The San Francisco call., 1897-10-09
IN COLLISION
With THE CHINA
The Schooner Five Brothers
Lost Her Bowsprit and
Headgear.
Arrival Of the San Diego Gold
Hunters at Copper River
in Safety.
Death of Captain Lewis of the Bark
Highland Light at Seattle
Unexpectedly.

The Pacifi C Mail Compa1y's City Of
Para and China both arrived in port yes
teroay, the Para from Panama and way
ports and the China from China, Japan
and Hawaii. A few passengers came up
from Guatemala, and not one of them will
believe that Morales has been beaten. They
insist that the fall of the insurgents is
only canard sent out at the instance oi
Barrios, and assert that Morales is backed
by the wealth of Guatemala and is sure to
succeed in the long run. The republic is
under martial law, no one is allowed to
discuss the revolution and the wires are in
the hands of Barrios. $50 what can you
expect?" they ask.
The China made the run from Homo
lulu in days II hours 4S minutes. a hot
bearing caused stop of twenty-five min
utes during the run. While at anchor off
Meiggs wharf the ocean liner was run
down by the schooner Five Brothers.
| The latter was coming in from Fisher
mems Bay and when abreast of the China
the captain attem pied TO put her about.
The schooner missed stays and crashed
into the steamer. The latter was not
damaged, but the schooner lost her bow
spirit and head gear and was otherwise
damaged. She was towed to the Mission
mud fats.
All formaiities have now been complied
with and the China is under the Hawaiian
nag. That being the case the Barracuda,
now plying between Central American
ports, will proceed to Honolulu next
month 10 obtain her register She i3 now
in the same position as the China was,
having secured conditional register in
London under similar circumstau 10
the latter vessel. Both the China and
Barra couta few the British flag.
A dispatch to the Merchants Exchange
from Seattle states That Captain Lewis of
the bark Highland Light died early
Yesterday morning. The deceased was
! for years master of the bark Carrolton
and was we'll known in every port on the
coast.
The south end of Spear-street wharf fell
in yesterday. Without any warning
about forty feet of the structure gave way,
and few minutes later portions of il
we're drifting out with the tide. The
work OF repairing the damage will begin
at once
The barkentine Portland, which came
here from San Diego in ballast, has gone
| On the dIydock for an overhauling. She
is to take a load of railroad ties 10 Peru.
Two peculiar accidents were treated at
the City Front Receiving Hospital yester-
day. William Osberg, one of the men
EN- ployed bv the Government on Goat
Island, was assisting in getting donkey
engine 10 the top of the hill. One of the
wheels began to slip, and Osberg attemp pit
ed to stop it with MS hand. The right
index finger was nearly torn off, and he
had TO be brought to the city on the
launch Hazel.
John Drier is a deckhand on the river
steamer Modoc and is called "the strong
est man on the 'front.'" The Modoc was
docking at Hathaway's wharf and the
Camanche's launch was in the way. Drier
with his foot, but failed, and instead his
| toes were SO badly crushed that they may
! have to be amputated.
The steamer Wolcott arrived from
! Prince w liam Sound yesterday after a.
| fair-weather passage. Captain Humphrey
reports that the San Diego party Of fifteen
gold hunters, headed by ex. Sheriff O'Neil
OF San Luis Obispo County, bound for
/ Copper River, had arrived at Prince Will
! liam Sound on September 10, and started
up the river the next day. They were all
well and cheerful, and told Captain Hum
! phrey that they were bound for richer
| fields than the Klondike.
People who know Hunter Wallace and
Captain Bragg of the sealing schooner
Vera well say that both these men have
stated positively that they killed three of
Professor Jordan's branded seals on the
coast of Japan. 1t will be remem bered
that the professor holds that the Bering
Sea herds never go into japanese waters.
When cornered by revenue officers in
Dutch Harbor the story was denied. Now
Wallace and Bragg are asserting that
their first story was true.