The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
The Brig Lurline Beat Five Others in a Run
 From Honolulu.
Arrival of the Wrecked Bark Blairlogie's Crew From
 Papeete.
averaI Sailing Vessels Purchased and Chartered for the klOn-
 diko Trade.

riqh+ they were all off the Farallones, ana came into port one after the other ,n the morning. The distance covered Is considerably over 2000 miles, and yet there was not six hours difference in the time occupied by the different yes sels making the run.
 They sighted each other on many oc- casions during the race, and the bark entine Archer and the brig w. G. IT, win were in company on several occa- sions. In light weather the brig would run away from her more heavily spar red companion, but when 1t came on to blow a bit the Archer always caught up with her. The fleet that got in was the brig W. c. Irwin, the barkentines W. H. DimOnd and Archer. the bark Albert and the schooner Transit. The brig Lurline also came in from Kahu- Hui, but as she was not In the race her time does not count.
 The Lurline was off Meiggs wharf and at anchor before any of the other vessels showed up. The Irwin was the next to come in, and she was followed by the Dimond. Then came the Arch CT in tow of the tug Rescue, and the Albert, in tow of the tug Alert The Transit, which was backed in Honolu- lu to win the race, was the last of the fleet to get in.
 The barkentine City of Papeete ar rived from Tahiti yesterday with eight cen of the crew of the wrecked British bark Blairlogie on board. The vessel went ashore on Matahira Island, one of the Tahita group, and became to- tai wreck. The crew escaped, and Cap- tain Mackay sent a boat to Papeete to
 rT-l.. Crni1 de Sud was sent out by the French Government, and brought in the ship wrecked men, all of whom took pas sage on the Papeetey save four who will cast their fortunes in with the natives. Those who came up on the Papeete were Captain Mackay, his wife and two children. First Officer Archibald Faill, Second Officer J. A. Haddock, Third Of fcer John Bishop, Carpenter J. Howe and thirteen seamen. The Blairlogie was from Delagoa Bay for Astoria, and went ashore during heavy weather. Captain Mackay says that when she struck on the reef everything possible was done to get her off, but she swung broadside on, and soon began to break up. The entire crew had to walk across the island on which they were wreck ed. in order to meet the boat that was sent to their rescue. When half way across the men deserted the captain and his wife and children, saying that 1t was a case of every man for him. self.
 When Captain Hutton of the French steamer heard what the men had done he refused to allow any of them aboard until they went back and brought in the captain and his family. This the men did, and then the CroiX de Sud started for Papeete.
 Frank Cookson, late chief engineer of the PrOgresO. is going out as chief en- gineer of the steam schooner Navarro.
 Nearly all the berths on the steamer Alliance, which will leave here for Cop per River on February 15, are already engaged. One party of fifteen and an- other of twenty are going to fight shy of the Klondike, and they are going to do all their prospecting in the Cook In- let country. The Pacific Steam Whal- ing Company expects to be kept busy carrying passengers all next summer to the Copper River; if will run the steamers Valencia, Excelsior, Alliance and WOlcOtt at regular intervals to Orca Station. At that point the steam CTS will connect with stern wheel boats belonging to the company, and passen- gers will be taken to any point within 2 reasonable distance of the place to which they want to go.
 The steamer City of Stockton was nearly eight hours late in getting in yesterday. When a mile out of Stock ton she stuck In the mud, and the cap. tain and crew had great difficulty in freeing her
 The United States steamer Adams sailed from Honolulu on the 9th inst, and may be expected to arrive here in time for the Jubilee celebration. She has on board eight prisoners and four sick men from the Baltimore and Ben nington all of whom will be sent to Mare Island as soon as the warship reaches port
 The old sealing schooner Emma and Louisa is having a hard time of 1t in Hawaiian waters. She was purchased by San Diego people when her sealing days were over and placed in the Honolulu trade. This was her first voy- age to the Paradise of the Pacific as a trader. and 1t is likely to be her last The Hawaiian authorities got 1t into their heads that there was something wrong with the vessels cargo and threw every obstacle possible in the captains way. The Hawaiian Inde- pendent said: "The schooner Emma and Louisa has seventy tons of cargo left in her hold. The captain is making storehouse of the vessel which is be- ing guarded by Custom House guards at the rate of S6 a day" Commenting upon this matter. the Independent said: "The owners of the schooner and its cargo attempted q commercial eXneri- ment which might have materially ben efited quite a section of this communi- ty It is unfortunate that their first re- ception should have been so unkindlv but probably. as ever. the custom off, cials, when properly called upon may be in position to justify the extra pre- cautions they are said to have taken in regard to the vessels cargo"
 The schooner Adam W. Spies. from Boston to Honolulu. was on fire while the Peru was in port. Ut started in the laZarette. and Captain Godette is of the opinion that 1t was incendiary. The crews of the Baltimore. Bennington and Adams were soon on the scene, and it did not take them long to get the fire under control.
 The call for ships for the KIondike rush Is still unabated. The schooner NJ Coleman has been chartered at the rate of $100 day and the ship Eclipse at the rate of $50 a day In the case of the Coleman the owner pays the running expenses, but in the case of the Eclipse they are paid by the charterer. The ship Lucille was to have brought a car 20 of coal to San Francisco. but her charter has been purchased by Klon- 6fJSe TpOT,1a md c6a ruf1 hQ +11rn irfO