The San Francisco call., 1896-05-09

will be good test of her sea-going quail
ties.
The Rufus E. Wood, with load OF coal
for the Dunsmuirs, attempted to dock at
Folsom yesterday. She stuck in the
mud when few feet from the wharf and
had to wait for the next tide before she
could get up to the bunkers.
The stock of Australian coal is very low
in this market and the chances are that in
a few weeks it will be completely exhausted.
There is a strike on in the Newcastle col
Heries and vessels are leaving there every
day in ballast. The Golden Shore, Pal
myra, Newsboy, Sonoma and Harvester are
now on their way either to Honolulu to
load sugar or to Puget Sound to load
lumber. Only one American vessel is
likely to get load and that is the Colusa.
She is under charter and will simply lie at
the wharf claiming demurrage until the
cargo is put aboard.
The young doctors who graduated from
the California Medical College last week
gave an excursion around the bay to their
friends and relatives on the steamer Caro-
line yesterday in honor of the occasion.
The hosts were:
Drs. S. G. Bransford, Rose McGeoch, Blanche
Bolton, C. F. Gladding, F. Wanice, E. Z. Hicks.
A. Neal, A. Bond, E. Couper, G. d. Pratt: H.
Fuchs, R. A. Cranston, L. Francis, G. w. Bry-
ant, T. O. McSwain, R. F. Scott, G. E. Hall, ]. A.
Born.
Guests-Dr. H L. Dietz DIR. B. Peery, DR.. G.
| l.. Coates, Mrs. C. +. Gladding. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Haywood, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Haywood,
Fred Easton, Miss Maggie Easton, Mrs. Bertha
Hubbard, Mrs. j. ]. Van Eaton, Miss Jennie
Corbett, Miss Maggie Robertson, Miss A.Stewart,
Miss NJ. Brown, DIR. f. n. Folsome, DR.. Tisdale,
DR.. K. II. Merser, DR.. E. Lake, G.. E. Curdts, Dr.
Fearn, DR.. Victory Derrick, DR.. Hunsaker DR..
! w. o. WILCOX. DR.. Frank Cornwall, DR.. NJ. II.
Logan, DIR. D. Maclean, DR.. Bainbridge, DR.. c..
| n. Miller, Coma J. Yenenimie, F. ]: Cranston,
Effie Urquhs rdt, Miss c. w. Francis, Miss E..
Lawton, DR.. NJ. NJ Enos, DR.. w. NJ. Byrns, Miss
/ Clara Byrns, DR.. F. Thomas, DR.. E. A. Ormsby,
S. G. Maclean, F. c. Maclean A. f. Temple, l..
! V. Day, Mrs. DR.. L. F. Herrick, Miss Ira Her
| rick. Mrs w. d. Coates, NJ. B. Bolton, Miss Bes-
sic Brown, Miss Mabel Hughes, Miss Frances
Raberge, E. Bond, Miss Ida Sherwo0o, Mrs.
! J. W. Cavanaugh, Miss Bertha Dietz, D. G. A.
! j. Schueer, Miss Vera Hamilton, DR.. c. R.
| Holsman Mrs. NJ. Holsman, DR.. ]. A. Kuyken-
| dali, Miss V. S. Bransford, ]. Banford, Miss n.
| Dickie.
President CoInon of the Harbor Com
mission is determined to have civil service
| in full swing on the water front before he
leaves Office. AS a move in the right
! direction he intends having a resolution
! introduced at the next Legislature which
will put the new rule in force. There is
no intention of making continuous job
| for Democrats, as President Colnon in
| tends to make the resolution read that
half the appointees shall be Republicans
and half Democrats. "It is the only way
| in which we can reduce the taxation on
shipping" said Mr.. Coinon yesterday.
"At the present time the expenses ior
whartingers and collectors is too heavy,
and while | am satisfied that they are all
most efficient men still l think we could
| do with less number. 1t will cost mil
lion to finish the seawall. and we are pay.
ing interest on the $500, 600 for the ferry. In
order to make a saving and reduce ship
ping rates then we must begin with clvi
service reform"