The San Francisco call., 1898-12-24
Gaelic and She Will Race to Honolulu.
CHRISTMAS SHIP AT MANILA
ST. PAUL REACHED THAT PORT
 LAST THURSDAY.
Marine Superintendent Iabrett of the Risdon Iron Works Taken
 Seriously I'll on the Front.

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer City of Peking did not get away for the Orient until late last night, while the o. and O. Companys Gaelic sails for the san1e ports this afternoon. There will be pretty race from here to Honolulu and the chances are that the Gaelic will win. The Peking has been delayed owing to a crack in her shaft, which necessitated the putting in of a new one. Yesterday she was tried on the bay, and as everything worked all right the vessel proceeded to sea.
 Both the Peking and Gaelic have big passenger lists and all the freight they can carry. Cotton, nails, ginseng and some other goods arrived late from the East and were rushed aboard. For Ma nila the Picking took away among other things 100 cases canned goods, 100 cases wine, S packages naval stores and 2500 packages provisions. For China she had aboard beans, flour. wheat, peas, malt and hops.
 Among the passengers by the Picking was A. M. Brown, Marshal of the Ha- waiian Islands. It was he who bought and paid for the British ship Falls of Clyde and not w. Matson. The Falls of Clyde will dock at Howard street wharf to-day and will begin loading for Homo lulu. On her arrival there Marshal Brown Will place her under the Hawaiian flag trader.
 The transport St. Paul Christmas ship arrived at Manila last Thursday. When captain Hays was leaving here he said ne would reach the Philippines in plenty or time for the boys to get their Christ mas presents and he kept his word. There VIII be no delay in unloading the steamer ana the chances are that by tonight or to-morroW morning every boy in blue will pc admlring the good things sent to him from home.
 Big improvements are to be made in the oceanic Steamship Company's Alameda anu Marlposa- At the present time they oIS htteo With three cylinder compound engines, but 1t is now the intention of the company to put in new boilers and triple expansion engines. This will give the yes SCI great deal more boiler room and greater speed. At the present time there IS no better mail service in the world than mat supplied the Australian colonies by tte tile oceanic company, but with an addi- uonal two knots an hour added to the SPeeu or the steamers the service should
 Harry Tabrett, marine superintendent or the Risdon Iron Works. is a very sick man; On Thursday last he was figuring o@n @ Ihe cost or repairs to the United States transport Scandia, and, in company with S, oaptaihs Messer and Howard, went all over the ship MT. Tabrett was awarded Jhe contract, and started for the Risdon Iron Works. On his arrival there he was taken suddenly i'll and fell in heap on the ofdCe floor. He was sent to his home CIi IWenty-nrst street, and yesterday was well man. -''' ~ oiii "eiiis
 The Austrian steamer Burma has been playlng in hard luck. When Captain MlckaliVich left here he did not eXpecf that his vessel would be twice ashore before he got properly under way on his homeward voyage The Burma was formerly under charter to the Rosen- IeldS 10 carry coal from Nanaimo, B. C. but lately she was secured to take a load or wheat from Portland to St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, for orders After loading at Portland she was proceeding down the Columbia River when she got ashore. Next tide she got off and pro- ceeded to Nanaimo where she was to coal. In log she got ashore again near Vancouver, B. C., but again escaped with out injury. The Burma has a cargo of S4,9S5 centals of wheat, valued at $S7 722
 The bark Big Bonanza sails to-day for Puget Sound Captain Bergman is not going to be done out of his Christmas dinner, however, as he took away with him a sucking pig, three turkeys half a dozen ducks and large supply of plum pudding and mince pies. They are going to fare well on that ship this voyage.
 The steamer Morgan City has been chartered by the Government to carry neson & Chilcat of Seattle are now the agents for the vessel She has heer . thoroughly overhauled and had new boil CTS put in, and is fin first-class trim for the voyage.
 First Mate P. H. Collins of the Czarina has been placed in command of that yes sel temporarily. When Captain Seaman's term of suspension is up he will resume command of the Czarina
 John McGinty. an insane fireman. was yesterday ncTuing and locked up in the City Prison. On the way down the coast he was found in the hold of the vessel trying to make fire out of the cargo.