The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13
TWO SCHOONERS CAUGHT IN THE
 NEHALEM RIVER The Bar Has ShOaled Up on Them. MADAME BARRIOS' DIAMONDS A HARD-HEARTED INSPECTOR MADE HER PAY DUTY. Hard Luck of Pleasure Party That Went on the Steam Launch
 Arizona and Got
 Aground.

The schooners Volante and Seven Sisters will not be seen in San Francisco Bay for some months to come. They are in the Nehalem River, and are likely to remain there indefinitely. The Volante left here on October and the Seven Sisters on October 22, in ballast. They reached Nehalem all right, but no sooner had they crossed in than the bar began to shoal. Captains Krog and Rasmussen thought the river would make another passage for itself and proceeded to load their vessels. Instead of making a passage for itself the river shoaled up the bar more and more until the two schooners were fast prisoners. After six weeks of waiting Captains krog and Rasmussen gave up in despair and returned to the city with their crews. The vessels are now hard and fast in the river for the winter, and the only chance for them is that a freshet may open a new channel in the spring and let them out.
 Mime. Reine Barrios had quite tilt with the customs authorities before she got her belongings off the Mail steamer City of Panama She is supposed to own one of the most magnificent collections of jewels in the world and 1t was over these that the trouble arose. She was walking down the gangway of the steamer, when custom-house officer accosted her. In her hand she carried a small satchel. and the inspector asked to be allowed to inspect the contents. Madame indignantly re- fused to allow the official to open the bag, saying 1t contained her personal effects. T can't help that" was the answer. T must see the contents"
 There Is nothing in 1t but my dia- monds, and they are valued at $100, 0,000," said Mime. Barrios, quietly.
 "All the more reason why 1 should see them" as quietly answered the inspector. Diamonds are dutiable.'
 Madame protested that all the stones were purchased in the United States, but atH1 Cnhyx ya,~fy1 was appealed to, but he could only ad- wise that the diamonds be left aboard the ship in the treasure-room until the Collector of the Port could be appealed to. 5000 duty and received her jewels.s
 The City of Picking went to the Mail dock yesterday morning and landed her passengers. Among her cargo was $1,- 272, 900 in gold yen. The bulk of this sum is part payment for the cruiser Chitose. She brought over raw silk valued at $900,- 900 and several Chinese who were refused a landing at Honolulu. The United States exclusion law is now in force in the islands and Chinese has to pass through the same process that he does here in order to land in Honolulu.
 A big party of ladies and gentlemen had an experience on the launch Arizona last Sunday night they would not care to re- G@reenbrae Gree and % the gentiemen haS to heaf eef out and push her mile over the mud be- fore deep water was reached. The Ari- ZOna left FOlSOm street wharf early Sum- day morning with Paul Steiner and wife, Captain Hansen, A. Danielson and wife, G. and J. F. Danielson, W. Schultze and wife, R. and A. Schultze, MT. Dauger, MT. Bower and wife and Mr. Small and wife. They tried to land at Fl Campo, but were refused permission, then the boat was headed for Greenbrae. The par ty landed and had a good time, but. when they got back to the launch she was hard and fast in the mud. Some of the men went gunning and got some small birds. which the ladies cooked and made into a supper.
 Had it not been for a lucky find the party would have had to remain on the launch all night. The Arizona was built for a Klondike company, but the com pany disbanded and the boat was re- turned to the builders. While rummag- ing around one of the party found sey- eral pairs of snowshoes and when these were put on the men ventured on the mud and began pushing the boat toward deep water. At midnight she was af1oat but in the excitement of pushing her over the mud the engineer had let the fire 20 out under the boiler, so 1t took another hour to get up steam About a. m. tha party reached San Francisco hungry and disgusted over the mishap.
 The following rates were quoted on overdue ships yesterday: Laurelbank, 100 days out from Shanghai for Astoria. sf Hongkong for Puget Sound, 15 per cent: Jules Verne. 79 days out from Newcastie N. s. w., for San Francisco, 10 per cent. and Caradoc, 68 days out from Hioso for Puget Sound, 50 per cent.