The San Francisco call., 1898-01-27
Three of Them Had to Put Back Owing to Stress
 of w eather.
Rush of GOld-Hunters to the KlOndike, via Dyea, Still
 Keeps Up.
Narrow Escape of Two of the Crew of the SharPshooter From
 AspbyxistiOn.

The smartest trip of the year from Philadelphia to San Francisco was completed yesterday. The Iroquois made the run in 12S days. and Captain Taylor says that he would have been in several days ago had 1t not been for the heavy northwest weather off the coast of California From 50 in the Atlantic to 50 in the Pacific was cov- cred in twelve days. The Horn was rounded with every stitch of canvas set, the sea was almost as smooth as glass and the dangerous promontory was visible from the deck of the vessel. During the entire passage the shutters on the cabin windows were never closed.
 Paul Myrick, one of the crew, was taken sick soon after the vessel left Philadelphia, and Captain Taylor never expected to land him in San Francisco alive. Sailor-like, the crew grumbled at the sick man because he was not able to stand his watch and to prevent him from being i'll treated the captain had to move him aft. Myrick was for merly a sailor on the German ship Ha- lena While at work on her in Phila- delphia he fell down the hold and was terribly injured about the head, back and legs. He was doctored at vari- ous hospitals in the Quaker city, and a few days after his discharge was shipped on board the Iroquois by a boarding house runner, who got @ $50 advance on him as an A. B. The sec ond day out Myrick's legs began to trouble him and at the end of a week the unfortunate fellow was one mass of running sores. He has been gradu- ally getting worse ever since, and di- rectly after the ship docked yesterday Captain Taylor summoned the ambu- lance and sent him to the German Hos pital.
 Captain Taylor is accompanied by his wife and two sons and the latter's governess, Mrs. Estee, wife of the chief officer of the ship. The two lads, Willie and Ingram, have not only a menagerie, but small garden. They have geraniumS and roses in bloom and the captain also has a box of rare orchids which he received from the captain of a South American trading steamer. Willie Taylor has a little chipmunk which is a great pet of his and does all kinds of funny tricks. There were two of them when the ship left Philadelphia, but one of them died a few weeks ago and was buried at sea IneTe are alSO several CnlckenS on board the vessel and little Ingram made pets out of them. One of them began to set, and borrowing an egg from his mother, Ingram placed it un- der the old hen. Much to his delight. a couple of weeks ago little chick was matched. He was heart broken, how ever, when the chicken died and had to follow the chipmunk overheard.
 Two more schooners met with bad luck in the northwestern that is blow ing. The Viking was 100 miles west of Crescent City on her way to Grays Harbor when she carried away her foremast and had to put back for re- pairs A fatality caused the return of the Amethyst. Shortly after leaving port John Ostrom, the mate. fell from the main boom into the sea and was drowned. He was 35 years of age and native of Finland. Everything DOS sible was done to rescue the unfor- tunate man, but the sea was too heavy to launch a boat.
 The most important item of news in the Klondike rush is the charter of the steamer Humboldt by John A. Magee Jr. She will run between here and Dyea and Skaguay, leaving on her first trip on February 1. She will be the fastest and best vessel on the run for many months to come. The crew of the Hum boldt will be furnished by the agents. M. Kalish & Co.,, and the purser will be