The San Francisco call., 1908-12-31
Steamer Curacao Arrives From Mex
leo With Gold Worth $4,000
Coasters Bound for This and Southern Ports
Are Barbound at Westport

The Pacific Coast steamship COM
panys little white liner Curacao, Cap
tain Paulsen, arrived yesterday from
Mexico with a cargo which included
gold and ore from the southern mines
and large shipment of fresh tomatoes
from La Paz. The Curacao brought
only four cabin passengers
Before the Pacific fleet sailed from
Magdalena bay December I. Rear Ad
miral Swinburne sent ashore a letter
10 Captain Munoz. chief of the port OF
Magdslena. thanking him and the Mex
lean government for many courtesies
extended to the navy officers during
the stay Of the fleet. This is the first
letter Of the kind that Munoz has
received and according to Captain
Paulsen of the Curacao he is prouder
or * than OF the decorations that
glitter on his breast on state occa-
sions.
The treasure on the Curacao from
the Burns, Buffers and other mines is
valued at $4,000. OF fresh tomatoes
the flrst Of the season, the Curacao
brought 500 cases from La Paz The
little liner also brought 265 cases OF
iNtle, a hber resembling hemp and a
proouet OF growing Importance to
western Mexico. 1t grows easily and
nnds a ready market 1t is used in
the manufacture of string and rope
The Curacao's passengers included:
y. X Armbrust and wife, Mrs E.
Mayher and Mrs. NJ. y. de Lacoste.
The Curacao made the run from
Ensenada in ~ hours. which is record
time
Fleet of Coasters BarbOund
A 1leet Of coasters loaded with linn
Der for this and other Southern no,ts
- ~fbound at Westport according TO
q ooIsSpalcn received yesterday al the
N ~ H1ieIcnants exchange. The fleet in
ctu0es the schooner Espada for this
port the barkentine Gardiner City for
san Pedro. and the steamers Tahoe
ana Grays Harbor for this port. There
Is also schooner in ballast outside
Mestport unable 10 get in on account
or the heavy sea
Neck and Neck to Astoria and Back
The tank steamers W. s. Porter of
lhe Associated oil company and the
Atlas OF the Standard oil company
ile Sdile INTO port yesterday almost side
Dy side after a strange VOYAGE They
left here December "a for Astoria
Ihey went out of the harbor in com
pany and both arrived at Astoria De
sellioeT ssyss., 20, Ihey started for home
Reyes neck and neck at 1870 o'clock
yesterday morning, but when thew
reached the Golden Gate the Porter
Whlch IS big. enough to take the little
Atlas on deck and still have plenty of
room, was three minutes in the lead
The Atlas closed the gap and the Two
empty tankers passed Me.ggs wharf
together.
VIII Carry Forty Passengers
The japanese liner Nippon Maru.
which sails Saturday for the orient.
viii carry about 80 cabin passengers
and about l5o Japanese. Among the
passengers for Manila viii be Rear
admiral Theodore i. Jewell, United
states navy. large part Of the Nip
pon's cargo is for the navy yard at
Cavite. and it includes a shipment of
arms and ammunition.
GOtama's Cargo Brings $I2O
The cargo of the schooner Gotama.
which went ashore the other day near
n port, was sold yesterday for $12O.
which is taken as an indication that
the schooner has taken its last voy-
ge. An attempt was made to sell the
vessel, but it is so badly DANA ged
that there were no offers.
Cargo of Cedar Logs
The power schooner Charles Hanson
which arrived yesterday from Man
zanlllo- brought 752 cedar logs from
the Mexican port. While loading the
The schooner called in at San Pedro on
the way home for fuel.
r.. ID. Inman Arrives
The steamer r. ID. Inman Captain
Lancaster, arrived in late last night
three and half days from Astoria.
WIN cVvFVVV rect OF lumDer 10 the Loop
lumber company.
Water Front Notes
The Oceanic steamship companv's
liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell. sailed
AT 10 o'clock yesterday morning from
Honolulu for this port.
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 2,61O.000 feet.
The Matson navigation companv's
steamer Enterprise, on its way here
from Hilo, was 1880 miles from this
port at 1880 p. m December %. ac-
cording to wireless received yester-
day.
The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria.
Captain Saunders, sailed yesterday
from Yokohama for this port
The liner Siberia. with a large num-
Der of passengers, is due here from
the orient early tomorrow morning.
The harbor commissioners viii hold
their regular weekly meeting this
morning at the ferry depot
The Kosmos liner Serak. bound to
this port from Hamburg. left Callao
December 29 and is due January 1 at