The San Francisco call., 1899-12-13
COURT MARTIAL
ON THE REVENUE
CUTTER RUSH
One of the Engineers
in Trouble.
GAMBLERS WANT HUMBOLDT

The officers on the revenue cutter
Rush are not a happy family. For nearly
a year there has been more or less bad
feeling. between those in the deck depart
ment and the men In charge of the engine
room. During the last cruise in Alaskan
waters there were many differences oil
opinion and when the Rush reached here
on September rs from Dutch Harbor there
were rumors of impending trouble. Moth
ing more was heard of the matter and
everybody in the revenue service thought
II had been settled.
1t had only slumbered until the deck de-
partment was ready TO act. Ihe result
is that Second Assistant Engineer Han Is
now being tried by court-marual lot
conduct unbecoming an officer and
gentleman" and refusing TO obey the or
ders of his superior officer"
The charges are preferred by FIRST
Lieutenant w. q. Dodge and as the evl-
dence In the case is quite voluminous the
trial will probably last a week Captain
c.. l.. Hooper Is president of the court ana
Is determined to get at all the facts OF
the case II appears that the first lieuten-
ant and second engineer were at logger
heads during the entire cruise IN BerlnS
Sea and nearly every membr or the crew
is witness in the case. Some OF the
men favor one officer and some the olneT'
so at the present time the revenue cutter
Rush is ship divided against herself.
The fast passenger steamer humboldt
trade. Last season she ran between Seat
tie and Skaguay and was very successful,
owing TO her speed and excellent accom-
modations. Next season she may go
back into the same trade, but II certain
Seattle parties can get her she Will make
one trip to Nome. A large sum has been
offered for the vessel and the idea Is 10
send sixty men and twenty-five women
to the gold fields on her from Seattle.
Everything necessary to establish small
colony in the heart of Nome will accom-
pany the passengers. Among these Will be
all kinds of gambling outfits and the fur-
niture for swell saloon.
The Humboldt will only make the one
trip 10 Nome. AS soon as she lands her
passengers she will return TO the Sound
and resume her regular business. Max
Kalish, agent of the steamer, admits that
an offer has been made for the vessel, but
that everything else connected with the
women want to be the first to reach Nome
in the spring and therein a difficulty
arises. No one wants to send vessel
in before the ice is gone, and as the
would-be charterers want the Humboldt
| to take those chances. the whole scheme
/ may fail. At the present time the Hum
| boldt is lying at the Howard street coal
| bunkers. but goes to Benicia to-day TO be
/ cleaned and painted.
The Marine Engineers were few and far
between on the front yesterday. Nearly
/ every man who could get away was pres
ent in the Masonic Temple at the funeral
! of the late Oliver Van DuZer. The de-
| ceased was for years chief engineer of the
steamer Columbia, but retired TO private
| life some time ago He was n favorite
| with everybody In the profession and had
| a host of friends among seafaring men.
! The funeral was under the auspices OF
| Golden Gate Lodge, +. and A. NJ.
"Bill" Bendt of the Bowhead Saloon,
| on the front. has n Carrier pigeon mo. A
140'' in his possession, whose owner car
| have IL on application. Bill has a large
number of the common kind of pigeon and
! while he was feeding them yesterday the
carrier alghted on his shoulder. II seems
| to be quite a pet and made no fuss over
being caught and put in cage. 1t ha:
probably escaped from some pigeon ian
| cier's loft.
The transport Grant is to sail next Sun
day for Manila with the Forty-eighth In
fantry (colored). The regiment has beer
in quarantine on Angel Island. but will b'
released to-day. The Sheridan will go q
Seattle to load forage In the place OF tn,
Grant. The Victoria, with a load ol
horses. went in the stream last night anC
Will sail to-day, while the Flintshire, alSC
laden with horses. will go Into the stream
tonight and will sail Thursday. Tn,
Westminster will load mules and horse:
on Friday and will probably get away
Saturday.
The battleship Iowa and cruiser Phila
delphia will sail for San Diego to-day. Or
their arrival they will probably find tn
cruiser Marblehead there and then al
three vessels will sail for Magdalena Ba,
for gun practice.
The strike of longshoremen on the shil
Bohemia was settled yesterday. The mel
went back to work at the old wage.