Show SIEZURE OF THE TINE Did She Carry Contraband Arms and Ammunition San Francisco Cala March SOThe telegraphic news from Los Angeles announcing MID seizure of Captain Burns schooner Vine at Guayonas Mexico for the alleged carrying of contraband arms and ammunition has caused no end of comment on the Water Wa-ter front here The Vine sailed from her in January last in command of Captain Paul It has been announced and advertised for weeks that she would carry a large party of excursionists excur-sionists to Mexican ports Honolulu ajid Tahiti but Strangely enough She sailed with only one pas3enger and that passenger was G M Sieroy the man T ho has returned to Los Angeles Ange-les and who reports the seizure of the schooner In preparation for this alleged al-leged excursion the Vine took onboard on-board a number of heavy boxes and bundles and several big trunks There were a large number of cases marked provisions and canned goods Captain Burns declared that he had laid in 4000 worth of stores for his excursionists It was asserted here today that the Vine was laden with arms and ammunition intended to be smuggled into Hawaii for the use of royalists who plotted revolution and that by advertising the schooner as a pleasure craft she would be able to land her contraband cargo without attracting attention Mr Wilder Hawaiian Ha-waiian consul here asserted today that I lie knew of a big consignment of arms having been brought here to be smuggled smug-gled into Hawaii and that the consignment I con-signment included two Hotchkiss rapid fire guns There is a strong suspicion that if the Vine carried a contraband cargo it was destined for HawaU and not for any Mexican port |