The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
DIED FAR AWAY
FROM HIS HOME
Captain W. 0. Hayden Ex-
pireS on His Vessel
at Istapa.
When Last Reported He Suffered
From a Severe Attack of
Malarial Fever.
A BIG FLEET OF SHIPS ARRIVE
Two Men on the Albyn Injured by
the Premature Discharge of
Slgnal.Gun.
A BIG FLEET OF SHIPS ARRIVE

The American ship Wachusett is with
out a commander. She is now at small
port called Istapa, six miles from San Jose
de Guatemala, and will remain there until
a new master arrives from San Francisco.
Captain William o. Hayden died there
a few DAYS ago, and cablegram to Josslvn
& Co. gave the news yesterday. On Sep
tent ber l5 the agents received letter re-
lating that everybody was well aboard and
that the vessel was receiving quick dis
patch. When the Mail Company's City of
Para got in one of the passengers brought
the news that Captain Hayden was down
with malarlaI fever. Now comes the news
of his death.
The dead master was one of the best
known sailors that sailed in and out of
San Francisco. He was personal friend
of Captain s. Blair, the millionaire ship
owner, and for years was master of his
ship Palestine. He was also master of the
Two Brothers, and also served in many of
the coasters. This was his first voyage in
the WachuSet tt.
The Wachusetts left here on May 16
with a cargo of lum Der consigned to the
Slade Lum Der Company agency at Istapa.
She arrived there on July %, and was TAX
ing in return cargo when Captain Hay
en- was taken sick and died A new COM
mander will be sent to Istapa on the next
Central American steamer.
The following notice to mariners has
been issued by the Lighthouse Board:
Notice ii hereby given that on September 27
the Stanwood post light was moved to point
in the first bend on the south fork OF the
Skagit River, Wash, on the south side of the
channel, about one mile southwest from the
Skagit River post light.
This notice affects the list of lights and fog
signals Pacific Coast, 1896, page %, No. 1125;
also the list OF bescons and buoys, Pacific
Coast, 1898, page 64.
The catch of the whaling bark Northern
Light was yesterday given as four whales.
Captain Mason of the Jeanie, after looking
over his notes has found that he made a
false report. The Northern Light catch
was six whales and Captain Mckenzie s
friends are correspondingly jubilant
An unusually large fleet of deep-water
ships got in yesterday. They were from
all parts of the world, and many of them
are seeking charters, while others are
chartered prior to arrival" Judging
from the present condition of the wheat
market those seeking charters will have
the best of the bargain. Among the yes-
sells that got in were: The British ships
Albyn, n days from Newcastle, n. S. W.;
Frankistan IA days from Liverpool; Bay
of Bengal, 40 days from Valparaiso, and
| the schooner Bonanza from Fox Island.
All the arrivals report light winds and
| fogs off the coast.
Captain Williams of the Agbyn was anx-
1ous to reach port, so he prepared to tire
mortar in order to attract the attention OF
tugboat. Two OF the sailors were ram
ming home the powder when suddenly it
went off. The ramrod was driven through
| the ships bulwarks, making quite a hole,
while the two sailors are carrying their
arms in sings. The men are not badly
| injured, and will be quite well before the
Albyn is ready to sail. The Bonanza had
a fairly successful passage. She brought
down couple of cannery managers, who
/ were anxious to reach San Francisco.
The battle ship Oregon will start on her
| first cruise in few days. A three days
run out to sea is to be made, and during
that time target practice will be in order
and thorough test of the battle-ship's
big guns will be made. On her return she
will tie up at Sausalito and await instruc-
| tions from the Secretary of the Navy.
The Alert and Monadnock went to Mare
Island yesterday. The former will receive
a thorough overhauling, and will then go
10 Honolulu to relieve the cruiser now sta
toned there. The Bennington will re-
main on the sound for few weeks to test
the coal from the various mines, and the
flagship Philadelphia will probably ar
rive here in the course OF week or ten
days.
Captain Morgan of the British ship An
drosa has a curious story to tell about the
manner of loading a ship with nitrate at
Caleta Buena. lone man did the lob. -
said he yesterday. Each sack of nitrate
averaged $50 pounds, and that fellow
used to put into our hold about 300 tons a
day. He was customs official, and had
to handle everything that went into the
vessel. Each sack as it came from the
wagon was placed on his shoulders and
he would then run along the plank and
drop it on the deck. After that the crew