The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-08

trip on the 11th inst. Cut rates will be
the order OF the day and cabin passengers
Will be carried between here and Puget
Sound ports for 81 so while treiG ut will be
81 a ton. The Pacific Coast Steam hi o
Company viii surely meet the cut and
the railroads will have to follow suit, so
shat general rate war between Califor-
MIA, Washington and British Colum bia is
almost sure to follow. The Cleveland will
run in connection with the Lakme, but
the lat er will carry freight only.
The Umatilla got in from Puget Sound
ports yesterday with fifteen carloads OF
freight from Vancouver, B. C. Five OF
the numb contained condensed milk,
made in the United States but shipped
over Canadian line to California.
Commander Whiting, Z. s. N, OF Port
Orchard was q passenger on the steamer
He is accom- panied by his wife and child
ard will re main couple OF weeks IN this
City. r. c. Holiday OF the naval civil
engineer service also came down on the
UmstiIIa. He has been transferred from
Port Orchard to Mare Island and in future
will make his headquarters there. A.
Peterson, United States Consul at Van
couver, B. C., also arrived on the Una
tilIa. He also IS here on short vacation
and will return to his headquarters again
on the return trip of the Umstllla-
CAPTAIN Carroll also was q passenger
from Seattle. He will make flying trip
10 Ashland and will then take command
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Comp any' 5
excursion steamer Queen. He will look
after her Quitting and about June will
take her out on the first run OF the season
10 Alaska.
Tne UmatiIla brings the news that the
British tramp steamer Amara poora has
been once again in trouble. She was
Iibeled by the merchants of San Francisco
and The captain settled his Indebtedness
IN Victoria, B. c. Then she went to Seat
tie to take in coal. and while backing and
filing tore down the coal bunkers- In or
der to pay for the damage and for his sup
ply of coal the captsin had to cable 10
London for money. When last seen by
the Umatil!a's captain he was on his way
10 south America under full head OF
steam.
A couple of months ago Chief Clerk
Mclean on the Pacific Mail dock died and
his place has since been filled by Mr.
Moody. Yesterday Agent Schwerin APP
pointed Chief Clerk Garland to the office,
and ne viii in future De in charge of the
clerical force on the dock.
Charles Gardner and joseph Schwartz
! were booked at the Harbor Police station
yes erday on q charge of battery They
assaulted Chinese named All 1oku In
waterfront saloon and because the Mon
SOt ObictNeQ 10 UdFIUE his QucUe pUiicA
Gardner knocked out some of s teeth,
closed his right eye and made his nose
bleed. Sergeant HAYES of the State Har-
Dor police and Officer. Dowd and Bean
placed the men under arrest. Gardner
ran upstairs into one of the bedrooms and
Sergeant Hayes found him in bed with his
coat off, but with all his OF er clothes on.
The Harbor police in end 10 push the
case against The two men as il is not the
fir>t time Chiness have been beaten on the
water front by hoodlums.
The mem bers of the College OF Phar-
macy made an excursion around the bay
in he steamer Caroline yesterday. They
stopped at Sausalito, lunched at Califor-
MIA City and then went to Baden, stoppiug
AZ the sugar refinery on the way home.
1t was a most enjoyable outing, and tn e
consensus of opinion is that Captain
Scale is = jolly good fellow.
John Seary, secretary of the Marine
Engineers Association. has been ap-
pointed chief engineer of State tug Gov
ernor Twin, vice Robert Read. resigned.
A new departure is to De taken Ia the
erection of the new receiving hospital at
the ferries. The windows will be of crys-