The San Francisco call., 1898-12-30
Pete Ott Carried Away
 on the Para.
LAST BOAT FROM UNALASKA
ARRIVAL OF THE PEARL WITH NEWS OF THE NINGCHoW.
Fast Round Trip of the Schooner Beulah-Sailing of the Mail Steamer Alameda for
 Australia

The Mall company's steamer City or Para had a lively time Of 1t leaving port yesterday. Crossing the bar 1t was blow ing sixty miles an hour and the Para got the full benefit of 1t. Captain J. W. CPete) Ott was the pilot and both the Lady Mine and Oracle : tried to take him off. but failed. The Mail steamer hove to and was rolling gunwales under While the pilot boats under shortened canvas tried again and again to get close enough in order to lower 9 boat. but they could not. Finally the City of Para had to get under way and take Pilot Ott with her. The steamer Acapulco will be due to-day from Central American ports and II IS thought the City of Para will speak her somewhere in the vicinity of Point Con Cepuou and put Captain Ott aboard. Should the steamers not sight each other then the pilot will make the round trip to Panama.
 The City of Para took away a valuable Iargo. Among it was 15ll24 gallons of wine for New York and lumber. ta-Ilow and malt for Central American ports.
 The Alaska Commercial Company schooner Pearl arrived from Cnalaska via Unga Island yesterday. She brought down S4I 900 in bullion and 15 tons or con- centrates and the following passengers: alaska, Martin Olsen, Peter Nelson and wife. W. D. Clark. R. Reating, l. Parker and " G. Main from Unga. The Pearl was the last vessel or the season to leave Alaska and there will be no more news from that quarter until next spring. Cap tain Hansen reports that the Sadie and City of Paris were in quarters and that every body had settled down for the win ter.
 on November 24 the usual quiet at Un- alaska was disturbed by the arrival of the tramp steamer NingchOw. SLe had been caught in a terrific westerly gale and sui Iered considerably The starboard quar- no h l- smashed, the whole of the starbOard rail- Ing was carried away and everything movable on deck was washed overheard. 90 rnlch coal was used up in bucking the gale that the captain of the Niugchow had 10 purchase 40 tons from the Alaska Commercial Company in order to replen- ar Yokohama on November 30 having sailed from Astoria on November 12, but T was December 1S before she reached
 The Marine Engineers Association elected the following officers last WedneS- day John E. O Brien, president; Edward 2Qrphy, nrst vice president; J. ". R. Flood, second vice president; II. C. Tal- brett. treasurer. and genial Frank Bragg made such an efficient and popular finan- cal secretary and business manager last year that he was elected by a unanimous vote for second term.
 Captain Mitchell of the schooner Beulah has been presented by the owner of the vessel James knOwland, with a new suit or CLotnes as memeEtO Of his record trip The Beulah left here on the 10th inst for Willapa, and arrived there three days later. Her cargo was discharged, q load Of lumber was taken on and she sailed again on the 23d inst, arriving yes side of nineteen days.
 false alarm was given out about the British ship CaradOc last Wednesday night She is now out eighty-fve days from HiOgO, Japan, for Puget Sound and 15 per cent reinsurance is being paid on her When a telegram arrived from SeattIe saving she had arrived at Port Angeles there was great rejoicing among the men who had taken risks on her. An hour later their joy turned into sorrow however, when the news came that 1t was not the CaradOc which had arrived but the British ship Andelana, from Shang- hai, which had arrived at Port Angeles
 4 new cable is being laid between the military stations at Lime Point and the Presdio. The tugs Alert and Transit lowed the scOW with the reels of wire aboard 10 the Presidio in the morning, and when the cable had been made fast al that end it was run out gradually from the sCOw until the other side of the chan nel was reached and the cable made fast.
 The British ship Fannie Kerr is taking in ballast at the sea wall From here she will go 10 Portland to load wheat for Rio de JanelrO.
 The Oceanic Companys mail steamer Alameda sailed for Sydney, N. s. w, via Honolulu, Apia and Auckland, yester- day, with the following passengers:
 Honoluiu-Lorrin Andrews and wife H. P @ hela %I'' Al45s 4 AaTIaa 9eGSWlLh, A " Ben las, Mrs. J. :. Fenneu ". 4. Gardner, wife and child, Miss Gardner, " c. Gregg wife and four children. J. A s. Gordon and wife E. Haistead, John V. Kirk and wife H. Krusi, B. H. Lucke Ava Mayne. Charles P Polak. R. J. Putnam, C. S. Roe, Miss Bertha Ben Taylor. T. J: Ward and wife.
 Apla-Rev. D. D. Lake. wife and child.
 Aucklaud-John Birreu, Wilfred Taylor, II. S. Roberts.
 sydney-R. B. Beals R. A. Brown, F. G. Casey. A. Dixson. Mrs. Turtle Fisher Gus tave Heberlein, c. W. Lamb, Richard L. Nal colru. F. A Peters, wife. child and nurse; Mrs. R. Pfeil, C. B. H. Palmer, E. Rich Miss C. Rutherford, Miss Seeger, William Smith E. c. StUdholme.
 TO join at Honolulu for sydney-s W Bates, Harold s. Gray and wife, c. c. Peters.
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