The San Francisco call., 1897-04-21
THE CHARMER
IS A CLIPPER
Made One of the Quickest
Voyages of the
Season.
Captain Holmes Received an
Ovation From His Numer.
GUS Friends.
News From the Seaers l. Encourag.
ing-The Luisa D Has 1000

The American ship Charmer arrived
from New York yesterday IN the smartest
time of the season, bar one. She made
the run in 134 days, but Captain
Holmes considers it the poorest showing
he has ever made. For ten days he was
off the Golden Gate and three times ran
up the coast in a vain search for north
westerly slant 10 carry his ship in to port
When the wind finally did favor him the
stout ship covered the distance inside of
twenty-four hours.
On this occasion the Charmer comes
consigned to J. F. Chapman e. Co., the op-
position, while on the outward trip she
will be loaded by the combine.
Captain Holmes and Chief Officer Henry
Raw. ins were two familiar figures to old
timers in the mercantile marine. They
were in the Seminole together for eleven
years, and all in ali they served as master
and mate on the same vessel for twenty
two years. Raw Inns did not come in with
the Cha rme- On this trip.
He fell dow the hold while the vessel
was discharging at Yokohama, and was
only saved by miracle. lie had just
co me on deck from his breakfast, and was
go ing into the lower hold to relieve the
second mate. In the meantime the sail
ors had removed the lower hatch, and
when Rawlins, thinking it was there, went
TO step on it he fell into space.
The belief that the Samaria is lost is
gradually growing into conviction. One
OF the latest converts is r. d. Oh andler.
who owns the coal cargo. "She came out
from here with cargo OF coal last June"
said he, land was one OF the stoutesL ships
have ever seen. She made round trip
for me- and was awaiting her return in
order to charter her again. She was a
sister to the Colum bia, now owned py me-
but two years younger, and few months
ago made the trip to Seattle and back in
twenty-nine days. She was not over
loaded, but | am afraid she has gone
nevertheless"
Nine vessels, one after the other have
arrived at Puget Sound, reporting wreck
age from a lumber vessel off the Greg on
coast. None Of the lumber boats from the
Sound are overdue, so if any of the fleet
has gone 1t must have been one OF the ves-
sells en- route for Australia.
The old Costa Rica came out of her re.
tirement at Sausalito yesterday and will
again 60 into the coal trade
The Office OF the steamer Gold was
robbed yesterday. Thieves broke in
while the agent was away at lunch and
secured $12 80.
Latest news from the sealers states that
the Kate and Ann is following up herd
OF 2000 seal and expects to make good
catch. The Luisa ID is expected in bv the
25th inst. with at least 1000 skins. The
last time she was heard from, over a
month ago, she had taken 713 seals.
The steamer Australia sailed for Homo
lulu yesterday with the following passen.
gers:
W. Booth, vile and infant Thomas Rrown
Mrs: j. N Brown, Miss Brown, A. V. Callaghan,
e. W. Calisghan, Miss Jessie Castle. Miss Cur
Fison, George K. Grau, H. Hugo, Mrs, r. s.
Johnson, Professor DR.. A. Koch, /. c. Lining
well. P. Lewis, wife and daughter, Miss Lewis,
T. Lincoln, wife and son, Mrs. Anna Long f.
r. Remele. Miss Robinson, Mrs. Emma Savior
Miss Alice J. Saylor, Miss Anna Schmidt. MIS-
X. S. spaulding, X. I. Stoepel, ]. E. Taylor,
George Grove, patcher employed by
the Harbor Commi issioners. mj.took his
shoe for a piece of lumber he was cutting
yesterday and hewed if mis- big toe. He
was repairing Beale-street wharf. and was
carried to ST. Mary's Hospital and later to
his home.
The following letter has been sent to the
Chamber OF Commerce. The United
States survey steamer Macarthur has been
ordered 10 establish the ranges:
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, April 90 1897
The Chamber Of Commerce of San E'rancisco-
GENTLEMEN: Re ierring to the matter of estab-
fishing the magnetic bearings from the harbor
of San Francisco of certain prominent ohiec;s
Oh shore when "in range" with each other for
the pur pose OF determining deviatious of com
passes. 1 respectfully suggest that the opinions
Oh snip captains, iamliiar with the narbor, as
use, would be of considerable value.
In the practical determination of the pro-
posed bearings IT is OF course necessary to ac-
curately locate the positions of the objects
selected, and the designation of the objects as
suggested would probably facilitate the work
n fhn IN h lie N
will be valua BILE to the shipping of this port.
by enabling the compass errors TO be de ter.
mined on q few courses, it will be OF courss
understood by all sh pun asters that the ra noes
do OF do away with the neec of the proposed
swinging stations" where the errors OF the
compass upon each point OF the entire circle
can be obtained. Very respectfully.
w. S. HUGHES
Lieutenant United States Navv