The San Francisco call., 1899-12-20
THERE IS STILL
SOME HOPE FOR
THE OLD COLUSk
1t Was the Vidette
Seen Off BoniIIa.
10 TRACE OF MISSING BARK
THE FALKENBERG's CAT HAS
COME HOME AGAIN.
snip Carpenters Strike on the Trans
ports Grant and Westminster.
Rosenfeld's Sons Purchase
the Elihu Thomson.
10 TRACE OF MISSING BARK
THE FALKENBERG's CAT HAS
COME HOME AGAIN.

There IS a chance for the overdue bark
Colusa 20 appear Monday she could not
ave been reinsured az any figure: yester-
cay there were plenty OF people ready 10
tlmnle on the vessels chances. News
came from Victoria, 3. c.. d few davs ago
90 The effect that on November Is the CO.
laea had been close inshore at Boniua
Point She struck on the rocks. when her
Stern swung inshore. but breeze sprang
.p onc the bark finally got out 10 sea
gain Later the Indians OF Dodge Cove
teTortco that the same vessel had gone
Gown with an hands a few hours later.
le description Of the vessel tailed with
tle Colusa.
Al doubts as TO the vessel that was
.1 bonllla Point on November Is were set
at rest yesterday when Captain Dodu ar
rived here from the bark Nidette. now at
l.cdondo
M hle on her way 10 Puget Sound the
idette was driven past Flattery. and on
November is was carried by the current
nearly On top of Bonilla Point. Luckily
iae anchors held and the danger was soon
over. There was no wind ana a thick fog
hung over the water. a couple OF shots
were nred 10 attract attention from the
funlt. but shortly afterWarQ the wind
began 10 blow from the land. 50 the an
lnors were got in. sail set ana the NidctIe
Eot out 10 sea again without accident. She
tncu proceeded 10 Puget Sound, loaded
lumber aud ls now al hecOndO.
Further confirmation OF the fact that IL
could not have been the COlusa that was
az houllla Point on November Is comes
from the captain Of the Ferris :. Thomp-
s.u. DE says that on November 70, in
.lutude so north, l26 west lon FlatteryD.
le spoke The COlusa, and At that time she
was all right. but had lost some of her
sails. The Aidctte is almost a sister ship
20 The tOlusa ln appearance. except that
She has "A white streak around her instead
The fact tina: Il was the Vidette that
was al EQullla Point on November is and
uot The Colusa does not lessen the mys-
tery as 10 the fate OF the latter vessel.
AFTER getting on the reef at kahului and
getting on again In a damaged condition
she sailed for Puget Sound in ballast
his was sixty days ago, and the only
time the vessel has been heard from since
. er departure was thirty-twO days ago,
when she was OF F1attery. sun there are
plenty of men ready 10 gamble that the
Old bark will show up all right.
And the cat came back, and little
Dorothy Dresser Of $50 Post street Is
happy Dorothy Is the niece OF Captain
Falkenberg She g. the owner OF a big
black cat named Bulge, which is the JOY
lale of the neighbOrs' existence. Dorothy
Tad 10 get rid Of the cat, 30 she sent II
90 sea with her uncle. The Falkenberg
was wrecked and the crew was rescued By
The steamer Walla Walla- Bulge was
taken on with the crew, but would not go
aboard the steamer. Instead he jumped
over BOARD ana swan DaCk 10 the wreck
The hun OF the old barkentine was picked
up by a tug and towed into Victoria, B.
O., and, very emaciated but 'still IN the
ring, Bulge was found in possession.
Dorothy wrote 10 the captain OF the tug
aeklng for the return OF her pet. and she
also wrote Captain Han Of the Walla
Malla, asking him 20 bring the animal
down. on Monday the Walla Walla ar
rived with Bulge aboard, and Dorothy
Dresser IS now the happiest girl in San
Francisco. For THE cat came back"
The transport sikh arrived from Manila
via Nagasali. after a heavy weather pas
&c Of thirty-two days. She sailed three
days before the Rio de Janeiro, and the
latter vessel beat her into port. The Sikh
brought four passengers only and no
freight. She viii be turned over TO the
owners again IN a few days.
The officers Of the Rio de Janeiro say
The transport Valencia had a terrible time
between Manila and Nagasaki II took
fle RIO seven DAYS 10 make the run, but
owing 10 the unusually heavy weather
the Valencia was sixteen days getting
across. No one was injured on the trans
port and She was 70 sail for San Francisco
from Nagasah = few days after the Rio
departed.
There was a strike OF ship-joiners
On The transports Grant and Westmin-
stcr yesterday The contractor was
rushing the work, in order 10 have