The morning call., 1894-10-26
MAIL DOCK MEN ARE SCARED.
Baggage Weighed to Discover
Excess Charges.
A MATE STABBED BY A SAILOR.
Row on the American Ship Reuce.
A Large Shipment of Opium.
Notes.

Purser Minturu of the China tremb led
when General Manager Sehwerin
swooped down on him as soon as the
steamer landed yesterday and informed
him that the baggage of every passenger
on the vessel would have TO be weighed.
1t was Immediately rCmOred that Minturn
was supposed to have been pocketiDg the
''excess" charges that the company looks
upon as its especial plum. Brawny bag
gagemen soon had piles OF trunks and
valises on trucks, and In spite of the pro-
testations of owners the property was
wheeled away 10 the company's scale
house.
Whether Minturn was "shy" few
pounds or not could not be learned, for
that Information Manager Sch werin he Id
as sacred as does President Huntington
the secret Of that mysterious sack that
maketh the small politician become glad.
Agent Center Kept tally as the baggage
was weighed, ana when all was over Pur-
ser Minturn became still more agltateo
1t is darkly limited that the China Will
have 20 go out with another man In his
place.
Then Manager Schwerin is said to have
sharpened his ak for others beside MintnrD.
Perhaps Hennesey of the Gaelic may get
the wood-splittiDg instrument in that part
of his anatomy where the tender fowl OF
fowls is said to have received blade. Hen
messy may come next, perhaps.
Captain Ward of the China is said to be
booked for disms sal, but 1T Is hard 10 be-
ieve this and harder to prlve ii. Captain
Ward has made his vessel one of the most
popular on the run. Rumor had it yester-
day that Captain Seabury of the sydney
was to take his place, but there must be
some mistake.
1t is suggested by outsiders that the Pa
ciic Mail Company do something toward
belteriGg the accommodations offered
Storage passengers GU its Central Ameri-
can and through New York ronte. The
complaints that have been poured into
every newspaper Office concerning this
branch of the lines service are without
number.
The American ship Reuce arrived yes
terday from Liverpool after voyage uu-
broken by excitement except for quarrel
between Mate Croker and the. vessels
boatswain. Croker was stabbed by the
Infatuated seaman and might have been
killed bad the knife-Oiade struck an inch
higher. AS IL was he was confined to his
berth for thirty days. No arrests were
made when the Renee dropped anchor.
The boatSwain came ashore.
The sealer HERMAN. that has been men,
toned by contemporaries as overdue. ar
rived yesterday. Rough weather delayed
her. Two days before leaving Copper
Island the Retriever was spoken. also the
Russian man-of-war that picked Gp the
crew of the May Belle. The HerrIman's
catch was 1900 skins.
A japanese company. known as the lZu
Shok wal. that has been buying goods from
local dealers in japanese merchandise and
shipping them to San Jose and elsewhere.
has completed an arrangement 10 export
direct from Japan. The new company is
known as the GOshi- KwaiSha. with the
rather limited capital of 10. coo yen. II ex-
poets to branch out. Goods will be shipped
direct from Kobe and Yokohama.
The Pacific Mail steamer China, that ar
rived yesterday morning. brought eighty
eight Chinese Storage passengers, which
goes to show that il is apparently not a
sweet and pleasant thing 10 die for one's
country" in China. No war news of any
importance was brought by the steamers
OfIicer&
A consignment of 54S cases of opium
were received on the China. The duty on
the drug will alone amount to SIS. 096.