The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
A DUEL FOUGHT
ON AN O|LSH|P
The Vessel Was Taken
Out to Sea for the
Encounter.
While off Panama the Chief
Engineer and Second o.
ficer Fought.
On the First Shot the Second Officer
Was Mortally Wound ad-Water
Front N.tes.

The Pacific Mail Com pany's fast steamer
Newport got in from Panama and way
ports promptly on time yesterday morn
ing. She brought number of passengers
and full cargo. While the Newport was
at Panama the French oil steamer Made
line put In. She was in partially dis
abled condition, an explosion having
occurred during the run up the coast that
injured the machinery and killed five of
the crew. After remaining a very short
time in port the Madeline put to sea again
and again returned to Panama about an
hour and half before the Newport sailed.
1t was learned that duel had been
fought between the chief engineer and the
second officer and that the latter had been
MORALLY wounded. Several of the pas
sengers on the Newport were questioned,
but owing to the short time between the
eturn of the Madeline and the sailing of
the Newport they had no opportunity to
get names.
The managing owner of the oil steamer
was on board the Newport en- route for
this port, but as soon as he heard of the
tragedy he packed up his trunks and went
asho re. The Madeline was on her way to
San Fran cisco for an overhauling in order
to go into the oil trade between here and
Payta, Peru She can only make six
knots an hour, so it will be some weeks
before she reaches this point.
British Columbia is going into the Ha-
waiian sugar trade. Parties in Victoria
have purchased the ship Fort George, and
on ner arrival here she will be put in the
trade between Victoria, San Francisco and
the Hawaiian Islands. The Fort George
is an old trader to TINS port and wi Ii be a
splendid vessel for the sugar trade.
bill the boatman,' or Bill Harris, one of
Carter's men, and Harry Blown, a whaler
on the bark John and Winthrop, had
narrow escape last Friday night. The
boatman was taking the whaler to his YES
sci, which was at anchor off the oil works,
when they got into collision with the
schooner frankie X. Bill was pulling and
Brown was steering The former saw the
danger and told the whaler TO star board
The latter had several glasses of water
front whisky aboard, and in consequence
put the helm to port. a collision fol-
lowed, and the two men were thrown into
the Day. Bits face was terribly cut by
the barnacles on the schooners bottom
and the whaler managed to reach the
luke OF the frankie KS anchor. Both
were rescued and landed at Clay-street
wharf Another boat was procured, and
Brown was put on board the John and
w lH1niop ia tiEue TO leave on q cruise TO
the southern seas yesterday morning.
There was small seizure of cigars on
the German ship Othmarschen at Long
Bridge. Two boxes of cigars containing
lOOO each were found in the bread case.
They were addressed to Captain Selizer
and as they were neither on the man ifest
or store list Customs Inspectors Halpin
and Mcbride seized them.
Her Britannia Maiesty's ship Pheasant
arrived from Vancouver B. c. Yesterday
and after remaining here a few days will
proceed south on a practice cruise. Her
officers and armament are as follows:
Commander, Frank A. Sarforeti; First
Lieutenant Henry R. Shipster, Lieutenant
Arthur b. Hughes, Surgeon Edgar f.
Mortimer, Chief Engineer Albert f. Coo
llngs, Paymaster Henry Constantine, Mid
shlpman Roger de G. Kenyon, Gunner F.
S. Farlow. The Pheasant has speed of
twelve knots, is 755 tons register, has six
tour-1nch breech-loaders and eleven other
guns
The following notice has been issued by
the photographic Office:
Oregon-Columbia River entrance-Buoy
MARKING westerly extremity of Clatsop Spit
A nrst-class nun buoy, red, 10 be known as
Clatsop spit buoy No. o, was established De-
eemper ~, 1896, to mark the western edge of
C!atsop SPLIT, and is moored in twenty-five feet
OF water, on the following bearings: Cape
1 plsappoinnt Mt Lighthouse, n AZ deg, Z.
true IN. NE. E. mag.l; north head. tangent,
n. 10 deg, L. true IN. Il w. mag.); Point
Adams Lighthouse, S. Sd deg, 4. true (E. ss S
mag.).