The San Francisco call., 1899-09-07

Sugar Boats in Danger Off Whale Head.

stream were the British ship Glenard,
Rithet, ready to sail for Honolulu; and
the bark Colusa, ready to sail for Kahu-
lui All of these vessels were short of
men and had been held in the stream for
several days in consequence; on the
BritiSher the captain was willing to pay
blood money" and on the American yes
sells the captains were willing ito do the
right thing by the boarding masters. but
still men could not be procured because
there were no sailors ION the beach. y
Yesterday the Glenard, Colusa and Rithet
went to sea and not one of the men who
came ashore from the British Isles can
be found
The men are being taken one by one out
of the Du Gueschlin and Claverdon, which
arrived on Tuesday from Australia and
England. and by Saturday night they also
will be shipped again, mi mus the money
they lost by deserting and months ad-
vance paid by the ship they went out on.
The steamer Del Norte arrived from the
Arctic yesterday with the most valuable
general cargo that has come from the
frozen north this year. 1t is composed of
1882 sealskfns. boxes of walruS ivory
5 bales of bear skins, musk OK skins. 4
bales Of beef hides, As bundles whalebone
and % bales pelts. the whole being valued
at half a million dollars. The sealskins
come from the Pribilof Islands and nearly
all the other articles were secured by the
whalers.. The musk OK hides are very
rare and very valuable, and come from
the Mckenzie River district. So rare are
they that people doubt the existence Of
Del Norte Will set their doubts at rest.
Captain Allen of the Del Norte reports
that he saw neither the Homer nor the
Bertha, the two steamers now due from
st. Michael. At Dutch Harbor the only
vessel in port was the steamer Bristol
with a cargo of coal. Four of the sealing
weather, and reported very rough times
on Bering Sea and very few seals. At st.
Michael everything was very quiet, but
at Cape Nome things were booming.
toir l1Hr, 1icrot
rich and that millions will be taken out
of the ground next year. The revenue
cutters Bear, Corwin and Grant were all
spoken by the Del Norte. All were well
aboard.
The steamer Aloha sailed for Cape
Nome yesterday with a few passengers
and a big cargo of general merchandise
She will take on some lumber at Eureka
and some more freight at Seattle and
will then go 10 ST. Michael and Cape
Nome. John Heugster one of the crew
off while loading the ship. He was treat
ed at the harbor hospital by DIR. Robin
son and afterward sailed on the vessel.
There are a number Of changes among
of the bark r. P. Rithet takes command
of the ship. George Curtis, Welch & Co. S
latest purchase. Captain Bender of the
schooner Amy Tsrner will take the r.
p. Rithet to Honolulu, where Captain
Drew of the bark Andrew Welch will
assume command. Captain A. McPhail
who was formerly cnleI OHcef or the
Andrew Welch will now assume COM
mand of her Captain McPhail is now in
Honolulu, having taken the yacht La
Paloma there. Captain Parsons of the
steamer George w. Elder will take the
Corona out on her southern trip to-day
Captain Debney, the Corona's regular
master is sick and Captain Harry Good
all. who commanded her for two trips.
is to remain ashore. On his return Can
tain Parsons will take the George w
Elder to Manila. Captain Green. who was
master of the steamer Columbia on the
Portland route and who brought the
Orizaha down from Puget Sound, has
gone out as master of the State of Cali
fornia.
Andrew Thoresen, q nurse on the hosDi-
tai ship Relief. was very badly beaten ON
Howard and Steuart streets early yester-
day morning. He had an alteration with
three men in a restaurant and they got
him out on the sidewalk and half killed
him. His hands and face were lacerated
his leg was broken in two places, and his
ribs on the right side are probably frac-
tured. Thoresen was found at a. M in
an UNCONSCIOUS condition by Officer Cliff
ford and taken to the Harbor Hospital
where Drs. Robinson and Sherwood at
tended to him: He was then removed to
the hospital ship, and later was sent to
the Marine Hospital.