The San Francisco call., 1897-12-07
The Harbor Got a ForetaSte
Of 1t Yesterday
Morning.
Several Vessels Took AdVant-
age of the Gale and
Sailed In.
Daylight Raid on Whitelaw's Junk
StOre-0nly One of the Burg
lars Arrested.

Another southeaster is predicted and
vessels north or south bound from Puget
Sound may expect another rough time oi
il. Cossting schooners now in port are
warned not to sail until the weather con-
ditions are more favorable.
Yesterday morning 1t blew pretty
heavily on tae bay and vessels moored to
the south of Market street had TO get out
extra lines. The schooner Tartar. moored
at the bulkhead between Main and BeaIe
streets, broke her guard and also two fem
der piles. An advertising sign, 30 feet
long by teet broad, was blown from the
roof of the ferry depot and wrecked.
Luckily there was no one about at the
time.
The French bark Refine Blanche after
being buffrted around Cape Horn caught
the storms again of the coast and had a
hard time of it. Finally a pilot gol
aboard yesterday morning and sailed the
vessel into port. The Refine Blanche was
l37 days getting here from Swansea and
she looks as if she had been through
heavy weather. Not one OF the crew
could speak a word of English, and the
quarantine officials had quite a time OF it
getting a bill of health from the captain
The brig Consueio from Mahukona also
sailed into port. Her captain reports tina
on Sunday night he saw two ships in the
distance, one a Ihree-mGSter and one a
four master. The former was probably
the Refine Blanche.
The steamer Colum bia from Astoria was
behind hand last night, and was probably
DELAYED by the southeasteT.
There was a dIphtherIa scare on Alca-
traZ Island last Sunday over the death of
the son OF Private Collins. Dr. IL, E. Nc
Way, the post surgeon. set all doubts at
1e't by stating positively that the boy had
died from qUnsy sore throat. Seven or
eight children come over from AlcatraZ
or the Gamer General Mcdowell to at
tend school every day. Private Collins
daughter goes to school on Mission
street, and over a week ago she went home
com planning from sore throat. When
she began to mend her brother was taken
sick, and finally died from the disease las t
Sunday night
The following changes among the Off
GERS of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany's fleet have gone into effect: Cap
tain Shea, late chief officer of the Pomona,
is now master of the Alex Duncan, Cap
tain Olsen OF the Duncan is now master of
the Santa Cruz, and Captain Hinkle of
the Santa Cruz has gone to Portland to
take command of the George w. Elder.
Captain Johnson of the latter vessel will
come 10 San Francisco.
The Vallejo steamsr Monticello is to
have new boilers put in next month and
when the change is made Captain Hatch
says his sci will be faster than ever.
The jolly skipper is just back from a visit
to Puget Sound and, to put it in his own
words, There is more wind than business
up there" Seattle. he says, is booming
on paper" and Tacoma is only little bet
ter. All IN all, Captain Hatch is not very
much impressed with the outlook in
Washington.
John Eaton was locked up in the Har-
Dor Police station yesterday by Officer
Crosby, on a charge of burglary. He and
two companions broke into Whitelaw's
lunkstore and were smashing up brasses,
preparatory TO carrying them away in a
wagon. when two of Whitelaw's men
heard them at work. They summoned
the police and Crosby arrested Eaton.
The other two thieves go: away, but as
they are known to The police their arrest
is only a question Of time