The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12
RETURN FROM
4 YEARS CRUISE
IN THE ARCTIC
The Bear and Alice
Knowles at Home.
REVENUE CUTTER CHANGES
TEETIs WILL NOW ACT AS a RE-
CEIVING SHIP.
a Good Catch Made by the Whaler.
Smart Run OF the Ship Columbia
a Drunkard's Double
Escape.
REVENUE CUTTER CHANGES
TEETIS WILL NOW ACT AS a RE-
CEIVING SHIP.

The revenue cutter Bear and the whal-
iug bark Alice Knowles both got home
from the Arctic yesterday. The Bear
stopped at Seattle on the way down. On
her way down from the Sound she ran
into a heavy southeaster and for two days
was hove 70 \ thunder and lightning
storm played around the cutter while she
was hove to, and a number of the crew
got electrical shocks. The officers say
that many an electric STORM mas been
their. portion IN other parts OF the WoIIu'
but this is the first one they ever eAPe-
rienced on the coast of California
While the Bear was at Nome the people
were very much exercised over the non
arrival of the steamer L2uTada. She had
many passengers and a full cargo or pro
visions aboard and was long overdue. Inc
news OF the wreck of the vessel was
known mere, but not at the gold heldS;
The Bear made an. extended search ana
found the wreck on St. Georges IS-ano
The crew had got all the ships stores, az
the passengers baggage, about IIlN TONS
q cargo, 800 sheep and several steers
ashore. Al. the passengers were laHueu
and many Of them Went 10 Nome on ne ne
Cleveland, while the women came back
home on the Corwin.
The story about chasing whalers and
nrt-g shots after them because they hdd
liquor. aboard is laughed at by the oflcerS
dams were arrested for Illicit diSulung,
but no whalers were chased. quite q
number Of criminals We're picked up along
the Alaskan coast and transported TO
Sitka. hut the tales Of their crimes were
told long ago in The Call. The Bear, in
company with the McCulloch, will go
from here Ia. San Diego and winter there.
The Alice Knowles had a successful sea-
son In the frozen. north. She brings back
U5l pounds OF whale bOne. 40 barrels Of
sperm oil and 40 barrels of whale oil.
There were no casualties during the
There will be a number Of changes in
the revenue service during the next few
days. Captain Frank futile, now IN com
uaCG of the Golden Gate, takes the Bear,
AND Lieutenant Jarvis, who brought the
cutter from the north, goes East. Lieu
tenant A. Buhner of thu Thetts takes the
Golden Gate, Lieutenant G. 5. Cochrane
Of The .hetis goes as navigating officer OF
the Bear. Lieutenant H like of the Bear
goes TO the McCullOch and Assistant En-
Eiuter j. l. Bryan of the Thets goes to
the Golden Gate. The Thetis is TO be
brought over from SausalitO and anchored
in the cove between Meiggs wharf and
Black Points where she will in future act
as q receiving ship
Two of the overdue fleet got in yester-
Gay. The ArCata and South Portland
from Coos Bay had a hard time of it and
We're 81 hours making the run, or nearly
g day and a. -laIf longer than usual.
J. Sullivan of AT First street was twice
treated at the HarbOr Hospital yesterday
morning. AT Sou a m he was brought
in from the corner of Bryant and Second
streets suffering from alcoholism and sew
eTal -iaCeTated wounds. He was fixed up
and left the hospital An hour later there
was another call from Bryant and Sec
end streets TOT the am bUlance and II was
Sullivan. again. This time he had a frac-
tured skull and may die. Late yesterday
afternoon he was removed 70 the City and
County Hospital
The ship Columbia arrived at Tacoma
yesterday, having made the run from San
Francisco in the splendid time of five