The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 24, 1902, Page 10

10 AN FRANCIS O CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1902 JREXD TALE OF THE SLAYING OF THE WIFE AND BABE OF A GERMAN SOUTH SEA ThA HE little German trading schoon- er Neptun, which returned yes- terday from a five years’ cruise among the islands of the Mar- shall group, brings word of a most horrible tragedy perpetrated last June by the savage natives of New Britain, in the Solomon group. The vic- tims were the wife and baby daughter of Hermann Wolff, a German trader. The tragedy which bereft Wolff of his family occurred during his absence on a trading trip. He was on friendly terms with the natives, and in spite of their reputation for treachery had been in the habit of leaving his home unguarded at ‘equent intervals. His wife had lived in New Britain a number of years, was ac- ustomed to the ways of her dark- skinned neighbors and had no more fear of them than her husband had. Shortly after her husband left on this particular occasion a party of natives came to the house and offered for sale 2 pig. The woman wanted the pig, but d the natives asked too much in trade. When they refused to lower their price she ordered them away. They hesitated, and as she stepped outside the fence sur- reunding her home fo hurry their de- parture a number of hitherto hidden sa ages stepped out of the brush and sur- sunded the woman. She tried to regain house, but found her way barred by dusky forms. She screamed for help and was struck across the face with a club. Then with a heavy ax one of the savages split open her head. The black men dragged the body into the house, where they found asleep in her cradle the six-months-old daughter of h shed in and the bodies of mother and aughter horribly mutilated. The heads were hacked off and suspended over the fireplace, where Wolff found them upon his return According to the last accounts received at Jaluit through the missionaries Wolff, who had been told the story by a native who had witnessed the whole affair but had been helple hunti; r the wreckers of his home. The Neptun was fifty-eight days coming up from Jaluit and encountered heav weather throughout the voyage. The vcs- sel was built by Matthew Turner espe- cially for South Sea trading. Kessler, captain, is also the owner. The Nep- e was new when she left here five s ago. Kessler has prospered during absence and comes to San Francisco y a larger vessel equipped with aux- motive power. The Neptun's cargo - Mariposa Arrives From Tahiti. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s Mariposa vesterday from Tahiti. She brought a cargo of tropical pro- ar eleven passengers a She encountered fine weather through- | o e" e e Pler 2 | voy t a falling barometer Oregonlan..| New York Pler 20 gave Captain Rennie rea- | A. Maru. China & Japan. PMSS at he was able to make & Ajlance....| Portland & Way..| 5 pm|Pier 16 i. The ofl furnaces of the | October 31 even more satistactory than | Mariposa. .- 4 direct Pler 7 = first voyage indicated and | ovember 1. eased with the result | N. Y. via Panam: PMSS to oil are now enthu- | eettie & Tacoma(l0 am|Pier 2 v good qualities of liquid | Coguille River . Pler 2 fuel. The Mariposa came into port looking | November Ike 8 yacht. Her white paint was of a white- | Umatilla...| Puget Sound Ports/ilam|Pier 19 B y found on steamships and her | | “November 3. | | i those of a well kept sailing | Rainier....| Seattle & Whatcom| 4 pm Pler 2| ssengers express themselves as | November 4. | | the entire absence of smut and | G. Dollar.. | Grays Harbor .....| 4 pm|Pier ;2 officers and engineers have \ | November 5. words for the mew state | Denderah. | Hamburg-W. Coast. -|Pier — pasiengres, wese: 3. X | FROM SEATTLE. h, H. P. Baumgaertner, J. A — M. Rolot, E. Jouannet, R. Dumont, Steamer. | For, Sails. et, M. Cameron, P. Gendre, E. Rail- | — | - | Excelstor. ... | Cooks Inlet & Way Ptsloct. 25 —_— | Gty Beastls. .| ‘Skasway & Way Forts. joct.* 28 i | Doiphin _| Skagway & Way Ports. |Oct. Sights the Hayden Brown. | Dirtze | Skagway & Way Ports.ioce. 28 Mart which arrived yes- | Al-Ki........| Skagway & Way Ports,|[Nov. 3 s that on October 16 | Santa Ana...| Cooks Inlet & Way Pts|Nov. 8§ | following cargo: 60,480 ctls wheat, valued at | Wolffs. The tiny baby’s skull was | | TO SAIL. | 6. Lindauer H to interfere, was out | pi e e ells and other South Sea in latitude 6.36 north, longitude 139.8 west, she sighted the American bark Hayden Brown. The Brown is bound from Eureka for Sydney, and is | now out about a month. Goes to Tahith ’ Charles N. Fulcher bas resigned his position as purser of the steamship Mariposa. When the Mariposa sails again for Tahiti Fulcher will be | on board as a passenger. He has been ap- pointed assistant manager at Papeete of the Tahiti Commercial and Sugar Company. His place on the Mariposa will be taken by Ed Short Jr. —_—— NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. | The schooner Inca was chartered prior to ar- rival for lumber from Puget Sound to Sydney at 30s, option of Port Pirie; 36s 34, Melbourne or_Adelaide, 37s €d, or South Africa 60s. | The barkentine James Tuft was chartered prior to arrival for lumber from Tacoma to Syd- ney at 30s. i Ol A A Cargo for Melbourne. The British bark Melanope was cleared| on Wednesday for Melbourne with 42,901 ctls bar- 740 ft lumber and 1386 doo: at $77,622. The bark also. carried lumber as dunnage, valued at $320. L AR Shipments of Giain. The French ship Leon Plum was cleared yes- terday for Queenstown, for orders, with 73,733 ctls wheat, valued at $87,185, and 26,000 frt lumber as dunnage, valued at $430. | The French bark Montebello wes cleared yes- | terday for Cape Town, South Africa, with the | $74,088; 4480 ctis rye, valued at $1480, and | 224,151 Ibs bran, valued at $2001. The bark ;:&{led 24,000 ft lumber as dunnage, valued at 5 PP A Movements of Steamers. Steamer. ; Destination, Safls.| Pler. October 24. | Leelanaw.. | Portland San Pedro..| Humboldt Mendocino City Humboldt 2 Grays Herl 4 pm October 205. Grays Harbor . Jumboldt .. Grays Harbor A San_Pedro & Way| 9 am|Pler N. T, via Panama|12 m|PMES Honolulu .. October 26. .| C. Bay-Pt. Orford.|10 am|Pier North Fork.| Humboldt | Eureka.....| Humboldt §. Rosa. San Diego & Way.| 9 am(Pier October 27. Point Arena Humboldt October 28. Seattle & Olympia| 4 pm[Pler 2 Puget Sound Ports|11 am(Pler 19 | October 29. Newport & Way..| 9 am|Pler 11 October 30. San Diego & Way.| 9 am|Pler 11 o 5 8] <} g 4 ri-ge ] [t Erewl w o B 2 ) - | Montara. . ..{ Seattle - TO ARRIVE, Steamer, | Tacoma . .[Oct. 24 Coos Bay & Pt. Orford{Oct. 24 Nanaimo ... Mendocino & Pt. 2 Seattle & Olympia....l0ct. 24 Mackinaw Arcata Titania. Brooklyn. 8. Barbara. Eureka...... | Humboldt Queen. 4 Oregonlan. Ramona Newport ay Alllance Portland & Way Ports Oc Crescent City | Crescent City .|Oc State of Cal San Diego & Way Sonoma.... .| Sviney & Wav Ports. Albion River. | Alblon & Pt. Arens Curacao. .| Mexican Ports . Pomana. Humboldt . Mandala | Coauille River C. Nelson...!| Seattle & Tacoma Coronado.... | Grays Harbor . X. Y, via Panama. Puget Sound Torts. Senttle & WWhateom .. | San Pedro & Way Pts. San Diego & Way Pts 30 | Fumburse & Weet ConstiO~ &1 Grays Harbor .. Nov. ‘1 China & Japan \‘uv 1 | Humboldt Nov. 1 | Beattle ov.. 2 T.uxor, .| Hamburg Coast|Nov. 3 City Pu | Puget_Sound Ports ...[Nov. 2 San Jose New York via Panama.|Nov. 5 Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Times and Helghts of High and Low Waters at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by official au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Polnt; the belght of tide is the same at both places, | | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, Sun rises Sun sets Moon risel ciaren | U |Time [Eime |Time| Time 5 -| Ft. - Ft. |- Ft. |- Ft. L W §lEw L \\-J [H W i 1/10:37] 5.6] 4:58] NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides | the early morning tides. are given in the left | hand column and the successive tides of the | day in the order of occurrence as to time: the fourth time column gives the last tide of the ! day, except ‘when there are but three tides, as | sometimes occurs. The heights given are in | addition to the soundings of the Unlted States | Coast Survey Charts, except when a minus (—) | n precedes the height, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth glven by 0.2]11:48] the charts. The plane of reference is the mean | of the lower low wate: el b L o Time Ball. | Branch Hydrographic Office, U. S. N., Mer- chants’ Exchange, San Francisco, Cal., October 23, 1902. | Kruse. Stmr Leelanaw, Monroe, Portland; J Jerome. Stmr Robert Dollar, Johnson, Seattle; E T The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry | Kruse. buflding was dropped exactly at noon to-day, Danish stmr Wyefleld, Watson, Nanaimo; i. e, at noon of the 120th meridian, or at 8 | John Rosenfeld's Sors Co. p. m., Greenwich time, J. C. BURNETT, Lieutenant U. S. N., in charge. e \ Shipping Intelligence. Nop stmr Tellus, Pedersen, Ladysmith; R Dunsmvir's Sons Co. Fr ship Leon Blum, Rehel, Queenstown; Ep pinzer & Co. Fr bark Montebello, Marchandeau, Cape ARRIVED. Town; Balfour, Guthrie & (Co. ‘Thursday, October 25. Stmr Acme, Lundquist, 87 hours from Sius- law. Stmr/San Pedro, Jacobs, 37 hours from San Pedro. Stmr Robert Dollar, Johnson, 39 hours from San Pedro. Schr Salem, Anderson, Astoria; J R Hanify L& Co. SAILED, Thursday, October 23. Stmr Marshfield, Dettmers, Hardy Creek. Stmr State of California, Thomas, San Diego. Stmr City of Puebla, -Jensen, Victoria and Stmr_Mariposa, Rennie, 11 days 19% hours | Port Townsend. \ from Tahiti. Stmr Brunswick, Koehler, 42 hours from San nta Rosa, Alexander, 40 hours from San Diezo, ete. Stmr Gipsy, Swanson, 26 hours from Mon- terey, ete. Ger schr Neptune, - K Jaluit. CLEARED. Thursday, October 25. Stmr Melville Dollar, Fosen, Portland; E T ssler, 58 days from Stmr Seotia, Brickson, ——. Stmr Alcazar, Martin, Greenwood. Stmr Albion River, Bash, Point Arena and Newburg, Black, 39 hours from San | Albion. Ship Paul Revere, Whittier, Port Townsend. Fr bark St Donatien, Bertrand, Queenstown. Brig W G Irwin, Garthley, Roche Harbor. Schr Haleyon, Johnson, Grays Harbor. Schr Ida McKay, Lehtola, Eureka. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, Oct 23, 10 D m—Weather cloudy; wind ‘S, velocity 36 miles per hour. SPOKEN. Per stmr Marisosa—Oct 16, lat 6 36 N, lon JSeroencrs iy SCHOONER NEPTUN, WHICH HORRIBLE TALE FROM SOUTH SEAS. 130 8 W, bark Hayden Brown, from Eureka, DOMESTIC BORTS. NEAH BAY—Passed in'Oct 23—Stmr Olym- hence Oct 20, for Fairhaven; from Nome, e COTAKELEY_Salled Oct | 2—Schr H;;‘g'rf% 1505 % ncir?:récs‘fgmkd Oct 23—Stmr mfifii‘;béfi-.xr“n:e;anéficn'_";—sehr Challen- HEORT LUDLOW—Sailed Oct 23—Bktn for_San Franciseo. Arrived Oct from Ta- corma. ¥ PORT TOWNSEND—Arrived Oct 23—Bhktn James Tuft, from Honolulu; bktn Skagit, from Port Ludlow, for San Francisco. Paesed in Oct —Jap stmr Kinshiu Maru, fror Yokohama, for Seattle. Pass2d out Oct 23—Stmr City of Topek: froru Seattle, for Skagway; Br stmr Glenog from Seattle, for Yokohama. SEATTLE—Arrived Oct 22—Stmr Centen- nlal, from Nome. Safled Oct 22—Stmr City of Toveka, for Skazway. TACOMA—Sailed Oct 23—Br ship Ceitic- Hurn, for Queenstown. Safled Oct 23—Br ship Province, for Queens- town. REDONDO—Salled Oct 23—Stmr Coquill< River, for San Pedro; stmr Navarro, for San Francisco. ASTORIA—Arrived Oct 23—Br ship Glen- esslin, from Seattle. Sailed Oct 22—Stmr Redondo, for San Fran- cisco. Arrived Oct 23—Br ship Matterhorn, from Hamburz. Sailed Oct 23—Stmr Lakme, for San Pedro: Br stmr Poplar Branch, for St Vincent, via Tacoma;_schr Mahukona, for Shanghai. SAN PEDRO—Arrived Oct 23—Stmr_Alca- traz, from Port Los Angeles; stmr Fulton, hence Oct 20; stmr Ramona, hence Oct 21. SAN - DIEGO—Arrived Oct 23—Schr Lottl> Carson. from Eureka. Sailed Oct 23—Schr Oceania Vance, for Port Hadlock:. EVERETT—Sailed Oct 23—Stmr Oregonian, for San Francisco. ‘ FOREIGN PORTS. ALGOA BAY—Arrived Oct 19—Br ship Tweedsdale, from Tacoma. HONGKONG—Arrived Oct 22—Stmr_ China, hence Sept 19: stmr Olympic, fyom Tacoma; stmr_Shawmut, from Seattle. ¥ DEAL—Passed Oct 21—Br ship Blackbraes, from Antwern, for San Francisco. LONDON—Salled Oct 22—Ger,stmr Ramses, for San Francisco. LIMERIC alled Oct 22—Fr bark Les Adelphes, for New York. TAHITI—Arrived Sept 22—Danish bark Mar- tha, from Cape Town. Oct 5—Danish bark Hertha, from Alcoa Bay. Sailed Sept 29—Danish bark Martha, for Valparaiso. Oct 1—Fr crulser Protet, for Noumea. rY o sail about Oct 8—DanisH bark Hertha, fof Livernool. ACAPULCO—Sailed Oct 19—Stmr Colon, for San Francisco. Oct 23—Stmr City of Sydney, for _Salled Oct 23—Fr bark Ma: San_Francisco. VICTORIA, B C—Arrived Oct 23—Br ship Muskoka, from Antw . Sailed Oct 23—Br stmr Glenogle, for Hong- konz. OCEAN STEAMERS.. GLASGOW—Arrived Oct 23—Stmr Buenos Ayrean, from Philadelphia. LIVERPOOL—Arrived Oct 23—Stmr Teu- tonia, from New York. ROTTERDAM—Sailed Oct 23—Stmr Noor- dam, for New York. QUEENSTOWN—Sailed Oct 23—Stmr Ger- manic, for New York; stmr Rhyndam, for Philadelohia. NEW YORK—Sailed Oct 23—Stmr Columbia, for Hamburg: stmr La Touraine, for Havre. Mate Malone Charged With Cruelty. A. G. Jonsson swore to a complaint yes- terday before United States Court Com- missioner Heacock against John Malone, second. mate of the American ship El- well, for beating and wounding him on the high seas. The Elwell is a ship of trouble. On her recent voyage from New- castle, N. S. W., to this port the crew mutinied. While the captain, Willlam El- lis, was trying to restore order he was attacked by J. Fitzgerald, who pinned Lhim against the rail and siashed his cheek with a razor. The captain was obliged to shoot Fitzgerald in self-de- fense. Fitzgerald recovered from his wound and is now in jail on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon while upon Passed inward Oct 23—Stmr St Paul, from TILLAMOOK—Arrived Oct 23—Stmr Redon- from Astoria. PORT HADLOCK—Arrived Oct the high seas. — e———— Livingston Jenks for Superior Judge is the right man in the right place. . SEA TRADER VESSELS STRIKE ARCTIC SHORES Schooner Courtney Ford _and Ship Louis Walsh Wrecked. SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—The steamer Cen- tennial, arriving late this morning, re- ports the wreck of two vessels, the schooner Courtney Ford and the ship Louis Walsh, both of San Francisco, and the death of four men. The Ford went ashore on Izen Island on September 30 and the Walsh was lost on the spit near Dutch Harbor during a gale on October 14 Captain M. E. Bergsen and four members of the crew of the Ford returned from the north on the Centen- nial. The Ford had delivered a cargo of lum- ber from the Sound at St. Michael and was returning when she went ashore in the fog, having been traveling three days by dead reckoning. The vessel rests on a sandy bottom, where it is expected she can be ultimately saved. On investigating the captain found a plece of iron which had been deliberately placed within the campass. For a week the crew camped on shore, several trips being made through the surf in an effort to locate the village of Morosvia. On one of these trips the boat was capsized and two seamen, C. Carlson and Walter Ole- son, were drowned. A watchman and a sailor, whose names are not given, were also lost. Papers from the body of one of the shilors drifted ashore near Morosvia and a white trader fitted out a schooner and rescued the captain and remainder of his crew and took them to Unalaska. No particulars of the wreck of the Walsh were obtainable when the Centen- nial left for Seattle. Had a Glandered Horse. A warrant was secured from Pollcs Judge Cabaniss,yesterday by Officer Mec- Currie of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the arrest of John J. Doylé, liveryman, 327 Sixth street, for violating a section of the Penal Code by leading a glandered horse through the streets of the city. The horse was discovered on the Jackson- street wharf Wednesday, waliting to be shipped with others to Petaluma for chicken feed, and was shot and killed by McCurrie. —————— Rail Rates Reduced Via Santa Fe. During September and October the San- ta Fe will sell tickets to San Francisco at the following rates: From New York, $50; Boston, $49.90; Chicago, $33; St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans, $30; Kansas City, Omaha, Sioux City and Fort Worth, $25, and reduced rates from inteymediate points. Information at Santa Fe ticket office, 641 Market street. - —————— Fatal Accident to a Sailor. Henry Kampmeyer, a 19-year-old sailor of the crew of the ship B. H. Watjen dled to-day from injuries received Wednes- day by falling Into the hold of the vessel. He had been sent between decks by the mate to get a saw and lost his footing. The body was removed to the Morgue. | suffered from indigestion for a long time. My symp- toms were swelling of the abdomen, with pain and most ter- rible headaches; also a coated tongue. Since taking Ripan Tabules | have grown better and am now nearly well. At Druggists’. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. l s |