The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
D|MOND AND
 MARTHA DAVIS
 KEPT COMPANY Sailed From Honolulu the Same Hour. ARRIVED SIMUL PREVIOUSLY DID NOT SPEAK EACH OTHER DURING THE VOYAGE. Harry S. Scott Out for Chief Wharf inger-Indorsed by the Lum-
 her Merchants and 1ro-
 quois Club
ARRIVED SIMUL LTANE0USLY
DID NOT SPEAK EACH OTHER
 DURING THE VOYAGE.

The bark Martha Davis and barkentine W. H. Dimond have been having qulet little race all to themselves. They left here within a few days of each other for Honolulu, and while the Davis Is an easy winner on the round trip. the Dimond wins the race from Honolulu here by an hour. The Dimond sailed from Hawaii at | 3:30 D. m on the 10th inst: and arrived here at D. m. yesterday, while the DaVls sailed half an hour earlier and arrived half an hour later Both vessels. sailed III and came to an anchor within few nun | dred yards of each other. From the time they parted company off Diamond Head until they met again off the Golden Gate neither vessel was sighted from the other, and each captain thought the other was in port.
 The barkentine Irmgard, however. beat both the Davis and -DinOnd. She left here several days after them and sailed from Honolulu three days after them and still made port the first of the trio
 The arrival of the Martha Davis brought joy to the hearts of the reinsur- ance gamblers. On the 18th inst, in lati- tude 37.1O north longitude 1S2 west, she spoke the overdue British ship Scottish Hills The latter vessel is now out 1SS days from Hamburg for San Francisco, and 10 per cent reinsurance was paid on Captain Blackmore of the British vessel asked was How is the war getting along?" When Captain Friis of the Davis the Britisher at once replied Glad to Another vessel that got in yesterday Jeanne d'Arc, 59 days from Newcastle, N. s. w. She beats into port such tast ones as the British ship Cardiganshire, now out @, and the French bark Jules Verne, 69 days from Australia.
 There should be some close finishes among the coasting steamers due to- | No nf Q due from various ports. so the Merchants Exchange reporter will have busy time Washtenaw will be due from Puget Sound. the Columbia from Portland, the Arcata and Empire from Coos Bay, the Navarro and Weeott from Yaquina Bay. the Ruth and Cleone from Tillamook, the r Aloha and Point Arena from Point Arena, the Chilkat from Eureka, the Orizaba from San Pedro and the Gipsy from Santa Cruz As storm signals have been ordered displayed along the Oregon and Washing ton coasts, some of these vessels will have One of the deckhands on the river steamer Alviso had narrow escape from drowning yesterday. The boat was back bed and fell heavily against the rail. Luckily, when he went over part of the rail went with him and to it he clung like grim death. Captain Pike of the State tug Governor Irwin saw the accident and threw the struggling man rope. He was soon hauled aboard the Irwin and in a
 
 the steamer continued her run to Alviso.
 The fight for the position of Chief Wharfinger, which will soon be made va cant by the resignation of George w. Root, has begun in earnest. Half a dozen candidates are out for the place, but no one has been more prominently mentioned ant Chief Wharfnger. Yesterday the lum- Der merchants and ship-owners on the front sent in a very strong petition ask ing the Harbor Commissioners to appoint hiTO fn ha ni siY11flo TIycG presented from the Iroquois Club. He was also indorsed by the Democratic State Central Committee, and among oth- CTS, by Congressman James G. Mcguire Mir. Scott has made a most efficient As sistant Chief and is general favorite on the water front.
 tic sailed for Hawaii, Japan and China yesterday crowded with passengers and freight. Many of those in the cabin are bound for Honolulu, showing that the travel to the Paradise of the Pacific is growing rapidly. The barks Alden Bes- SC and Roderick Dhu, which are to sail in a few days for Hawaii will have all the passengers they can accommodate, and a number of people who wanted to take passage on them Lave been com pelled to wait for other vessels.
 The transport Zealandia arrived at Ma nila from San Francisco yesterday.
 The ship Edward O'Brien will go from here to Puget Sound to load coal for Hon. olulu At Honolulu she will load sugar IT The British ship Balmoral, that was badly damaged off the Horn in a colli- sion with the British ship Glenericht, went to the Union Iron Works yesterday for repairs
 The transport Tacoma is being got ready to take another load of mules and horses to Manila Nearly all the animals have arrived from the East and as sooh as the ship is loaded they will be put aboard. On the last occasion the Taco mas donkey engine and condenser were too too small. This mistake has been recti- fed and there is no fear of the animals being short of water before Manila is reached. -
 The torpedo boat destroyer Farragut viii have another trial on the bay to- morrow.