The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-26

the fish of the sea, each sailor iha.eu
to dusky belle.
How such a story could nave come
10 San Francisco and Seattle no one
knows Vessels rarely touch at Bon
ham Island, though the City or TOXIC
touched there once. But the story IS
current none the less and finds De1ev-
ers among some OF the ola sea uosS
and the spectators In marine 1nsur-
ance.
the story sent down from Seattle that
the I.ancing had ''scab' crew, and
that it was made up OF all sorts OF
ldesperate men stranded in Seattle dur
| ing the rush to Nome. 1t is told that
| these men were fit for treasons. strate-
gems and SPOIL for piracy, barratry or
slaving And the fact remains that
the swift sailing Lancing, which might
Ieasily have made the voyage in seven
ty or seventy-five days, is out 136 days.
with reinsurance on her going up right
along.
| Consequently the weird story of Cap
tain Chapman's murder caused stir
on 'Change and further particulars are
eagerly awaited.
/ THE SCHOONER ALEXANDER.
| If ever there was a craft that has a
history the schooner Alexander now in
San Francisco, is that one. She came
out here from England as side
wheeler and did good service on Puget
Sound. After her days of usefulness
as a steamer were gone she was sold
to the highest bidder. T. p. H. White
law of San Francisco bought the old
timer. and taking the machinery out
and the paddle boxes off, he turner
Iher into a four-maSted schooner The
hull is of teak and as sound as a nut,
but still the old craft VIII leak when
under full canvas.
When the Nome excitement was at
its height a man named Pierson secur-
ed the vessel and put her on the run
for the gold fields. A number of
women took passage, but the vessel
fnever sailed and a libel suit followed.
In the end her new owners sent her
to Needle Rock to load for Salinas
Cruz. The old-timer is leaking. but
sailormen say she Is perfectly sea-
worthy.
CAPTAIN OF SHIP MAY FLINT
SUSPENDED
Captains Bolles and Bolger, United
States inspectors of local and foreign
vessels at San Francisco, have filed
of the ship May Flint. They suspend
ed her master, Captain A NJ Wood
side, for twelve months for unskillful-
ness. The inspectors report, after re-
citing the circumstances of the diSaS-
ter, goes on to say: Captain Wood
in the lower harbor because there were
a number of vessels anchored there
and because he thought he could get
a tug at any moment. He testified
also that had he known he could not
! have secured one he would have an
chored the ship below or off Meiggs
wharf. but he did not stop to signal
for tug at any time nor request one
of the Merchants Exchange boats
which spoke him off said wharf Cap
tain Woodside testified further that he
. had never before brought a ship into
this port under sail. After a careful
: consideration of the evidence in this
{ case we are of the opinion that Cap
{ tain A. M. Woodside was unskillful ii
{ navigating the May Flint, large yes
l. sci, deeply loaded. on the night of Sep
ltember 8, 1900, in sailing her up thu
harbor of San Francisco, along the city
= front near the wharves, among the
,, shipping after nightfall with a stront
: flood tide. taking the chances of eth
er the wind holding strong enough t
f handle the ship or of getting a tug
8 Therefore. under authority of section
q 4450, United States Revised Statutes
s for the reason of such unskillfulness OIL
e the part of Captain Woodside, w,
d have this day suspended his license
t as master of sailing vessels OF over 7O
e tons gross for the period of twelv,
q months"