Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1889 — MORE SEALERS SE ZED. [ARTICLE]

MORE SEALERS SE ZED.

A Mbs. Suerkin, of Erie, Pa., who iied recently, had no faith in banks, and just after her death over $9,000 in cash was found in her house. A fen days ago, in clearing the cellar, a box containing SI,OOO in gold and silver was The maharajah of Singapore, who V now !n Paris, is astonishing even that blase city, His coaches, attendants, costumes, and expenditures are based on such a scale of elegance that he seems to have the wealth of the east at his disposal. He far outshines the *hah of Persia One of the heaviet losers by the Williamsport flood is Henry James, the lumber dealer of Baltimore. It is estimated that 15,000,000 feet of his lumber floated away, a part of which will be recovered with other timber in the tety, and will probably greatly reduce his loss, which is now approximated at $250,000. John Tyler, son of the ex-presi-dent, is gradually sinking. His entire body has been paralyzed for nearly a year, and he is finally giving way to the consequent inanition. When in health he was talented, witty, learned, and companionable. For several years past he has held a sinecure in the treasury department. -

The St mmvr Rash Capture* Several Illegal Vessels and Sends Them to Si,ka. Wednesday the steamer Olympian arrived at Victoria, B. C., from Port Townsend, with Captain Alger, of the American sealing schooner Allie L. Alger, and one of his hunters. Both are fresh from Behring Sea, and they- brought news of importance with them. The Captain, who was interviewed immediately on arrival, said: “On the 30th of July we were in Behring Sea,as nearly as we can judge, about fifty miles west of St. Paul, when we sighted the cutter Rush steaming up to us on our quarter. We at once hove to. Some minutes afterwards a boat put off from the Rush and Lieutenant Tuttle boarded her. He asked for my papers/which I at once handed him, and after perusing them he proceeded with two men to search the ship. He did not find anything, however, though that is not to say there was nothing to find aboard. After coming up out of the hold, when he had finished searching tho ship, I said to him: ‘Well, what luck have you had in the search!’ - - / 7 “He said: ‘I will tell you. On the 11th of July we captured the Black Diamond and dispatched her to Sitka, with a man on board to take charge of her. On the 23d of July we sighted the schooner Minnie. Her owner, Captain Jacobson, was aboard at the time, and she had 843 seals. We took possession of her and dispatched her to Sitka, also. Yesterday (July 29) we bore down on the Pathfinder, and found 800 sealskins aboard of her. We put another man aboard her, and ordered her off to Sitka, as well. Last week we boarded both the Arcland and the Theresa. They also had some skins aboard, but we let them go, as they had been too long caught, but ordered them out of the sea.’ “After telling roe this the Lieutenant told me I had better get out of the sea at once, and he was then pulled abroad the steamer, which headed for . the east. We then set sail for the south, and arrived, on Monday, at Neah bay. I then left my schooner there, and came up from Capo Flattery to Port Townsend. I caught the Olympian, and just reached Victoria. My schooner will, I expect, be on..iha-HwJ.to. " StAtUe now. Heave here ealb&Qlympiaa to rejoin her today.” The American sealing schooner James G. Swan was seized in Behring sea, on July 80, with 225 head of seals on board, by the government revenue cutter Richard Rush. The vessel’s documents, fire-arms and skins were taken aboard the Rush, and she was ordered to Sitka, Alaska, to bo turned over to the American authorities. The captain being without charts and unacquainted with the Alaskan coast, came to Port Townsend and surrendered his vessel to the collector of customs. There are between forty and fifty vessels now in Behring sea. The Rush seized the British schooner, Ennetta, with six hundred skins, July 31. The seizure of the Pathfinder and Minnie was confirmed. The Pathfinder was the only vessel placed in charge of American officers, except the Black, Diemond. *