The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03
Good Catches Made by
All the Vessels.
MORE MILLIONS FROM NOME
PORTLAND HERE WITH THREE
HUNDRED MINERS.
Charles W. Morgan Arrives From
Okhotsk Sea - Found Sixty
Pounds of Ambergris Dur
ing the Cruise.

Another vessel of the Alaska CONNER
cial Company's fleet arrived from Cape
Nome ST. Michael and Unalaska yester-
day. Shortly after daybreak the Portland,
with 3G4 returning miners, put in an ap-
pearance and was docked at Fremont
street wharf. There was aboard ten
boxes of gold dust, each valued at about
100000, for the company, and each miner
had all the way from $500 TO $5U0O worth
of dust in his possession.
Among those who came down on the
Portland was j. A. Dexter, who has been
on the Yukon and at Cape Nome since
1890. He has done remarkably well ana Is
considered one of the wealthiest men that
has left the gold neldS this year. Some
time ago he injured his knee, ana ana It's IL Is
for d surgical operation that ne has come
to San Francisco. lie Is accompanied Dy
his wife, who is an indian woman and
his two CHILDREN.
Portland He has been on the different
gold fields for several months, LOOKING
after the vast interests OF the commercial
Company. He is in good health, put Is
very much thinner Unan when he lett
The crew OF the Portland confirm the
stories OF typhoid fever, and some OF the
passengers were sick with the disease
when they left Cape Nome. James X.
Girling, whose death was reported by the
Roanoke, passed away on the Portland IN
Unalaska Harbor. he was taken aboard
suffering from typhoid. There were ten
other fever patients on the Portland when
she left Nome, but five of them recovered
sufficiently during the passage TO be able
TO leave the ship when she docked. Ihe
others were removed to the various hos
pitfalls during the day. The steamer was
examined by the quarantine officer, but
after a searching investigation into the
cases he allowed her to go to her wharf.
Captain Lundquist reports that the
steamers Cleveland, Alona and Albion,
the schooner Vega and bark Alaska We're
at Cape Nome on October u, while the
steamer Homer was off Cape Nome,
bound for St Michael, on October 16.
There We're al Dutch Harbor on October
% the schooner Thomas F. Bayard and
the steam whaler karluk. The latter was
to sail for San Francisco on October "a
The catch of the whalers Is reported as
follows: Alexander Z, Balena Z, Alaska
l, Belvedere 5, Bowhead 6, Thrasher 6,
| Karluk T. William Bayltss 9, Mermaid 2
and Fearless clean. The latter vessel has
not been spoken since last August, when
f! she was going TO the eastward ana was
/ The whaling bark Charles w. Morgan
/ arrived from the Okhotsk Sea during the
( afternoon. She brought, into port 1900
barrels of sperm oil, 200 barrels of whale
/ oil and 260O pounds of whalebone. On
! September the Morgan spoke the whal-
/ ing bark California, with 900 barrels of
sperm and 400 barrels of whale oil and
5000 pounds of whalebone.
1t was one of the Charles w Morgans
boat crews that picked up sixty pounds of
ambeTg girls, valued at $4,000, in the Ok
hotsk Sea. The boat was chasing whale
when the valuable find was made. Since
then the ambergris has been sold and the
money is in the pockets of the agent Of
the vessel. The story of the ind was tod
in The Sunday Call few weeks ago.
The Morgan lost one of her boats dur
ing the cruise. The second day out of the
Okhotsk Sea a whale was sighted and two
boats were lowered TO give chase. First
Mate Morgan was in command of one and
[ Fourth Mate Thurston of the other.
Thurston harpooned the leviathan and
few minutes later Morgan put another
steel barb into it The whale became in
furiated, and making for Morgan's boat
smashed it like an egg shell. The men
saw the monster coming and saved them
selves by jumping overheard.
In order to save his shipmates Thurston
cut loose from the whale and 1t escaped
with two of the Morgan's harpoons stick
ing in its body. The men were picked
Morgan proceeded on her way to San
Francisco.
here for repairs While passing out Of
Tillamook Bay last week, bound for San
Pedro she struck on the bar and sprang
a leak. The captain at once put back to
port, and finding his vessel more severely
damaged than he at first suspected wired
to San Francisco for instructions. He was
steamer National City will pick her up
and tow her to this port On arriving here
the schooner will be discharged and put
on the drydock for repairs.
The transport Leelanaw will sail to-day
for Manila with 275 horses, and the Cone
maugh tomorrow with 2S0 horses. Both
vessels will stop at Honolulu. The City
of Puebla went to the quarantine hulk at
Angel Island yesterday to be fumgated,
and the Senator took her place at Fol-
som street wharf. The Duke of Fife
docked at Harrison street and will be got
ready for carrying troops as rapidly as
possible. The Ben Mohr will probably
sail on Saturday.
There was a very pleasant entertain
ment at the Seamen's Institute on Steuart
street last Wednesday night. There was
a big gathering of sailors from the coast
and geodetic steamer Pathfinder. training
ship Pensacola and the various British
ships in port. Among those who helped
entertain the audience were the families
of Captain John Leale of the Bay City
and Captain William Leale of the Caro-
line. Captain William Leale gave num-
Der of very funny character sketches, and
Mrs John Leale and the Misses Marion
Edith and Elsie Leale, as the Hawaiian
quartet, made most decided hit with the
sailor boys.