The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
SHE CROSSED A
BREA EAK|NG BAR
The Coptic Got a Great
Send Off but Had a
Rough Time.
Mrs. Captain Shotwe.l and Her
Daughter Sailed Oh the
Steamer.
Disappointm Mt in Store for the Percy
Edwards Adventurers-The
Young Queen Dead.

Ihe Occld ental anu OTleutdl SOIu pdny >
steamer Coptic got a great send.of as she
left the Mail dock. last Thursday, another
from the tugs and steamers along the
water front and third as she passed over
the bar from the lookout at Point Lobos.
The occasion was the departure of Mrs.
and Miss Shotwell, the wife and daug liter
of the respected manager OF the Mer-
chants Exchange. Captain Snotwe,l is
one of the best liked men in San Fran
cisco, and his home in Mill Valley is a
general rendezvous for all shipping men
in the City when they take iaunt into
the country.
Nearly $50 people were down 10 see Mrs.
and NJ ss Shotweli off Oh their tour of the
Orient, but many of them left for Point
Lobos before the last gong went. Among
them was Captain Shotwell and his son
and large party of their male friends,
the ladies remaining at The wharf
When the Coptic passed out the bar was
breaking on poth banks and the vessel
was deluged with spray. She went out
through the north channel, and when in
a line with Point Lobos and on the crest
OF wave Pilot Jordan ordered three
blasts of the whistle. Johnny" the out
look at the Point, at once responded by
dipping the flag while the gentlemen
waved their handkerchiefs. Ten minutes
later the Coptic was lost in the mist and
flying spray.
Ed Vanderworker, an employe of the D.
II. Bibb Lumber Company, was nearly
killed while working in the mill yester-
day. He was handling one of the ma
chimes when knife flew out of its socket
and struck him in the groin, making a
wound eight inches long. The company
at once called in a surgeon, who temper
arily stopped the flow OF blood. A few
stitches were put in and then an ambu.
lance was sent for and Vanderworker was
taken to his home in Oakland. The sur
geon went with him. ana it was lucky he
did, as twice the wound broke out afresh.
On arriving he was driven to private
hospital, and the company will see to it
that he gets every attention and care.
Rain or shine the North Beach regatta
will take place tomorrow. Crowley and
Fitzgerald are in active training for their
$50 aside race and there are thirteen en-
tries for the S5 sweepstake race. The best
boats in the bay have been entered in
this event and the contest should be
close one. The judges will be George w.
Root, Thomas A, MCGOWAN and L. V.
Merle. The starte. will be Dan Crowley,
and the timekeeper II. S. Scott.
Friends and relatives of those who went
away on the brig Percy Edwards are WON
deripg when they will hear from them
again. Captain Luttrell, who recently re-
turned from the South Seas and who
knows Oceanica from one end to the other,
asserts that there is not an island on
which they will be allowed to land. Every
one OF them are under protectorate, and
during his last voyage on the Vine he was
fined 500 for landing a woman without
permission.
Every man who sailed for the Adam.
iacs 80
in black and white that he was entitled to
an equal chance to WOO and win the hand
some young queen. Now the fact of the
matter is that the handsome young queen
died two years ago. and an old and with
cred hag now rules over the group. IN
that particular group there are not a
dozen good-looking girls, and even these
become very repuIsive after marriage
I'm afraid the expedition will end in dis
aster."
The steamer Tiburon, after being on the
ways for a month, was put on the rnn be-
tween here and Tiburon on the San Fran
cisco and North Pacific line yesterday.
Her engines and boilers have been thor
oughly oyerhauled. and the engineer now
expects 10 make The run in twenty min
u1es. The decks have been replanked,
the cabin newly upholstered and a series
OF pictures of scenes along the railroad
route have been put in as panels. The
bar is one of the handsomest on any ship
or ferry boat on the bay, and ex-Judge
Hayden. of Tiburon and his son are in
supreme command.
a new de partnre. in the recovery Of the
treasure lost from the steamer Sunol has
been taken. The wrrcker Whitelaw has
been Withdrawn and the tugs Millie and
Jessie Matson substituted. The large
yawls from the schooners Shasta, Pinole.
Solano and Carrier Dove will assist, and
n nf tyi hau
dragnet. They will be able to cover a
much greater distance in consequence,
and General Manager A. Z. Pryor, who is
experimenting the job, is confident of
success. He was out all of yesterday To-
eating the boats, and will begin opera
tions early this-morning.
The men on the schooner Antelope had
a terrible time of it during the trip from
Coquilie River. On March %, when off
Cape BIanco. very heavy southeasterly
gale sprang up, and the vessel was in i'm
minent danger for a time. When the
well was sounded it was discovered that
she was leaking badly. From that time
stand INSTRUMENTATION at the pumps, and
they considered themselves lucky when q
safe anchorage was reached.
The Vallejo steamer Monticello has been
hauled off for repairs and in the mean
time the Shipowners' and Merchants tug
boat Sea Queen mas taken her place.
Captain McWhinnie of the Sierra
Cadena was robbed of $40 and his watch
and chain last Thursday night. He went
to sleep in his cabin and left the light burn
ing. The steward was asleep in his room
and had the ships watchdog with him.
Nevertheless the captains room was en-
tered during the night and money and
jewelry stolen.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
nf ms ri
She will sail next Tuesday in place of the
Santa Rosa, and in the meantime the
Santa Rosa will be repaired. On her re-
turn the Puebla will go back on the Puget
Sound route.
The little. Pacific Mail deck will be
ready Tor business next week, so that in
future none of the Mail boats will dock at
T.nr ho rl