The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-02

schooner Halcyou had arrived at Redondo.
A dispatch to the Merchants Exchange
was read TO this effect, and itwas generally
thought that Collector Phelps merry men.
" no were Overhauling: coast tiers at the beads
: all the morning and fitting about in tugs
ike mosquitoes on the San Joaquin, were
wasting vGst amount OF energy and time
to ne purpose. lnquiry developed the fact
that :the smuggIer HalcYen is still fancy
/: free on the Pacific, while the vessel OF. the
name which pat In at RedendO ON Tuesday
is Qnlqa lumber schooner rHnning regularly
between Eureka and Redondo. -. =
|. IL Is net seriously believed that the real
:Haleyon: can be. caught by any vessel now
.ou tire lookout for her. The smugglsTs are
far too wary to keep the stuff on board a
day longer shan necessary. Il is as certain
as anything IN the werle that just as soon
as: a smuggling schooner with "a cargo of
opium leaves British Columbia another
schooner leaves this port Ion a hunting
and fishing trip" takes off the stuff and
/ lands It at her leisure.
There are five schooners now out from
this port with no destination assigned, and
all of. them are, curiOHsly enough, engaged
In hunting and fishing. They never catch
anything, but those who are lin the know,
ay.1hese vessels pay very well. The M tn
ical trip Of The Hayseed, alias the Costa
Rtca Yacht Ada. tn Coeos Island. in search
of buried treasure" is quoted with wink
Catalina Island IN company with a reputed
|; sfuggler from Victoria. the Eliza Edwards,
/ and has since been Heard of at San Bias.
| The: Eliza Edwards was empty when
Searched, as everyone knows -:
= lie. Whlislaw :wTecking steamer came
down from Russian Guleh yesterday with
a qtdntiiy of wreckage from. the Maggie
! Ross. n........:...... T.
/ There are five vessels In one~liue running
l:fr0m New York TO this port which have
Saint" In the first portion OF their name. =.
T. Captain Henry johnson, whose reported
snicisfe on the schooner Sailor Boy in
| Alaska waters on July caused great dis
| tIess to his many friends here, is now be-
| Tleved to have fallen over during a fit willie
| in a faint superinduced by the rheumatic
| affection of the heart, from which he.'was
| suffering ut the time. A letter to this effect
| has bsen received in which both the first
officer and the.second mate>of the schooner
unite in describing their. i'm preston. -
The freight rates for -four on the regular
|: Stockton steamers has been reduced to .25
cents a ton, while. the new line is still
| charging S5>cents a ton. President Gillis:7of
| the latter line is interested In the Farmers
| Union Mills and Will doubtless try to hold
| up to the rates, but it rs doubtful If the
| other stockholders in the Farmers Union
can contend with the Sperry and other
| Stockton mills with go cents ton IN thei.
] favor :: The old line has. delivered its ulti-
| matnm that there Is only one fine and that
| 1t will 40 on cutting rates-.till one company
| or The other gives up the fight.
The steam schooner Westport, which came
| down from UsaE yesterday bound for San
Pedro, put into this. port to land the first
| mate, who had broken his leg up in the
| lumber country. The sufferer was taken
| of at Green street and removed to the
| Marine Hospital. -. =.
| The iron ships Dechm ontand Port Stan,
| ley have again been rechartered for wheat.
The former arrived here last December and
| the latter about the middleton July. One oil
! the vessels now in port has been here ovei
| year and another since last October
| These are the British Yeoman and the
| County Of Yarmouth. ~. ::
| The steamer Albatross Gas brought down
| from Alaska an assortment OF black bass
| with which ii is proposed TO stock tue waters
| Of Puget Sound -. -
/ The steam schooner Jennie, from Thin
| Point. Alaska, with a cargo of salmon fol-
| the Alaska Packing Association, arrived
last night. -. ::