The San Francisco call., 1897-09-25
A LONG Overdue
BRITISH VESSEL
The Hahnemann Is Now Out
2l4 Days From New
castle-on-Ty
Ships Which Arrived Yesterday
Made the Same Run in
Much Less Time.
A Bride and Groom on the Steamer
Puebla Robbed During the Run
to This Port.

The British ship The Hahnemann is
now cut 2I4 days from Newcastle
on Tyne and reinsurance is being paid
on the hull and cargo. The vessel is laden
with coal, and seafaring men and under
writers are beginning 10 wonder if any
thing has happened to her. She was last
spoken on June % in latitude 80 south,
Longitude Is west, and then the captain
reported "all well"
On July and last the British ship Al
ghanistan, which arrived yesterday, after
passage of 153 days from Liverpool, was
in terrific hurricane in latitude So south,
longitude 66 west. There was an unusu-
ally heavy cross sea, the vessel was swept
again and again and finally the cargo
shifted. From that time on fair weather
was encountered. Captain Craigie reports
that his vessel was twenty-one days off
the Horn, and during nearly all that time
the decks were iull of water up to the all.
If The Hahnemann encountered the same
weather as the Atghanisian she may
reach port now any day.
Quite fleet of ships are outside bound
in, but owing to the dense fog the tug
boats cannot find them. AT times during
yesterday afternoon the lookout al Point
Lobos could not see across the Golden
Gate. The French ship Astree, IA days
from Ham burg, and the bark Monican,
q days from Honolulu, got In, while at
P. M. the Italian bark Cavaliere Ciampa
ana British ship Morven, both from Swan
sea, were towing in. The Italian made
the run in the fast time of 1873 DAYS, while
the Morven took 157 days to cover the
same distance.
There was small fire in the forepeak
of the British ship CIoncaird yesterday,
but luckily the second mate discovered it
before much damage was done. The Off
GERS of the vessel assert that the men
started the blaze, and some of the ring
leaders will have to answer the charge
when the Cloncaird reaches England.
Sailors have been very scarce on the water
front and nearly all the ships that are get.
ting away have more or less green haLds
among the crew. Several of the sailors
on the Cloncaird, Forfarshre and Ken
sineton have never been to sea in their
lives before. The Inchcepe Rock, which
arrived in port few days ago, was not
ten hours in mort before the boarding.
house runners had induced every one of
the men to desert. Jack" was given a
run ashore got gloriousiy drunk and mex:
day was shipped again on board one of
the many ships awaiting crews in the
stream. Some of these men and some
green hands shipped on the Cloncaird
and when the $40 advance was spent the
men did not want 10 go 10 sea In order
TO postpone the sailing day the fire WAS
started. Their plans mscarried, how
ever, and the Cloncaird will put to sea
this morning.
A tale of woe arrived on the Puget
Sound steamer City of Puebla yesterday
morning. Among the cabin passengers
were Mr.. and Mrs. d. j. Mcintosh of Vic
toria, B. g. The couple were on their
honeymoon. and of course had the bridal
cham Der. The first night out some body
rifed MIR. MCIntosh's clothing and stole
$40, and when the steamer reached here
the couple had to telegraph for more
money. When the Pu-bla docked two
young men were pointed out by Mcintosh
as the proba BILE thieves, but as there was
not particle of evidence against them
the police refused to make any arrests,
Captain Debney of the Puebla brought
down bag OF nuggets which his sons
sent to him from Klondike. One of the
young men is storekeeper for the Alaska
Commercial Company, and writes his
father that the wealth of the mines has
| been underestimated, if anything. His
brother sold his claim for 500, 600, and at
once reinvested the money in another
mine.
Captain F. Erratt has been appointed
master OF the schooner Volante and Cap
tain Wetzel master of the schooner Gender
Brothers.
TIE schooner Hermann arrived from
the Arctic with catch of twenty-five
otter skins last Thursday night. Tuesday
night last sworjf got tangled in the
logline, and in trying TO shoot it with
Winchester the captain cut the line with
a bullet and the fish got away with the
log. Two carrier pigeons were brought
down on the schooner. They were caught
on the southern coast of Kadiak in an
exhausted condition. The arrival of the
birds on board caused no little excite
ment on the schooner, as at first they
were supposed to come from Andrees S
balloon. They brought no message, nor
were they marked in any way.
Pious Russians do not eat pigeons be-