The San Francisco call., 1896-01-16
The City of Everett Completes
Her Last Trip in the
Panama Line.
MAJOR RADFORD WILL BE SHOT
Three of the Sealing Schooner Kate
and Anna's Crew Picked
Up at Sea.

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completed her final passage in the Pana-
ua Railway line yesterday and it is said
that she will be put in the Australian
trade. She brought up about 1000 tons of
freight and left about the same quantity
for the Washteuaw. The arrival of the
latter steamer will end the Panama Rail
way line of steamers.
On the way up from Panama @ fatality
occurred. On January the steamer was
off Manzanllo and one of the seamen,
named Joseph Benson, was standing on
the forward part OF the ship. The weather
was perfectly calm, and how the accident
happened is mystery. By some means
or another Benson lost his footing, and as
he struck the water the steamer passed
over him. He came up astern and started
to swim. A boat was lowered and Benson
caught the log-line to keep himself up.
He was too much exhausted to hold on
and sank when the boat was only 100 feet
away. He shipped on the whale back at
Everett, Wash, six months ago, and was
about % years Of age.
Among the passengers on the Everett as
far as Port Los Angeles was Onesto Icaza,
agent of the railroad company at Panama,
and his wife ami family. Mr.. icaZa is suf-
fering from general debility and a touch of
pneumonia and decided 10 go to Southern
California instead of coming to San Fran
cisco for the winter. The stop OF the
Everett at Port Los Angeles gave rise to a
foolish rumor that in future all the
Panama steamers will stop at that point
The Everett simply stopped at that point
TO land Agent Icaza.
The Everett brings the news that Major
Charles Radford of Virginia, alias ex-
Judge Randolph of Montgomery, Ala,
whose story was published in The CALL a
month ago, was to be shot at Cali week
after the steamer left Panama. The United
States had done everything possible for the
unfortunate man, but it was case of cold
blooded murder and very little could be
gained.
When Radford left here about three
months ago, on the steamer San Bias, he
had very large sum OF money with him.
He purchased some land at Cali from a
German merchant named Charles Sim
mons, on which there was o souatter.
Radford demanded that Simmons remove
the squatter, but the latter refused, saying
the m aior now owned the land, and for
him TO do it. A quarrel ensued and Rad
ford vowed vengeance. He went back to
his house, cleaned and loaded his re-
volver told his carpenter that he was
going to kill Simmons. went out and
found his man and shot him down. Now
III.
For the first time in over twenty years
John Curtin, the well-known sailor board
ing-house keeper, was seen in front of his
place yesterday with his coat and vest on
Winter and summer Curtin was always to
be seen marching about in his shirt
sleeves, but yesterdays southeaster drove
him to a coat.
Some years ago Curtin was subpenaed
a juror in the Clara Belle Mcdonald
case. He drove up to the new City Hall in
his shirt sleeves, and was refused permis-
sion to enter the court. A bench warrant
was issued for him, and again he appeared
without q coa.. He explained to the
Judge that a garment OF that kind made
him uncomfortable, and begged TO be ex-
cused from serving on the jury. He was
excused. 1t was Curtin s boarding house
that was blown up by dynamite about two
years ago.
Tn. trial of Captain Michael Healy, set
for hearing yesterday on the revenue cut
ter Rush, did not take place. 1t will go on
next Friday, probably in the Appraisers
building, if Captains Hodgson and Srad-
der have arrived from the East.
The steamer Corona came off the Union
Iron Works drydock, after a thorough
overhauling, Yesterday She was given
trial spin up 10 Hunters Point and back
to the Two Brothers, which was a great
success. The Corona will go out next trip
in place of the Mexico, and the latter YES
sci will be laid up at Sausalto.
The captain of the schooner Western
Home, which arrived yesterday, makes the
following report: On January - at II NJ.
we picked up sealing boat belonging to
the schooner Kate and Anna with Hunter
Daniel Caussen, Boat-steerer Carroll and
Boat-puller G.. Jacobs, who were lost from
their vessel on January 6 during a thick
mist.
On January they were picked up by
the schooner Rio Rey, bound for Bowens
Landing, but the next day, the weather
being very thick and no chance of getting
to Bowens Landing, they left the Rio Rey
and started out by themselves, expecting
to find some vessel bound for San Fran
cisco. On January Il they were picked up
by the Western Home, and on January IA
at A. NJ they left the Western Home ex-
pecting 10 find their vessel at brakes Bay
or Point Reyes waiting for them.