The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23

York and Virginia in the Old Dominion line and was always a favorite. She is a well-appointed steamer, but her pas senger accommoda ton will be largely in creased before she goes on the Alaska route. Captain Kidston, who brought the Roanoke out. was formerly the master of the steamer Portland, now owned by the Alaska Commercial Company He Is accompanied by his wife and child.
 The Mail Company's steamer Rio de Janeiro and the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Companv's chartered steamer terday. In the case of the Venus pr: Rosenau and Captain McGregor patched up their differences and the vessel was admitted to pratique;; Two tugs brought tine station and the work of dischargins her began at once. The Rio arrived Thursday night and as she came in with a clean bill of health she was allowed to dock, the first thing yesterday morn ing. She brought over ffty-four cabin and fifteen European steerage passengers and 316 Chinese and Japanese.
 Owing to the falling off in the pas senger trade to Dyea and Skaguay thers is barely enough business to keep the regular steamers going, and in conse- lowed up and down t.-e Sound have been laid up. The charterers have therefore nothing for the tug Monarch of the Red Stack line to do, and she Is coming back to San Francisco. She has been secured by the Black Stack" Company and will take the place made vacant by ment. The Red Stack" Company's en- gineers will remain with the Monarch, but the chances are that Captain Clem Randall of the big tug Fearless will take command of her as soon as he turns his vessel over to Uncle Sam.
 The Harbor Commissioners yesterday ton assistant captain of dredger No. I. He succeeds William Douglas, whose term of office has expired.
 The German ship H. F. Glade, which arrived on March IA in England from San Francisco, has gone to Bremen to load merchapmse and emigrants for Ha- waii.
 The stout American ship Charmer is ready for sea and will sail for New York in a few days. Captain Holmes is not madly in love with the prospects since his cargo over 5000 casks of wine and a very large consignment of beans so his vessel would be godsend to the hun gry and thirsty men on some Spanish cruiser.
 The steamer City of Puebla, which ar rived from Puget Sound ports yesterday, brought down the remains of two of the victims of the snowslide at Sheep Camp. ! The passage down was a very quick one l and the steamer had to be slowed down So as not to get in ahead of time. While took four fingers off the hand of boy named Wilson. The lad had his hand over the top or lender pile and was looking down into the water. He was not aware of his danger until after the crush came At Anacortes the wharf caught fire and the boys on the steamer had to organize a bucket brigade in or der to save the structure.
 The new river steamer Fl. J. Corcoran was launched from the yards of the Cal ifornia Navigation and Improvement Company last Wednesday. She is 2lO feet long. 3S feet broad and is to make twenty-two knots an hour The new boat was modelled by H. J. Corcoran, su- perintendent of the company, and w De- lany. She was built by T. M Barker and G. l.. Hendrickson and Master Joiner Otto Peterson. She will have her trial trip about July l. and after that will run between Stockton and San Francisco in | connection with the Valley road The schooner Nettie Coleman arrived from Boston yesterday with a party of Klondikers aboard. The original inten- tion was to go to Puget Sound, but the gold hunters decided to put in here ana see what the outlook was before going 1 any farther.