The San Francisco call., 1898-04-29
Short of Provisions, So the Crew Had to Live
 on Beans.
Captain M. P. Anderson Died Almost in Sight of the
 Golden Gate.
The Cook of the Bark Hesper Went Crazy at Sea and Tried to
 Commit Suicide.

Quite a fleet of vessels took advantage of the fair wind that blew in from the sea yesterday and made port without the aid of the tugs. Among them was one ship, two barks and a dozen schooners while the steamer Columbia arrived from Portland and the Weeott from Eureka. The latter was two days overdue, and was lowed in by the tug Sea King. Dur ing the run down the coast her engines broke down and she came the greater part of the way under sail.
 The schooner Enterprise came in from Grays Harbor with load of lumber. During the passage Captain Ingwerdsen broke a blood vessel and the crew thought he would die before the vessel reached port. They signaled for a doc tor as soon as the heads were reached, and pr. E. Hill of the Harbor Receiving Hospital went out to the vessel. He found the captain to be a very sick man, but thinks that with care he will pull through.
 The bark Hesper came in from Caleta Buena with cargo of nitrate. On the way up the coast s. Anderson, the cook, went crazy and jumped overheard. A boat was lowered and he was rescued, but as he again tried to take his own life, Captain Sodergren put him in irons.
 
 A. E. Macandrew and H. James and wife. MT. Macandrew says that Caleta Buena and IQuique are practically deserted. The bottom has dropped out of the nitrate market, and nearly all the factories are closed down. In consequence there has been an exodus of the inhabitants, near ly all of whom started for the Klondike. MT and Mrs. James are going to try their fortune on the Yukon.
 The schooner Uranus arrived from San Bento, Mexico, after hard round trip. She left Fort Bragg with load of lum- Der over six months ago, but lost half of 1t in the Gulf of California during a very heavy storm. No return cargo could be secured at San Benito, so she had to return in ballast. Captain M. P. Ander- son had been sick throughout the entire passage, and on the 22d inst. he died and was buried at sea. Captain Glow brought the vessel into port after a great deal of trouble. The chronometer was all wrong, and according to his reckonings the Uran- us should have been hard and fast on the beach week ago. Captain Anderson wanted to live to reach port, and held out tC the last minute. But when the time came that, according to calculations, the schooner should be within sight of the Golden Gate and there was no land in sight, he gave up hope and when his son returned to the cabin to tell him once more that there was nothing but water to be seen he found him dead.
 While the Uranus was lying at San Renito George Lindner, an apprentice boy on the German barkentine Elba, deserted his ship and swan two miles to get aboard the American schooner He said he was not half fed and wanted to get to San Francisco, so he took his chances with the sharks. As the Uranus was ready to sail, Captain Anderson kept the boy and brought him up on the schooner. AS far as the food was concerned, how ever, in Lindners case, it was out of the frying pan into the fire. The stock of -four on the Uranus was ruined on the voyage down, and the crew had to live on beans during the trip up the coast. There was no fear of starvation, but everybody was longing for a change of diet when the anchor was dropped.
 If ever a man was thoroughly disliked on the water front it is United States Quarantaine Officer Rosenau. He is never happy unless he is putting some unfor- tunate ship captain to some trouble. but he is supremely happy when he can catch a sailing vessel that has crossed the quar- antine line with fair wind. Wednesday last he caught the brigs Lurline and John D. SpreckelS, and was, in consequence, as pleased as a pig with two tails. Captain Christiansen, of the Spreckels was bowl ing along with a fine breeze and was fig urfng on making the sugar refinery on one tack, when along came Dr. Rosenau and made him bout ship and return to the other side of the quarantine line.
 The Lurline had to come to an anchor in order to give the Federal officer a chance 70 go through her papers. Tester Gay the Uranus came close to the quar- antine llne. and Captain Glow had to furl sal and drop anchor in a hurry in order to escape a fine. As it was he came within an ace of running down the pilot boat Bonita. On the British ship Port Logan and American ship Eclipse the captains had to order all the sails let go and drop anchor in order to please Dr. Rosenau. In consequence both vessels broke their capstans and were otherwise daraaged.
 Such Incidents as these are of every day occurrence, so 1t is no wonder the skipping men and ship masters dislike Dr. Rosenau.
 Tho steamer Humboldt sailed yesterday on her last trip but one for Dyea and Skaguay. On the completion 0f her May June voyage she will be put oi. the St Michael run, and Chief Engineer J. Foard is wi...ng to give odds that his vessel Will be1t the record of any steamer pat in the trade. The Humboldt is a fast, com icrtable boat. but just how fas. she IS nobody knows, as she has never been spCeded. Last season she made the TO ma trip from Seattle to St. Michael and back in twenty-five days. That time included a delay of several days at St Michael caused by poor lightering, and two days at Dutch Harbor to coal. That was the Foard says her vessel can better her own Foord says her vessel can better her own time.
 Uncle Sam has only to go as far as the Merchants Exchange when in want of three stalwart recruits who know more or less about almost every ship afoat The young men are J. Daley, Abe Marks and w. B. Downs, and they are ready to go to sea on any of the warships when called upon. There are none more popu- lar in shipping circles than Jerry, Abe and Billy" and should the call of duty take them to the front they would be sad ly missed by the hundreds who shower questions at them daily lon Change
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