The San Francisco call., 1898-12-31
SeaIer Enterprise Puts
 in for Repairs.
NIPPON MARU WELL MANNED
HER ENGLISH CREW DUPLICAT-
 ED WITH JAPANESE.
TorpedoBoat Destroyer Farragut Has Been Accepted by the Govern ment and Goes to Mare
 Island To-Day.

The British sealing schooner Enterprise put in here yesterday to procure new bomb gun. She was out in the north wester and had very rough time of it, so Captain Anderson decided to run for port. The Enterprise came here from Kyuquot Island and. has an Indian crew. There are eleven of them and the boss of the party is a squaw. When it came to hiring the hunters the woman would not let them go unless she went along and was given a mans pay. When the boats put out after the seals the woman takes her place as boatsteerer and she does the work splendidly. Captain Anderson says she is the best man on the schooner and he would not mind having a crew of squaws if they were all like her.
 During the storm the Enterprise was under snug canvas and, although the wind did blow 70 miles an hour, not a thing was carried away. Now that the schooner is in port the captain and his crew of five whites will see the old year out and the new year in ashore, while the Indians will be given real holiday dln- ner.
 The Toyo Risen Kaisha's new steamer Nippon Maru, due here on January 13, has no lack of officers aboard. When she left England for Yokohama all the officers were shipped under a two years con- tract. The laws of Japan require all ofti- CerS or Japanese vessels to hold a Japa- neSe certificate, but when the Nippon Maru reached Tokio the men refused to run any chances with a Japanese exam ination: Both the captain and chief en- gineer had their papers, but in order that the steamer could get away on her sched- ule time, December 2, the company had 10 ship a second crew of Japanese naVi- gators and engineers. They ought to have an easy time of it on that steamer If II does not prove case of 'too many cooks spelling the broth"
 Uncle Sam is satisfied with the torpedo boat destroyer Farragut, built by the Union Iron Works, and to-day she goes naval authorities. The tug Reliance will tow her up to the navy yard and on New Years day she will form part of the United States navy.
 navy yard yesterday. On the second of the year she will start for the Boring Sea to keep an eye on the seal hunters during the coming season.
 he barkentine ;. G. Wilder left Homo lulu on December 12 and the s. N. Cas- tie followed her to sea the next day. Cap tains McNeil and Hubbard are old rivals and many a hotly contested race have they sailed. Before leaving they said they would celebrate New Years in San Fran cisco. When two barkentines were re- ported yesterday afternoon it was thought they might be the two racers but when one of them was made out to be the Tam o' Snanter all interest in them was lost. The chances are that both the captains will spend New Years day at sea, as the prevailing northwest wind will keep them off shore.
 Captain Charles Hall has taken com mand of the steamer Protection and will run her in the Coos Bay trade. Captain Hall was for years with the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and was later master of the Cleveland. He has not been to sea along the front will be glad to see him in. harness again.