The morning call., 1892-07-27
Steamer Relric.

Steamer Belgic.
took out 200 Chinese, some Of them baing
rejected addresses" but quite a consider
able proportion being merchants returning
to the old country or taking vacation.
There is IN air of mystery about the trial
trip Of the Peru, but it is hardly likely to
take place before Saturday. as already pre-
dicted in THE CALL. for the reason that
the vessel is quite light and will have 10 be
brought to the proper draught Of water be-
/ fore being tested. 1t is reported that the
| ship viii go down to the Government course
between Pigeon Point and Point Sur on
Saturday morning and Will return on Sun
daV. She is due 10 leave this city on the fol-
lowing Thursday. Her coolle crew was
shipped yesterday. Ii is stated that IN an
| interview with Secretary Furuseth of the
| Sailors Union prominent customs Official
| substantially admitted that the coolies had
! been shipped in Hong-k0ng, but he con-
/ tended that it was impossible for fraudu-
| lent substituti0ns to occur hereafter ln their
| case or for them TO lani In this port any
| more than it would be for any other
| Chinese. The question Of the palpa5le viU-
lation of the contract labor law does not
appear TO have been settled at all
The police have been made aware of the
fact that four Yessels-the Albert the
Helen w. Almy, the Douglass and the CITY
! Of Papeete-will sail in the next few days
/ with non-uniOD crews.
! The Merchants drydock, recently dredged
/ out was filled yesterday with silver Smelts,
! of which millions disported along the sides.
/ Many hundreds of them were taken with
/ dip nets at the Oriental dock during the
! afternoon.
| The new Stockton boat Captain Sutter
| of the union OF opposition line Will make
| her trial trip to-day.
| Captain Tierluff Of the schooner J. Ep-
! pinger was the maddest man on the city
nj MOUnaV Ui hri or in
/ the schooner he mlstook the red light which
/ the HarbUr Commissioners have ordered
| placed al the end of the new POwell-sTreet
wharf for the port light Of a vessel lie
was unaware of the wharf having been
| constructed, and as it occupies position
directly In the path of incoming coasters,
the schooner very narrowly escaped a col
lSiOD that would have sunk her. Captain
IieTiotf only saved himself by letting 20 his
anchor.
Captain lessen. formerly of the steamer
Wilmington, has taken command of tho
steamer Arcata.
The tug Relief had trial Tun on the bay
| yesterday, and though act pushed, legged
lSh kn0is easily. The Relief is in TeadI-
ness 20 race any fug Ou lie bay. but viii
ind u hard 70 get a match.
The members Of the Naval Battalion are
sgilating f0r week 3 cruise Oh the Charles-
I ton wneB she returns here, 50 as 70 familiar
I &c themselves With the working Of the
1 guns aud appliances OF & modern war
| yesaei Lieutenant-l onmander Z. n. Good-
al has made application to SecretRrv Iraey
With this 1Bd IN view.
Tie bark Wilma which arrived at san
Pedro On Sunday. faade tbe round rip from
tbs port q Aanaimo, thence 80 Sa8 Diego
~ 81 days Particularly Gue run. W F..
MlEliei, The owBer - Sat y Ina, has tgie-
grained Capl-sa teE 20 draw on niul Ter
d neH - 81 clothes IN rocog1;tioE Of tAe
Captain yen Helms OF the STEAMER New
bera trings news OF the total loss OF tie
stttss steamer Don juan, bailt llcrs two
yesrs ago for the la Paz Pepr. Fishing
Company. The steamer was found 10 be
leaking short tine after leaving Ia Par
and sank n Is iath0ms OF water. The crew
a2d passengers were rescued In boats AID
cared fos by the Mexican authorities
The steamer Sunoi pf Piper, Aasr & Coz
liue q Vallejo brought eyer the ehsldren IL
Il The Good IeU3iafs orphan asylum st Va
He1o on free Zip Yesterday niesnlng. The
trIn also paid The carfaTe OK tie youngsters 5
to ard from the park Three ronslug cheers
sttested the gratitude o. tbe chiidssn as
they landed Oh NGshso9ton-stre wharf
nc second mornings auction sale of
irDit % jacksoa-street wharf proved as
success strl a3 the first, and AuctInuear & elm
hagen had disposef of eveTything in sight
by 1870 A. NJ q good prices. Peaches
which only fetched Is cents s-h.-aSSet las
year were sold eL>d6y al auction for 3
cents up 70 S11-a basket. Pears realizef
ILss1 70 TO ~ CEN ID plums from As TO 6,
. Ssts box.
TIE steam schc Ier Hattie Gage. whlcl
Q was 10 the sealing aus.ness last year is nov
. running on the Eel River route with farm
. | produce.
Among the passengers from San Diego on
the steamer Corona was 14-year-old cir
who had planned 70 join her fathers dis.
, charged bartender ia this city Captain
Hall found out the state If things and teIe
,, graphed to the gins father. NJ: 3. Hiatt. by
whom he was Instructed to hold her Till hel
DTother should come for her. The latter
has not yet appeared and Miss Hiatt is .
| reluctant guest AZ Captain Halls house II
the girl IS not ella med to-day Captain Hall
VIII take her back 10 San Diego on the
steamer.
TIE latest freights and charters include
the following: Ship Shenandoah, 325S tons.
wheat to Liverpool direct, 81, chartered by
". W. McNear; bark s. &. Allen 655 tons.
coal from Departure Bay for Honolulu.
cnartere1 10y j. RoseDfeld's Sons; bark
wilma, l4O9 tons, now at San Pedro coal
from Nanamo to this port, option OF San
Pearo, chartered by John Rosenfeld's Sons.
Aprop0s OF the statement that opium Is
sysIematleai'y smuggled under the Mail
dcck by being dropped over the side Of The
emma steamers and fished up from beneath
the doek customs official smilingly told a
CALL reporter that 1t was an old dodge,
Dut bas 70 be very carefully worked nova
DAYS. Some time ago. lie said. brilliant
young amateur detective and transom-
cIlmbeT OF an alleged enteTprising newsDa-
per went aboard one of the steamers ana
asAsu permission TO sleep in one of the fire.
mems bunks, representing himself as weary
ana dead broke. lie was Immediately rec
osnlzeG Ior What ne was, and the firemen
choose bunk, and very soon WAS heard
10 snore loudly. 1t was sham slumber
OF course, and meanwhile tho firemen. with
aEleat ar OF mystery, crept past the door
~
arm, made up to look like five-tael boxes Of
opium The customs officials had been told
OF the trick and kept the secret admirabIv
Ohe, TWO. three, four tins were dropped into
IIIe IIe wafer ana then the delighted young
daWkShaw threw off his disguise iumned
Out OF his bunk, hurried down the plank.
ana without moments hesitation slid
down the vertical ladder nailed to the
plies Either by accident or design the
ladder WIS very greasy and the amateur de-
tective went down with great splash into /.
mixture OF mud, tar, sewage and abomina-
tlons generally, on the surface of which the
TINS were floating. He was allowed time Ia
cooi on and then hshed out 1t was woe
TOO deep Tor tears and a grand sensational
story, but not a word appeared about il in
the papers next morning
me following vessels are now on the
Oerth az New York Tor this port: Parthia
anu W. Ii. Macy for Sutton g. Co. ST.
n MMlcholas and St Marx for Dearborn e Co
df. q. n. oakes and Emily Reed for w. n.
ynatcce GTace % Co., Annie johnson for Balfour
nllliamson & Co. AT PHILADELPHIA the
James Drummond is on the berth for Snt.
aoh @ 20; this port, and at New York the
state OF Maine has been laid on for Pugat
SOUND. The Ulrica and California are
loading In this port for LiyerpooI the
Giamis for London and the John MeDonsld
for New York. 1" nioi'olaiu
lie moves yesterday included the bart
MleheId from stream to Green, the barge
SeaI1le from Beale to Oakland, the ship g.
ID. Waiter from stream 10 the gas Tvorl. "
the schooner Corona from Oakland Creek to-
berry street, the Harvester from Folsom TO