The San Francisco call., 1898-07-09
WILL FLY THE AMERICAN FLAG Hawaiian Vessels to Be
 So Honored. ANNEXATION DOES THE TRICK o. AND o. STEAMERS SPREVENTED CALLING AT HONOLULU. Unknown Man Drowned at Section 3 of the Seawall in Presence
 of Captain Hansen's
 Wife.
ANNEXATION DOES THE TRICK
O. AND o. STEAMERS PREVENTED
 CALLING AT HONOLULU.

The annexation of Hawaii has given fifty-three vessels American registry. Of these twenty-four are steamers, four full rigged ships. ten barks and seventeen schooners. The China and Zealandia flew the Hawaiian flag, but when the Govern ment chartered them for transports they were at once given American registry. The Pacific Mail and the Southern Pa cific will be gathers. as their steamers, Aztec Barracouta and San Mateo, all come in under the new regime. They were built In England, and for long time traded for their American owners under the British flag. When the question Of annexation came up, Collis r. Huntington took occasion to send them. one after an- other, to Honolulu, where they secured Hawaiian registry. The Barracouta was the last one to go down, and her owners had a great deal of trouble, as they also had with the China, in getting her under the Hawaiian flag.
 The other twenty steamers are nearly all engaged in the inter-island trade Of these the largest are the Claudine. which brought the news of the revolution to San Francisco; Kiuau and Mauna Loa The Claudine is 609 tons burden, and was built in England in 1890; the Kiuau Is 773 tons burden and was built in Philadel- phia in 1883, and the Mauna Loa is o56 tons burden and was built in Port Blakeley in 1894. Nearly all the other steamers were built in San Francisco.
 The whaling steamer Alexander also comes under the flag. She was formerly the Russian steamer Alexander III. When fitted out for a sealing cruise number of years ago by San Francisco parties she was placed under the Ha- Aa AlpNQndpr tho Arctic.
 The ships that will now fly the Stars and Stripes are: The Fort George, Helen Brewer, John Ena and Hawaiian Isles. The Fort George was formerly British ship. but was sold to Hawaiian mer- The other three vessels were built in Eng land for Hawaiian parties.
 The barks, all well known here, are: The Andrew Welch, Foohng Suey, Iolani, Diamond Head, Mauna Ala, Nuuana, R. F. Rithet, Rosalie HimaIaya, Roderick Dhu and Santiago. All of them are en- Dhu was formerly the British ship of that name. The Diamond Head was for merly the British bark Gainsborough. While on her way to Honolulu from Syd- ney, N. s. W, with a cargo of coal, she went on the reef near Diamond Head and was abandoned. The wreck was pur- chased by Hawaiian parties, who got the vessel off and renamed her Diamond Head.
 of the schooners, only two are engaged in the sugar trade. They are the four masted steel vessels Americana ana Homo lulu, built in England lew years ago. The other schooners are small craft, Of from forty to 100 tons burden, all engaged in the inter-island trade.
 The Occidental ana Oriental a.nd the Oceanic steamship companies will feel the effect of annexation. None Of the former companys vessels and the Ocean, ic Company's Moana will in future be able to stop at Honolulu and do business. Of course they can stop to land pas sengers and freight on their way from China and Australia to San francisco, but on the outward trip they Will nave to skip the islands.
 Some of the sugar packets are making long trips from the islands. The bar1 thfrty-four and thirty-two days respec- lively from Hilo, while the bark lima lava is thirty-two days out from Homo, lulu Every steamer that has arrived from the South Pacific during the past fortnight has reported strong head winds, so the chances are that the sailing yes sels are being delayed from the same cause.
 An unknown man was drowned from section 8 of the sea wall last night The three-masted schooner Laura May, was lying there and the man came staggering along and sat down on a stringer near where she was docked. The only person on the vessel was Mrs. Hansen, wife of the captain, and she did all in her power  ing seated for a few minutes watching. the vessel the man attempted to get on his feet, but lost his balance and fell between the schooner and the wharf. He must have struck the fender pile in his fall, because he was struggling feebly when he came to the surface. Mrs. Han sen threw a plank over to him, which he caught hold of. She then got ashore and ran over to the Ocean Pearl saloon, where she told the people there was mal. drowning. One of the men returned to md fhnzr hot heard the man in the water. The rescuer was afraid to get into the vessels dingy, however, and while he was making up his mind the man disappeared. It was give a meager description of the drowned man. He was a little over the medium height, well dressed in dark clothes and wore a soft hat She warned him of his danger when he went to sit down, but he paid no attention to her.
 The ferry steamer Sausalito was robbed while she was lying at Lombard-street wharf the restaurant was broken into and about $50 taken out of the cash drawer. Thursday night some one broke into the barroom and secured over $50 out of the cash register All attempts to trace the thief have so far failed.
 The Alaska-Yukon TransportationC Com pany is to carry on business as usual and its two river steamers, now at the Fulton Iron Works, will probably star, in a few weeks for St. Michael. Joseph M. Rothchild. as a representative of the creditors. succeeds ": J. Scammel on the directorate, and r. Dassonville will also represent the creditors at St. Mich ael He will have full charge of the river business, ard will handle all the money earned by the steamers at thai end
 The Pacific Mail has chartered in Hong. kong the British steamer Glenfarg She will replace one of the steamers taken by the Government as transports.
 The visiting and local members of tn. National Turn Verein had an excursion around the bay on the steamer Ukiar yesterday. All the points of interest were visited and the visitors had an enjoyable time.