The morning call., 1893-09-03
4 HEAVY CARGO.
Steamer Saturn Laden
With Freight.
THE COLON'S NEW CAPTAIN.
A Customs Inspector Discovers q
Letter Carefully Wrapped Up
Inside a Cigar.

The North American Navigation Com
pany's steamship Saturn sailed for Pan
ANA and way ports st o'clock yesterday
afternoon with very heavy cargo. Over
5000 tons were slowed away in her hold.
the most of the cargo being destined for
New York. but quite a portion of it will
be un!Oaded at coast ports.
The cargo was made UP as follows: For
New York. $500 cases of dried fruit. 5000
cases canned fruit, 500 barrels wine. 300
barrels brandy. 500 tons barley. 100
lunches goat hair and 240 tons of miscel-
laneous goods. For Central American
ports $50 tons corn, 10000 feet lumber
and 100 tons of general merchandise For
South America, 100 tons -four and so tons
of malt
Annie Oleson, who is also known to the
police by other names. caused the arrest
OF steamboat deckhand named Fred Mil
Ter yesterday, charging that he had pur-
Joined dress belonging TO her. Miller
has counter claim for watch and chain,
which he lost while in her house on Friday
night, and. while he cannot prove that the
woman took it, he thinks that she is re-
spOnsible Tor its disappearance and had
him arrested to cover her own misdeed.
Thomas MortenSen, until yesterday first
tfficer of the steamer City OF Picking. is
now captain of the Colon, to which posi-
ton he was advanced yesterday, filling the
place made vacant by the death of Cap tain
Avery.
First Officer Frank of the Colon was
promoted to- the same position on the Pc
king. filling the vacancy caused by Morten-
sens advancement. Captain Mortensen's
friends are more than pleased with his
advancement.
The cruiser Olympia was out for a spin
again yesterday, and her machinery is rap
IDLY getting into good working order. The
cruiser has already developed a speed f
twenty knots. which is the figure named
in the contract, aud her builders are conf
dent hat this will be exceeded by perhaps
TWO knots or more. For each knot the
cruiser makes in addition to the twenty
knots specified in the contract the con-
tractors get $4,000.
The steamship City of Picking sailed for
China via Yokohama yesterday with a large
passenger list and having a g0od-sized cargo
on board.
The steamer Laguna, which was lying
at Beale-street wharf yesterday. got a rope
fOul OF her propeller, and it took a diver
two hours 10 get it disentangled.
The schooner Emma Claudina, which
arrived yesterday from Ugak, Alaska
brought down a couple of miners VINO
have been prospecting the gold fields there,
and they brought down some specimens
for assaying. which promise to be very
rich.
The Custom-touse people had another
illustration Df ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain" yesterday, aud, as
usual, "the heather Chinee'' Was con-
nected with it.
1t has been the custom of the inspectors
at the Mail dock 10 allow cigars and kick
kDaeks to be.sent TO Chinese who are wait
ing to be landed, and their friends on the
WHAT frequently send such things by the
hands OF the inspector
- Yesterday an Inspector was given three
saeigars TO deliver on board the ship. and as,
he was handing them to the person for
whom they were intended he noticed that
enc OF them felt a little soft and be broke
i open, disclosing a letter neatly wrapped
inside the tobacco.
The letter was turned over to Deputy
Surveyor Ruddell and he started for an in
terpIeteT, but the cOnteuts Of the missive
were not made public.
Captain Jasper Slahl of the steamer
Aurora. which Game ia collision with the
steamer Apache at CollinsVille, August 9,
denies that the Aurora was at Tolands
landing. but rays she had left the wharf
when the Apache passed her and affirms
that the latter did not give the proper Sig
nails in passing. as provided in rule s.