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The herald., 1897-06-18
CONDUCTED BY GEO. A. DICKINSON

February 1t was 16.s19, and for March the
production was 1928 This shows total
for the three months of So. 1885, while for the
same period of 1896 the total output was but
b1,510 The exports of copper from the
United States for the same period this
year amount to 29738 tons. while that of
1896 amounted to 27, 1856 tons. Recent advices
from London say that offerings of Ameri-
can copper have been very free both there
and on the continent.
=
A Washington dispatch says that Di-
rector of the Mint Preston will shortly
select the gentlemen who are to represent
the government at the counting of the
funds in the San Francisco mint, on the
occasion of the transfer Of that Office from
Superintendent Daggett to the newly. con-
firmed superintendent, Frank Leach.
There Is now stored In the San Francisco
mint about $53, 900, 900. This is composed OF
SAG, 900. 900 of silver dollars, about 81, 900 600
in silver bullion and ST, 900, 900 in gold. 1t is
estimated by Director Preston that 1t will
take more than three weeks to make the
count, or at the rate Of about $1,000 900 a
day.
+ 4 =
Secretary Bliss has approved for patent
to the Southern Pacific Railroad company
two lists Of land selected under it's grant,
embracing 4024 acres in the Los Angeles
and Independence districts.
The herald., 1897-06-18
San Francisco Produce

Middlings-ls.5o@2o.5o per ton; California
bran, 14.00G145o per ton.
DO Hay-Wheat, S.00n10O0; wheat and oat
! 7OOd10.00 oat, 6.000S.5o; alfalfa .5.0O6SO0
clover. s6.OOdS.O0; stock, 5OOae.Oo com
pressed wheat, 6.50010.00. New crop
Wheat. 7.00d7.50; oat. 6.00a6.5O: rover bar
ley, 5OOa5.5O; best barley, 6OOQ6.5O; alfal-
ia, $50.
Straw-Per bale, 3565G.
| Dry Beans-Pink, 1.00m1.10 Lima 1.600
Ito; small white, 1.05@1.2O; large white,
| LOCAL 10.
Potatoes-New. in sacks. 4OG75 per cent
al: do in boxes, 50@1.00 per GENITAL.
| Various-New red onions, 60@70 per sack
cucumbers 40650 per small box: dried pep
pers, 6@7 per lb.; garlic, 11aM2 per lb.; com
mon asparagus, 50Sf1.0 per box; choice do.
| l.25Gl1.50: green peas. 11kM2 per lb.: string
beans. 1d2R per lb.; bay squash, 90d1.2
per box; tomatoes, 75a1.00 per box; rhu-
barb, 25G50 per box.
| Fresh Fruits-Apricots. Royal. 25d50;
peaches, 30@50; pears. 30 per small box
Longworth strawberries, 2.OO@4.00 per
chest; large do, 2.0oM3.0O per chest: goose
berries. 1@2 per h.: blackberries, 200N3. on
per chest; white cherries, royal Anne. 2Oa
| 10 per box. currants, 2.00M300 per chest
apples, 3O@50 per small box; raspberries
3@6.
| Citrus Fruits-Ordinary navels, 200I2.5o
per box; choice navels. 3.5GM50O per box
| seeding oranges, 1.256i2. 90 per box; Medi-
| terranean sweets. 1.5CG2.50 per box: Mexi-
can lines. 5.50d6.0O: common California
lemons 75M1.50 per box; choice do, 2.00&t
2.25 per box.
Tropical Fruts-Bananas, LOO@2.o0 per
bunch: pineapples, 2.00G400 per dozen:
Persian, dates, 6 per h.: Smyrna figs, 130
IA per lb.
Dried fruits, jobbing prices furnished by
the San Francisco fruit exchanges;
Apricots-Fancy Moorparks 1919: choice
do, liz; fancy do, o; choice, s; standard
6sa; prime, 5Si.
Apples--Evaporated. 5A: sun red. 2%.
Peaches-Fancy. G1s; choice 51a: stand
ard. 4a4; prime, 4; peeled. in boxes. 1O,a.
Pears-Fancy halves e. fancy quarters
5; choice. 81; standard 2h: prime, O.
Plums-Pitted. 4; unpittcd, IA.
Prunes-Four sizes, 2rd x.
Nectarines-Fancy, ~: choice, AZ
standard. 4.
Figs-Choice white. G: black. d.
.Raisins-Jobb'ng prices; n sacks or 80
ID. boxes-Four-crown. lcose 5%; three
| crown, AZ: two-crown ~. seeGless Sui
tanas. en- seedless Nuscate's. ~; dried
grapes in 20-lb. boxes, thrce-crown London
layers. lis.
Butter-Fancy creamery, iGm17 per lb.
common do, 15M151a; fancy dairy. Is; good
to choice, 14M141a; common. 1I@i3
Cheese-Fancy mild new, Smslk; fair to
good. 7071a; California cream cheddar
11d12; young America, S@9; eastern, 14d
l51a; western, 12di14 per h.
Eggs-store, 1o@12; ranch, 121a@15; duck
eggs. 13 per dozen. -
Pouitry-Turkey goblers. 11612 per lb. {:
turkey hens, 11M12: old rcosters. 4.0O64 %
young do. 6o007.5O per dozen. small broil-
ers.. i.15d300; large do. o.4.00a4.5O; fryers. 400
d4.50: ducks, old. 3.25G3.5O; ducks, young.
S.50M5.0o geese, 75@1.00 goslings, 75G1. 90:
pigeOnS 25n1 20
The herald., 1897-06-18
ON CHANGE
What Was Done Yesterday on Wall
Street

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE strong I'M
Ward tendency of prices for securities was
resumed on the stock exchange TODAY
after the reactionary tendency of the las
Two days. powerful group Of profess
sional traders have been selling out their
noluihss during the two previous days to
realize profits. They have coupled this
maneuver with the expression of the con-
vlctioh that the market would prove health
ler Ior reaction rather than with too LONG.
Il continuance of steady advance The
reaction has not been caused by any gem
eral condition seriously affecting yaiues
put as indicated by the above fact, which is
largely the result of manipulation with n
view of keeping up it's tone, Yesterdays
seliing was accompanied by some compli-
cations growing out of the Hawaiian an
nexation project. But these apprehensons
We're heard no more of today. The reaction
had not reached serious proportions and
the oHerlngs to realize have all been ab
sorbed. Today's developments indicate
either that the large operators have com
pieted the taking of their profits or have
round the market too firm to effect a
marked reaction. They were in the field
as large buyers again TODAY. and all The
small operatots flocked to their leadership
10 swell the demand for stocks. The mar
ket To-Day was largely professional. com
MISSION mouse buying not being consp.cu-
ously in evidence. Prices for America ne
We're lower in London, and this worked an
early decline for the international shares
which was practically the only exception
10 'ne uninterrupted advance of the whole
market all day, except few profit-tal.inp
sales at the close. The small lines of short
seliing, which were put out in tentative
way yesterday, were driven to cover TO-DAY
and added to the strong factors, in the
market. The bond market continued to
display marked strength, which was most
maniiest IN the middle grade issues Gains
of substantial fractions were mada In ~ =
active securities. while some of the rilt-
edged securities were conspicuous for
material gains The inquiry for Investment
account was in large volume and pur-
chases of the international bonds on con-
tinental orders was quite heavy. The ar.
gregate sales were $1,267,O0 Governments
were $1,000 'es
The herald., 1897-06-18
Los ANGELES HERALD. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE Is, 1897

going for 4.20Q4.S5; stockers and feeders,
3.S514.40; bulls, 2.25MS.60; cows and heifers.
1.75@4.0O; few extra heifers sold at 4.1Oa
4.37ia.
Hogs sold at an extreme range of S.15a
BATE, and pigs brought 2.00m4.S5; prime
light hogs sold the highest and the bulk Of
the hogs brought s.3719@3.421a.
Trade in sheep was no better and prices
were not any higher; rams sold at 2.50d30O;
inferior to choice sheep at 2.25d4.00; spring
lambs, 3250J5. .35; yearlings at 3.30m4.50.
Receipts-Cattle, 10000; hogs, $1,000;
sheep 10000.
The herald., 1897-06-18
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
Call Board Prices of Cereals and Ship
ments Received

SAN FRANCISCO, June 17.-Wheat-
Quiet and steady; december, 1.2Olk. Corn
Large yellow, 1.O0q1.02k. California Bran
-14.00@14.50.
Flour-Family extras, 4.75@4S5; bakers
extras, 4.50d4.65; superfine, 4.10d4.S5.
Wheat-Shipping. 121AQ1.221z; milling.
1.271aQ1.S5.
+ Barley-Feed. 6713@71A; choice bright,
72k; do new. 671a brewing, $3.50 for old.
and S5@S6A for new.
oats--Common white. s5@1.o71z; good to
choice, 1.10M12O; fancy feed, 1.25@130.
Receipts-Flour, quarter sacks, 1904;
wheat, centals, $50; barley, centals, 1860;
corn, centals $40; do Eastern, S00 rye,
centals, 1880; potatoes, sacks, 225O: onions
sacks, 125; bran, sacks 1000; middlings,
sacks, 500; hay, tons, 355; straw, tons. 20;
wool, bales 1O6; hides, number, 1903; raisins,
boxes, 40; wine, gallons, 49, 400.
The herald., 1897-06-18
California Fruit Sales

NEW YORK, June 11.-Porter Brothers
company sold today: Plums, Clymans, 3.25
M3.S5 and one small lot at 50. Peaches. Alex
anders, 2.45dS5; Gov. Garands, 1.55. Cher
ries. Royal Annes, 2.15d45; Republicans.
l2594o; Tartarians. 1.15430; Bigareaus. O.
a40. Apricots. Royals, 90d4O; Montgamets,
SO; seedlings, so.
CHICAGO, June 17.-Porter Brothers
company sold today: Plums, Clymans, los
@l.55; cherry, 25@30 per box Apricots,
Royals, 55ds0; ST. Ambrose, 20: peach 70a
49, Moorparks, So Pears, Bartletts 50 per
box Cherries. Tartarians, so: Oregons, 81
G50; Royal Annes. 3oM50. Peaches, Alex
anders, S0aS5; Early May, 20.
The herald., 1897-06-18
Building Permits

The building superintendent yesterday
issued the following permits:
Gottlob Adolf Turner. corner San Pedro
ana Eleventh streets, five-room frame cot
ta9e; $1,000 c. M. Stimspn, Palmer street
near central avenue. Hve-room cottage;
soov' - M: Stimson, Hemlock, between
Seventh and Eighth streets. four-roon,
cottage: $500. w. F. Brizius. Chestnut
street and Pasadena avenue, store and
stable sheds; $25
The herald., 1897-06-18
European Markets

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE Evening
Posts London financial cabegram says:
The markets here today were quiet excep
for mines. which were buoyant big houses
supporting their specialties The tone of
the other markets opened rather dull, but
gradually improved up to the close. Amer
leans closed quiet at the best, but, excep
for Lake Shore, were lower for the day.
The market at Paris was dull and at Ber-
lin steady.
The herald., 1897-06-18
Money Quotations

NEW YORK. June 17.-Money on call
easy at 1M1A per cent; last loan. l per
cent; closed / per cent; prime mercantile
paper, 3d4 per cent; sterling exchange
firm, with actual business at 4.S7@4.Ssh
for demand and at 4S6M4.SGA for sixty
days: posted rates. 4.S6h@4.S7 and ASS
commercial bills, 4.S5A; silver certificates,
60ihm61.
|, SAN FRANCISCO. June 17-Drafts,
sight. 171a: telegraphic, 20.
LONDON, June 17.-Consols, 1127s.
The herald., 1897-06-18
Real Estate Transfers

THURSDAY, June L.
D. F. and H. Donegan to F. M. French
12 acres commencing in northeast line of
Well ST.; $500.
, D. c. Porter to B. S. Eaton-Lots Q and
10. Knob Hill tract; $4,000.
e. NJ. Stimson ct al. to M. F.. Tucker
Lots 12 and 10, block 10, Urmston tract:
$1,000.
A. NJ and w M. Humphreys to j. B..
Woods. jrs-Fraction of section I. . north,
II, equal to GLASS acres; $500.
j. M. Workman ct al, by John Burr.
sheriff, to Les Angeles National bank
East so feet of west 81 feet of lot SO, Hoover
tract; ss1sS92.
Los Angeles National bank to M. S. Mar
riner-Same property; $3.50
b. S. Eaton and A. r. Eaton to D. c..
Porter-Lots / to 4, Z, s. and 12. Eaton
tract: 1890.
M. J. and ]. w. Taylor to s. e. NJ. Smith
Lot 4, block Q, Los Angeles Improvement
company's subdivision; $4,000.
G. j. to E. F. Hoffman-Lots and 6,
block A. Urmy Homestead tract; lots and
5. Rosedale Heights tract $1,000.
N. r. and T. S. Richardson to F. Snover
Lot 49, block A, Nadeau Orange tract;
$500
F. to A. Snover-Lot IS, block A, Nadeau
Orange tract; $500.
p. to c. Stefan-North half Of east 10
acres of George Cole place near Downey
$500.
c. M. and A. M. Buckley to H. McFar-
,and--Block 1A. Pomona; $1,000. Us'
E. and B. Simonson to r. Fl. Wrisley--
Lot 8, block 81, Alamitos Beach townsite;
5000.
G. o. all and F. c. Vail to E. vail-Lot l,
block c, Brown & Adams subdivision on
East Pico street; $1,000. =
California bank to Raymond Improve
ment company--Lot 26, Raymond Improve
ment company tract SS0510.
E. v. and w. p. James TO A. Lovell-Part
of lots and 2. block II, O. w. Childs' tract
of 2dJ lots; $500.
F. c. Leavitt ct al. to w. H. II. Thomas
and 8. r. Barney-Lot 70, Grider & Dows
Adams street tract: $1,000.
1. L. Stetson to Mrs |. J. Knowlton-Lot
10. block 26, Park tract; $780,
Pomona College to Rev. G. Emerson
Lot 16 and east 20 feet inches of lots and
10, block %, Claremont; $500.
SUMMARY
The herald., 1897-06-18
Silver Bullion

NEW YORK, June 17.-Bar silver 601a;
Mexican dollars. 475s.
LONDON, June T.-Bar silver. 27Ad.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 17.-Bar silver,
60A; Mexican dollars, 49tI491.
The herald., 1897-06-18
Dried Fruit Prices

NEW YORK, June 17.-California dried
fruits steady Evaporated Apples-Prime
wire tray. a. wood dried, prime, 411s0l45s
Prunes--3@7, as to size and quality April
cots-RoXal, Sail; Moorpark. u. Peaches
-Unpeeled, 6Q9; peeled, 116l14
The herald., 1897-06-18
Livernno1 Market

LIVERPOOL, June 17.--Wheat-Spot No
red northern spring dull, IS 9lsd
Corn-Spot American mixed old, firm,
Is 91ad.
The herald., 1897-06-18
Petroleum
Local Quotations

NEW YORK. June 17.-Petroleum wa
dull; Pennsylvania crude, July, IS bid.
The herald., 1897-06-18
Catelin, isiaai excursion,

Steamer "Hermosa" on for the season.
beginning next Saturday; $3.50 round trip.
Saturday and Sunday. Don't miss the
grand concerts by Marine band.
The herald., 1897-06-18
Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO. June II. The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
The herald., 1897-06-18
Closing Stocks

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE following
are the closing stock quotations.:
The herald., 1897-06-18
Chicago Live stoclk

steers were fairly active with bales Of
common to choice lots at 3SOQ5O0, the bulk
The herald., 1897-06-18
CHICAGO MARKET
Yesterdays Transactions on the Board
Of Trade

CHICAGO. June 17.-There was decided
dullness in the wheat pit almost through
out the session. The Liverpool market
opened 14d lower for July and Nd higher
for September, Notwithstanding yester-
days nc decline here. Any influence this
might have had, however. was over
shadowed by the domestic crop reports
July opened at 6S1s. and in an hour had
worked sluggishiy down to 677s. There had
been heavy rainfall in the neighborhood OF
Chicago in the night and generally east
ward to the Atlantic, also throughout the
northwest, and therefore the previous good
condition for spring wheat was insured
for at least another ten days. In the west
and southwest it had not rained which
was. of course, favorable for harvesting
of winter wheat. The first thing to re-
| assure the bulls and inspire them with
courage enough to hold on to their wheat
was when the days clearances from Bos-
ton were found to be 2S0,000 bushels. The
price commenced on that to recover. but
there was too little life in the trade and
too many anxious shorts, in view of the
favorable crop weather, to give prices
much of hoist. Later in the day when
the total quantity cleared from the sea-
board was equal to 5s5000. of which 432, 900
was wheat, the price gained another slight
Improvement. Later still, 1875. 900 bushels
of cash wheat were marked for immediate
shipment, and that added a little more
strength to the, market. 1t was allowed
to work its way up to SO without starting
any panic among the shorts That price
showed a satisfactory profit to scalpers.
and the letting 20 of a few lines caused
reaction to 6S1s, which was the price at the
close. Corn attracted fair amount Of
attention without any material change in
price resulting therefrom Prices declined
under short selling. In oats shorts bought
early and created a firm feeling for brief
period after weak opening. Provisions
opened easier on liberal receipts of hogs
here and at other packing points. A good
demand developed at the decline and prices
had a smart recovery. closing near the
top of the advance.
The herald., 1897-06-18
Bond List

NEW YORK, ,,,Juns 17.-The following
were the cloxing quotations on bonds today:
The herald., 1897-06-18

Flour. steady; No. spring wheat. 69lk
@IO1a; No. spring wheat, 63@711h; No. .
red. 7S1a@76lk: No. Q corn. 2la4@25; No. 2
oats, 1SA; No white, 22A@23A +. 0. b. !;
No. white. 2oS4@221a f. o. b.; No. rye, s4
No. 2 barley, nominal; No. 8. 29@ss f. O. b. !;
No. a. 26% I. o. b.; No. flaxseed, 751h@76
prime timothy seed. 2.75; mess pork, per
barrel. 755@I60; lard, per 100 pounds, s.671s
@S7O; short ribs sides Qoose), 425@45O
dry salted shoulders (boxed). 1905; short
clear sides (boxed), 4ssM4a4; whisky, distil-
lers' finished goods, per gallon. 1.19.
The herald., 1897-06-18

LOS ANGELES AND REDONDO RAIL-
way Company.
Los Angeles depot: Corner of Grand ave.
nue. and Jefferson street
Leave Leave
Los Angeles Redondo for
for Redondo. Los Angeles.
S:10 I'm. Sum- only 700 am. Sun. only
$3.50 am. daily 500 am. daily
10:45 am. Sum- only $3.50 am. Sun. only
1880 pm. daily HOO am. daily
$3.50 PIN. daily Ais pm. daily
7:O0 pm. Sun. only 5:45 pm. Sun. only
Take Grand avenue electric cars or Main
street and Agricultural Park cars.
L. PERRY. Superint endent
The herald., 1897-06-18
SUMMARY
co-cert Proqrom at Redondo Beach

Co-cert Program at Redondo Beach
Sunday, June goth. ..l
4. March. Eel Captain. Sousa
Q. Dublin Waltzes. s............. .Lobitzky
g. Oriental overture. BIGGER
4. Euphonium sclo, Madonna Polka.
Mr.. Allen Griffin.
s. 'The Mill in the Forest. '.... .Eilenberg
G. ''The Darkies' Dream" .Lansins
I. "Old Melodies by Stephen Foster.
....,..................... Toban'
5. March, 1.-THE Popular Swing" Brooke
9. Irish overture, "Humors of Donny-
10. 'Torquato Tasse,i selection. Donizetli
II. March, "Directorate". .Sousa
The herald., 1897-06-18

LOS ANGELES TERMINAL RAILWAY.
April II. 1897.
PASADENA
Leave Arrive
Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
1880 a. IN. SAT a. m.
9:35 a. m. II 10 am.
11:40 a. m. LOS p m.
3:15 p. m. 4:oO p m.
5:33 D. m. 6:40 p. m.
MT. LOWE AND ALTADENA.
9:S5 a. m. lilo a. m.
S:15 p. m. 1850 p m.
The only line from Los Angeles maklna
connection with Mt. Lowe Railway with
out change of cars.
GLENDALE
7:25 a. m. S:33 a. m.
115 p. m. 2:2S p. m.
500 p. III. $3.50 p. m.
LONG BEACH AND SAN PEDRO
$3.50 a. m. $3.50 a. m.
1:2O p. m. :36 a. m.
5l2 p. m. $3.50 p. m.
$500 a. m. 1870 p. m
CATALINA ISLAND
as1 20 p. m. $3.50 p. m.
$500 a. m. 1880 p. m.
Sundays only.
**Sunday excepted.
Direct connections with steamer Fa.cor
going and returning daily. Tourists can
make the round trip in one day if desired.
The best fishing on the coast. Boyle Heights
cars pass Terminal station.
w. J. cox.
General Passenger Agent.
The herald., 1897-06-18

On the produce exchange today the but
ter market was firm; creameries, 11a1l;
dairies. 9g12. Cheese was quiet at 71Ad57A
Eggs were steady; fresh. S14.
The herald., 1897-06-18

The copper production for the first three
months of this year on the whole is very
(, fiattering and satisfactory During Janu-
Ary 1857 long tons was the output. For
The herald., 1897-06-18

In a recent case in the Kansas supreme
court 1t was held that the assignment and
delivery of a negotiable promissory note
before maturity operates as an assignment
Of q mortgage given as security for the
payment of the note. After such transfer
the original mortgage has no power to re-
lease or discharge the lien of the mortgage
and a release made by him without author
tty will not affect the rights Of the as
aj0nee.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-02

VAGRANOY AND INSANITY.

Mrs. Mary McManus Will Have to
Answer Both Charges.
Mrs. Mary McManus is booked to ap-
pear before Judge Conlan this morning to
receive her sentence on charge of
vagrancy, and also to appear before the
Insanity Com missioners to be examined
as to her mental condition.
Mrs. McManus played promine ent part
in a suit in Judge Hunts court recently.
1t was the case of jeremiah J. Sheehy as
administrator of the estate of Mrs.
Catherine Wallace against William j.
Wallace, her son, to recover the possession
of piece of property on Lyon street.
Wallace borrowed $4,000 on the property,
and claimed that his mother gave him a
deed to the property before her death. The
case was decided in favor OF the admins
traitor, and Judge Hunt sent the papers In
the case to the Grand Jury.
Mrs. McManus, who IS the wife OF
Eugene McManus, a purser, made a
deposition before the trial of the case that
she was present when her husband, Eugene
McManus, made out the deed, and saw
Mrs. Wallace put a cross to it. In court
during the trial she testified that it was
after Mrs. Wallace's death that her hus-
band made out the deed, and she supposed
Wallace made the cross on it.
The com mplaint Tor her arrest on the
ch arge of insanity was signed by her
brother, John F. Donohue, the well. known
bail player
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-02
A COUNTY MAY BE SUED.

An Interesting Decision by tin o State
Supreme Court Yesterday.
A county may sue or be sued in court
Such is the pith of decision handed
down by the Supreme Court yesterday in
the case of the county of Colusa against
the county of Glenn in an action to re-
cover S1622 ~. Glenn County was formed
out OF Colusa County in 1891 Prior
thereto in 1885, 1886 and 1887, the State
Board of Equalization assessed the North
ern Railway Company upon 62 81 miles of
its railway then III Colusa County. The
railroad did not pay these assessments
until 1894 when it turned 1886 "a into the
State treasury as due to Colusa. and in
Dece m Der of that year 1892 72 was paid to
the county of Glenn. The county of
CoIusa claimed this money on the ground
that it was owed to that county before
Glenn was formed. Glenn County de-
INJURED to the complaint in the action to
recover on the ground that county can
not sue or be sued and the demurrer was
sustained by the lower court.
The Supreme Court decided that under
the county government act county may
sue or be sued and it ordered the lower
court to deny the demurrer.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-02
FIRST CARGO
OF NEW WHEAT
It Arrived on the Steamer
Santa Rosa From South
ern California.
The Atom Alaw Will Probably
Be the First of the Disen-
gagged Fleet to Load,
Return of Runaway Couple From
Australia - They Left Here
Nearly Year Ago.

Shippers and owners of deep-water
ships are iubilant, as there is now chance
that business may pick UP along the
waterfront. The first consignment of new
wheat arrived from Southern California on
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company s
Santa Rosa, and the captains of the varI-
GUS vessels tied up in Mission Bav, at
Sausalito, MARTINEZ, Port Costa and in
Oakland Creek are preparing for the COM
ing season. -: =.
About this time last year the total avail
able tonnage in port did not exceed "a, 900,
while at the present time $50, 1000 will not
cover the tonnage that is now lying idle
aH aiting charters.
One OF the first to load will be the Brit
ish. ship Atom Alaw, now in Oakland
Creek. Captain Thomas has been here
an unusually long time for him, but then
he doesn't mind, as San Francisco is like
u second nome to him. He was here
years ago IN the Menoneth. when she
made the record breaking run between
Swansea and this port, and has been in
the California trade ever since.
The old Merioneth still flies the cham
pionship flag presented to her by John D.
Spreekels & Co., and Captain Thomas
casts envious eyes at it every time he sees
the piece of bunting, because he cannot
make a record breaking run on the Atom
Alan,
The big wheat carrier had rough time
of it rounding the Horn and off the Far
allones she was caught in gale. Captain
Thomas says that he expects to have fine
weather all the way to Europe and is will
ing to wager new hat that his vessel
makes the best rum of the season from
here to Queenstown.
From this time forward every vessel
coming from north and south will carry
wheat and The seawall will soon be crowded
with il. Trains from the country will
land it at the elevators at Port Costa and
soon at.least dozen vessels will be load
ing A mum Der of vessels have been char
tered during the last few days and all of
them will take in stiffening at once pre-
paratory to loading for Europe.
C. w. Olcott, one of the ganG who wa 8
stripping the quarantine hulk Omaha,
was locked up in the Harbor Police STA
ton Yesterday. He was employed as
watchm 70 an on the historic old warship,
and he and his messmates looted the ves-
sci. All of the brasses and everything
movable. was taken out OF the engine
room. and the: thieves, n ow. admit that
their net gain was at least $400. The last
haul made by the thieves proved to be
their undoing. They got away with two
brass shafts and. shipped them to San
Francisco by the Tiburon ferry. These
were seized by Sergeant "Tom" Mahoney,
and j. L.: Frick, .313 Ellis street, to whom
they were consigned; was arrested. Olcott
tried. to make his escape in a small boat,
but was overtaken by the quarantine boat
Stern berg and placed under arrest The
charge aga ainst him is grand larceny.