The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-13
LIVED IN FEAR
Of CAP URE
The Charles E. MOOdy's
MomentouS Voyage.
ANCHORED ON DUXBURY REEF
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE SHIP
GALENA.
ANCHORED ON DUxBURY REEF
Enormous Sums in Subsidies Being
Paid by the Japanese Govern
ment to Increase Her
Merchant Marine.

The American ship Charles E. Moody
is safe In port. For 1875 days the crew
lived in constant fear of being captured
by a Spanish privateer, and before the
voyage was a week old some of the sail
ors vowed that they were foreordained
to end their days in a Spanish prison.
The Charles e. Moody sailed from Phil
adelphia on April 29, or two days after
the declaration of war with Spain. Cap
tain Leonard remarked before sailing that
he guessed the dons would have their
hands full keeping out of the way of I'm
Gle Sans warships, without botherine
with merchant prizes. Still a bright look
out was kept, and one night when IN the
Bermudas a big steam vessel hove in
sight and all hands were called, and ev-
cry man had his heart in his mouth. The
Moody had every stitch of canvas set,
and was reelng off her ten knots as reg
ularly as the hour came around. 1t was
in the mates watch that the big black
mass hove up out of the darkness. Not
a light was visible, but the hull kept ris-
ing' and rising and looming UP blacker
and blacker. Captain Leonard was call
ed, and by the time he got on deck two
smokestacks and a fighting mast were
visible. The warship paid no attention
to the wind-jammer, but kept on her
course and she was soon hull down, much
The last steamer for st. Michael this
season got away yesterday. The Port
land of the Alaska Commercial Compa-
ny's line, sailed for the north loaded down
with provisions, but with very few pas
sengers. Among her cargo was ten tons
of ice, which is expected to last the pas
sengers and crew until the Arctic ice is
met in Boring Sea.
yesterday from Valparaiso for New York
in command of Captain Murphy, late Of
the Shenandoah. Soon after leaving Hilo
for New York the Kenilworth caught fire,
and the captain, mate and cabin boy were
suffocated. The second mate. took the
vessel into Valparaiso, where the fire was
put out and the vessel overhauled.
The japanese Government is doing all
rine. 1t is fostering steamer lines run
ming from Yokohama to all parts Of the
world, and in a month or so three Jap
anes owned steamers will be carrying
merchandise and passengers to and from
San Francisco. In order to enable these
new companies to compete with foreign
concerns the Japanese Government under
the shipping encouragement regula-
lions" pays bonus of over four million
ven a year. Thus the Siberian line of
steamers receives 50,201 yen from the Gov
eminent, the Chinese line 30,179 yen, the
European lines 2523,o72 yen, the Seattle
line 1878 yen, and the San Francisco
line 500 561 yen. These amounts are to be
maid for number of years, so that once
the JapS get INTO Boou working order
thew will make things warm for the un-
subsidized lines
The bark Nicholas Thayer arrived from
Nushagak yesterday with $3.50 cases of
oF the cannery hands, died He was As
Years old and a native of Finland.
on the American bark George f. Man
son. now out 1872 days from Sydney, N. S.
w w so per cent reinsurance was paid
Yesterday. The J. d. Peters was 134 days
making the same run som some time ago, SO
The British ship Galena, from Antwerp
had a narrow escape yesterday morning
Had IL been blowing anyway hard she
yould have gone on Duxbury reef. and
the chances are that all hands would
have been drowned When. the Govern
Nent decided to replace the whistling
bnov in mid channel with a lightship the
shipping in all parts of the world was
notified six months beforehand. When
the iightship was anchored in position the
whistIing buoy was removed and placed
on Duxbury reef with only formal no