The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
WHALER ENCOUNTERS
A Big WATERSPOUT
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meat. nolasses and water, and that salts
fed them. The tierce of meat purchased
from the steam whaler Karluk was only a
precauuOn, as Captain Smith did not
know when he would reach port, owing
10 the contrary winds. The karluk's
meat was preached last Wednesday, and
when the anchor was dropped there We're
still fifteen sacks Of flour In the storeroom
and sixty barrels OF water in the hold.
All We were short Of was ice cream. and
tobacco said Second Mate Antoine Mar
out Of tea ana coffee, but they don't
count IN a sailors bill OF fare. Instead OF
being near TO starvation, we have still
fQrtnights provisions aboard ~
lhe California took thirty-two sperm
and three right. whales. OF the sperm
whales nearly all were taken in the Ok
Eotsk Sea In one day eight whales were
taken, catch the men consider second TO
nOGe In this seasons 5 work. Early in the
spring one OF the crew was drowned A
whale had been struck and the monster
capsized the boat. The men were picked
Up, al save one who got caught under a
thwart and was drowned. Like other ves-:
sells Of the fleet, the California was caught
in the electrical storm Of November 10,
The whaling bark Alaska came into port
with her flag at half-mast. on November
captain Cogaps son Joseph died Of ty-
phOid-pneumonia- The body was brought
into port and Will be buried in Mountain
IRE Alaska Ieft here for the Kotzehue
Sound country early in the year. After
receiving a report from tho men who went
up IN the vessel In ls9s, Captain Cogan
went on a whaling cruise and caught two
whales. The six men who found gold in
the district are still there. but John d.
Tallant decided not 10 winter in the coun-
try All Captain: Cogan knows is that the
men found gold In considerable quantities.
but the diggings are a long way from the
headwnters Of the river and hard TO get
at Mir. Tallant did not want 10 spend
another winter IN. the Arctic so he went
back TO the Sound, and came home on the
IL
Nome, and as there is plenty Of accom-
modation on her, Captain CoFan brought
down hfty-siE gold hunters who wanted
10 reach San. Francisco. All Of them have
more or, less gold and all are going back
in the spring Typhoid is prevalent: at
the cape. and Captain Cogan's son. had
the seeds of the disease IN his system
before he started for: home His death
has nearly. broken HIS fathers heart. He
was only q years Of age and leaves host
ef friends in Alameda Joe" Cogan was
a parlienlarly bright man and was Of a
loyable nature that made everybody
who knew, him a firm. friend.
Among. the crew OF. the. Alaska a Fill
pino and an ex-American soldier were
found working. side by side. Louisiana
Relon was the Filipino cook OF the
steamer John Reilly and went TO tho
out. A. Sharp was formerly private
In the Seventh California Regiment and
he also went 20 Bering Sea before the
war war: Both got a passage home on the
Philippines for the first time from Cap
tain CoSen.
The William BeylIes brought John ID.
LalIapt' the banker. down from Cape
the Kotzebue Sound country, but he will
return TO the gotd fields IN the spring.
.MDether: he is going 10 Kotzebue or
nome ne, VIII not say. He is looking in
splendid health. and has grown fat The
Arctic has certainly agreed with Mr.. Tai
am. as he looks ten years younger than
wnsn ne sailed away two years ago.
There Here two fatalities on the WIl-
lam Baylies. On May "a Captain Charles
bnckley accidentally shot himself. He
was pulling an ualoaded gun out OF The