The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24
FOR THE ORIENT
 AND AUSTRALIA
Two of the Mail Steamers tc Stop at the Hawaiian
 Islands.

The Oceanic Steamship Company's Mo ana and the Pacific Mail Company's China both sailed for Honolulu yesterday, and as they are both powerful steamers and very evenly matched they should make very pretty race of it to the Paradise or the Pacific. The China got away shortly after 1 D. m. and is bound for Yokohama and Hongkong, after stopping at the Ha- waiian capital. She took away full cargo and a number of passengers. Among those in the cabin was Miss Jessie Banks of the Pacific Heights School. Miss Banks has secured a years leave or ab- sence and is going to spend har vacation in Japan. China, Ceylon, India and Eu- rope. Captain Leale of the Caroline and whole host of her relatives and friends were down to see her away.
 Owing to a delay in the arrival of the English mails the Moana did not get away until 10 D. m., or nine hours after the China She took away very valuable cargo for Australia and New Zealand and a full passenger list. Among her cargo were 4053 cases of canned fruit, large quantity of canned salmon, coffee, flour, beans, hops and broom corn.
 For Auckland, New Zealand, she has 19 packages of machinery, which is com posed of two 50 horsepower Union gas eneines. These are for twin screw steamer that is to be used on the coast of New Zealand in the frozen meat trade. The schooner IS to be over 3UO tons DuF- den and will be almost twice the size of any gasoline schooner on this coast. The people of New Zealand have tried the Union gas engines of smaller horse power before and were so pleased with them that the order for tLese large ones has followed.
 The schooner Dawson City was launch ed from Stones ways at Hunters Point yesterday afternoon. She is to be used as a dredger on the Yukon River. and will leave for her destination early in May. Schmidt of the VaRhf WhirlWind is to sail the Dawson City to St. Michaels and will be the head of the expedition. With her false keel on the schooner draws six feet of water, but the keel will be removed and the dredging plant put in place before she starts up the Yukon.
 and way ports yesterday morning. She brought g cabin, 4I steerage and 13 Chi nese passengers. The officers heard of neither wars nor rumors of wars in Gen. tral America and were very anxious to get all the particulars of the Cuban trouble The Colon was in San Jose de Guatemala when President BarrioS was murdered, but communication with the shore was not allowed, so the officers of the steamer could gain no information
 The ship Llewellyn J. Morse is still hard and fast in the mud in Oakland. Four un- successful attempts have been made to get her off, and after each attempt she her soft bed. For a couple of days a dredger was at work around her and yes terday the tugs Active, Reliance and Sea King made the fourth attempt to move her. More dredging will have to be done or else the Morse will have to remain in the mud until the high tides next month.
 J. w Hart secretary of the Shipowners and Merchants Towboat Company, left for Europe last night to enjoy a we'll earned vacation.
 The schooner Anna has been sold by the Oceanic Steamship Company to the Alaska Goldfish Company and will shortly start on a fishing cruise to Boring Sea.
 mistake was made a few days ago in stating that the Salvatore Ciainpa made lI3 days. The Muskoka left here October 19 and made the run in 9S days, while the A. G. Ropes and Vimeira made it in 104 and 107 days respectiVely,