The San Francisco call., 1897-11-19
STORMS RAGING
ON THE COAST
Several Steamers Bound
Here From the North
Are Overdue.
A Fleet of Southbound Schoon-
ers Is Also Caught in
the Gale.
An Old Quarrel Over a Woman
Nearly Ended in Murder on
the Water Front.

a southeast hurricane is raging from
Eureka TO Cape Flattery and vessels south
pound must be having hard time of it.
Ihe steamer State of California was due
at Astoria last Wednesday morning. but
the Chances are that she is hove to
somewhere off the Colum bia River await
ing a chance 10 get in. The Umatilla,
from Puget Sound for San Francisco,
must also have encountered the full force
OF the storm. Sne wasdue here Yesterday
morning but at sundown she had not
been sighted. Wednesday morning it
was blowing ninty-tive miles an hour eff
the Oregon coast and yesterday the storm
had reached Humb boldt. The steamer
Humboldt from San Francisco got in 20
Eureka, but Captain Bonniheld reports
that the bar was breaking and the weather
very heavy outside. At the rate It is
iravellnE The storm should reach San
Francisco to-day, II il does not die out in
me meantime.
The bar bound fleet that got out OF
Grdys Harbor last Tuesday must also be
having lively time OF it, The fair wind
they had at starting would about bring
them 10 the Columbia River and there
they would meet the full force of the
storm. They, like the other vessels, are
probably hove 10 awaiting a change in The
wea her. The steamer Pr sdent vas due
Wednesday and the Truckee yesterday
from Yaqulna Bay, and they also will
have haru-luck stories 10 tell
During yesterday afternoon the fog SET
tied down very thick al the heads and up
10 dark nothing could be made out unit
after Il ad passed in. Before he fog
settled down 1t was known that the Brit
lsh ship Speke from Newcastle, \. s. W.
the bark Santiago and barkentine w. II.
Diamond from Honolulu and The brig
Ga4i.ee were outside, and later all four of
them towed IN. Three square-riggers were
also in the otfing, but owing to the fog the
tugs could not find them. the Speke
made the run in the fast 'ime of tifty-hve
days beating other vessels all the way
from one day TO three weeks.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
steamer Marlposa arrived from Sydney
via Auckland, Apia and Honolulu at
an early hour yesterday morning. Among
the pa sengers from Apia to Honolulu
was Uni.ed STATES Consul Churchill, VINO
is charged with ma aieasance IN office,
and who Is badly wanted in Washington.
DE told the passengers on the steamer
that he was going to Japan, but the Off
GERS OF the Marlposa think be will take
the next steamer to Vancouver, B. G..
so 10 be In touch with his relatives
D. w. Maratta, United States Consul 10
Melbourne, Australia, accompanied by
lis wife and child. were also pGssenge gers
bV the Mariposa. Mr.. Msratta says that
Australia is going ahead with leaps and
bounds, and thai the banks have more
N oney in their vaults than they know
what to do with. Part of the steamers
cargo was 325 600 soverelg1s, the balance
of trade in favor OF the United States
Six miners, bound for the Klondlke, came
up IN the steerage. They Will make their
preparations here and be ready for an
early start in The spring.
The Pacific Mail COmpany's steamer
Colon got IN yesterday day ahead of
lime. She brought up twenty CT bin and
torty-tve steerage passengers. Ten OF
the latter are Chinese in transit for Hong
kong. George R. Cottle was a passenger
from Mazatlan. He went from San D eso
to identity the man held on suspicion of
being murderer Dunhsm. Coltle SAYS
that the prisoner only very slightly re-
sem pled Dunham.
James w. O'Connor, second mat. of the |
Colon, was transferred to the Starbuck at
Acapulco and made chief officer OF that
vessel.
Fong Lee, second cook of The river /
steamer Sunol, attem pied to commit sui /
eide yesterday while the vessel was on
her way lo San Francisco. He is only a I
lad and has been studying very hard to
learn ENGLISH When the cook scolded
him yesterday morning he went 10 the
eide of the steamer aud jumped over
board. Captain Larbfg had the steamer
stopped and boat on the way to the res
cue in Wo and half minutes, the whole
celay being less than ten minutes. Fong
was taken to the Receiving Hospital,
where he was attended by the surgeons.
He will be able to JOIN tie steamer again
to-day.
Frank Rodericho and John Pryor set
tied an old feud last "Wednesday night In
Pryor has charge of assau
to murder against him in the Harbor Po-
ice books anG RCderichs was treated for a
skull at the Branch Receiving
II SPIRAL. The latter lives al 123 Oregon