich, William
Preston Harrison, son of the late Mayor
of Chicago, and William Waterhouse.
After spending month in Honolulu Mr..
Harrison will start on trip through the
South Seas, which is to extend over a
period of two years.