The San Francisco call., 1896-09-12
STOWAWAYS WHO
WERE CAPTURED
They Were on the Peter
Jebsen Bound for the
Sound.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
Put Aboard the Pilot. Boat Bonita
and Landed in San
Francisco.
A POOR ARCTIC SHOWING.
None of the Wbalers Have Made
Remunerative Catches This
Season.
POOR ARCTIC SHOWING.

Two disappointed and disheartened sail
ors were walking the water front yester-
day. They slowed away on the collier
Peter Jebsen, but were discovered before
the vessel crossed the bar and were put
aboard the pilot-boat Bonita before the
whistling buoy was reached.
The men expected to beat their way to
British Columbia. There was nothing do
ing IL San francisco and the chances
were good for a job under protective
Government. Being short of funds they
slowed away in the Jebsen, but were
caught before the vessel reached the neu-
tral grounds. According to the story told
by the stowaways they went aboard as
coal-passers. For two days and nights
they suffered, but when the steamer sailed
they thought all their trouble was over.
They made sad mistake, however, as
the Jebsen. contrary to expectations, was
run inshore and the runaways were put
aboard the Bonita. The piIot-boat was
sent back to San Francisco and all arrived
yesterday morning. The chances are that
no one Will be arrested, as the owners of
the Jebsen do not care about prosecuting
the case.
Charles Weeks left here for Alaska two
seasons ago. Last year he did well at
Cooks Inlet, and this year sent word to his
trends here that he was coming home.
When paying visit to some friends he
got on thin ice and sank into the icy
waters of the Arctic. His friends watched
his struggles, but could lend no assistance
he sank out OF sight in few minutes, and
the body was never recovered. Weeks was
well known in waterfront circles in San
Francisco,
News from the Arctic by the Peking, via
Yokohama, gives the Kate and Ann a
catch OF 800 sealskins and ii sea-otter
skins. The schooner was to remain on the
Japan coast for couple of weeks and then
come home. The bark Gay head sent home
2242 pounds of whalebone, but the season
was not success. Last June she left
Dutch Harbor for the Arctic, and if the
prospects are good she will winter at
Herschel Island. If not she will return to
San francisco. In any event provisions
and the replenishing of the slopchest will
60 up on the next tender.
The British ship Rayenscourt holds the
record for quick WORK. She was loaded in
sixteen hours and is now in the stream
ready to sail for Europe. Captain Mclean
takes the whole performance as matter
of course, but there are a dozen ship
masters in port who are willing to bet that
he will never again duplicate the perform
aDce.
In respect to the whalers, a private let
ter states: 1.-THE Mermaid gave it up and
left Port Clarence for Unalaska. No
whales in sight. The Rosario got through
and the Horatio followed her fifteen days
later. The Hidalgo got in with a record
of two whales, and the Narwhal and
Thrasher with one each. Whales are
scarce, but all the ships are doing well
with trade bone.
"Ben Rose, who slowed away on the
Horatio, died and was buried az sea. He
did good work after the captain had rated
him, but the climate was against him."
The whale caught off Point Sur has
been released. The people OF Sausalito
could not stand the odor, so the mammal
had to be released.
The steamer Strathgarry has not been
heard from for over month. She left
here with cargo of wheat for Europe,
and when off Central America broke