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searched and much duty to be collected
In the steerage are 200 Asiatics, OF
whom the majority are Hindus
The Manchuria is bringing the larg-
est cargo that a Pacific Mail liner has
carried from the far east in some years
Slowed away below decks on the big
ship are 1880 tons of valuable freight
OF this cargo $500 tons is for over
land points and 200 tons for the coast
of Central America. The overland car
go includes shipment of raw silk val
ued at more than $1,000,000.
The Manchuria sailed from Honolulu
at IL o'clock last Sunday and will dock
today preba bly, about noon.
Abandoned Ship Towed TO Port
If the cabled accounts of the adven-
tures of the British ship Inverness
shire have been correctly translated
the master of that we'll known wind
jammer will have to do a lot of ex-
British board of trade.
The inverness was bound from
Hamburg for Santa Rosalia. A few
days ago came word that the vessel
had been sighted in the south Atlantic,
anchored and abandoned A second dis
patch reported that all hands of the
ship company had reached land, hav-
ing escaped in the ships boats.
When the first news of the ships
having been sighted reached the under
writers tug was ordered to proceed
from Port Stanley, Falkland islands, to
lnVesti gate. The tug returned to Port
Stanley yesterday with the Inverness
shire in tow and, according to the ca
blegram received here yesterday con
veying news of the arrival, the ship is
INDIANA ged.
Naval Militia Ready for Cruise
The state naval militia is all ready
for its cruise to Puget sound on the
Marblehead on which the citizen sailors
Wlli steam out through the Golden gate
about IL O'Clock tonight. Governor
Glllett has ordered the Marblehead to
Remain at Eureka during the celebra-
tion of the fourth of July The Marble
head will return to Sausalito July II.
An officer of the United States navy
VIII accompany the militiamen on their
cruise for the double purpose of giving
instruction and forming professional
estimate of their efficiency on which he
WILL report to the navy department
The day the cruiser returns ship and
crew will be given an inspection by q
board of naval officers. The navy de-
partment is taking a keener interest
than ever before in the state naval
militia.
Harbor Board Holds Short Session
The harbor commissioners held a
brief session yesterday morning for the
purpose Of passing the payroll for June
which amounted to $34,399.1o.
The commissioners also signed the
lCdSc W tiie western RACINE railroad of
seawaH lot Z. the state property in the
vicinity of Lombard street wharf, that
the Gould line will use as northend
railroad yard
After adjournment President stafford
took his departure for his ranch in the
Santa Cruz mountains, where he win
rustfcate over the fourth.
Portuguese Sailor Blows Out the Gas
Manuel G. Crues. a Portuguese sailor
blew out the gas in the room he hired
n o. tlf o. .f-1s
Sansome and Pacific streets He was
found in an unconscious state early
yesterday morning and taken to the
harbor hospital, where in few hours
ne revived The fact that the window
In the bedroom was partly open saved
Crues from death. He left the hospital
soon after waking up and appeared to
be little the worse for his misadven
ture.
Messmen Accused of Theft
Robert Gleeson and Orion Keith.
messmen on the steamer Peru, got
drunk Thursday and 1t is alleged stole
two suits of clothes from J. Radler's S
store, Ills Dupont street They went
2S8 Montgomery avenue to get the suits
dyed, but finding it would take too long
they decided to sell the suits.
Eugene Perry, a clerk, bought a suit
for 81, but when he tried it on it was
too big for him, so he went to Raider
and offered to sell it,.
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policeman, who arrested the two
messmen and Perry. Perry's case was
dismissed yesterday by Police Judge
Shortall and the other two cases were
continued till this morning.
Walter on China Held for Smuggling
$. Chirara. a Japanese water on the
steamer China, who was arrested for
smuggling opium. was held to answer
yesterday by United States Commits
sioner Francis KruIl Chrara was
caught bringing four tael tins Of
smoking opium ashore
Water Front Notes
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to zoo, 900 feet
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia. out
ward bound, was 785 miles from here
at p. m. Thursday.
The Oceanic steamship company's 8
liner Sierra, which is due Tuesday
from Honolulu, was All miles from
Honolulu at o'clock Thursday night.
Captain Houdlette reports a head sea
with occasional squalls.
The Japanese liner Chiyo Maru, head
ed for this port from the far east. ar
rived yesterday at Honolulu.
The liner San Jose sailed yesterday
from San Bias for this port
The Kosmos liner Nicaria left Mazat-
Ian June % for San Francisco.
by United Wireless
Friday, July l.
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