The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-25
ALICE E. COOKE.


ALICE E. COOKE.
The schooner Alice E. Cooke. twenty
two days out from Port Gamble, docked
Yesterday morning at O'Clock at the
Oceanic wharf. Captain Penhallow re-
ports a fine voyage the entire trip, no
incidents worth mentioning from the
time the towing steamer left her. SheH
is consigned to Levers & Cooke withV
$50. GOO feet Of lumber and number OF
spars. two of them particularly fine
specimens of the Sound sticks. She VIII
return in ballast. Captain Penhallow
brought down a splendid little second
rater, Opitsar, belonging to his son.
who is with Brewer & Co. The Opitsar
was formerly of the mosquito fleet in
Honolulu, and was taken to the Coast
when young Mr.. Penhallow entered
Stanford. Later 1t was left with the
Oakland Boat Club, but was misused.
Captain Penhallow secured the little
flyer. renovated her. and she now looks
as trim as if just off the stocks. She
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the Alice E. Cooke, and carries q keel
weighted with $50 pounds Of lead. She
| is sloop-rigged and uses deep cen
| ter board. Opitsar is the Chinook word
( for sweetheart"
The two SparSs are consigned to Sor-
enson G. Lyle One is 106 feet long, 80
inches in diameter at the base, taper
| ing to % inches at the top.
A RICH PRIZE.
One of the richest prizes ever picked
up at sea is now making her way
through the Atlantic to Gibraltar. in
charge of six Seanl-l from the BRUSH
ship Senator. The little vessel is the
Norwegian iron ship Superb, with a
rich cargo of ore, which was picked up
in latitude sc north, longitude 80 west,
totally abandoned, but in first-claSs
condition, vessel and cargo being val
ued at fully 100000.
The prize was spoken on May "a In
latitude 1904 north, longitude 20 o.
west, by Captain Jones, of the British
steamship Chiverstone, which arrived
at this port yesterday from Cartha-
gena. Despite the fact that the SUI
perb, a full-rigged ship, was manned
by only six men, there were no requests
for assistance made to Captain Jones
who stated that signals displayed show
ed that the vessel was proceeding fol
lated she was proceeding at the rate Of
about four knots.
The Superb left Rio Janeiro on Feb
ruary II, for Middlesborough, England
, with full cargo of manganese ore, an(
was deserted by her crew, who becam,
needlessly alarmed in a storm on Apri
q, in latitude 33 north. The frightened
sailors were picked up by the bark Sea
farer, from San Francisco for Hull, ant
were landed at Portland by the tut
Oceana on May 1.
The British ship Senator, from which
Vessel the prize crew was taken, sight
ed the abandoned vessel on May 6. ant
an officer on boarding the vessel foun'
her sound and stanch, with the excep
ton of her main, mizZen and foretOp
gallant masts, which We're gone. Abou
90 feet of her amidship starboard raj
was also gone, but otherwise sh
was as sound and stanch as on the da,
she was launched. An examination
made by the officers from the Senate
showed that the vessel was deepl
laden with ore, but did not leak.
A call was made for volunteers iron
the Senator and FIVE seamen in charg
of the second mate were sent on boar
and put in charge of the prize, whic
is stated by insurance experts to b
one of the most valuable that has eve
been picked up at sea, both vessel an
cargo being subject to the salvors' de
mandS.
The entire crew, as well as the own
ers of the Senator, will participate
the salvage award, which will be a
least 20 per cent of the value of the Su
perb and her cargo, estimated to
worth not less than 5000, 900 and proba
bly, great deal more.
The Superb which until recently hail
ed from London. is 2201a feet long, 81
feet beam and registers I,449 gross ton
A. P. Ulriken of Mandel, Norway,
her principal owner.
COWBOYS FOR DECK HANDS.
Life on a Columbia river towDoat a
a general thing is quite prosaic, but til
monotony of life on the Ocklahama o
her last round trip to Astoria wa
varied slightly by the presence of
couple of new deck hands just off tn
range, says the Portland Oregonial
/, | Deck hands are scarce at presen
along with other kinds of labor, an
to fill out a crew last trip a couple {
} Montana cow punchers were shippe,
with guns, sombreros and all the re:
or the range regalia complete Tt
mate could not persuade them to la
aside their guns, but by gentle arg,
ment he convinced them that 1t woul
be wrong to carry out their determine
ton to shoot out the range ligh
- along the river. The Ocklahama WEI
= down light, SO the bad men had a con
= paratively easy time until the up tri
The steamer stopped a couple of tim,
to wood, and this kind of labor dis:
greed with the new men. The ,anch,
= was dropped near Rainier. and A. w,
about o'clock before they turned 1
One of them left word with the watcl
man not to call him until o'clock. !
the steamer was to get under wa
about o'clock. the Waterman rouse
the pad man about that time. The ne
deck hand pulled a gun out from md
the blankets. and showing 1t under II
- watchman's nose, said
i told you not to call me before
o'clock; now you clear out of here. ar