The San Francisco call., 1899-10-01
WHALERS MAKE
LARGE CATCHES
IN THE. ARCTIC. !. !.
Mary D. Hume Back
From the North.
THETts COMES FROM SIBERIA
VERY NEAR1Y WENT ASHORE At
:.... UNALAsKA. .:'.....:
Strike on the Leelanaw-Badger in
!. the Fairway--Ye elbow Jack at -
Panama-Accidents on
the Water Front. T..
THETfS COMES. FROM SIBERIA
VERY NEARLY WENT ASHORE AT
UNALASKA.. ...'.>.. -

The whalers that wintered off the mouth
Of the Mackenzie River last year did well.
Every one of them made good catch
and the Beluga a phenomenal one. AT
one time Captain Bodfish had ten whales
heads stored up on Herschel Island, as
The men could not spare the time to cut
out the whalebone. In all the Beluga has
taken enough whaIebone and oil during
two seasons to run the value Of her catch
close to half a million dollars.
The steam whaler Mary D. Hume ar
rived from the Arctic yesterday. Last
season she sent down the product Of ten
whales and this year she has taken six
teen more, so all hands and the cook viii
have a good lay" coming TO them. While
the vessel was in winter quarters at ST.
Michael, ThUrne, the carpenter, died and
was buried on Herschel Island. Ihe
Hume came into port very much the
worse for wear and leaking. She was
caught in a terrific gale on September l9.
Part Of the forefoot was carried away,
two of the boats were smashed, the bull
warks We're stove in and, all told, the
crew put in very bad night of it,
The captain of the Hume reports the
catch OF the fleet as follows:
Ihrasher, two whales, beiuSa, SKY
three whales; Bowhead, two whales; Mary
i. Hume, nineteen whales.
The United States steamer Theus ar
rived from the frozen north yesterday.
She also was caught in heavy gale. 1t
was on September p. and the crew had
a lively time OF it whlle ii lasted. Oh
was used 10 great advantage. II pre-
vented the waves from breaking aboard,
and as soon as ii began TO spread the
Thetis RODE like duck on me, water
making splendid weather of IL. The The
lis left here on May p last, and during
her absence visited Cape Prince OF Walesj
Port Clarence, Point Rodney, Anvil city,
GOloVin Bay, UnaiaSka, ST. Mlchael,. 81
Lawrence Island and Dutch HarbOr. Dur
ing her cruising she carried 200 reindeer
from Siberia TO Cape Prince Of Wales,
Tied as many more. The Iheus brought
down DR.. J. 5. Stone, DR.. L. ". BidWell
and Pau Mltchell from AnNH Ilty. ne
two doctors spent sixteen months on the
Kowak River. but finding no trace OF gold
made their way to Nome, where they did
we'll. Mr.. Mitchell is the Government
schuOlmaSter at St. George Island.
On September II, while the Thetis was
a Unalaska, d terrific storm rage l. The
vessel was mOored to the wharf and SeV-
eral times she came very near going
adrft. Some of the standing rigging had
10 be uuroVe and used as moonng lines
in order to keep the vessel from going
adrift CAPTAIN Buhner reports that there
were no pOaChers in BeTinS Sea this sea-
son. The Thetis Will probably 80 10 Mare
Island where she will be put out of com
mission. 1t is not likely that she will go
out again on another cruise.
The auxiliary cruiser Badger was in
the fairway Yesterday and had to be
moved in order to allow the transport
Sheridan to get away from Folsom-street
wharf The Badger will remain in the
stream a week and will then so out of
commission at the naVy-yard. Captain
Miller has formed a very high opinion of
the Naval Militia on this coast. Before
coming here he had the Eastern men out
on cruises and he is thus able TO compare
the various battaliOnS, and the California
boys, to say the least of it, do not suffer
by the comparison. Captain Miller has
made a number of suggestions to the ma
val authorities, which if carried out will
greatly improve the militia on this coast,
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
San Bias arrived from Panama and way
ports yesterday. She brought up eight
cabin and ten steerage. passengers, besides
i've Chinese in transit The officers Of
the San Bias report that yellow jack is
prevalent at Panama and several vessels
cannot get away because of the number
of deaths among the crews.
The British steamer BenmOhr is on her
way here from HiogO, Japan, under char
ter to the United States Government. She
Will be put in the transport service as
soon as she arrives. She is 1858 tons net
burden $40 feet long. IL feet s inches
broad and "A feet deep.
The steamers chartered by the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company are the On Sang
and AlgOa. The former is small vessel
of 1892 tons gross burden, but the AlgOa
will probably be the largest steamer that
has ever come here. She is 1915 tons gross
burden and will carry II 900 tons dead
weight. She is 455 feet long, 5S feet broad
will carry freight for the Mail Company
while the City Of Peking, Rio de Janeiro
and City of Para are under charter to
the Government.
Gus Anderson, a stevedore, had his leg
crushed in a terrible manner on the
steamer Queen yesterday. At the Harbor
Hospital it was found necessary to am
putate the leg above the knee. Anderson
was at work near the elevator and his
right leg was hanging down the hatch
way. BY some means the elevator was
started and before the unfortunate fellow
could do anything his leg was crushed
between the deck and the elevator
George Martin was treated at the Har-
Dor Hospital by Dr. Thompson yesterday
afternoon for gunshot wound in the
right hand. He was crossing the bay on
the ferry steamer Berkeley and went TO
examine his pistol. The weapon went off
and blew a hole in his hand. Martin was
drunk and was on his way to the hop
fields.
The boiler-mallers employed on the Lee
lanaw quit work yesterday because thew
We're not given an eight-hour day. The
Union Iron Works got non-unfon men to
I'll their places. 1t will take a month to
repair the transport.