The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-10-15

The leaks in the hull of the Sheridan
have not been stopped yet, and there
is bare possibility that the vessel
may not leave here for the Coast for
fortnight.
SAILORS WAGES INCREASED.
SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. 1.-Beginning
with this date, the wages of deep-sea
sailors out of Puget Sound and British
Columbian ports will be s25, instead Of
$20. as has been the prevailing rate for
the past fifteen years. II had been ex-
pected that the termination of the
cannery season in Alaska and the con-
sequent return and laying up OF the
large fleet of sailing vessels utilized in
transporting the pack to rail facilities
would have the effect of relieving the
stringent condition which has prevailed
in the sailor market during the past
summer
The demand for more unskilled labor
than can be supplied in the harvesting
of crops and building Of railroads has
drawn materially upon the ranks of
sailors. The boarding masters are con-
fident that the advanced scale will
have the effect of returning the sailors
to their usual occupation.
COAL PASsER's NARROW ESCAPE.
On the Nippon Maru, arriving yester-
day at her dock, was husky young
coal trimmer who for more than two
hours on the trip from Yokohama was
believed by all his shipmates to be
dead. Sixty OF them worked with might
and main to extricate him from be-
meath 100 tons of coal, and when his
bruised body was finally brought to
view he was looked upon as dead.
This young japanese was B. Kikuchi,
deep-chested and stoutIimbed man
of his race. He had gone into a coal
bunker to trim the coal, and an hour
later his disappearance was reported.
For more than an hour following three
score men worked to unearth him.
When he was finally brought forth he
seemed to be dead, but Surgeon Man
ming of the Nippon Marh detected a
faint pulsation of the heart. He work
ed over him for hours, finally resusci-
tating him. The young fellow rapidly
recovered October 8.
ON BARREN ISLAND.
VICTORIA, b. c.. Sept. 28.-H. M. S.
Cambrian, which returned to Sydney
from a South Sea cruise, according tp
advices by the Aorangi, reported pick
ing up two American seamen, Charles
Green and William Brown, who had
lived for seven and a half months on
green bananas for the most part, when
they were cast away from their wreck
cd arif on "a al
Island.
The Chileans on the island succored
their countrymen, but refused food to
the Americans as well as refusing them
lodging. The two were shown a cave
to sleep in, but found it held a number
of skeletons, and they slept in the
open.
NEW PILOT APPOINTED.
Captain Chris Christensen was yes
terday appointed bar pilot, to succeed
Captain Newell B. Jordan. who lately
resigned to go into business on Puget
Sound. Captain Christensen has been
mariner on this Coast for many
years, and for long time skipper of
the brigantine John d. Spreckels, and
still later master of the schooner Hell
enc, in the Hawaiian sugar trade
Chronicle
DID OFFICER COMPLAIN?
A Washington message to the Hochi
asserts that the American naval au-
thorities at Midway Island have lodged
a protest with the Washington govern
ment against the Japanese training
ship Anegawa. 1t is alleged that the
Japanese vessel took note of the bear
ings of the submarine cables and
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