The San Francisco call., 1897-08-11
A FORTUNE TN
SEA OFFERS
Four Schooners in Three
Months Have Taken
Sixty-Three Skins.
Each One of Which Is Valued
in the London Market
at $1,000.
The City of Puebla to Go South to
Relieve the Port Hartford
Grain Glut.

The schooners that have been out after
sea offers have struck a second klondlke.
The season is only half over, but accord
ing to reports from Captain Smalries oi
the schooner Theresa four schooners have
Melted about S63, 600 in the aggregate for
three months work. Sea otter skins are
worth in the English market about $1,000
each. According 10 private advices on
July the Herman had 1S skins, the Rat
tier 90, the Eppinger and the Kate and
Ann Is. Every hunter on each of these
vessels will have as much money coming
to him when his schooner reaches port as
though he had made a successful trip to
the Klonuike.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
Peru arrived yesterday morning from
Yokohama with the following passen.
gers: K. Amano, Mrs Amano, Miss
Amano Captain T. Scullen, J. E. Smith,
S. r. de Vernenci, D. 6. c. Johnston
Captain a w. Newbold. U. Rusendale,
l. Johansen, w. a. Wilson, T. Saka, DR..
Wigoora, G. w. Christian, J. Thurston,
G. f. Thomas.
Captain T. Scullen is the late master oil
the whaling bark Cape Horn Pigeon. She
went ashore on the coast of Japan some
time ago. and the story OF her total loss
has already been told in THE CALL.
The Panama steamer City of Para was
released from quarantine yesterday, and
when docked at the Mail Company 8
wharf the work OF discharging was a on ce
begun. A full cargo is lying on the
wharf awaiting hor and the sooner it is
removed into the steamers hold the bet
ter the com pany will be pleased.
The Mail dock is not the only gluted
wharf on the water front. A full cargo
lies on Pacific street awaiting the Aus.
tralia, which docked yesterday afternoon,
while the Broadway wharves are crowded
with frei ght awaiting transhipment. The
City of Pue bla, which arrived from Puget
Sound ports, is being worked day and
night In order to get her away 10 Port
Hartford in order to bring up a cargo OF
wheat that will remove the glut at that
point. The hope is that the Puebla will
be able to make a trip to the southern
port, bring up 5000 tons of grain an d still
be in time to make her regular trip to
Sound ports. AS the Progreso will clea
the chances are that the Puebla will make
connections.
The Australia will take away eleven
carloads of machinery and steel rails for
the Oahu Sugar Refinery and a cargo OF
general merchandise that will com pletely
nlI the SNIP owing TO repairs made on
the drydock the vessel will not get away
until tomorrow.
Captain W. ]. Russell succeeds Captain
Mclean OF the Mail Company's San Bias,
the latter taking temporary command of
the CITY of Sydney.
The British ship Fairport, with only a
kedge out, broke adrift at Sausalito yes
terday and collided with the Matterhorn.
The mizZen topgalIant yard of the former
hooked the jigger topmast of the latter
and there was trouble for a time. Very
little damage was done, however.
William Connell, Robert Dempsy, Will
liam Cole and Thomas Cochran were ar
rested yesterday by Officers 2. A. Mahoney
and James Mackey and booked at the
Harbor police station. They stood up
Frank Wilson, from whom they took
everything he had except his shirt. trou-
sers and boots, and then entered Al
Whites place, from which they stole sew
eral bottles of whisky.
The British ship Lord Cairns arrived
from Swansea yesterday after passage
OF 1876 days. She had the usual passage
and only struck heavy weather when in
the Pacific. She will discharge her cargo
and proceed to Load wheat for Europe.