Show Friscos Shipping Commissioner WASHINGTON July 20Captain Edward Hackett of Oakland has been appointed Shipping Commissioner for the port of San Francisco He is forty years of age and was for a number of years captain of a coasting vessel He is at present engaged in the dredging business He never held public pub-lic office and has not been prominent in politics He was endorsed for the place by both factious of the Democratic party of California He succeeds Mr Stevenson who has held the office since 187G |