The San Francisco call., 1898-06-29
CAST ON HER
 BEAM ENDS Narrow Escape of the Ship Othmarschen. HER CARGO WAS DAMAGED LOST SAILS AND BOATS IN A
 HURRICANE. A Big Raft Containing Five Million and a Quarter Feet of Gut Lum- Der Expected Here Next
 Friday.
HER CARGO WAS DAMAGED
LOST SAILS AND BOATS IN A
 HURRICANE.

The German ship Othmarschen which left here last March with valuable cargo of wheat for Cape Town had hard time of it reaching her destination. She was caught in a gale off the Horn, lost the greater part of three suits of sails, the cargo shifted and the vessel was thrown on her beam ends. Heavy seas washed everything movable on deck overheard, the main hatch was smashed and the cab in and deck houses suffered.
 In a private letter received yesterday Captain Salzer says: Arrived off Cape Horn A days out When in latitude 4S south, longitude 42 west, the barometer fell in twelve hours from 29.20 to 2S.23. I at once shortened sail and soon had the vessel under lower topsails and foretop- mast staysail. Early next morning we en- countered a hurricane with a nasty sea and the fore lower topsail and foretop- mast staysail blew out of the bolt ropes. The ship luffed up in the wind, although the rudder was hard over, the cargo shift ed and the vessel went oyer on her beam ends. Heavy seas broke on board from the ieeWard and everything movable on deck was washed oVerboard The main hatcIl was mashed In and the cargo damaged. The doors of the cabin, forecastle and gall ley were smashed in and all three places gutted."
 After considerable trouble the Othmar- schen was got on an even keel and then captain Salzer goes on to say:
 At 4:l5 a. m. the miZZen lower topSail blew out of the bolt ropes and a numbe1 of other sails blew out of the gaskets. One boat was carried away and the others padly damaged The Othmarschen had three suits of sails on board, but when the storm was over the mainmast was the only stick that had a full suit from main sail to royal. When 67 days out we were only IA miles from Cape Town"
 It was very exasperating, but 1t took Captain Salzer seven days to make his vessel cover that distance.
 The Othmarschen is a fine ship of 1792 tons burden and was loaded here by Cot ton, Bell &s Go. From Cape Town she will probably go to Newcastle, N. s. w, i'll ballast and come here with load of coal.
 Officer J. w. Mackey of the Harbor Po- lice had rough time of it on Eas. street last Monday night. AS a result he IS not In the best of condition to-day, but one Of Deas in the Harbor Receiving Hospital. Near midnight Monday Mackey was pass. ing saloon on East, near Jackson, when the proprietor asked him to put a man ing disturbance, out: Mackey went up to the fellow and said, Here, my good man; a you had better go home"
 For reply the good man caught the officer a swinging blow on the neck and knocked him into a corner. Mackay got on his feet as quickly as possible, only to be sent to the floor again with a straight punch on the nose The next time he got on his feet he had his club in his hand and Knowlton got a blow on the head from 1t that laid his scalp open. Nothing daunted he went for the officer again and in spite of another crack from the club he caught Mackey under the chin and knocked him over the stove and nearly out.
 The rol nan was game as a pebble however, and in few seconds he returned to the attack. In the meantime knowlton had been reinforced by tnrGe tircmen from Pl oadway wharf nni they had got Mackay under table and were proceed- ing to kick his brains out when a squad of police summoned by the saloon man was heard coming along East street on Mackey held on to Knowlton and finally landed him in the Harbor Police Station. He was charged with battery and resist ing an officer and was then removed to the Harbor Receiving Hospital.
 The big lumber raft which left the Co., lumbia River on the evening of the 24th instant is expected here next Friday, ana if all goes well it will be docked at Sec ton A of the sea wall and will be unload ed the same as a lumber vessel. The raft has ,000 feet of cut lumber in its make up, and should 1t get here all right the Harbor Commissioners should be able to get all of the article they want at consid- erably less than the $14 50 a thousand asked by the Pacific Pine Lumber Com pany. The raft is in tow of the tugs Res the rate of four miles an hour. The wind has been light from the northwest with d smooth sea for the last couple of days and as the barometer Is steadily rising everything points to the arrival of the big raft next Friday.